New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-08
Mist CONGRESS-2D SESSION.
SENATE WASHINGTON, June l..

SENATE. . WASHINGTON, June7
Mr.. SHERMAN Rep Ohio, from the oo for
mttee Finance, reported tne HOUSE. "i''
mia were introdiced 10 change the location OF Ger
tain railroad in the state OF 6@ents At providence
r. l. and Buckspor Me-, ana 10 gran. ~ o tho con
the Arkansas and Delta Railroad ana 10 "iu III 'no w"
The senate ret apart Tuesday next the litn inst iUr
,ba consideratiOn OF business from the Conhtuo oh
Cnnmerce and tho bill for superintendent Oh d
tatiyes in Congress among the seVtra otiVoS wac '
the specal order for Thursday. he Vth inst an
'"S SsiTuAYTr U2rp Neb) called up the bill authoilz-
i b Secretary of Tie Interior tn change the boundaries
~ fond districts wit hOut increasing their number I'Ssu
The unfinished business of the morning hOur, uhe pro
posed amendment of the rules by prov o icnsse5
unti o'clock when the Indian Appropriation bl came
u" m in CHANDIER Rcp, Mioh) moved to pass the bill
over 80 ms 10 take up the bill for through railroad inc
to New-York, and the Chattanooga ana Cmeihhau NH
The motion was not agreed to, and the, oproceeded
with the Consideration OF --..
Mr. POMEROY QIep.. Kansas tolered as an amend
ment the bill for the removal of the Usage Indians IN
81 2s per and the settlement the tribe in the In
dian country. He advocated his amenuo f securing
peaceful homes for the Indians and advancing inc
MI Mr.: DAVIS Dem, KY inquired if there was any
"steaage" in the bill. A., ,,o,,,;,,eo ON
MIR POMEROY replied there was the Colnn9so ol
Indian Affairs should have found IL out TIC "iu NV
Mr. DAVIS said he would admit IL the honorable sena
Mr. ROSS CRep Kansas. poke in eulogy of the energy
and integrity of the frontier settlers emu l leO0oiJ !"
oneniug fbe Osacc reservation To settlement. . -.
MIR MORRILL, CRep., Mel opposed The amendment as
an attempt TO take unfair advantage OF the Ihuas,
said a norton of the lands had been receiver ny o
United states IN trust by treaty, ana suOmittu an
amendment provide for receiving tie Iealnuo tr
trust with view their disposal at 81 = per ce d
the benefit of the Indians, ana pfoNulhS hoin0o ' ~
in the Indian Territory 49,, 40. t. fovor NJ
Mr. DRAKE Rep., MOI said he was not III FAVOR 0i
running Indians OFF their lands TO make room iOr any run
road flat might be projected TO run upon thelh ne Po
ferred 10 lei such enterprises take care OF themselves
Mr. MORTON Nep. Ind) said as soon as the Janus vi
Indian reservations became valuable tho INDIANS NSIe
rn off TO other reservations and that lndlan au ueo
did I'm fact depend solely upon the VIII OF congress LOT
Validity The indian Territory SAID To be one Oh the
most fertile and beautiful tracts OF country IN .e utr
states and from what he had learned OF the desire
already TO occupy those lands he believed the next IN
dian war would there that the Indians coud not
long be kept from contact with the whites thcle Az S
fine there were people the Kansas border actually
ing i'm camps the expectation of occupying these Janus
lie believed the Indian reservation system failure IN
stead of pushing the Indians further westward he w0u
have civilization 90 to the west OF them, ana bring lhe
under its influences. -, -, . III.
Mr. YATES rep, Ill) argued that the present pohcy
had been followed from the beginning and that pioneer
settlers of the West in pushing the Indians before the
were following the example OF their predecessors as lar
hack as the Puritan fathers He considered the retire
ment OF the Indians sequence TO the advance
of civilization and that the Western wids would sooner
or later be opened To modern improvement.
Mr. MOrTill's amendment was rejected, II 10 To-.
The senate then went into Executive Session. ana
subsequently adjourned