Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-25
AT THE White HOUSE
Large Number of Visitors See
the President.
TWO SIOUX INDIANS CALL
Evidences of Their Affection for Gen.
Miles.
NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE
Two Best Post Offices In the State
Filled on the Recommendation Of
Representative Blackburn.
NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE

| Among the great throng Of visitors to me
| White House today, including senator's
| representatives and others of prominence
| there appeared two fne-looking Sioux In
| dams, who belong to the Cheyenne agency,
In South Dakota. Both have histories.
| Both are chiefs of the Sast-dying Sioux
/ and each remembers when the fighting
blood of the tribe raced red-hot through
the Veins Of brave young warriors and was
spilled on battlefields in defense of ideas
| they considered right.
| Hump and Iron lightning were in the
massacre of Custer, Hump being a chief
under Rain-in-the-face. They fought in a
| number of ba titles against the United States
before and after that time Then they
both surrendered to Gen. Miles In 1877 1t
was at the forks of the Yellowstone when
they ceased to fight and became citizens OF
| the country, and from that day to this
ttfere has been wonderful attachment on
the part of both for Gen. Miles. He made
| hump chief of scouts in his command. with
IRON Lightning as one of the principal
scouts: zen. Miles says that Hump was
one OF Inc braVest men he ever saw
Affection for Gen. Miles.
Their affection for General Miles was
SHOWN Few days ago at Arlington Gene
terry. The two men had been to Fort
N~>s ~ W "ItieSS d cavalry Qrlil, and thew
| were awfully disappointed that they did
not see General Miles there. Former Ad-
1utant General Drum took them in his
carriage and drove them to Arlington
where he showed them the tomb of Mrs
Miles: Witnesses of what followed say
mat the like has never before been seen.
| ReVerently the two old Indians looked at
the tomb Then they barred their heads
and approached It, laid their hands upon
| 1t and turned away. Tears filed the ewes
| OF both, and they fba1y
| said to General Drum: Tell General Miles
| we nave missed him much, but that we
touched the tomb where his wife is buried
and we will always remember him"
General Drum himself was touched by
the scene, as he had never witnessed a
tear In the eye of an Indian and had never
seen white man who had. The women
are at times emotional, but tear in the
eye Of a stoical Sioux was an unheard-of
thing.
The two old warriors were presented to
the President by Representative Burke of
South Dakota, and they were pleased.
We will tell our people that we have met
the Great White Father and that he took
us by the hand" Hump said, with pleas
ure In his fine old face.
The two Indians came to Washington
in connection with some of their affairs
before the Interior Department, and have
had talks with Commissioner Leupp.
North Carolina Patronage.
A big bombshelI has been thrown into the
/ NORTH tarOllNa republican OrSanlZdUOn,
| headed by son-in-law of Judge Pritchard.
| by two post office appointments made by
the President. These were Greensboro and
| Goldsboro, the largest offices in the state.
| Cyrus Frazier was nominated at Green's
| boro and Louis n. Grant at Goldsboro.
| Both men were named by Representative
| Blackburn, the only republican representative
! from North Carolina, and the organiZa ton
| nominees did not get chance. There was
| a sharp fight between Mr.. Blackburn and
| the organization some time back over APP
| pointments in his own district, but the or
| ganization gave way and announced its
| consent to Mr.. Blackburn naming federal
| office holders in his own congressional dis
| trict. But Mr.. Blackburn feels that he is
| entitled to more patronage than that, and
| the President appears to be thinking
strongly that way himself. Blackburn has
! come to Congress from North Carolina by
| reason of hard and persistent fighting, and
| the President has frequently announced his
purpose of taking care OF the men who do
| tina fighting
| If the President continues to accept the
| recommendations of Mr.. Blackburn the re-
| publican machine of the state will pass
| away from lack of nutrition.
New Jersey Visitors.
! Senators Kean and Dryden of New Jersey
| saw the President to ask for the promotion
to brigadier general OF Col. Scott Of the
army. The President said he would take the
matter under consideration. The senators
also asked the President to receive delega-
| ton from the Northeastern Saengerbund,
which meets at Newark, n. j., July 2.
| Representatives Trimble, James and Rim
| cox of Kentucky introduced a number of
| distinguished kentuckians, including Adjt.
! Gen. Haley, the manager of the campaign
which made Judge Paynter United States
senator in place of Joe" Blackburn; Judge
! John NJ. Lassing, Harry G. Tanby, assistant
| superintendent of public instruction; Col
| Jouett Henry and John d. Wakefield.
| There were a large number of other visit
| ors during the day, presented by senators
| or representatives, and the President talked
with Representatives Bayne, Boutell and
| other republican leaders, being pleased with
| the result of the vote in the House yester-
| day on the statehood bill.
Senator Beverage, who saw the President
| today, said that the statehood bill would get
| through the Senate in the course of time
The President received about sixty mem
| bers of the National Marine Engineers Ben
| eflcial Association, which has been in ses-