Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-16
MOTION ID ADJOURN.
The Resolution They Longed
 for Comes at Last.
sENATETARIFF BILL CONDEMNED

MT. Wheeler Wants the House t" Resolve to Fight It to the Death-Mr. Oates Offers the Resolution to Adjourn To morrow-Powwow with Big Indians. WASHINGTON, Oct 16-Mr Oates, of Ala bama offered resolution in the house ad- journing congress sine die on Wednesday, Oct. IT, The resolution went over.
 MT Wheeler offered a resolution reciting that the senate tariff bill is more oppressive to the mass of the people and more in the in- terest of monopolists than any measure ever proposed in any legislative body of which we have a record. Therefore
 Resolved, That the Democratic members Of this house pledge themselves to continue their efforts to defend the people against this unequal unjust and uuwise legislation, which, 1T enacted into law, must inevitably check and limit the sale of American products in foreign countries, stimulate and strengthen the operations of com binationS and trusts. and proong, If not perpetu- ate, the subjection of the people to the eXactons of accumulated capital; and the Democratic members of this congress will maintain the con test upon this floor until the victory is won, oI the duties with which they have been charged by the people lapse by constitutional limitation; and be it aiso
 Resolved, That the senate tariff bill should be discussed upon this floor to the end that it's features may be exposed and made known to the people
 Referred to the committee on rules.
 The Sioux Indian chiefs held their confer ence with the secretary of the interior in a room ill the interior department building.
 Seated With the secretary were the mem bers of the commission, and there were number of spec ators-many ladies-in the room. The conference was opened with prayer in the Sioux language by Rev. MT. Cleveland, a member of the commission, and when he repeated the Lords Prayer some of the IndiauS i,EpcaJed it with him. Secretary Villas th. Il ;.Si:ed the Indians to state freely their obi i>.,'i.o.s to the proposed law provid- ing for a safe of a portion of the great Sioux reservation ill southern Dakota. Sitting Bull, soon as the secretary finished speak ing, stepped forward. He said that he did not propose to make a speech; he simply wished to say that he belonged to the govern ment of the United States, and when he ad- dresSet the secretary and members of the commission as My friends" he did so 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 a quiet manner. The old war chief then turned to his seat, while a chorus of approving ''ughs' went up from the other Indians
 John Grasse, the leading speaker among the Indians, then took the floor. At first he 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 he was an ignorant man and could not use notes He therefore made use of the Indians as note books He spoke for about an hour and GOV cred the entire ground of opposition main tained 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 1868 and 1S76 he asked why the obligations of these trea- ties had never been executed by the govern ment. Under the former treaty the money due them had never been paid, the schools promised had not been established until ten years ago
 Pointing to map which he had taken from his pocket, he asserted the western boundary line of their reservation should be a long way west of its present location. He wanted to know who had moved this line and who had gotten the land that rightfully belonged to them. His objection to the present law was that the portion of the reservation the gov ernment proposes to take by rights contains great deal moro than II ,0OO,OO0 acres He said he had changed his mind about the price they ought to receive, and was now of the opinion that instead of fifty cents per acre they ought to have $1.25, just what the gov ernment sells its lands for. Since he had been here, and also while passing through the great cities on his way, he had learned that ths white people did not want their reserva- tion thrown open to settlement. He asked that all the land in the reservation be chased as grazing land, and not as farming land thus enabling those entitled to 160 acres tc get 320. He maintained that it was wrong tc give heads of families double the amount given to women and children, and said that the old men would soon die and therefore would not need so much land as the young men who had their own way to make H. counseled that the disposition of the reserya tion should be delayed for the present at least
 Speeches were made by sixteen chiefs whs repeated the points raised by Grasse Biz Mane, of Lower Brule agency announced himself as in favor of the law, and expressed confidence in the good intentions of the gov ernment. He was the only speaker wht favored the law.
 White Ghost and Drifting Goose, of Crov Creek agency, claimed that the members o the commission had endeavored to secure tn compliance of the Indians by harsh words They declared that the commissioners ha, seized the Indians and had dragged then forward to the table to sign the paper
 Commissioner Cleveland said to a Unite4 Press reporter who sat next him that tn language used by these Indians was hyper bohc, and that of course, force in no for1 was used attempted to be used. Ma Anderson, the agent, corroborated this state Inent
 When the Indians had concluded speakin Secretary Villas told them that all they ha said would be laid before the president The would be informed of his decision on Wedne: day morning at the same place. He hope they would come prepared to either approy or disapprove this decision,
 The conference thQn adjourned
 The Old Romans Greeting.