St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-07
SIOUX RESERVATION.
The Dakota Contingent Ap-
pear Before the Indian
Committee
And Present Arguments in
Favor of Opening the
Reservation.
Senator Voorhees, Indignant
Senator Voorhees, Indignant
at the Bad Manners Of
Mr.. Chamberlain.
Evidence in the Thoebe- Car
Isle Contested Election
Case--Other Items.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-This has been
good day for the friends of the bill for
the opening of the great Sioux reserva-
ton. A subcommittee of the senate
committee OH Indian affairs received the
Dakota delegation this morning at 10
O'Clock. There were present Senators
Dawes, Jones, of Arkansas, and Nor
gan, of Alabama. The DakOtians were
Moody, King, Pettigrew, Kleiner, Day.
Clifford and Sherman. The Jones
bill, which was drawn by Git
ford and King, was first discussed.
Senator Moody and Mr.. King expressed
their views of the various clauses in the
Jones bill wherein it differs with the
original Dawes bill. The senators
asked numerous questions and the
gentlemen present answered them
readily, fully, dispassionately, earnestly.
Mr.. King was especially lucid, and
Messrs. Kleiner, Moody and Day were
vigorous and effective in their state
ments. Senator Dawes gave them
marked and respectful attention. He
was broad-minded,
in his attitude. He said that he had no
special desire to force his bill unamend-
ed upon the senate or the people, and
simply wanted to know the facts. Mr..
Kleiner eioquently pleaded for relief
from Squaw men and their influence.
He said: eff we are compelled to de-
pend upon the signatures of Indians
without an adequate appropriation to
meet the expenses of obtaining the
same, we will fail. The squaw men
marry into the tribes merely for the
purposes of speculation. By TAX
ing an Indian wife they can
each have unlimited acreage for their
cattle. They acquire influence with the
Indians, and can by fraudulent and ly
ing arguments prevent their agreement
to any treaty. Mr.. Pettigrew said THAT
is one of our principal troubles, the
squaw men," He referred to Garland,
the man who recently turned his back
upon civilization, refinement and splen
did family connections to marry
AN ALLEGED INDIAN PRINCESS.
By so doing he acquires lands and
standing in the tribe, and by such means
he will oppose the opening of the reser
vatlon for purely speculative purposes.
''If we must have the signatures of In
treaties we must have an appropriation
to meet the expenses of the same" Mr..
Day said: II am disinterested, except
as Dakotian, l know from actual con-
tact with the Indians for
nearly twenty years that squaw
men are our principal obstacles. l
can speak the Sioux language and go
among them freely. i know that they
would be willing to have lands in sew
crafty but for the squaw men, who in
fluence, if they do not control, them. 1
believe the reservations should be
opened without further delay, but be-
lieve in retaining all proper laws to pre-
vent the Indians from being defrauded.
/ think that school sections ought to be
reserved for them and school houses be
built for them" Senator Moody said:
''ThIS is
QUESTION OF VITAL INTEREST
to the hill country. as we'll as to the
country east of the Missouri river. The
whites need outer communication badly.
The Indians ought to be protected in
their original rights and should be the
last man to consent TO injuring them, or
depriving them of these rights. But
the progressive white men ought to be
considered as at least their equals and
the reservation ought to be opened"
out of the provisions in Dawes bill for
the reimbursement of settlers upon the
Crow Creek and WinnebagO agencies.
The result of it all is that the Dawes
bill will be amended in several particu-
lars and substituted for the Jones bill.
Senator Dawes consents to strike out
his clause for tribal patents, and for
the reimbursement of the Crow Creek
and WinnebagO settlers. School sec
tiOnS are to be reserved for the Indians.
The homestead laws pure and simple
are to obtain in the reservation when
opened, and about a million acres added
to the land to be thrown open by the
original Dawes bill, 1t was shown to
the committee that there are fewer In
dians on the reservation than rations
are drawn for, and after giving $50 acres
to each of the Indian families in the six
different bands. there would still be
about 800 to 1000 acres to each family,
thus claiming that none of them are to
be robbed of their rights. Every Da-
kOtan present
PRAISES THE COMMITTEE
and especially Senator Dawes for the
brOadgauge and liberal manner in which
the subject was received, and the con-
cessiOns freely and cordially made by
the committee. 1t will be remembered
that Senator Jones visited the reserva-
tion in 1886 upon an investigating COM
mittee. and is personally cognizant of
many of the facts set forth 10y the gen.
tlemen from Dakota. Hon. NJ. III. Day
leaves this evening for New York to
join his wife and child. He will return
here about the middle of February.
This evening in the National hotel
Mr.. Pettigrew said: Il would like to
tell the people of Dakota that | have
seen the bill which Springer intends to
force upon our people. l saw printed
copy to-day.
SPRINGER PROPOSES
to destl Oy every county that has not
1900 population and reOrganize it. This
will give rise to new county seat fights
and speculative stealing. He also pro-
poses what we shall have in our cOnsti-
tuition. He fixes upon two representa-
tiveS for us, and does not let us fix the
districts for ourselves. His entire bill
is practically political scheme to keen
us out for three years, and even then,
after all of our trouble, he can keep us
out unless we send one Democratic rep
resentative and one Republican and one
Democratic senator and one Republican.
1t is piece of political chicanery, not
not to use the word knavery, for which
he ought to be eXecrated if not hated by
every intelligent man in Dakota. His
bill is simply politically infamous"
E. A. Sherman, of Sioux Falls, and
president of the First National bank of
that place, who is here for few days,
will leave Sunday morning for Boston
and return the latter part of the MONTH