The New York herald., 1870-06-08
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More Railroad Land Jobs
Proposed.
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Scheme to DiSpOSSeSs the Usage Indians
Of Their Reservation in Kansas.
Debate in the House Over Mr.. Garfields
Banking and Currency Bill.
The Democratic Platform
fO1. 1879.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June I, 1870

WASHINGTON, June Z, 1871.
ASSISTANT TREAS URER AT BALTIMORE.
Mr. SHERMAN CrepJ or Ohio, from the Committee
on Finance, reported the House bin lprovidtng for
an Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore.
RILIs WERE INTRODUCED
To change the location OF certain railroad In the
State Of Minnesota; granting condemned ordnance
for soldiers monuments at Providence r.. l.. and at
Bucksport, Me-, and to grant right OF way to the
Arkansas and Delta Railroad, and to aid in the con-
BouNpARIEs OF LAND DISTRICTS.
Mr. THAYER, (repJ of New, called up the bill
authorizing the Secretary or the Interior to change
the boundaries OF land districts without increasing
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
came up In order, and Mr. CHANDLER (repl OF Mich,
moved to pass the bill over to take up the bill
Tor q through railroad line to New York, and the
Chattanooga and Cincinnati Railroad bill.
The motion was not agreed to, aud the Indian Ap-
preparation bill was proceeded Win.
Mr.. PoMERoY, repl of KAN, offered as an amend
ment the bin Tor the removal or the Usage Indians
in Kansas, the sale OF their reservation to actual
settlers at dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
and the settlement OF the tribe IN the Indian coun-
try. He advocated his amendment in the interest OF
the settlers of land as means OF securing peaceful
homes for the indians and advancing the prosperity
OF his State.
Mr. DAVIS tdem:;l Of Ky, inquired whether there
was any ''stealagen in the BILL
MIR. POMERoY replied If there was the Committee
on Indian Affairs should have found 1t ont He did
not know OF any.
Mr. DAVIS said he wouid admit If the honorable
Senator lhir Pomeroy did not know OF any sleaiage
IN the b. there must be none.
Mr.. Ross (rep.) OF KAN, spoke in eulogy OF the
energy ana In egry OF the frontier settlers, ana the
necessity OF opening The Oslge Reservation 10 SETTLE
ment.
Mr.. MORRILL,, (rep.) OF Me-, opposed the amend
ment as an attempt 10 take an unfair advantage OF
the Indians. He said portlon OF the the lands nad
been received by the United States IN trust by treaty.
ana submitted an amendment TO provide Tor receV-
ing the balance in trust, with q view TO their dis
posal at 81 25 per fo the beneht OF the Indians
and providing homes for them III the indian Ter
rltory.
Mr. DRAKE trep.) OF Mo-, said he was not In favor
OF running Indians of their lands 10 make room Tor
any railroad that might be projected TO run upon
them. He preferred TO let such enterprises take care
OF themselveS
Mr. MORTON, (repl OF Ind, said soon as the lands
OF indian reservations became valuable the Indians
were run OF TO other reservations and that Indian
and titles I'll l. III fact depend solely upon The Will OF
Congress for validity. The Indian Territory was SAID
to be OF the most fertile and beautiful tracts or
country in the United States ana from what he
had learned Of the desire already TO occupy those
lands ne believed that the next indian war would
occur there tnat the Indians could not long be Kept
from contact with the whites there At this time there
were people on the Kansas border actually living IN
camps in the expectation OF occupying those lands.
He believed the Indian reservation system failure.
Instead or pushing the Indians further westward ne
would have civilization go 10 the west OF them, aud
bring them under its influences.
Mr.. YATES rep.) OF H., argued that the present
policy had been followed from the beginning, and
That pioneer settlers OF the West in pushing the In
dians before them, ,ywere following the example or
their predecessors far back as the Puritan
Fathers. lie considered the retirement OF the Indians
necessary sequence the advance OF civilization,
and that the Western wids would sooner or later be
opened TO modern improvement.
MIR. Morrilrs amendment was relected-17 to2o
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate then al quarter past fOllr, went lnto
executive session. and subsequently adoirned