The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-12

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will be pushed.
The Senate judiciary Committee at 4
special meeting to-day, heard the argu
mentR from Horace White, representfne
the Kansas Pacific Railway COMPANY
Edward Atkinson, in behalf Of the Unior
Pacific Company, and J. B. McNally, fol
the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad, on
the subject Of interest and Indebtedness
Of those companies to the United States
and the proper amounts they should bs re-
quired TO pay annually for the creation
Of sinking funds to discharge Il.
Judge Thomas A. Spence, Assistant su,
perintendent Of the Railway Mail Ser
vice, died to-day.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
At a meeting Of The Committee or
Privileges and Elections on Monday next
the following resolution will be submitted
by Senator Hoar:
RcloIred, That after hearing such eyi.
denee as the committee shall deem com.
petent, it will report to the senateits con.
cluSion upon the following questions:
|. Were the persons holding certificates
from the Returning Board alone entitled
to vote in the election Of Senator at the
time Kellogg claims to have been electedf
2. Can any subsequent events affect the
legality Of the election held January 10,
1872
3. Did the Returning Board act fraud.
ulently in determining the question 10
whom they should issue certifcates2
4. Whether the persons who voted in
the election Of Kellogg were such persons
as would in fact have been found entitled
to seats BY the respective houses on a
fair and just trial and decision OF each
case on its merits.
THE PASoAs AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The Panca Indians, at the Executive
Mansion this afternoon, heard the res.
ponse Of the President to their statements.
The President said:
Ny Friends-I have carefully consid.
cred what you have said to me. know
you have always been good friends to the
white people. There is none Of their
blood on your hands. You have always
listened TO what the Government Of the
white people said 10 you, and you have
done what you were told 10 do. You
have, therefore, my sincere and hearty
sympathy and | will do all l can to help
you. You were removed from your old
reservation TO guard you from collision
with other Indians who were unfrieudIy
to you. 1desire you should live in peace
and security; for this reason you were
taken away from the Missouri river, and
for the same reason l think It would not
be good for your own welfare that you
should go back so great distance TO the
same place. Your people are now in
Indian Territory with other Indian tribes
who are friendly to you and with whom
you can live in peace and good neighbor.
hood. You complain that on tho land
you now occupy, you are exposed TO
much annoyance from bad men, who
steal your cattle and ponies and demor.
allie your people with whisky. Mindful
OF your conduct, l desire to consult your
wishes, There is much good land in the
Indian Territory, farther away from the
white settlements, where yon will not be
exposed 10 such annoyances. For the
land which you have left on the Missouri
river you shall have tract as large and
as fertile, with plenty Of timber aud many
water courses. will permit you 10 send
out some Of your chiefs to make selec.
tion for Your people among the lands
which still belong TO the government in
the Indian Territory. The land 90 Sc.
lected you shall have and cultivate it and
raise crops aud cattle for yourselves and
your children. 1 know you left behind
you on the Missouri river log cabins and
agricultural implements. I shall see to
1t that on the lands you are to occupy
houses shall be built for you as good as
those you had on the Missouri river, and
you shall, yourselves, be employed in
building them and paid for the work you
do. ] will also ascertain what agricul.
tural implements you left behind you and
you shall be supplied with the like guam.
tity, and also with cattle so that you shall
lose nothing. / will try to see 10 It that
you have schools for your children to
give them knowledge Of many things that
are good for them and TO bring them up
in industrious habits. I know that the
frat settlement in 4 country Is attended
with much hardship and | sympathiae
with you, but II you go to work with a
good heart, making good use Of your
time In planting fields and raising crops
your condition will soon be better and you
will be prosperous and contented as many '
thousand Of Indians who settled there
betoreyou. When the white people tirst
came 10 this country, through which you
have travelled on your way here, and In
which you have seen such aourishing
farms and large towns, they also we're
poor. and they suffered much hardship,
but they went to work with courage and
industry and they became as rich and
happy as you now see them. You must
follow their example and 20 to work,
and thus you will soon better your condi.
tion. II you do that I shall remember
that the Pancas are good Indians, and
shall lend you a helping hand. l mean
to be as good q friend to you as you have
been 10 the white people, am glad to
see you here, and my beat wishes will be
with you in your new homes.
The rIesident'saddress concluded, the
Indians all expressed desire to confer
further with the PresIdent next week
saying they had additional complaints tc
make.
Standing Buffalo said he was only
afraid OF the whites in his present locs
tion, not Of the Indians.
Before closing the interview the Presi
dent said: II want TO say few vordl
more 10 my good friends. l understant
they do not knew whether they may q
back 10 the old Paneas again that they
came from, that land has been given III
to other people, 60 they can't have Il
again butt want TO give as good land al
the Government has in the Indian Ter
ritory.
The Republican members Of the Sen
ate held . caucus to-day which lastet
from noon till after s O'clock. II wa
very fully attended. The topics tliseuss
cd were the so.called Southern POLICY
and Civil Service Policy.
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