Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-08

! anu lAeu may IWuku ~ W wv i'ilh
biliiy Of former reports. The Gov
ernor Is to be congratulated on th'
success which has attended hls EFFORT
In having special iuquiry insii
tutsd; credit IL also due to Judge Q.
| G. Goodwin, whose personal letter on
the subject to General McCook evi.
IDENTIFY had considerable Influence with
the latter. Now that General Nc
Cook has au ofiicial representative on
the ground, who Will report the situa-
ton ssit b., We have no hesltaucy In
expressing the opinion that within a
short time stcps will bo taken TO re-.
} llevo tho settlers from any approhen-
zion.
The statement IN n pIeas dlf.
patch from Denver, that the feel.
Ing ut military headquarters there Il
that n the San Juan settlers arm
themselves 10 oppose the Indians,
"thcro viii be npt class rumpus"
ana troops will DO sent 70 take the In
dlans' part, We regard as an expression
Of Colorado sentiment rather than us
indicating the feeling among regular
army officers. Atany rate, tho sug'
goslion that troops will be directed
against settlers who express deIcrmin-
alton TO protect themselves from ma
raudiag Indians, ls too absurd 70 be
given serious confederation. There is
not the slightest probability Of such =
proceeding. A. 10 the assertion Of
Indian Agent Day, made At the out
sot, that when tho U,es said they had
been sent into san Juan county
"they were lying" tho misslalonout
IL carried back home 10 Mr. Day In
Col. WAri's statement that tue In
dams hsd instructions 10 occupy the
country. Evidently the agonps mem.
DRY was much too short.
Tue action Of tho secretary Of the
interior, however, Is an Indicator
OF how tho whole thing ls to TO
settled, at least for the present. The
commission on Indian affairs Al WASH
ington have detailed account OF the
invasion, 10 that the absence Of the
Indians from their proper location IL
definitely known In ofiicial quarters.
Upon this Information, ana the APP
peals made to him from Governor
wost, Secretary Smith has ordered
Indian Agent Day to proceed at once
and endeavor to secure the return Of
the Southern Utes 10 their agency.
That leaves the agent no discretion;
and n no negleota or fails, the next step
In order for tho interior department is
to enforce IT, commands. The tens
denoy Of the whole proceedings now Is
for n result satisfactory 10 the Utah
settlers.
~ 10 tho peril Of the situation
In the San Juan, tho News ioels 10
rei,erate its former statement that
while the settlers there have
cause for serious apprehension under
the circumstances, there never has
been, aud Is not now, any occasion for
q rosort 20 arms. For this reason we
entered an emphatic protest when II
was announced that some OF the cattle
men proposed to commence hoslilities
ON the 18th instant. Aud for the
future, no matter what the outcome VI
present issues may bs, there IL no
justification Tor threhts 10 begin killing
Indians. II stock IL destroyed, tho
owners have an action for damages;
but all the cattle In ban Juan county
are not worth the needless shedding Of
the blood OF one human being. Let
disputes OF this character be- settled on
lawful, conservative lines, without
any talk Of a resort to the arbltramont
OF human butohory.
Slnoe the foregoing was written, a
di,pAteh from Secretary Hoke Smith
has Deon received, giving notice tina.
Agent Day bias been instructed to TO.
turn his Indians to thelr own reserva-
lion. THIS settles the tusiuessl