Show KING THINKS SECRETARY HITCHCOCK WILL NEGOTIATE RESERVATION Special to The Herald Washington Ya Feb 6 The opening of Indian reservation was wu the e sub 1 subject I Jest jeet of a a Ion long conference today between betwee Congressman Kin King and the secretary of or I the interior Secretary Hitchcock ock gave gan i close cIo attention to Mr Kings KI Plen a aid d Deemed med to be favorably ward toward t to open country to The i I ties are that tIle the secretary of the in hi interior will appoint a coh ter er to t negotiate a treaty with the Indians This Ibi commissioner will be a 8 trusted employee of the interior department t taDd and aDd acting for the secretary se practically as a his personal representative will wilt have Gave power to draft dratt a treaty Mr King believes that Secretary Hitchcock will wilt delegate one of ot his lila men familiar with tie the situation to treat t at wit Indians involved upon questions i Representative Kin King also abo called upon the president and attorney general His mission at the White House H u e wen was to recommend a couple of Utah dentists who desire to enter the army the clause of 0 the tile reorganization bilL which provides for corps corpa of dental surgeons Mr King laid the claims of d dentists before the president and urged ur the ex cx executive to recognize them He thinks the president will act favorably upon his biB recommendation The war wv department however has hu laid down to Republican He and Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic congressmen a definite line of j I policy with regard to all an appointments The be salient features of this policy can I I be briefly summed up thus The rho appointments will wm be apportioned I to different states elates according to population I ties tion but preference will t be e given to toe I those e now w in service and such ne when reappointed ted will wi II be charged up to the Itar tea the seine same as en new l the th service or who not serve h ht hi the war with Spain Those who went a afar as asfar afar far as Chickamauga will have no chance of appointment What the ap Bl apportionment R is 18 to be is not yet y t known k oWR Surgeons in the army will wilt be appointed entirely upon the recommendation recommend lon of or the tte surgeon general genend At the theoffiCe office of the attorney general Mr King had an extended conference with Mr Griggs Grigge relative to what Is In known as the bill to adjudicate the con controversy e J growing 1 out of fees of or clerks and marshals of United States courts The bill hilt was passed sed for the purpose of relieving these of the govern government meat ment and aiding them in collecting the amounts due them but the department I of justice justi has It appears so 80 construct constructed con ed tile the act as to nullify it in its most moat mo t essential parts It was WaB for the pur purpose purpose pose p of rectifying this error that Mr King called caned upon Attorney General Griggs GrI Mr King thinks that the at attorney attorney attorney torney general acting under the new newlight light U shed upon the matter will wilt see to I It that tat the act is administered in the full spirit Its authors Intended I |