Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-16
MOTION TO ADJOURN.
The Resolution They Longed
for Comes at Last.
sENATETARIFF BILL CONDEMNED

SEr. Wheeler Wants the House TO Resolve
TO Fight IL to tho Death-8sr. Oates
Offers tho Resolution TO Adjourn To-
morrow-Powwow with Big IndIans.
WASHINGTON Oct 16-Mr Oates, OF Ala
bania, offered resolution in the house I'D
tourniug congress sine die on Wednesday,
Oct a. Ths resolution went over.
Mr.. Whesler offered resolution reciting
that the senate tariff bill is more oppressive
to the mass or the people and more ia the in
terest Of monopolists than amy measure ever
proposed ia any legislative body of which we
have a record Therefore
Resolved, That tho Democratic members o.
this nonse pledge Themselves to continue their
efforts TO defend the people against this unequal.
unjust aud unwise legislation which. if enacted
Into iaE. must Inevitably check and limit the
sale'of American produs1s Ia foreign countries,
stimnate and strengthaa the operations OF com.
hinstions and trusts, and pfolong il not perpetu.
ate the subsection OF the people 20 the exactions
Of accumulated capital; and the Democratic
members Of this congress- will maintain the con.
test upon this floor Until the victory IL won, or
the duties with which they have been charged
by the people lapse by constitutional limitation;
aud be IL also
Resolved, That the senate tariff bill should be
discussed upon this floor to the end that its
features may be exposed and made known 70 the
people.
Referred to the committee on rules.
The,S Sioux Indian chiefs held their confer
ence with the secretary Of the interior in
hoom in the interior department building
Seated with the secretary were the mem
bers Of the commission, and there were a
number OF spectators lAdies--in the
room. The conference was opened with
prayer in the Sioux language by Rev. Mr..
Cleveland, member OF the Commission, and
when hs repeated the Lords Prayer some Of
the Indians repeated It with him, Secretary
Villas then asked the Indians to state freely
their objections TO the proposed law provid-
ing for a sale OF portion of the great Sioux
reservation Ia southern Dakota Sitting
Bull, as soon as the secretary finished speak
ing, stepped forward He said that he did
not propose 70 make speech; he simply
wished to say that he belonged to the govern
ment Of the United States, and when he ad-
dressed the secretary and members Of tho
commission as my friends he did 50 because
he was one Of the people
Indians, he said, wished TO speak In re-
gard TO this law-men to men-and he hoped
that everything would be done IN quiet
manner. The old war chief then turned to
his seat, while a chorus Of approving "ughsn
| won't up from the other Indians
John Grasse, the leading speaker among
! the Indians. then took the floor. At first be
| spoke slowly and stopped frequently to con-
| suit with the Indians seated near him He
apologized to the secretary for taking the
time for consultation by saying that be was
an ignorant man and could not use notss.
He therefore made use OF the Indians as note
books He spoke for about an hour and Gov
erred the endre ground Of opposition main
tanned by the Indians
He said that he had never opposed the bill
as whole, but only as to some OF its parts
| In speaking OF the treaties OF 1888 and 1876
be asked why the obligations OF thess trea.
ties had never been executed bv. tho govern,
ment- Under the former treaty the money
due them had nevar been paid, the school.
! promised bad not been established until tor
| years ago
4 Pointing to 8 map which be had taken from
his pocket, be assorted the western boundary
line OF their reservation should be long way
west Of its present location. He wanted K
know who had moved this line and who had
gotten the land that rightfully belonged t.
them. His objection to the present law wa,
that the portion Of the reservation the gov
eminent proposes to take by rights contains
a great deal more than ii, ,000, 900 acres. H.
said be had changed his mind about the pric,
they ought to receive, and was now Of tn,
opinion that instead Of fifty. cents per acr,
they ought TO have Sl.25, just what the gov
ernment sells its lands for. Since he hat
been here, and also while passing through tn,
great cities on his way, he had learned thai
the white people did not want their reserva
tion thrown open to settlement He asked
that all the land in the reservation be classet
as grazing land and not as farming land
thus enabling those entitled to 100 acres {,
get 320. He maintained that it was wrong /,
give heads Of families double the amount
given to women and children, and said the
the old men would soon die and therefor,
would not need 50 much land as the younl
naen who had their own way 70 make Hi
counseled that the disposition or the ressrva
ton should be delayed for the present at least
Speeches were made by sixteen chiefs, VII,
repeated the points raised by Grasse Biz
Name, Of Lower Brple agency, announeet
himself as In favor OF the law, and axpresset
confidence in the good intentions Of the gov
ernment He was the only speaker VII,
faxared the law.
White Ghost and Drifting Goose, Of Grow
Greek agency, claimed that the members o
the commission had endeavored to secure thl
compliance Of the Indians by harsh words
They declared that the commissioners ha,
seised the Indians and had dragged then
forward to the table TO sign the paper.
Commissioner Cleveland said TO Unite,
Press reporter who sat next him that tn
language used by these Indians was hyper
bohc, and that, OF course, force In no form
was used or attempted to be used. Maj
Anderson, the agent, corroborated this state
ment.
When the Indians had concluded speaking
Secretary Villas told them that all they ha'
said would be laid before the president. The,
would be informed of his decision on Wednes
day morning at the same place. He hope
they would come prepared to either approv
or disapproye this decision.
The conference then adjourned.
The Old Romans Greetfp0