The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25
CONGRESSIONAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Carlisle's substi-
tute for the fifth section of the funding bill,
making 3 per cent. the only bend receivable
as security for national bank circulation was
agreed to by a vote Of 127 to 119. Among |
the yeas was Berry, and among the nays are
Page, Davis, Pacheco and Daggett.
The bill then passed by a vote of 1876 TO
124.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Pendleton intro
duced and asked present consideration of a
joint resolution for the loan by the secreta
ries OF war and the navy of flags and bunting
in the government depots for use in decorate
ing The city Of Washington on the 4th of
March.
HcDonard, 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 Oh
finance.
A communication was received from the
president transmitting a letter from the Sec
rotary Of stale in relation to the recent effort
OF the United States to bring about peace be-
tween Chilli and Bolivia. The letter was Or
dered printed.
The regular order being the bill to provide
for the allotment of land in sever lty to the
Indians on the various reservation and to ex-
tend the protection of the laws of states and
territories over the Indians, and for other
purposes, it was taken up.
Cox explained its provisions The presi-
dent, whenenever in his judgment a reserva-
ton of land on which Indians are located
shall be tit for agricultural purposes, is to
have the same surveyed and allotted in the
manner specified by the first section to indl-
vidual Indians of the tribes for which it has
been set apart. The excess of lands on res
ervatiors above what may be thus allotted to
individuals is to be negotiated for by the sec
rotary of the interior, but no money is to be
paid until the mediations are ratified by con.
g1ess.
Vest moved to amend the section exclud-
ing the territory from the operation of the bill
so that only tribal reservations therein should
be excluded. He would observe every treaty
with the Indian in letter and in spirit, and
criticised the committee on Indian affairs for
excepting the three Indian tribes on the
plains.
Teller opposed the bill and referred to the
memorial efthe commissioners of the gener-
al assembly of the presbyterian church of the
United States on Indian rights and civiliza-
ton, which, among other things, claimed that
the Indians should have a gosd education and
religious liberty. He argued that these
methods were ilnpracticable, as they prepos-
ed to treat all Indians, savage and friendly,
alike, and yet there was as much difference
between Indians as between civilized beings,
and legislation that would be beneficial to
one class would fail if applied to another.
The effect of giving land to Indians absolute
ly would be as it had been in the past to sub
ject them to the rapacity of the whites and
ultimately deprive them of a resting place on
the continent.
Saunders supported the bill as facilitating
the breaking up of tribal relations and afford
ing the Indians better facilities than they
would have without d. to prepare for good
citizenship.
Hill, of Colorado, said as an alleged oppo-
sition of the Indians to the severalty provls-
ion had been urged against the propriety of
any enactment of the subject he had endeav-
Ored to ascertain the truth as to the feeling
of the Indians on that point. In response to
this inquiry he had received from the COM
missioner of Indian affairs a letter which
stated in substance that Red Cloud and Spot
ted Tail had for years past been Demanding a
separate allotment of their lands, but their
request had not been complied with, owing to
the survey not having been completed.
Agents of the Sioux Of Nebraska, Chippe-
was Of Wisconsin, and numerous others
reported that their tribes had signified in
some instances unanimously their desire to
ba located in severalty, and in other instan-
ces their desire to have patents issued to them
for their lands as provided in the treaty
Very few outside of the five civilized tribes
in Indian territory had failed to favor the
movement.
Without taking action on the bill the SEN
ate adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-The motion OF
.Jahpcpn far q eaIact nnn,nittoa of five on
pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious and
infectious diseases Of cattle was agreed to,
and johnson, Williams, Rollins, Kirkwoed
and Coke were appointed. Williams bill was
referred to them.
Edmunds called up the senate bill reported
from the commissioner of private land claims
at the last session of congress to provide fol
ascertaining and settling private land claims
in the states and territories acquired from
Mexico, except California. After debate,
participated in by Teller, Plumb, Thurman,
Blaine and Edmunds, the bill passed.
On motion of COX the senate bill to pro-
vide for the allotment of lands in s~everalty to
the Indians on the various reservations was
take up, when the senate went into eXecu-
tive session and adjourned.
Logan reported, with two amendments
the senate bill to place General Grant OIL the
retired list and asked for its immediate con-
sheraton.
The naval appropriation bill was received
from the house and referred to the commit.
tee on appropriations. Morning hou ex'
pred.
Indian land bill came up as regular order.
but was laid aside informally and the Indian
appropriation bill was taken up after eXecu
tive session.
Adjourned until Monday.
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