Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-12-25

eyn Farmer.
The New Approtionment Bin and the Fed
eral Elections Bin on Their Way
to Glory.
Senator FarveN Springs New Finance
Scheme to Saue the Hecks Of Ma
tionaf Banks.
MORE BONDS AND MORE CoNGREssMEN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Special Care
spondence: Senator Pettigrew today in
troduced bill in the senate making 1t a
crime to sell to or by any means placing
fire arms in the hands Of Indians. Sever
al other propositions Of this character
have already been made at the present
session Of congress, indicating q determi-
nation on the part Of our statesmen here
to put a permanent stop to the matter of
Indian disturbances in the United States.
There ar some doubts expressed at the
prospects Of passing Senator Pettigrew's
bill, owing to the fact that the business
of the session is very voluminous and it
lis. not likely that half the work that is
considered of greater Importance than
Mr.. Pettigrew's bill, will be disposed Of;
but there is a prevailing opinion, espec-
tally among the senators, that something
must be done to settle this disturbance
among the Indians, and as the Pettigrew4
bill is looked upon with much favor
among the western senator's, it may pass.
Senator Manderson, of Nebraska has also
an aspiration to make a point in the
scale Of distinction, by providing the ne
plus ultra in the Indian troubles, and he
has introduced a resolution transferring
the care of the Indians from the Interior
department; and further, providing for
their disarmament and being kept under
constant military control. r.
Representative Pickler returned, few
days age, from Ocala, Florida, where he
went to make speech to the National
Farmers Alliance, who held ten days
session there commencing Dec. q Pick
Ter was there q good deal Of the time and
lit is believed in political circles that he
Twas there for political purposes. There
tIsanew senator To be ifected in Rickler's
state next month, an incident in which
the farmers will have good deal Of say,
land it is the general belief here that Pick
ler has his eye on the senatorial seat now
held down by the attornay Of the Home
stake mines in the Black Hills. The lat
! ter does not stand very high in the esti-
nation of the members of the Farmers
Alliance, and while he and his friends pre-
tend to be confident of his return, there
is an undercurrent of appearance that
betrays good deal Of lack of, confidence
in consequence whereof many who are
acquainted with the situation predict
that when Senator Moody goes home next
March, he will go home to stay. There
is no one who und derstands the probability
of this better than does the Major; and
he knows, further, that if republican is
again re turned to the senate from South
1 Dakota, it will have to be done by the
aid of the democrats or the independents
d-the alliance men-a fact in which hs
realizes the necessity Of talking sweet tc
/ the farmers.
The republicans in the senate are still
| in hot water over what is known as the
Force bill, or the national elections
bill introduced at the last session. The
democrats are making a united and de-
termined effort to defeat the bill for the
reason-the republicans say that it is di-
rected at pure ballot and a fair count,
and for this reason tends toward prevent
ing election frauds in the southern
states. The republicans have but little
opposition to this bill in the last session
and the only reason 1T did not pass was
because the republicans feared the demo-
Gratis would talk it to death. The same
thing is troubling them today and they
realize that the only hope there is in
passing the bill is to adopt rule by
means of which the previous question
can be ordered on short notice. The
committee on rules are now having
scheme of this kind under consideration
and it is sexpected that when they report
next Tuesday they will make the repub-
llcan election reformers happy with a
well chosen cloture rule that will effect
ually help them out of their difficulty.
In view of this fact it looks as if the cleo
tions bill could be passed.
Senator Stanford, of California, the
father of the now famous Stanford bill,
addressed the senate in support of his
land currency bill yesterday and made
many strong points in support of this
measure. In the course of his speech the
Senator said that land was the best possi-
BILE security as a basis for currency, in a
sufficient quantity for the needs Of the
country. He said that the rate of inter-
est in the bill was fixed at 2 per cent but
experience would teach the government