The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-01-27
SENATE.


munication from the State Department
relating to the offer made to sell to the
Department the original manuscript and
historical papers bequeathed by Benja-
min Franklin to his grandson, VIM. 7,
Franklin, being the collection of Henry
Stevens Franklin. Among the papers is
the original petition Of the Continental
Congress to George the Third in 1774,
signed by the delegates, The collection
will be offered for sale in London for
$4,000 sterling, if the offer to this Coy
ernment is not accepted. The communi-
cation was referred.
On motion of Mr.. Mcdonald, his resc.
luton of last session for a standing com.
mittee on the rights Of women citizens,
was taken up,
Mr.. Mcdonald advocated the PROPOSE
tion as one affording a medium through
which this class Of applicants for legisla-
ton could have their rights heard before
the country.
Mr.. Conkling suggested that the Com
mittee be made special one, 80 that a
benefCient movement in behalf of
Women's rights might result speedily in
somethingpraCtical [Applause in ladies'
gallery.]
Mr.. Mcdonald insisted on q perma-
nent committee, as the subject was
continuing one, As long as the human
family lasted on the floor of the Senate
the rights of women would demand con-
sideratioD.
Mr.. Davis W. Va. moved to refer it
to the Committee on Rules. Agreed to
ayes 26, nays 23.
Mr.. Herman presented resolution,
which WAS adopted without debate, re.
questing the President to forthwith
transmit to the Senate, if in his opinion
not incompatible with public interests,
copies of any and all correspondence
since 1869, which may have passed be-
tween the Secretary of State and any
Diplomatic or Consular agent of the
United States, either in Switzerland or
any other foreign country, in relation to
the sending to the United States by any
foreign State, canton or municipality, of
criminals, paupers or insane persons.
The calendar of private bills occupied
the remainder of the morning hour.
Mr.. Pendleton introduced and asked
the present consideration OF the Joint
resolution for the loan by the Secretaries
of War and Navy of flags and bunting
in the Government depots for use in dec.
Grating the City of Washington on the
4th of March.
Messrs. Mcdonald, Hill, of Colorado.
and Walker were appointed a committee |
of conference ON the bill granting lands |
to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho |
and Wyoming for university purposes.
The Funding Bill was received from
the House and referred to the committee |
on Finance.
A communication from the President |
was received transmitting letter from
the Secretary Of State in relation to the
recent effort of the United States to
bring about peace between Chilli, Peru,
and Bolivia, Ordered printed,
The regular order, being the bill to
provide for the allotting OF land in sew.
crafty to Inuians on various reservations,
and to extend the protection of the laws
Of the States and Territories over the
Indians, and fer other purposes, was tas
ken up and occupied the remainder Of
the day.
Mr.. Cooke, who reported the bill, ex.
planned its provisions. The President,
whenever in his judgment reservation
of land on which the Indian are located,
shall be fl for agricultural purposes, is to
have the same surveyed and allotted in
the manner specified by the first section,
to the Indians, or individual Indians, of
the tribe for which it has been set apart.
The excess of lands in the reservation
above what may be thus allotted to indi-
viduals is to be negotiated for by the
Secretary of the Interior, but no money
is to be paid until the nego, iations are
ratified by Congress. 1t is also provided
that the bill shall not be applicable to
Indian Territory, and further, that the
lands shall not be alienRted within 26
years by any of the allottees.
Mr.. West moved an amendment to the
eleventh section excluding the Indian
Territory from the operations of the bill,
80 as to make 1t read that the cost shall
not extend to the reservations of the
Cherokees, Crooks, Choctaws, Seminoles
and ChiCasaws in the Indian Territory.
In support of the amendment he urged
that whatever step was now taken
should be 30 taken as part of uniform
and general policy. 1t had been charged
against him in the press, that he propos-
ed to attack the treaties with civilized
tribes in the Indian Territory. On the
contrary, he proposed TO observe every
treaty both in letter and in spirit, and
proceeded 10 criticlse the Committee on
Indian Affairs for having excepted from
the bill, and left under the old regime
the thirty Indian tribes, or remgant Of
tribes, on the plains.
Mr.. Teller opposed the bill. He re-
ferred to the men orial Of the Commits
oioner of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church of the United
States upon Indian rights and Indian
civilization, in which, among other
things, 1t vas claimed the Indians sho'd
have a good education and religious lib.
erty. He argued that these gentlemen
were impraetiCable. They proposed to
the Indians, savage and friendly, alike;
and yet there was as much difference be-
tween Indians as there was between civ
iiised beings, and legislation that could