Show the announcement that indian commissioner miss loner browning is coming and that lie he Is not in sympathy with the delav dejay in openings the reservations is vory very welcome lie he cannot come too soon coon for we are convinced not alone that the policy of delay 19 deeply rooted in the minds of the local officials but that secretary hoke smith Is practically cally committed to it the pro gramme greally really as we understand contemplates ruch delays and such regulations as will in n tact fact secure to the indians ebery ahner ahn valuable in sight that tile the allotment lands are to be so located th that at when the ditches to water them are taken out none others can be placed and that the mineral ral lands timber etc shall all be secured to the indians but this kind of ope nhip amounts to no opening nt lot all and the people who have hoped to make homes on some sole of these lands will be disappointed it if this matter takes that turn if commissioner drowning Brown lne comes before long lonc we slope he be may be able to overturn the he general indisposition to move in ili this matter and may succeed sri in savins savina something ot of value for prospective white settlers the way matters have drifted since the passe passage g e of the law last summer amounts to disregard of 0 I 1 it t A change of policy will indeed be welcome |