St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-19
Not Suspicion Of an Indication That
the Sioux Reservation Bill Will
Pass This Session.
Congressman Who. by Strict Economy,
Make $4,000 in Two Years on
Salary Of $4,000.
Chairman Wellborn of the Territorial
Committee Indifferent to Da-
kota Matters.
Obstacles That Have Been Thrown
in the Way of HIPS Division
and Admission Bill.
The Sioux Bill Doomed.

through the formal monkey business of ig-
noring the rights of the territorial commit
tee, and it reiterated the parliamentary lie,
that another special day should be set apart
in lieu thereof, and June 26 was named.
When that date arrives the house will be
found to be scrambling and halloing about
some matter of importance, such as the re-
ports of the committees on appropriations,
or ways and means, and again the terri
tory will get black eye. The reports of
all the committees have been delayed as
long as possible, and the chairmen have in
tentiOnally followed the examples Of their
predecessors in that matter. They wait
until the last minnie, when it is impossible
for time to be allowed for full discussion,
and then succeed in passing their
bills without much opposition or ar
gument. Thus it happens that worthy
measures are crowded to the wall, and only
such legislation as suits the chairman can
be enacted. Maybe you don't know it. but
do, that there are chairmen who save up
wards of $50, 900 out of their income of
$40, 600 for one congress. 1t is only by
strict economy that they can save twice as
much as they receive. II | wanted to get
private bill through the house, and knew
it was meritOriOuS and only needed to be
presented to the house 10 be passed, l
should not waste any time mOnkeying
around for the influence Of public men, but
l should get at it in the shortest possible
way by asking the committee its price; or,
by telling it that if it would simply have the
bill reported to the house and not keep it in
the committee room. l would pay so much
for that much justice. Justice has to be
purchased here. 1t seldom comes to the
surface of legislation and gives itself away
unasked- Therefore if had charge OF the
Dawes bill, for the opening of the Sioux
reservation, l should have found some
means Of getting it before the house long
since. l don't mean to say that l would
have
TRIED TO CORRUPT
anyone. If you think that, you are respon-
sible for the inference. But do say, that
If had had charge Of the BILL ard had
been allowed few thousand dollars for
Legitimate expenses" L would have had
the territory opened by this time. AS mat
tiers stand. the bill is still sleeping in the
committee room Of the committee on terri
tories, and there it will sleep. During the
past two weeks there have been letters
from prominent gentlemen from all over
the land pouring into that committee room.
asking action on the bill, as a matter of
justice, not only to the settlers but as an
economic measure for the Indians. These
gent interest in the bill. and should COM
mand attention. Yet the bill slumi,ers in
the committeeman. Why? THAT is the
question have been asking for nearly six
months. Why? If you can find any rea-
son beyond what may be inferred from the
preceding remarks, you are a better hustler
for news than any of us here. l know that
the Hon. MI. Barleycom has stood in the
way of the Dawes bill to great degree,
T-I,,. - L.. I.o-r H.,
he is not now an excuse. 1t is my own
opinion that the reason for the delay,
which has resulted in defeat, is sim
ply a financial one. 1t is my
further undisguised opinion that the Dawes
bill can yet be passed. if it is simply re-
ported to the house. [ know that Mr.. Ran
dali and Mr.. Morrison and Mr.. Carlisle are
in favor of it. l know they will not inter-
pose any business to crowd it aside, if it be
presented to the house. That is all that is
needed. If the bill were reported there is
no shadow of a doubt that the h ouse would
pass it. There is the whole hitch in nut
shell. and it is useless to disguise the truth
any longer OF course we cannot go into
the hidden recesseS of the mind of man
who has
PECULIAR CONCLUSIONS
of the brain, and therein ascertain the rea-
sons or motives which most do influence
his actions or his non-action; but we can
know and do know that the Dawes bill is
getting muSty and rusty, as it is already
in the pigeonhOle, whence it might long ago
have emerged but for the non-acton of the
committee on territories. Mayor Mcclure
is still hopeful for the passage of the bill,
but regard his hopes as those of man
who holds bull by the tail for several
hours and hopes that the bull will not gore
him when he can hold him 20 longer. 1t
is hopeless hope He is sanguine. as
of course a man in his position ought to be.
He is working just as hard and seemingly
with just as much enthusiasm as when the
fight was young. He is sleepless and vigil
liant. But. he is intelligent, and ought to
see things as they are. | cannot see how
he can muster up the courage to smile and
express any hope whatever; but, he does.
Whence he derives his hopes, no man know
eth. ! commend him for his faithfulnesS
and earnestness. but have looked the ground
all over for months, and came to the con-
clusion several weeks ago that the bill
would not pass. I did not publish my
views Of the matter fully. because of the
fear that they might not be productive of
good. But, it is a matter of public interest
now ard you may as we'll know the full
story, just as it is. When I teegraphed
you on May II that ''hope is slowly fad
ing" put it very mildly. for hope had
fully faded, and there wasn't enough of the
color of hope left then to dye hair with
Gloom has now settled over the bill, and it
is absurd to talk about hope. There is just
possibility that some of the friends of the
bill, in the house, may demand that it be
reported. In that event it will be passed.
But that is scarcely a probability, and
merely mention it as crunb of comfort to
those who still cling to hope by the skin of
their teeth. The only real way for the bill
to be passed, is to have a hornets nest
stirred up under the chairs of the commit
tee and hustle them into life and action.
That tells the whole story.
AN INDIFFERENT CHAIRMAN.
How WelIborn Allows OpportunI-
In