The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-06-19
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i've years /, u not p''sIlioii,is ii,..
payment 4 long pcris.i, tut nifly |
dividing iiI- payment, So thata PORTION |
shall be paid now, and the remainder |
in installnenis hereafter.
Now, sir, so far aS the provision in |
the bill giving permission fo i,e Secre- /
tary To reduce the price p l'-i cent. j. |
concerned. "a not consider it an i'm !
portant ieaIure of the hill. The secre-
tary of the interior viii not DO any
thing to the prejudice of the Indians
in that regard, and unless he thinks
equity and justice require 4 reap
praisement, lac will not permit it, but
will have the lands sold at the present
appraisement, and the purchase money
| paid in installmentS. | call attention
| 10 the fact that while the lands already
occupied are TO be paid for in six
years, the balance OF the lands are 70
| be paid for in three years. 1t seems
| to me that the bill is in the interest OF
the settlers, the Indians and the gov
eminent. At the present sppfaise-
ment the lands cannot be sold. Ii you
do NOT pass this or some similar bill,
/ they Will have to be re-appraised at
great expense and put in the market,
| for they will not sell at the present APP
| praisement. They have been for sale
| since 1872, when times were better
than they are now, but they were ap-.
praised so high that nobody would
purchase them, and it is for the inter
est OF all parties concerned that this
bill should pass.
Mr.. LOughridge. l see that the last
section of this bill places all this fund
in the hands of the secretary of the
interior, or the commissioner of Indian
affairs, and authorizes him to dispose
of it at his own discretion,as he secs fit.
That, to ne, is a very surprising provi-
sion. If these lands are sold, the pro-
ceeds should be placed in the treasury
of the United States, and appropriated
by congress rs all other proceeds OF
the sale OF lands are appropriated.
Mr.. Cobb, of Kansas. These are In.
dian lands.
Mr.. Loughridge. Then give the pro-
ceeds to the Indians. This section
provides that the secretary OF the in
terror may ut his own discretion appro-
pirate this fund as he sees fit.
MIR. Phillips. Allow me TO explain
moment, and j will correct the error
into which the gentleman seems to
: have fallen. These Indians are now
J in the Indian Territory on lands not
yet paid for. The gentleman himself
; the other day had charge of a bill
which appropriated $4,000 for the
{ erection OF buildings for these Indians.
This iund, derived from the proceeds
! of this land, is to be for the benefit OF
the Indians. The section to which the
gentleman refers was prepared by the
, interior department, and has not been
, changed by the committee.
MIR. Loughridge. The section to
which refer reads Us follows:
That the ct proceeds arising from sucI
sales, after delraying the expenses OF APP
- pratsement and sale, which have heretofOr,
or may hereafter he incurred and also thu
outstanding Indebtedness, principal and in
1 | terest, OF said Kansas tribe of Indians which
has heretofore been incurred under treat,
Stlpulations, shall belong to said tribe. in com
mon. and may he used by the commits Toner o
| Indian affairs, under direction of the pFesi
dent of the United States in providing an,
=, | improving for taem new homes in the lndiaI
- TERRITORY, ami IN sui,sisting them until the,
: | become Self-suStainlng; and the residue, no
y | SO required shall lie placed 10 their credit Oh
the books of the treasury, and bear interes
| ut the rate OF i've per cent per annum, and b,
e held as a innd for their civilization the inter
| est OF which and the principal when tIeeme,
necessary by the president of the Unile.
= stat $, may he used for such purpose.
: Mr.. Phillips. l have no objection t.
I striking ont of that section the word.
= land may be used by the commissioner
: OF Indian affairs under direction o
@ the president OF the United States, il
e providing and improving for them new
homes in the Indian territory, and il
: snbsisting them until they becom,
seif-slIstaining."
Mr.. LoughridSe. That is right.
move that amendment.
e M. Phillips. | have no objection
y to that amendment.
: The amendment was agreed to.