Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-09
THE SIOUX BILL.
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2 Measure which Occasions Consider.
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tson Ordered.
Washington, Feb. 6-The Sioux reser-
walton bill is practically passed so far as
she house is concerned. Some twenty
one members of the hou 10 assembled at
s O'Clock this evening and spent over
two hours in discussion OF the measure.
1t was finally "perfecte d." the previous
question ordered on 1t, and vote will
be taken on it to- morrow, The bill does
not look very much as il did when it
came sirom the committee. Bland's
Indian defense association had its agents
scattered through the house and got in
its work nobly. The result, il accepted
by the senate, will not be very gratify-
ing to the people of Dakota or the vast
army of settlers who are looking with
longing eyes towards these 1l,000 600
acres which could furnish go many
homes. Springer occupied the chair, but
wanting to take hand in some thing he
knew nothing sboat as usual descended
therefrom and almost Immediately got
into row with Psyson. A large number
of minor amendments we're offered but
Hooker, the represent tstivs of the Indian
defense people upon the floor, fred the
first gun by offering the tribal patents
clause proposed by Bland and already
mentioned in the dispatches. The
house has in the past decisively set it's
face against tribal patents, but as Hook.
er threatened to make trouble the chair
man of the Indian atfairs committee
az MI ha ~
mittee of the whole let it Though. Pay
son then offered several amendments
relative to the disposal OF public
lands to be opened to settlement and
raised something of row by Offering
ss an amendment section 9 of the Okla
homa bill which allows the secretary OF
the interior all available townsites not to
exceed $40 acres IN extent; 10 allow no
person 10 enter any land without the
approval OF the, secretary where the
exterior line is within half mile of any
line OF railroad; TO allow no settlement
in advance of survey to interfere with
the reservation of tow nsites and then
giving the secretary power to cut the
| townsltes up into lots and dispose OF
them, the money received after paying
| the Indians to be held by the secretary
as q separate school fund for the inhabi-
tRnts of the town or village to be located
upon such towpsite. After the legal
incorporation of the town the proceeds,
as we'll as the unsold lots. 20 be turned
over to the corporations. Reservations in
| each town of not less than ten and not
more than twenty acres are to be made
for parks. MIR. Payson exclaimed that
this was the same provision that was in
the Oklahoma bill
"Nh.s is damned nonsense said Per.
| kins OF Kansas angrily.
II haYe read the section dozen
times,' said Springer, sand l don't
think score of Philadelphia lawyers
could understand it. [ think my COL
league when he drew 1t up expected to
be secretary of the interior himself and
to administer the provisions OF the law
| Springer was mad and showed it. Per-
kins OF Kansas thought that settlers
upon the newly opened land ought to
| be allowed 90 locate their own town
sites, and the secretary of the interior
not be forced into the real estate sbusi-
ness. MIR. PaysJn, in reply to Springer,
| said:
II don't know about g Philadelphia
lawyer understanding this amendment,
but do know that an ordinary Illinois
lawyer would understand it, and in re-
ply to the personal allssion would say
that if the subscriber had had the ad-
ministration OF the land laws the settlers
of the west would have been better pro-
ylded Tor than they have been by some
OF the people who have been pushing
this OkiohRmR bill"
whats that p cried Springer.
"Oh, don't mind him. cried several
voices. and Payson's amendment was
adopted. Payson also got an amend
ment adopted cutting out public high
ways on every section line OF the newly
opened land. Buchanan, OF New Jersey,
then came TO the front with another
Bland amendment providing fer the
appropriation OF $25 200 to pay for 7O5
ponies taken by the military authorities
In 1876 from the Red CLOUD and Red
Leaf bands OF Sioux Indians. Peel was
ready TO let this in also, but Breck-
enridge of Kentucky objected to putting
claims into general legislation like this
and it went over on O point Of order.
The Hooker of Mississippi came to the
front with the submission clause of last
years bill and offered it as an additional
section. Peel accepted 1t an once
Breckinridge of Kentucky said that ii
the chairman of the committee was
ready to report the amendment he
would not take any action. He desired,
however, to enter his protest against
any further temporizing with these In
dians. Tue amendment then went in
An effort was then made by Morrill, o
Kansas to fire the last Bland defense
gun by inserting an amendment appro
priatipg $l1 900 900 for the Indiars il
lump sum. This was more than Pee
could stand and he opposed It. It wal
lost by vote of to IA, and as Morril
J sat down he showed what the purpose,
of the defense association were by say
ing: "That kills the bills" Som,
minor or amendments were adopted ant
the bill laid aside for passage.
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the time OF our last issue, when it wa