The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-29

Boor tsOld Buck" Is fast becoming an
object Of pity andscontempt, and Caas's re-
signation has sased him from the same fate,
and had good effect, as Indicating that he
and the party to which he belongs In the
North are not going to become parties to the
treason of the President.
Kansas is represented in the lobby here
by Stanton. Robson. Conway. Gray of
Quindaro, CLARK of Lawrence, and Graham
of AtchisoH.
Mr. Montgomery.-I rise for the purpose
of moving reference of this bin back to
the Comm ittee on Public Lands. I think
the bill in its present form is highly objec-
tionable. and I think the amendment of the
gentleman from Missouri Mr. Craig) would
not make it better, but rather worse. Dur
ing the last winter, as / understand treaty
was concluded with the Indian tribes upon
one of the reservations between the town of
Leavenworth. and the town of Lawrence. by
which portion of land was granted for
building railroad from Leavenworth over
substantially the same route mentioned in
he bill reported by the Committee on Pub
lie Lands. Therefore, if this bill pass. you
will grant to- Leavenwarlf double gram
of land. First. she viii take land under the
treaty, and then under the provisions of this
bill. 9
Mr.. Parrott-will the gentleman allow
me TO interrupts him
Nr. Montgomery-Certainly.
Mr.. Parrott-The gentleman has made
mistake in the assertion which he has just
made. The treaty which passed the Senate
last winter provided that the railroad com
pany in Kansas should have certain guam
Lity of land only by buying it an appraised
valuation.
Mr.. Montgomery-Bn at only nomi-
nal valuation, as the gentleman well knows.
Mr.. Parrott-And if they do not buy
them, they will have no right in that reser-
vatioE. for this bill gives them none. So
the gentleman is mistaken in both his stale
ments; in the first place, that this bill gives
them any land at all in the reservation; and
in the second place, that the treaty gave
them any land.
Mr.. Montgomery-I am not mistaken in
the main facts. Il Is true The railroad COM
pany is to pay nominal price for the lands
which they receive under the Indian treaty,
fer the purpose of building the railroad; but
the price is only nominal; and If Congress
passes this bill, they make a new grant of
land for road over precisely the same
ground, and then Leaven worth, instead of
having seven miles of land on either side of
the road. will have seven miles in addition
to the land procured by the Indian treaty.
That is one Objectionable point in the bill.
As an additional reason why this bill
should be referred back TO the Committee ON
Public Lands. ] wish TO remind the House
that the committee agreed u report the bill
last session. Since then-n the month of
October last--a railroad convention of the
people of the Territory of Kansas was held
at Topeka All the counties which are or
ganiz-d, believe. were represented. And
they there agreed ~ schedule of roads. TO
which they would ask Congress to grant
lands. This schedule is very different from
the bill before US. l think the people Of
Kansas should be heard. They know Rest
what roads the public welfare requires
And when the committee have this matter
: fs~e. them again. they can COZ -;''"r . <
uni uiorIal of The railroad ooh.+u,.,... I"o-
voice of seventy thousand people is entitled
to a respectful consideration; and | trust
the bill will be referred back to the commit
tee. ..
Mr.. Parrott-Mr. Speaker. I am very
much surprised that my friend from Penn
sylvania, after have corrected him. should
still persist in the erroneous declaration that
the bill now pending before the House could
give to the Leavenworth interest double
share of the public lands. l think my ex-
PLANTATION was patent 10 the comprehension
Of other parsons, if not To- his own. that his
bill does not give To a railroad company any
OF the D. laware lands at all where the gen
Ileinan says that it gives them fourteen miles
upon each side Of the road. Say now,
that it does no, give them single foot of
this land. Why? Because the bin con
fines the lands appropriated TO railroad pur
poses to such lands as the United States
own. II must be obvious, from the very
nature of the case. that the UniIed States can
appropriate no lands for railroad or other
which do not belong to the Uni
ted States and the Delaware Indian reser-
walton. on which the gentleman from Penn
sylvania has again asserted that seven miles
upon each side of the road will be given TO
a railroad company, belongs to the Indians, |
and cannot be infringed upon. except BY
some treaty regulation. Now. what are the
facts? The facts are that treaty has
been ratified by the Senate. by which a |
certain incorporated railroad company in
the Territory of Kansas shall have the priv |
ilege, the exclusive privilege. of buying of
these Delaware Indians certain deSigna |
ted quantity of their lands At an apprais- |
ed valuation. That apprai-ement is now |
about being made. and will be submit
ted to the Indian, or rather to the Interior
Department of the Government: andif rat
flied, the company, then will have the OPP
lion of taking the lands at that appraisement
oI of declining To take them. But il is OBJ
vious. sir. that in either event this bill does
not give to the railroad company any of this
land whatever. If they akeit they pay for +
il. and if they do not pay for it they do not
get it. ~
Now. sir ask what becomes of the as
serlion of the gentleman from Pennsylvan-
ia 4? / presume that he is disinterested +
man. although the facts do not look exactly /
that way. for it happees that the gentleman
has placed himself in an attitude that looks
at least very suspicious on This question of
having acted upon tie G 'mmitIee
On Public Lands at the last Congress, dur
ing the vacation of Congress. before any
bill had been framed. visited the Territory