Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-05-09
Indian Territory Land Leases.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Senator Dawes,
with his subcommittee commissioned to in
yestigate the whole subject of leases by cat
tlemen in the Indian territory, will take the
field this month. It is the intention to go
from post to post, see the country and hear
from the Indians themselves how the leases
were obtained, and whether the operation of
them is satisfactory. The subcommittee is
expected to recommend to the senate next
session legislation either to legitimatise and
define this leasing or to prohibit it entirely.
This body must not be COMPOUNDED with the
commission authorized to learn upon
what terms the Creeks, Seminoles and
Cherokees will release all claims upon
Oklahoma and the strip, with view to the
opening of those lands to settlement by the
whites. Under the existing treaties with the
tribes for the purchase Of the tracts by the
government, it Is stipulated that the land
shall be occupied by Indians only.
The law providing for the commission of
three to report what ought to be done to
bring the land into the same condition as the
public domain, carries an appropriation for
the performance of the work As the money
ioes not become available until the next ifs
,al year, it is not expected that the commits
ioners will be appointed much, if any time,
before the end of June. To those who have
approached the president and Secretary La
mar ON the subject the answer has been that
there is no occasion for haste, and that the
selection of the commissioners has not yet
been considered.
General Bragg's disappointment.
WASHINGTON, May There is a grim
look upon the face of Gen. Bragg, of Wis
I'll, k..n ls<.s< H. f.~
publication what he thinks about the admin
stration, but it is known that he is one of the
gruntled, and that in the presence Of those
be trusts his disappointment is as emphatic
as that to which Senator Eustis recently
gave expression And, by the way, none
shouted louder than the Eustis Louisiana
contingent in the Chicago convention when
Bragg took the floor and made his memoir
able answer to Grady, who had just finished
the arraignment Of Cleveland as no demo-
crat.
1--WE love MIN for the enemies he has
made" Bragg screamed, shaking his finger
with look OF whitening scorn toward Tam
many, and Louisiana, on the front seats, led
the commendatory cheers Gen. Bragg had
never seen Mr.. Cleveland when he came to
Washington, a few days ago. He is a small
man in stature. He is very proud OF his
record, and Of no act more so than in the
COW ention. He has dwelt upon it in mind
until he has magnifled it in his estimation to
the pivot on which turned the nomination at
Chicago. Bragg got here just before the
last reception at the white house. He dressed
himself with care and went into the presence
of the president he had made. Postmaster
General Villas superintendent the introduc-
ton. Looking down upon the pinched face,
Mr. Cleveland, without any show Of special
recognition, said good naturally, "How do
you do, Mister Baragg, I'm glad to see you"
Then he turned to receive the next guest,
and that was all. Not one word Of reference
to the great scene at Chicago, not even
General" Bragg. A crushed statesman left
the mansion little later, and those who are
on intimate terms with Bragg know that he
is deeply disappointed in the administra-
ton