Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-18
The SPEAKERSH|P.
Republican Statesmen Open
inc Headquarters at Wash
ing for the Strug-
Gle.
No less than a Dozen Aspi-
rants for the Speakership
Already in the
Field.
Reports of the Secretary of
the Interior Department
and Indian Bu-
foaU.
Still Searching for the Intel
ligent Twelve who will
Decide Guiteau's
Case.
Crimes, Casualties, Foreign and
Ocean News-Protection-
lists and Crop Re
ports.
THE SPEAKERSHIP.

w WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The canvass
for speaker Of the house is becominS
lively and interesting. Of candidates,
Keefer, Hiscock, Dunnel, Burrows,
and Kasson, are mere. 0rth, Reed and
Robinson, of Mass, will be mere in
few days Keefer has established his
headquarters at the Ebbitt House.
Hiscock at the Arlington, Duunell at
the National, and the others have not
vet opened their headquarters.
Gen. Keefer's friends are very hope
full. They say keefer has the united
and cordial support of the Ohio deleea-
ton. and while the fight will be of
sectional nature the west against the
east Keefer Will get the votes from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and several
from New England as well as several
from the south. Keefer's friends be-
lieve he has now more positive support
than any other candidate and that he
Is the real choice of number of mem
bers who for state reasons have to
promise their votes to other candidates.
1t is the general opinion that some OF
the western candidates will have to drop
out of the race before the heat Of the
fight begins, and naturally those hay
ing the smallest support are expected
to sc the ones who viii rely. 1t is be
lieved by the Ohio members that
keefer has certainly more strength
than any other western candidate, and
that therefore he will fully be-
come the candidate of that section
As one of the numerous features of the
fight it is related that last spring, in
his letter to members of the house ask
ing that they support Hiscock, he
claimed the speakership ought by right
to go to the east, and particularly it
ought not to go to Ohio, because that
state had the presidents and two men,
bers OF the supreme court.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The annual
report OF the secretary of the interior
is largely devoted to a fresh discussion
Of the Indian question. He strongly
recommends the liberal provision
made by congress for teaching the IN
dian youth our language, that the ntim-
bers and area of existing reservations
be reduced, that on such reservations
rs are not well adapted to farming
without irrigation. Efforts will be
made 10 teach the Indians to become
herdsmen, instead of endeavoring to
try tomake them farmers; that the In
dian titles to the reduced reservations
be indlvidualized and thoroughly pro-
tected by law, and that the more civil
lied reservation Indians be encouraged
q abandon their tribal relations by
setting UP experimental forms and
local government among them, as
nearly alike rs may be to the system
of the country and government pre-
| vailing in states and territories in
which reservations are respectively To-
Gated.
There are now i'll the states and terri
tories west Of the Mississippi river, 102
| reservations, great aud small, on which
are located in round numbers PA, 4,00O
| Indians. If all the Indians west of the
Mississippi were gathered together up
/ on four or five reservations, our Indian
Affairs could be managed with greater
economy to the government, and great,
er benefit TO the Indians. l recon-
mend that congress be asked to create
/ Il commission of three or four citizens
/ to visit during the new year the reser.
i vations vest of the Mississippi
river for the purpose of recon-
/ mending to congress, if they shal
/ deem it wise, the concentration of the
/ Indians on four or five large reserva
/ tions to be selected in different parts ot
the west, on which the different tribes
shall be located; and if this shall in the
4 Judgment of the commission not be
wise, then to recommend a concentra
ton of existing small. agencies, where
that can be properly done, and re
/ duction Of the area Of other:
to dimensions proportionsble TO the
number of Indians now located thereon
| GUTTEAU's TRIAL.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The pres
sure to obtain admission to the court
room this morning was notably greater
than Yesterday. After the ushers had
exercised the right of selection, and
admitted two or three more well
dressed, espectable-looking people, In
| Guiding q Pennsylvania member o
congress, accompanied by ladies. the
doors were thrown open and there wa:
sudden and impetuous inflow of rep
rssentatiyes Of the rougher element ot
society.
The five ju,ors sworn yesterday were
early in attendance.
The court was formally opened /:
few minutes after 10 O'Clock, and i'm
mediately afterwards the brother ant
sister of the prisoner entered
APPEARANCE OF THE PRISONER
After the lapse of a few minute
Guiteau was hurried into the cour
room in the custody of half a dozel
policemen and the deputy marshals
The handouts were removed and b
shook hands with his sister and brothe
and then took 8 seat reserved for hin
between them and his counsel.
Scoville then submitted mis- affidavit
and made application for an order 70
AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF wmSEssE:
which order Was made by the cour'
Then the additional panel Of 75 sum