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Show THE INDIAN COMMISSION. We are not particularly disposed to complain, but in this matter of the Uintah and Uncompabgre reservation commission, we do think it is a hard thing that Utah, interested as she is aboye all the other states of the union in this matter, and having men within her borders who have a life-long acquaintance ac-quaintance with both the Indians and the country and are equipped in every way to render the country efficient eer-vicein eer-vicein the position, are passed over for strangers. TheBe men have little or no acquaintance with the Indian character, have most likely gathered their impressions from the Leather Stocking novels of Cooper. The eastern east-ern people have no practical ideas with regard to the diverse and, often complex, com-plex, interests of Indians and their western neighbors. How infinitely better it would have been to have placed at least one old Utah pioneer on the board; better for the Indians, and better also for the settlers. Of course the disposal of this bit of patronage will not strengthen either Mr. Cleveland or Mr. bmith, tut it is a flap directly in the face of all the people of Utah. It is a wanton disregard disre-gard of the wisheB and interests of the people of this territory. The democratic rule adopted at Chicago when Mr.Cleve-land Mr.Cleve-land was first nominated, to the effect that "all territorial appointments go to the i esidents thereof, where suitable suit-able material can be found" is a sound one indeed, but in this case by far the most fitting men are here, yet the appointments ap-pointments are given to strangers in defiance of this wholesome rule. But this thing would have been most fitting at this juncture, because the parties here are very evenly balanced j and these appointments would have strengthened the party to that extent and made the chances of tfce democracy that much stronger for next year's struggle. ' |