| Show r WHAT HE SHOULD SAY We print today a letter signed X X I on the attitude of the President towards ti I the cattlemen in the Indian Territory in which the views set forth are correct as I I we think But upon looking over the J organ of the Republican party here a i1 different view is noted and being advanced I ad-vanced by the journal which holds the j i foremost place among newspapers for a thousand miles in either direction I I is the correct one Many people believe i J j that the order of the President in rpgard i to the removal of cattle from the Indian 1 I I Territory should be obeyed and that the I law is superior to the interests of cattlemen jl 1 cattle-men in that Territory At least this is the view of the President and is the one that i will doubtless prevail But the Tribune i says it is wrong It suggests a much j 1 easier and more effective way of proceeding r1 proceed-ing and then goes on to say what Abraham Lincoln would have answered I an-swered had he been in President Clevelands place It says we think Abraham Lincoln in Mr Clevelands 1 I place would have answered them more 4 like this You cannot move your stock in August that is plain enough Then I presume many of the stockmen are holding hold-ing under leases which they believed at the time they were obtained were legal 4 It is a bad state of affairs and you must help me out of it You say you r4 have 250000 head of cattle now I am c going to send a special agent back with you to see that the Indians are fed and i to inform them that in a few months they shall have their ground In September Sep-tember you must drive out 25000 head J of stock and you must drive out an equal I number every month until all are out This arrangement I am going to make known to the Indians and you must see that the agreement is kept in good faith This course of reasoning very strongly t reminds one of the arguments adduced by the Herald in its articles on The Wisdom of a Halt How pleasant it is to think that the spirits of great men departed dwell in the sanctum I of the Tribune and that when occasion I arises they sometimes voice their thoughts and use the Tribune as a medium The Tribune is a regular historical phonograph and by turning the crank any mans voicemay be heard and his sentiments i known If the Tribune only knew it and 1 would profit by its knowledge it would 1 be the most successful spiritual medium ever known while the experiences of the Fox sisters and Judge Edwards would be nothing compared to its experiences Think for one moment of the power it possesses and how modest it is in its use of it Is 1 there another paper in Utah or the I Union that would not use such a power i to its own advantage far more than the Tribune doei 1 This very power of being able to tell what great men would have p said upon all questions of any moment justly entitles the Tribune to hold the foremost place among newspapers for a thousand miles in either direction It is a far better guide in such matters than Virgil proved to be to Dante when together to-gether they wandered through tnferno and the nether regions in fact it is a power greater than the gift of tongues a gift which upset Edward Irving If one may be so bold as to encroach upon the Tribunes domain of prophecy we should I say that were Abraham Lincoln alive and in President Clevelands place ho would have said to the cattlemens delegation Gentlemen I am much pleased to see you and have been much interested in the story of your grievances The matter of which you speak is something of which neither you nor I know much and if you would know all about it and have your grievances heard and your wrongs righted just call upon the Tribune and everything will be done according to justice jus-tice and your wishes If you should have any difficulty in determining which Tribune Trib-une you arc to call upon you will know it from the fact that it holds the foremost place among newspapers for a thousand t I miles in either direction Any one will point out the office The President is p off wrong in this business sure gentlemen I gentle-men II |
