By A Decision Of The Interior

ment an Indian vroman, married to a white man and having children by lum, is the head of the family and entitled to an allotment of land.- [Post andTribune. m - . i Dakota is quite large territorially, but morrally and every other way Dakota is noi large enough to be two United States. With diligence in growing, m time spent in the territorial eradle, she may reach her majority and succeed to the rightful inheritanee of one State. Sexatob Febrï ia in hard luck. hav. ing failed for nearly half a million dollars; and it is clahned, beoause he is a financial wreek Le sliould now be reelected, and the sympathy dodge is being and will continue to be playee! : but it will hardly work. The microscope has not yet been invented that is strong enough to detect where the Detroit Free Press stands on the present senatorial tíght at Lansing. As a newspaper the Free Press is a success, but as the leading Democratie organ for Michigan it is, and ever has been, a dismal failure. In the possession oi leading organs, either Democratie or Eepublican, Michigan is peculiarly unfortunate. The Bill Poster would like to see its big Democratie biother throw its "almighty dollar policy" to the dogs and come out square-toed for Democraoy and uemocratic measures. Why not ? - [Pontiao Bill Poster. The Democratie rninority ia Congresa have, in the house, prevented the adoption of a desperate scherne for holding on to power. The Dakota bill was clearly another effort of a desperate party to secure their tenure through the use of desperate means. A repetition of the Louisiana fraud is not to bo feared. The same lawless expedient is never tried twice. The Republican party, consoious of its failing power, is moreover not inclined to lawless measures. In 1876 it was bo astonished at the reverse of 1874 that it could hardW realize that it was in failing health. It was fresh from a conree of high handed disregard of all law, and really hardly believed the lllinlii rrionflv no.l #-i 1,,,,, TA i. (liffictilt for the leaders in reconstruotion and pramoters of the carpet-bag system to engage in open defiance of law. Such is not their attitude to-day. They have learned better. What they would now. that would they holily. They would wrongly win, yet would not go behind the forms of law. Dakota offered them an excellent opportunity; but the watchful minority foiled them and that schema is dead, unless they reeort to very highhanded parliamentary methods, believing the public will overlook mere violationa of parliamentary rules. But the public, while very calm, has become very watchful since the sectional cataract was removed f rom the eyes. Any unfair scheme will only give Democracy ten electoral votes for every ono thus cureü. Xney daré not again be guilty of fraud or open violation of law, and Demooracy need not fear a violation of the law of fairness under color of law. It will only hasten their downfall.