The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-17


ment interference with commerce by
means of high tariff. Although
there il an absurdity in its reasons
for supporting the latter
and approving the former,
It is consistent with itself for
both its positions are against the
people and in the interest Of monop-
oily.
OF What Crime Il He Guilty!
All the great monopoly papers OF
the country for the past ten days
have been filled more or less with tel
egrams from Washington intilnating
that Gen. Weaver il about to be ex-
PEELED from Ills seat in Congress. A
man to have such q sentence as ex-
pulsion from seat in Legislative
body to which he had been chosen by
the people, should be guilty Of some
heinous crime, putting the interests
Of the people in jeopardy, and to
some extent infringing upon their
rights or liberty.
Now what crime has General Weav-
er, as Congressman, been guilty of
This and nothing more: The strip Of
country known rs Oklahoma, during
the entire administration OF Mr.. Ar
thur and thus far during the admins
tration Of Mr. Cleveland, has been in
the possession of a syndicate Of cat
tie kings in express and open violation
OF law. Federal soldiers have been
stationed about the territory to
drive out any citizens who might de-
sire to settle upon any portion Of the
territory, and to protect the cattle
barons who have been plundering
the government and the people.
Hundreds have been murdered by
the thugs and cowboys employed by
the cattle men.
"A bill was brought In to have Con-
gress extend its Jurisdiction over this
territory, to have it organized with
proper legal tribunals established
that the people might 60 there and
establish homes, bill authorizing
Congress to take possession Of its
own in the interest Of all the people
whom it il popularity supposed torep-
resent, and for whose welfare it must
provide.
This bill has been on the calendar
for nearly four years, il now reached
IN its regular order and must be in
some manner disposed Of or put aside
and allowed to die. Members OF Con-
gress who desire to shirk the respon-
sibility of a vote are anxious to give
other bills the precedence, which
would place this again ut the foot of
the calendar and thus prevent its be-
ing again reached this session in the
regular order. The cattle kings
flooded Weaver's district with money
and illegal voters to defeat his re-
election. They are fully represented
In the lobby of Congress, ready with
. million Of money il need be to conn.,
PASS the defeat Of the bill.
The following statement from Gen.
Weaver will explain his action in the
matter.
II have commenced this fight in
dead earnest. reviewed the situa-
tion in the house and counted the
vote before commencing. ! am
aware that nothing but the gravest
OF situations could justify a member
In resorting to the parliamentary
right now invoked. This is . battle
Of the rights Of the people against
the arrogant assumptions Of syndi-
Gates and corporations who are now
occupying Oklahoma in defiance Of
law. The Oklahoma question has
not been before Congress for years.
Hundreds of thousands o: citizens
are anxious to 60 to that country to
make homes for themselves and fami-
lies, but two Attorneys-General Of
the United States have officially held
that the territory cannot be legally
occupied by either Indians or white
men. No Indians have occupied it
for more than twenty years, but it il
occupied and controlled by great cat
tie syndicates in defiance Of law. The
territory is . refuge Of criminals and
outlaws. Reliable information fixes
tod
since the beginning Of the Fiftieth
Congress at fully 800, to say nothing
OF other infamous crimes. Nearly 20
per cent. Of the persons murdered
were federal officers. ! am making
the battle for law and order, for the
suppression Of crime, in behalf Of the
homeless and against the wealthy
cattle barons who are now thronging
the lobby Of congress and throwing
distractions in the way Of the pas
sage OF the BILL The measure has
not received fair treatment. 1t was
killed by filibustering in the Forty
ninth Congress, and to defeat it in
the closing days Of this Congress they
ore willing to carry down with it the
Nicaragua bill, the Sioux reservation
bill, and AL other important legisla-
tiOn. Under these circumstances the
night is ON to stay until fair under
standing il reached"
The Dubuque Telegraph, one Of
the very few papers Of the country
that dare raise its voice in behalf Of
the rights Of the people, in comment
ing upon these words Of Gen. Weav-
er's, explaining and defending his
course, said:
lit isn't creditable to the house
that filibustering should be necessary
to compel action on SO important q
measure. The bill is . good one and
ought to be passed, and it would be
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