Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-29
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE POACiAS REMOVAL.
Thoroughly Satisfied With
Their New Quarters.
A HEARING OF THEIR CASE.
Greenbaeksrs Claiming a Balance of
Power.
COLD WEATHER IN THE WEST
The Thermometers Many De-
grees Below Zero.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.


| The Poneas' Removal-Tes4imony Before
the Senate Committee The Indians
Satisfied With Their New Quarters
Greenbackers Claiming the Balance of
Power in the Next Householder Mat
ters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S-Messrs. Kirkwood
and Dawes, representing the select commit
tee of the Senate on the removal of the Pom
cas-, examined Indian Inspector Haworth,
Agent Whiting and the Ponca Indians now
here at the Indian Office. They were assisted
by Mr.. Tibbals who has become well known
in connection with this matter. The exam
nation was in the nature of cross-examina-
ton on matters already known. 1t brought
out clearly that the Poncas are better pleased
on their reservation in the Indian Territory
and do not desire to return to Dakota. In
spector Haworth stated that the letter of
October 25 asking to remain where they were
was brought to him. He advised them to
take ten days more to think of it and talk
with the people of the tribe. They did so
and were most urgent in their request at the
end of the ten days. Both Haworth and
Whiting say they neither have seen or heard
of Ponca who was not now in favor of re-
naming. The Indians were in good health
and there had been but forty-seven deaths
since their removal in 1877. Senator Dawes
directed his inquiries to the title of the Indi
ans to their respective reservations in Dakota
and in Indian Territory to show that they had
a solid title to the former and none in the lat
ter. He also directed his efforts to show that
the arrest of Tibbals in the Indian Territory
was without legal authority, and that the
presence of Indians there was unauthorized.
The following statement shows the popula-
ton OF certain States and territories accord
ing to the United States census of $780,
The statement is still subject to possible cor
rections by reason of the discovery of omis-
sions or Implications of names in the list
of inhabitants returned: Alabama 1861
PAL, Arkansas SO2, 564 Connecticut 622-
6S3, Delaware LAG, 654, Georgia 1897
878, Florida 266, 566, Iowa 1921, 1853,
Kansas 995, 1886, Kentucky 1,648, 500, Lou
isiana $40, 263, Maine 648. 945, Massa-
sachusetts 1,7S3,OS6, Missouri 2,169, O91,
Nebraska ASP, 432, Nevada 81, 265, New Hamp-
shire 347, 782, New Jersey 1, $780, 892 New York
5,O82, 844, North Carolina 1 400, OOO Oregon
ia, 767, Rhode Island PIG, 528, South Carroll
ma 995, 706, Tennessee 1,542, 463, Vermont
332, 286, Virginia 1872, 204, West Virginia
618, 1913, Wisconsin l, 315, 1885, District of Co.
lumbia III, 63S, Idaho 80, 611, Montana So
157, Utah 143, 907, Washington Is, 12O, Wyo-
ming 20, 788.
Senator Dawes this morning sent a very
sharp letter to the President protesting
against the proposed exchange of lands with
the Poncas, taking the ground that they are
entitled to their lands in Dakota and should
not be deprived of them, and also that the
land on which they now are does not belong
to the government, but to the Cherokee In
dians and that there can be no legal legisla-
ton taken until Congress had made provi-
atoCn
mally conveyed their land to the govern
ment. The letter was laid before the Cab
met at the meeting to-day.
The Greenback party expects to be party
of prominence in the next Congress Its
members have heretofore never held well to-
gether. The Greenbackers of Democratic
proclivities voted with the Democratic party
and the Greenbackers of Republican pro-
clivities voted with the Republican party
when questions of national Importance were
before the House. On questions of finance
alone the members have acted with united
purpose. 1t is the intention of leaders now
to manage the Greenbackers in the next
House as compact body between the two
great parties and to squeeze what
ever advantage can be obtained
from each. The Republican estimate
of the composition of the next House and the
Greenback estimate differ slightly. The
Republicans estimate 14S members, including
the vacancy in New Hampshire, which will
be filed by Republican, J. Hyatt Smith
and Mr. Brumm of Pennsylvania. They
concede 1877 Democrats and Greenbackers
The Greenbackers claim both Smith and
Brumm, raising their number to 10 and de-
creasing the Republicans to 146 The
Greenbaek programme is to nominate Mr.
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, for the Speakership,
further reducing the Republican strength
to 145. Providing they can hold
their forces they will possess the bal
ance of power in the next House. So far as
can be learned, there is no disposition on the
part of the Greenbackers to hold this power
firmly and to the end for the triumph of
Greenback principles. They desire simply to
use it as lever to compel the Republicans to
bestow committee patronage upon individual
Greenbackers. 1t is doubtful if their plan
viii succeed, as many of the Greenbackers
elected to the next house are Republicans at
heart. There has been a great deal
of caucusing among the Greenback members
of the present House in relation to the fu-
ture leadership of the party in Washington.
Messrs Weaver, Gillette and Delamatyr were
not elected to the Forty seventh Congress.
Mr.. Lowe, of Alabama, will only appear in
the next House as the contestant of General
Joe Wheeler's seat. Neither Murch nor
Jones of Texas are regarded as eligible par
Eamentarians. At present it is the intention
of the G-eenbackers to make J. Hyatt Smith
their leader if he will accept the position.
The Greenbackers are anxious to defeat the
proposed funding legislation. They will
| unite with any of the Democrats to secure
| this object. Mr.. Lowe is very anxious that
the Republicans shall organize the next
House, as he desires committees of investi-
to he tad