The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-22
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
sryaTE's AMENDMESTs 10 THE
HOUSE SILVER BTLL.
t.-..,,s ON, from the Indian APPROPRIATION
r,,I me section Tr. n-ferrius ne bsreau ~
,ss war Department Robbers OIL '"o
."..su,., Arre,auea In the ueuse.


WASHINGTON. June q. In the Senate MT
,uo,ton d,ep.. Ind submitted RESOLUTION IN
.,,uc,ine the Committee on privileges anu
vr.c,ions 10 inquire what laws II any proteo'
an, oviolabity Of private despsenes sent ny
,n,cnetic telegraph. aud what legislation !" no-
eary "a preyent the seizure Of such de-
.n,,ches by unauthorized, or irresponsible per
ssn. and report oy bill or otherwise. Agreed to-
A., Aul.on (Rep IowaJ from the Committee
tndl,n Affairs reported back the House bill
=. ,,,,sfer the once Of the Commissioners Of
,sa,.n Affairs from the Interior to the War De-
..,,msnt. and recommended that II be post
- untn the nrst Thursday after the nrst
e Mr ingalls, 1iisp.. kan) asked that It he laid
on The table for the present. 50 ordered.
%, sherman (Kep.. Ohio) called up the Joint
.ssn,,ton 20 authorize the President to ap ,oint
Swwtssioners to attend the luternationa oon-
.senre upon the subject Of the relative vdlue Of
,,ld and silver. Passed. , .
Mr. Mitchell (Rep., oregon gave notice that
.nornine horr. he would call up the resolution
49, p IL. :. Pinchback the compensation and
mileage Of Senator from March ., 1870 10 tho
,srmlnation VI his contest by the Senate.
THE SILVER BILL.
Nr sherman lied up the House joint resolu-
,inn authorizing the Secretary Of the Treasury
o. sac sioOUOJO In silver cotD IN exchange for
isy,l tender notes, the notes 80 redeemed to o
lept A. a separate fund, and reis-ued only upon
he retirement aud destruction VI Ike amount
Of fractional currency received by the Govern
mont for dues. lie submitted AN amendment
urlyidtng tntt the trade dollar shall not here
alter be y legal tender. and authorizing the
~ reiafy II the Treasury TO limit the coinage
thereof to such amount a. lie may deem sum
Cient to meet the export dem nd for the same.
Mr. sargent dep, { H. said the trade dollar
was At greater discuunt In California than the
ordinar, subsidiary silver coin. Ihe trade dol
lar worth but ninety cents on the doiar,
while the subsidiary silv n coin was worth nine
and nil lat ~ "A ne n
erl protest IN his section against TINS trade
d.llar.
Mr. Sherman said hs thought S2O.op0o in
silver In should be issued instead Of $4,000,
90, though he did not want 10 endanEer the
passage of the bill by Offering that amendment,
hitwould cause debate. If the Senate SHOULD
unanimously pnss such an amendment he had
the $l0,O0,0O and Insert in lieu thereof FIJI
w.
Mr. Sargent objected. aud MIR. Sherman with
drew the aUendment. In doing 30 he sad he
bad no doubt the senator from California would
regret having made the objection. In his tSher-
in the country before the next session OF Con-
gress. 1t would DO mistake for Congress TO
adjourn this session without providing for the
demand for small change.
The JOINT resolution WAS then passed.
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate then resumed the consid era n
OF the Indian Aprropra ion btu the pending
question heing on the amendment proposed by
tue Committee on Appropriations to strike out
the third section OF the House bill proposing to
abolish the lndi m bureau and transfer the gov
ernment of the Indians ~ the W az Department.
All. Allison (Rep., Iowa. argued that army
officers were not the proper persons to teach
ment OF the Ind ans, II left with the army, would
be denoralizing TO the army, and would take
away az least $50 ofiicer- from their duties with
the army.
Mr.. Morton opposed the transfer. In the nrst
place because ,t was general legislation OIL an
appfopriation bill, aud, second, because this
transfer of the Indian Bureau TO the War De-
psriment would be equivalent TO saying the In
dams cannot be civilized: that they have but one
Mr.. Ingalls, saii the War Depsrtme OF was not
a siallghter house, nor did he understand at
moi the desire II those who favored the l. ans
Ter Of the Indian Bureau 10 the " ar Depart
nent 10 have tue tpoisns all snot. The army
did rot desire Ia provoke warfare with the
Indians and the theory that the government Of
IN. Inutnns bv the War Department meant
blood was absurd and impossible. The country
rpald not be la posed upon by any such asser-
non.
VI Logan (Rep.. InJ arened that the army
oaioefs would provoke nghts ~ith The INDIANS
W order 70 get treyet ranks. The Committee
oa Military Affairs now bad before them one
hundred breyels conferred upon ofhcers Tor
fshting Indians but ne had always opposed
THE confirmation OF such breyets, because the
law did not contemplate that Dreyets mould be
Conferred Ter such service.
the KFFEcT or THE PEACE POLICY.
Mr., luz liz said he was q friend of the army,
ard lie believed Il 0Onsls cd largely OF men VINO
knees the value Of AN oath and had never heen
taught 10 steal II there had been no pence
policy there would have been no Inuan war
duHug the lAsl i've Year,. Wars had been
rendered ,.s necessary by this very peace
- les something over $4,000 Indians, and
there never were more tuen 5ooocD. The
Government had always manifested good
faith toward them, but when the senator talked
ABOUT Indians b'ing the o pers Of the soil, they
might as welt talk about the ratllesnake OF the
bun 10 being the owners OF II. Tho law Of hu-
maniiy, tie law OF nations. and the law Of civ
ilfauon were all 10 the contrary The Indian
had no rights superior to he rights Of civilzd-
ton, and his riRhl 10 the reservation upon which
he lived wss only IA right OF occupancy subject
y the suueriOr rights Of the American people. II
any one believed that ii, Great Creator designed
MS continent for Laf a uIiliiOu OF sent u ked,
bfeecu -rIouted. vermin covered sayagoh he ~ ust
have strange idea, u Divine Providence: he
sfg led That the wsr now going on In the Black
HAS was the effect OF the peace policy, anu said
taaI II the President had issued his prociama-
ton wien tue Black His troubles 1r-t oon-
menced, asserting that the Biac, Hills had ocen
te apart for the Indians by tire .ty stipulations
Anu warning all persons To Keep away from that
country OF he expelled by the army, which
eeould have been tut there for that purpose,
,urte Wuuld We been no war hut the whole
mater wls left TO the drab-hAtted, long-skirted
!lyu Quaker II was left 10 the al visionary and
tbt sunday school superintendent. and the re-
w Wa MT the tones Of hundreds ofcivized
men were ilug on the plains between Fort Lar
amie ana ne Black Hills. II the gate OF this
ssleuAhied region known as tue Black Hi had
een suar1sd ny tue army there would have
o,eu 40 0inculty II was force tho lDoisns re-
spcted' and not the Bible or the primer. The
rthai- hid greed not to att ich to the appro-
Plla'' % bills any amendment Involving general
es'lti %, The G JinInlttee on Indian Affairs
Ms mnrning reDorted the House bid to trans
te' we lhdlan bureau TO tue " ar Dep rtment.
~ turitl re uoyed that the present bill tie Laid
"'ui ini rma us, ana the bill reported TINS
,,Inolnihg te taken up and the discussion con-
""ued on that oil.
OPPOSED TO THE TRASsFRR.
W Morul ltep., Mel opposed the transfer
" the Indian Bureau, aud argued that Congress
had no u.ht to dtvOiye THIS duty upon the
AmY he men who enlisted TO carry the nag
VI me country aud defend II against its enc
ulr' did { agree To be u,ilers, scnoOl teachers
th1 nl-elpn re- tpr the Indians.
Pr - Yenson dem, kyDs I'd, II the motion
~ ile Ssunlor from kansas, MIR. Ing lis, should
peNpted down, ne would oner the DiH reported
| w Wr '"Wmlttce on Indian An lrs this morn.
"t 10 Nd ah, nu eut 20 tho pendlug Dll.
nj L+Nund- uttp., ,.J sald IL was plain that
| I'LL. li 'f-lHn i thi blll to trLl sfer tue Bureau
| wac i.lH .nlnu-, aud considering the pres
a., al - es~ss n anu he feet that, unless
/ we y r o. rati Il niils $40 AID be passed WITHIN,
sNe day, t.v sertcu would be crippled, he
sso--Ht Il best ~ pass The ApproDrlau1 Oil
- wave ut ire clause In regard t. the trans
", lu" in9iln Bureau.
~. Hsohsa mOuOu To lay aside the Indian
| a. 600 IYu hii aud take ~ the House mi
1 ~ '' IS Nr 80 uiilttee on Indian Affairs
morning. 'D tnnsirr the Indian bureau %
." ID. rtlcnt was greed to--yeas, ~ /;
I'.'. If. '.- upV-;
L. d. E'rn an, Booth, Caperror CocirriL
A,a '.'F 70 lcmoch, lnsuls, J2ats,oih
II 81, %" f. ...liln, aud Huhefa-gO.
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