The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-23
who had leftdArkansas had gone back, except
one who died while trying to get back.

who had leftdArkansas had gone back, except
one who died while trying to get back. Il
After a spirited debate Mcpherson moved
for an executive session. Rejected; yeas, IL;
nays, Is.
Senator Ingalls, said he was not greatly in
sympathy with the exodus, and if it extended
1t would be disastrous to those moving and
those among whom they settled. He had
cOnyersed with a number of negroes, and
every one said his sole reason for leaving the
South was desire for political freedom and
fair wages for work. One of these negroes
came from Georgia, and to some extent cor
federated Senator Hills statement about their
educational advantages.
Senator Voorhees, said if it were true as al
legged that their movement was caused by
unjust political treatment of the negroes, it
was well to learn the fact. If it resulted from
designing men it was also we'll to know it.
Indiana was open to all legitimate settlers,
but did not desire to be colonized through the
operation of emigration agencies any more
than California wished to be colonized by the
Chinese. Indiana was quite fully populated;
there was no land to give away, and the ne
groes were being deceived. He tho ught Win
dom's amendment was premature.
Senator Window defended his amendment,
and thought that there was a portion of the
Indian Territory that could be set apart for
the blacks, and that would be apractical solu-
ton of the matter.
By Cooke: a bill for the appointment of a
commission to ascertain and report the losses
sustained by citizens from Indian depreda-
lions. ru. ..'
By Logan: (by request) to declare legal
the effect of the permits granted by the Presi-
of the United States to purchase the products
OF the insurrectionary States.
Senator Peudleton, from the Indian Com
| miccinp rapprfa1 tho Sanata hill autbnrizipu
the Secretary of the Interior to deposit, GER
tain Indian funds in the United States Treas
ury in lieu of investment at 4 per cent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S..-Steele, from the
committee on Agriculture, reported the bill
originally introduced by Sapp, of Iowa, to
encourage interstate immigration and au-
thorizing the Commissioner Of Agriculture to
collect and publish all the facts which may
be of value to immigrants. The report which
accompanied the bill was an amusing docu-
ment. 1t held it would require nearly 1,OOC
years tor the present Commissioner to obtain
and publish all the facts, the cost of which
publication would exceed one thousand bill
lion dollars, and though it would be officially
reliable, it wovld be of little Importance tc
the present generation, but if by The grave
dispensation Of Divine Providence the Com
missioner should take an admiring view o.
1.-The standing pile of his reports he must be ex
cused if he exclaimed in the eXuberance o
his PRIDE" What's this ?" queried the
Reading Clerk. "Eregi monumentum Ger,
r perennius regalique stu pyramidam altius ?
= read Steele in a loud tone of voice as h
F assembled the Clerks desk. Loud ~laughterl
The bill and adverse report was referred t.
, committee of the Whole.
3 Mr.. LeFerere, from the committee on Ag
riculture, reported a resolution instructin'
y the Commissioner to take into consideration
such measures as may tend to promote tn
agricultural interests of the country to in
vestigate the system and working of the DE
. partment of Agriculture and to report neces
sary legislation for the promotion an
, protection of that industry, with power t
+ send for persons and papers and with an az
preparation of $4,000 to defray expenses. MI
Willis submitted all amendment looking t
q the consolidation or total abolition of tn
public grounds and Conservatives in Wasl
ington. The amendment was agreed to an
the resolution adopted.
Mr.. Scales, from the committee Of India
" Affairs, reported back the Senate bill autho
y izing the Secretary of the Interior to negotiat
with the Ute Indians for the relinguishmel
of their reservation in Colorado, and the
removal and settlement elsewhere, with a
amendment requiring the consent of the Ii
Z dams to the cess,on OF any part of their reese
l. Walton and providing that no agreement sha
% be valid unless agreed to by three-fourths
all the adult male Indians who have not TO
u teited their treaty rights and unless confirme
u by Congress. He asked for the immedia
consideration of the bill.
~ Mr.. Conger rose to point of order and sa
70 that it must receive its first consideration
IL Committee of the Whole, and decliped
withdraw the point, declaring that the bi
TX was absurd on its face, and that Congre
TX could not by special act confer the treat
s. making power OF the nation on an officer IL
&c recognized by the Constitution or law
as having any authority to make treaties, al
he that Congress had nothing further to do wi
G. the confirmation of the treaty.
at Mr.. Springer appealed to the House to a
e. on the question to-day, and said the gentl
to men who lived in the eastern part OF Il
country had no idea of the anxiety and Il
he tress to which the people of the West ID
IL subjected on account of Indian Eostilities, a
a therefore every measure tending to Il pea(
he able settlement of the Indian tribes shou
nd have immediate consideration.
g. Conger-Let the majority OF the House p
nd vide an army to protect the frontier sett
in ments. Bring in a bill for that purpose a
We we can pass it to-day.
I'd Springer-The army is ample now.
lie The point of order being insisted on, t
bill was referred to the committee OF
lie whole.
&c CHICAGO, Dec. ia Utica special gi'
an interview with Seymour. The repor
on asked him if he would accept the Democla
nd nomination for President, if such q cou
ne seemed necessary for the party's success. !
said Gas for myself, / don't think there i
*, general disposition to nominate me, nor at
mt think it wise to do so, tor many reasons.
nd should not be a strong candidate, and Wha
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