The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-13
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
BELVA CLAIMS EVERYTHING
And Demands to be Installed President
A Bill to Hit the BulliOnairo
Barons More of the In
dian Land Leases.

uldn Lana Leases,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Mr. Critten-
don, a member of the Cherokee council,
testified before the senate committee on
Indian affairs to-day, that he was in
formed that money was paid TO secure
the passage Of the Indian lease bill.
Indian Agent Miles, of the Usage, and
the Kaw Indians, testified that those In
dians leased about 100000 acres of thCir
lands to seven lessees for ten years at o
yearly rental of 3 to 4 cents per acre.
Witness had never been paid anythil q
to secure the leases. He advised the
Indians to lease the border lands of
their reservation, in order to protect
themselves from the incursion Of cattle
from Kansas and the Cherokee reserva-
ton.
BELVA CLAIMS EVERYTHING.
Miss Belva Ann Lockwood, candidate
Of the Equal Rights party tor president
i'll the last campaign, in her petition to
the senate, through Senator HOar, asks
that the votes cast for her in Now York,
New Hemsphire, Indiana, Color do,
Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and
California be counted, and that
the electoral vote of Indiana
be given to her. She charges that the
'lTduuNibIlllN
and Illegally counted for the alleged
majority candidate, the same being an
| tagOnistic to the letter and spirit Of the
law, and .subversiye of every principle
of equity and Justice"
She also asks that the senate refuse to
receive the electoral returns of the state
of New York or count them for the al
legged majority candidate, for had the
1896 votes pOlled in the state for your
petitioner been counted for her and not
for one Grover Cleveland, he would not
have been awarded majority of all the
votes cast at said election in said state.
The reason for asking that the cleo
tOral vote of indiana he cast for her, she
says, is that after the electoral college
Of that state had cast its vote for the
aforesaid Grover Cleveland, IL changed
its mind, as it had legal right to, and
cast its united ballot for your petitioner
JUST IS IT SHOULD nj.
Tho impression is gaining ground
that the appointment OF commissioner
of labor staji sites will be left TO the next
administration.
GEN. uAZEN,
chief signal officer, has filed
with the secretary Of wal
formal charges against Geu. Chauncey
MckeDver, assistant pdjutant general
for alleged remarks dCroLatory 70 Lieu
tenant Greedy and tho management Of
the expedition sent 10 his relief by the
signal officer.
PiNcmNa RIVERS AND HARuoRs.
Tho house committee on rivers and
harbors has completed consideration Of
the river and hlrhor appropriation bill
, with the exception of the item making
, an appropriation for the Mississippi
river. That appropriation Ia to be con
sidcred tomorrow and the bill vii
probably he reported to the house Oh
[ Thu sday. The Mississippi river com
mission has asked for an appropriation
of about $l0,OOO0)O. Members of the
committee express the opinion that the
commission will receive about 81, 100000
: Tho Missouri river commission have
asked for about Sl,S00,0OO for the i'm
! provement OF the Missouri river. The
committee have determined To recon
mend an appropriation of 100000.
mr.. DRECKESRIDGE MAY NJ RIGHT.
Representative Breckenridge intro
duced in the house to-day Joint reso
luton, reciting that there Is reason L
, doubt the efficiency of the works il
: which the government has been engaged
: tor deepening the outlets to sea of sun
Y dry rivers aud harbors, and temperate,
creating board, to DO called the United
/, States harbor board, whose duty it shall
be to visit all works nov
being constructed by the gov
eminent for the improvement o
3 outlets by means Of what is known q
/, the Jetty system, to make examination
A of the same, and 10 report its conclusion
: to the secretary Of war. The board shall
consist of seven members, To be az
pointed by the president, who shall eac
receive salary of 5000 per year, an,
y an appropriation of $4,000 is made to en-
able the board TO prosecute its inyesti
cations.
AN IMPORTANT NATTER.
= Senator Van Wyck to-day submiite
9 q report from the senate committee o
= public lands, to accompany the bill ais
/ reported by him relating {
|. fencing public lands, In thl
V report the committee saws tina
without the least authority, and in ope
and bold defiance of the rights Of tn
government. Large, and oftentime
s foreign, corporations deliberately or
p close hundreds OF thousands of acres
!, closing avenues of travel and prevent
y ing the occupancy of lands by thos
seeking homes. They have alleged tina
T, the lands within their enclosures, sti
remained open for settlement, W
no humble settler, with scant means 70
the necessaries of life. would presum
= to enter any such enclosure to seek
o home. The government has suilicien
# authority TO drive those seeking home
i from the Indian Territory, and to bur
8 the ranches of those settlers invadin
the Yellowstone park, while those az
propriating vast acres are hoI
ing that the only remedy I
/. be used against them will b
the laws delays and the courts
= Therefore, the committee has added
y new section TO the house bill, authoriS
ing the president summarily TO remov
all instructions, and If necessary TO us
the military power Of the United Statei
Local Notes from sherman.
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