The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-08
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Arrival Of the Joint Conversational
Committee.


Who are Considering Their Trans
| fer % the War Department.
In Yesterdays BAzoo brief mention "a.
made Of the Co"ere.ion Committee thai
.ere to arrive last night.
The special cans attached to the reaul.,
rain ON the Missouri PAci6c arrived O,
Tine With the committee. accompanied b,
-everaI ladies and few pen.onal friends oi
he memben Of the committee. They TN
'sesliately we're switched to . special
engine ON the NJ. X 4 T. anil were j.ins,i
by Col. 4. d. Jsynes and Judge Z. C. Sesrs,
ii the ~, X. L r. and BAzoo represen-
taiive.
The excur.ion party vac in part cum.
poses; oil the
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
Representative Rnne. 81 the old Lynn
Bnyd district Il Kentucky.
SENATOR McCr~.ry, Of K~ntncky.
S~nstor Saunders, of Nebraska.
G-nersl Hooker. representative Of the
-eco"d mississippi district.
| Representative Stewart. Of Minnesota.
Chss. L. Flanagan, Secretary to the
Committee.
Mrs. Saunders. vile Of Senator Saunders
IL N~br aka.
Miss Bone, Of kentucky.
Mr.. Stamps, ri New Orle ms.
Miss Fannie Ward. Of Washington. d. c.
Miss Wolfe. niscc of senator Saunders.
Miss Msxon. OF 81. Louis.
Mis- Phoebe Couzins. Of 81. LOUIS,
loaned her charming presence to the party,
and was the life Of the occasion.
RAILROAD orFIcIALs.
William Bond, General Manager NJ, X.
ST.
Col. A. d Javnes. Treasurer NJ, KIT.
T. L. Sears. General Attorney w.. X. h r.
Gait. Jno. NJ. V"linger and ]. n. Baker.
ii 81 Luis. of the Texas Pacific Railway,
&. w. Drake, private secretary to Mr..
Bind.
s. d. II. Browne. conductor special train.
SENATOR ID. II. Armstrong. Of Missouri.
accompanied the party. He il an Old
~heel-h"r-e for reality or u joke. His blunt
w.y and outsIoken manner makes him one
u the live ones Of the parry.
The train consisied of locomotive, one
bsyy~ . car, one Pullman cs,sch and the
". X. Il r. NJ 50. and was ran special.
SUFFER.
mort sumPsnouA supper wss set BY Mr..
u Duck. nj sch~ll City. q" which the ~x-
cursis"i-,s did ample Justice, aud Ill '~lt
like passing u vose 81 ihsnks to the credit
ri mine host and his most accomplished
wii~.
The excunionis,s have spent to-day ut
the Mu~koge~ fair. this being the last day.
Tonight they will leave sou,L, probably
| Touching O~ni-on. returning tO-morrow.
wsli atop At vsrioU. places VI interest in the
T~rris"sy.
The BAzop trusts that there people m.y
have . plenssns trip. and ,hat much may
he accomplished leaking toward the early
opening ii thi. beautiful coun'ry-to he y
"a den. an ne~,is the en,~rprisinx hus-
bandry Of the pale faces. Treir industry
Gill M Ike it, field blu~som and produce
boun,iful h.rvr.,a.
, COL. BOCDixOr.
| Cnl B,,dinnt. the yell known Cherokee
"r.lor, politician and ssste<m.n, v~s in
SedAlia ihis InHminx. nm his wHy To the
Territory. lie stated tn BAzo0 rer,ster
Inst he Thought il was E.r the bet Intervals
..f the I".lisa. that their .ff.ins he trans
isrrrd t,ihe w Ar Departure and he ihosxhi
the cOmmi<.ion~r would ~, recommend.
He al-u stated that the n,'ss Important move
in l~lisn matters, ~ affecting the Terri
tory aud the he.t interests IL the Naii"n ~
large. would h. the visit Il the Senate C."n-
niii~e tn the Txrritorv On the l5ih. The
o.j-ct al this Committee H. tn inquire in,o
end r~pst npon the feasibility of opening
up the lnlisn Territory to settle@ea, and
civilization. and place the civilisesi tribes
in the Territory upon the same footing -
the whites.
Capt. Joseph LaBarxe. Who was born in
81. Louis AMI has had forty eight yesrs'
experience wilh The Indiana. tesli6ed
b~fore the commission in 81. L,uis, that:
He had experience N to transportation.
and he Thought in this respect the Indian
would he better BY . change from the
Indian Bureau o the military department.
| The change would be bewe6cial in .
financial point Of vi~w, bat otherwise il
; would not. He talked Sith the Indians
aud they told him they got much better
snpplies under the military than under the
xxenis. The Indians have not received
what wss intended for them, bot he did not
zee Why il should not b. ~ yell attended
| by the civil n yell ~ the military suthOsi
ties. The Indians would like Il better.
His principal acquaintance Wa With the
Sioux trite. lie thought, under the present
sysiem Of reservation, IL carried out BY the
right cl.ss Of men, il would be - veil n
any.
In answer n Judge Boone, he said the
feelings Of the Indians toward the military
are not friendly. They fear them. and
from his observation they have good canse
to fear and dislike them. He had refer
ence to the military in that country. They
rxti0.s from the military than those fur
\ OtSu " Oy tuS tutobIOb OeV~btoD~uSs Ao W
the character Of the supplies. the military
Furnished the best and the interior depart
ment the wont. A TO the mixed luris-
hicsion. he ssw no rsasoss for q conflict
between the departments on that scOse.
The military were necessary ~ . display
of p0ver tn show the Indians the danger OF
IN outbreak. Bat there have been more
irooPs than we're necessary. The troubles
arse from speculstors, . ses Of IN
psiociplrd white men, Who 70 there
In make mOoev. and any syssem
that would prevent thss w0ul.i Be- beneficial
tn the lm:ians aud to the government. lie
.iian't ~ vhy the military agents eoul.i
MT take change 0f lndi ~ sxrocie. il
sonld BE- y great sewing Ia the Rov~rnns~ni.
and woald not INQUIRE any more soldie"
than under the psr~sns sys'e.u.
The Indisn wants whst he IL led tn FL.
,,.~s >ns} h.liev~ helomvs IA, him. The vag