The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

tribe to which they belong. Agreed to.
The following amendments were adopted {:
by Kirkwood Allowing the purchase by
the government of parcels of reservations not
allotted
BY Teller: Authorizing the education in
the primary branches of agriculture and i'm
migration of so Indian boys, at the agricultu-
raj college at Fort Collins, Colorado.
By Vest: Applying the statutes of Kan
sas in regard to the distribution and partition
as far as practicable to lands taken in
severalty.
BY Morgan, adding to the agricultural lands
set apart for the heads of families one section
for grazing purposes.
Morgan then moved to strike out the ninth
section requiring consent to the act OF two
thirds of the tribe before it shall extend to
them.
ingalls,, in some general observations upon
the Indian problem, and the difficulties of its
solution, criticised the course of the oppo-
nents Of the bill as embarrassing the senate
in an effort to pass bill OF some character up
on the subject, and as member of the COM
mittee which reported the bill he appealed to
Morgan and Teller to cease further opposi-
tion.
SMorgan replied that he didn't want to put
it into the power of the secretary of the inte-
rior when he could brbe or otherwise cajOle
a lot of Indians to 60 with him to compel a
tribe to dispose Of their property as this bill
did.
| The prospect of disposlng of the bill being
| very remote Cope asked unanimous consent
to an agreement for vote upon it Monday
| morning.
| Adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The senate re-
sumed consideration of the Indian land in
severalty bill.
The question being on Morgan's amend
menls TO dispense with the requirement for
the assent of two-thirds of tribe before land
can be taken in severaty, after a few re-
marks by Morgan in favor and Sanders in op-
position the amendment was rejected-ayes,
| 10; nays, 10.
Plumb submitted and advocated an amend
ment to allow allotments to be taken by in
divdual members of tribe which does not
consent to take lands and providing that in
such an event tribal relations shall be broken
up,
After some discussion Plumb modified the
amendment at the suggestion OF EdmunIs so
as to omit its latter features and the mend
ment then prevailed without objection.
On motion of Hoar the amendment pro-
hibiting the punishment of Indians for polyg-
amy who, at the the time of the allotme Mt,
were practicng the same, was amended so as
to make it applicablesto Indians who are Cit
iZens Of states.
The bill was laid over without action and
ordered printed.
Mcpherson introduced bill appropriating
$4,000 TO be applied under the direction of
the secretary of the navy to the Immediate
preparation, equipment and supply of a ves-
sci Of war to be used in search OF the steamer
Jeannette, ofthe Arctic exploring expedition,
referred.
Voorhees, introduced bill providing pen
sions for the survivors of the battle of Tippe-
canoe and for the widows and orphans of
those now dead who were engaged therein.
He said the latter bill had been necessitated
| by reason Of the pension Office constituting the
law to exclude those named.
WASHINGTON, Feb. L. kirkwood and
Dawes further discussed the Ponca question
kirkwood criticised Dawes for laboriously
trying to cast discredt on the United States
for it's acts, where no such discredit was pro.
7 perly attributable. The secretary had fur
nlsAed all the information necessary, and in
ample time. As to the killing of Big Snake
, that Indian was insub0rdinate, and had offer
left his reservation and resisted arrest, ,declar-
ing he would rather die than submit. Il
shooting HIM the soldiers supposed him
armed, although it atlerward seemed he was
? not. Dawes feelings had beclounded his
judgment. He did not believe Dawes hat
intended in his recently published statement
respecting SchurZ participating in congress
slonal investigations, to reflect on hlm (kirk-
: woody as chairman of the senate committee
but such might be the inference. There had
been i theory advanced that the secretary O.
the interior had been guilty of the baseness
s OF intlmidating the Poncas into coming tt
S Washington and saying they We're satisfied
! with their lands. The secretary had take1
interest enough in the charge to disprove the
theory.
c Dawes disclaimed any intentional refec
: tion on Kirkwood.
D Logan wanted the Grant retirement bill
made the special order for Thursday.
Vest and Eaton objecting, Logan said ht
! thought if the senate could listen to an hour
debate on dead Indian it might be disposed
to find little time for live general.
The pension bill was then taken up il
committee of the whole, and the senate
; amendments were agreed to. Booth, II
charge of the bill, submitted amendments
t which, he said, had the approval of thre
= members of the pension committee TO WHOM
;, he had had an opportunity to show it, appro
:, priating to supply deficiencies de for the tisca
u year of 1881, 81 ,692 900, namely for pen
Y sion for army lnvalids and their widows
minors and dependent relatives, including
arrears to survivors of the war of 1912 an
their widows, provided the amount expende
for each of the above items shall be accounte
J. for separately. The amendment also apprc
i pirates for navy pensions to invalids, widows
:, minors and dependent relatives, $500,
u provided the appropriation aforesaid for nav
Is pensions shall be paid from the income of tn
l. naval pension fund so far as the same may
:, sufficient for that purpose, and provided ful
ther that the amount expended Tor each
e the above items shall be accounted for sep:
rately. 1t also approprates $4,000 for fet