St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-11
LO HAD BETTER SIGN.
Senator Dawes Thinks Uncle
Sans Offer to the Sioux
Is Liberal.
The Star Of Empire Will Move
Westward Despite the
Indians.
President Cleveland Squeleh-
es Nine Pension Bills
with His Veto.
Eoth Houses Adjourn Until
Monday Out Of Respect
to Sheridan.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-In reply to
inquiries by your correspondent, Sena-
tor Dawes, chairman of the senate COM
mittee on Indian affairs, this morning
said: 81 wish to deny most emphatic
ally the report that l have expressed the
opinion that bill should be passed by
congress opening the Sioux reservation
without the consent of the Indians. |
aave said nothing of the kind. l will
say, however, that | would regard the
refusal of the Indians to accept the
terms offered them by the bill which re-
sently passed congress and was approved
by the president as calamltouS to the In
dians. The terms offered them are eX-
eeedingly liberal. BY accepting them
the Indians will be provided for forever
and no aggression Oh the part OF thelr
enterprising white neighbors can rob
them of its benefcent provisions. They
are surrounded by progressive pe0-
pie of an aggressive race, and the logic
of events points to their
TOTAL LOSS OF THE LAND
upon which they live in the immediate
future. Unless they sell their lands as
provided for in the bill, they will, L
fear, be robbed of them. 1t must be
remembered, when suggestions are
made concerning the passage of a bill
opening the reservation without the
consent of the Indians, that the treaty
stipulationS of 1868 require the assent
of three-fourthS of the Indians to the
opening of their reservation. 1t must
be remembered that while it is possible
that the house or senate, or both, might
permit the passage of bill disregard
ing those treaty stipulations, the presi-
dent might disapprove of such a bill.
/ do not undertake to speak for the
president, but mention that as Incl
dentally possible. Hence, the OBJ
stacles to the passage and approval of
such bill must be apparent to all, and
It is actually absurd to quote me as say
ing that | would favor the passage of
such bill without qualifications. There
are numerous things to be considered in
this matter. There are men here who
are under pay to obStruct the passage of
any bill opening the reservation. | am
informed that one man was paid $1,000
by Red Cloud for such services. 1t
must not be forgotten that the Indians
are under the
INFLUENCE OF THE BAD CHIEFS.
John Grass and Sitting Bull are all
powerful with them. One of those
chiefs planned the Custer massacre and
then sneaked away. The others eXecu-
ted it. When Senators Logan, Angus
Cameron and myself were out there
Sitting Bull and John Grass made the
same speeches they have recently made.
/ have their speeches in my committee
room. At that time the Indians were in
favor of agreeing to the bill which re-
Gently passed congress, but since then
they have been unduly influenced, and
are now acting in what / call suicidal
manner towards their best interests.
l am in hopes that they will yet see
their error, and consent to the PROPOSE
tions which have been made to them.
They were placed upon that reservation
with the hope and expectation that they
would live by the chase, and be far re-
moved from the westward march of
white enterprise. But already they are
surrounded. There is scarcely a jack
rabbit left for them to hunt and kill.
They occupy country four times as
great in area as Massachusetts,, and
there are only $4,000 Of them. There
are towns in my county containing that
many people. 1t is absurd to suppose
that they can hold such vast posses
sions. Unless they agree to the provis-
ions of the bill, which certainly is lib
eral in its consideration of them, they
will, | fear, lose all, and be pauper-
lied. | care not to make any further
observations on the bill in its present
condition -