Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
A Few More Favored Ones
Named for Office.
IMPORTANT TARIFF MEASURES.
A Representative Nez Perces Indian
Makes a Big Kick Against
Agent MOnteith.

Assoc lated Press Dispatches TO tne HERALD
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The following
appointments are announced: John L.
Stevens, of Maine, Minister to the
Hawaiian Islands; George Monri, Ten
nessee. Minister to Paraguay and
Uruguay John Martin Crawford, Ohio,
Counsel General at st. Petersburg,
AN INDIANS STRONG KICK,
James Reubens, A Nee Perces Indian,
from Idaho, called on Secretary Mobiles
and Acting. Indian Commissioner today,
and warmly protested, in the name of
his tribe, against the retention in office
of Charles E. Monteith as agent for his
people. yonteith was agent for the Nez
Perces during the four years Immediately
prior to 1888, when he was succeeded
by George W. Morris. His present ap-
pointment was made since the incoming
of the present administration. Reubens
represented that during Monteith' 3 for
mer term he had forfeited the respect
and good will of the tribe by repeated
acts of cruelty, and, ON many occasions,
he had demonstrated the fact that he
had no interest whatever in the welfare
of the Indians. He said that he was a
man totally untitled by nature to occupy
the position he held, as was demon
strated by the fact that, during his for
mer term, he had gained the ill-will and
enmity ef nearly every member Of the
tribe. He said further that his people
would persistently oppose the allotment
of their lands in severalty, now being
made by Miss Fletcher, unless Monteith
was recalled and another and better man
sent to them in his place.
Secretary Noble, at the conclusion of
Reubens' statement, assured him that
his charges against Msnteith would re.
ceive his careful attention, and if it was
found that Monteith was untitled for the
position to which he had been appointed,
he would not be permitted to continue
in it. The Secretary, however, said that
while he was disposed to give them as
their agent the very best man obtainable,
yet he fully expected the Indians to i'm
mediately abandon any purpose which
they might have of retaliating on account
of Monteith's appointment by refusing
to take their lands in severalty.
IMPORTANT TARIFF QUESTIONS.
Secretary Window has determined to
settle, as soon as possible, all the i'm
portant tariff questions which have been
raised since his incumbency. The prin-
cipal questions considered today relate
to the classification of lead ores contain
ing silver, the drawback on ]ute bagging,
and the classification of Canadian-built
cars used on American railroads. In
regard to the former question, il is
learned that the department has received
reports from special agents, sent to the
Mexican border for the purpose of in
vestigating the subject of importations of
lead ores from Mexico, that extensive
frauds have been practiced, and the pay
msslt Of the proper amount OF duties on
this commodity has been systematically
eyaded. These reports will have great
weight in the settlement of the question
at issue, and it is believed that the De-
partment will hold that the dutiable
value of imported ores containing lead
and silver must be determined by the
relative weight of the two metals, instead
OF by their relative value, as under the
present practice. Secretary Window said
this afternoon, in speaking of the con-
ference, that they had reached conclu-
sions in several of the questions under
consideration, but would not be in shape
for public announcement before next
week.
TREASURY APPOINTMENT.
Secretary Window today appointed j.
F. Evans, of California, special agent of
the Treasury