St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15

philanthropic consideration and they
will respond more promptly to caresses
than to kick"
''Do you look for admission this win
ter?''
I'VE all hope for it. But Dakota is a
big country and has many diverse in
tereSts. The people who have been
living on the east shore of the Missouri
river, looking over into the
PROMISED LAND
are more anious for the immediate open
ing of the Sioux reservation. Thou
sands of people who read that congress
had passed the Dawes bill last summer.
imagined that the reservation was
opened. They came in big prairie
schooners and learned their mistake
only when they reached the river
There they are for the winter. Their
families are with them, and they are
suffering. This is all on account Of the
maddening folly of those who COM
PEELED Us to submit the matter to the
Indians for their approval"
Why do you call it maddening
folly?'
"Tbink of it. Here is the great ag-
gregation of intellect, the senate and
house of representatives of a great re-
it NildIi ~ hlSC PICiN Vi lS5
islation for the public veal; and then
send out commissioners to ask dozen
chiefs of savage people, to ratify that
legislation. Five or ten thousand dol
lars expended upon the stOmachs of
those savage chiefs, and upon disrepu-
table ours known as squaw men, controls
the decision of those Indians. The con-
gress and president bowling before those
murderous abortionS OF humanity as
they squat around a council fire, is
maddening folly; it is preposterous
humbug."
will that folly be repeated this
year?'
Il hope not. The experience of the
past year ought to be sufficient. | UNI
derstand that DR.. Bland, the alleged
friend of the Indian, is row preparing
a new bill for the opening of the reser
walton. and again submitting the matter
to the Indians. So far as | am able to
learn, the senate and house committees
on Indian affairs will unite in recon-
mending the passage of the new bill,
granting the Indians 81 per acre for
their lands, and opening the reserva
ton
WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.
1t is the only reasonable thing to do.
OuRllt 10 nave DCNll uOllt JOuS SlIct.
Thousands of people OF our own race
are there suffering privatiOn and want,
awaiting the act of congress which will
enable them TO cross over and make
homes for themselves. Thousands of
energetic men have gone to the cities
by the river, invested their capital.
Drawn and blood TO the development of
business enterprises, and they are grow
ing poorer and poorer every day. In
order to live they are spending the
money which they brought into the
country; money which was accumulated
by labor and saving in their former
homes in the states. 1t is all going for
bread and butter"
"Then YOU don't care much about
division and admission. do you?'
"Of course | do. All DakotianS are
anxious upon that subject; but to us
along the river even statehood is snbor-
dinate to the opening Of the reservation.
We long for the rights enjoyed by our
fellow citizens in the states. Our peO-
pie are not border rutfians, but gentle
men and ladies who represent the best
elements of thrift and enterprise in the
states from which they came so long
ago 10 the colorado of the prairies, Da-
kOta."
Mr.. Kleiner will return to his home in
Pierre early next week, and will be
with his family during the holidays.
He may return to Washington later this
winter