New-York tribune., 1886-02-02
oprN,Yc THE SIOUX RESERVATION.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (SpeciaU.-lhe bill 10
omen TO settlement 1OO0OOO acres OF tAe sioux IescI
walton in passed the Senate to-day. Inc
tion comprises 900 square miles, Is lour times "S
large as the stale of Massachusetts,. and s as Hne
county" Senator Dawes says, "as the sun rises
upou in all this Nation" There are only
5000 Indians the reservation ana the o'"uAs
practically have given their consent 10 mo Ieuuc
tion and are to he paid fifty cents an acre for he lana
1aken II is 10 be open settlement under the Home
stead laws with the exception that fifty cents al acre
must he paid by the The residue OF the land IS
TO be divided in seyeray among the Indians IN the
discretion of the President Senator Teller says tna'
every alternate section IN the ehtre reser'dlo" o"Sh'
to be opened to settlement tue only way To settle INC
Indian problem is TO put the settler side b. side win tue
Indian: but he did press such an ahthumehI
Senator Dawes says that he believes that tne aoso %
Of the Indian into The body polite mixing MN % TiS the he
problem but 1t will have t. be done sp% t
what would follow il the Army officers were given con-
Spcaknr OF tho present methods OF educating Indian
children by sending few OF tribe away IRON nome anu
then reurng to the trhe Senator Teller say tnaI
nent now pays out 5j0OO0O ANIMAL, 10 sup!@rr .n@
Indians exaye Of @ s SS5i o. is ysa There /. no
doubt that there Is settled luTioS1e az w U' % si,
reduce the cost OF Maintaining ihe indians ny s,4I
large ar OF their lands and investing the proceeds l"r
their benefit
NEw-YORK DEMOCRATS WITHOUT INFLUENCE
WASHINGTON, Feb l (tpcc,d0.-Ihe New
yo,k peuocratc members OF the House are protesting
against the lack of consideration shown the Empire S'ae
in The di disposition OF the House ptronaee Out Oh aoo
emnloyt the NewYork Democrats have only lour anu
at the eurrent rate OF dsmsss there Will soon DO not
.irg,e N.w-York left Charles f. Locker, the
novspapcr clerk, removed to-day ana MS place
,,y.,, "a, "a Nearly All lhe
commjttep places To Southern men, ana Tue
minor places have been distr Outed III tue sane way
Tcxas getting twenty aud some OF the oher HDnthrI
states sill larger number. The Ncw-lOrk members are
ss,,sted and their remarks in private about southern
J",n1u,fion are vigorous Tim Campbell Is disposed
10 nok uuon the Southern members as hOBs III lhlS
particular.
TO REDUCE THE SURPLUS CASH To $loo'ooo'ooo'
WASHINGTON, Feb. l. tSpecidh.-Ihe Demo
,ratic me pbers OF the subcommittee OF ways ana
Means Oh Public Debt Funding and Payment thereof
Nes,rs Morrison and Breckenridge OF Kentucky, have
greed 10 report to the full committee tomorrow ajon
resolution nsructng the Secretary OF tho Treasury 10
call in and redeem ring bonds OF the Uheu
States TO tho value of $l0OOJ000 each month until the
,nrpus cash in Treasury shall be reduced TO SloO
DoO 600 the amount aside by him as greenback re
,arve The Republican member OF the subcommittee,
fudre Kelley has been consulted In regard To the
,oa,Ier INT the resolution will be submitted 10 MN he
Sre In reported the Democratic meHDelsO OF inc
suhcnmmitteo rXpeCt that lie Will concur WIN theh'
Tno resnlntion does not specify what k:nd OF money
shall he used for the redemption OF the bonds III VIII DC
sunuorted by all the Democratic members OF Nays ana
M,ans with the pOssi e exception of Mr. Hewitt some
a. tho silver men believe he Will vote for IT, In
either case 1t will be favorabiy reported TO thc House.