St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
OPINIONS HAD At PIERRE
In Regard to Senator Dawes and the
Indian Rights Friends.
THEY ARE NOT UNFRIENDLY
TO the Opening and Will Favor the
Passage of the House
Bill.

Special to the Globe
PIERRE, OAK, Feb. S.-Notwithstand
ing the many reports and counter re-
ports that have gone out in regard to
Senator Dawes and the Indian Rights
association and their hostile attitude
toward the present Peel bill for opening
up the reservation, there are those who
claim to know that these people have
pledged themselves to support any
measure that passes the house
at this session of congress. Mr.. Dawes,
though having already introduced
a bill in the senate that provides for OBJ
tanning the Indians consentto opening
up their lands, has yielded his opposi-
tion to any different plan, receiving as
concessions certain important amend
ments recently added to the original
bill now pending in the house. If such
bill, with its amendments. succeeds in
running the gauntlet in the house this
session, the senator and his rights asso-
citation friends have virtually agreed to
give it their aid when it reaches the
senate. These
FACTS ARE NOW KNOWN
to certainty in Pierre, and further
more that his views on these and kind
red questions have undergone decided
change in the past twelvemonth.
Though the past has shown Dawes to be
somewhat oyer-ZealOus in the Indians
interests to the neglect Of his Western
constituents. mayhap the future will be
the harbinger of change in his
tactics for the better. Still
there are those in Pierre, and
there are many, who still do not believe
in what it is claimed the senator now
processes on the Indian question, but
again, there are those who reside on
''the inside" and with confidence claim
from reliable sources, that he will be
all right On the Sioux reservation bill
now in the house. AS they are in posi-
tions to know, their views were OBJ
tanned in part as given herewith:
J. c.. McManima says: II have known
Senator Dawes quite well, having met
him frequently during three sessions of
congress, and had many conferences
with him on the question of the open
ing of the Sioux reservation. and other
Indian matters, and always found him
progressive and disposed to treat ali
parties fairly and honestly. He is a
true
FRIEND TO THE INDIAN,
but is in favor of making them self-sup-
j
now, or has stood in the way of pro-
past four years be has certainly been
our friend"
w. L. Wellman - Senator Dawes
intends to do all he can for Dakota, and
when he sees the Clifford bill meets
with general approval among the con-
gressmen and senators he will not only
not oppose it, but will do all he can to
help it along.
4. l.. Carter In my opinion Sena-
tor Dawes is entirely Conscientious both
III his views and actions, although we
may differ with him relative to the
possibility of passage of the submis-
sion clause through the Sioux nation.
DIR. w. NJ. Blackburn I have re-
garded Senator Dawes as one of the
best friends of Dakota, of the Sioux In
dians, and of white people who wish to
settle in Western Dakota. He evidently
believes that his plan of opening part
of the Sioux reservation would soon
effect the object and lead to disSolu-
tiOn of
TRIBAL RELATIONs
and the settlement of the Indians on
hesitate about any plan that is not to
be submitted to them. but differ
ence of opinion on that subject is far
from an indication that he is unfriendly
to our interests.
w. S. Wells-Senator Dawes, without
doubt, is a just man. If he does not see
things just as we do, it is our misfor-
tune and not his fault.
L. w. Pratt am we'll satisfied that
Senator Dawes will do all he can to aid
the opening of the Sioux reservation,
winch will be the entering wedge to-
ward breaking up the tribal relations
which ne, with the rest, agree is the
true way to ciyiliZe the Sioux.
His Minnesota Record.
The st. Peter Tribune gives this as
Minnesota episode in the distinguished
career of the late very conspicuous citi-
zen of Grand Forks:
Gen. A. b. Ward, alias lie CroiX, alias Ar
lington buckingham Wordsworth, is urgently
wanted at Grand Forks OAK, for swindling,
bigamy and several other crimes more or less
helm Gus. This is said to be the man who was
formerly resident of LIE Sueur. He was
well known in this neIghborhood under the
name of lie CroiX. He married q sister of
one of the prominent citizens of LIE Sueur,
and wherever he has been he has moved in
the highest society. He went to spokane
Falls, W. T., where he established bank on
the strength of forged letters purporting to
be from Armour Il Co., and Eastern million
aires. He had recently gone to Chicago TO be
married to u prominent Dakotian, but the
father of the girl discovered the imposture
and Ward has fled, leaving MANY debts and