New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
ARMS FOR TIL REATENED STATES
THE JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED BY The
SENATE.
A LONG " RAMBLING DEBATE IN WHICH The
KNOWLEDGE OF EX-GOVERNOR FOSTER.
OF OHIO, on THE INDIAN oUES-
TON is DISCUSSED.
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wosbircton Dec. 4.-Thc Indian troubles In the
Northwest were the subject of another long anu
rambling discussion in the Senate To-Day o"i"e ,N
morning hour, with the idea, apparently, Oh pio'."'"e
the calling up of the Election bill Deloro w"
senator voorhees, insisted on renewing inc ueo"fo "
Yesterday rs to the causes Of the present disturbances
among the Sioux tribes. and when ne had cS'.,eN -"
burden Of the inquiry for an hour or more sr' nolsa"'
~ Alabama. relieved him with a few charac'er's.o
(. observations, The resolution authorizing III supply
Of arms to the States Of North Dakota oo"'n O"No"
and Nebraska was finally adopted. Mr no'ea".
resolution for an investigation OF tile mahasemon'o -
the Indian reservations. and especially Oh .o .""s
that the Sioux tribes have been suffering for iach VI
1850 ,ood vent over without action until to-
morrow. 10
when the Joint resolution reported yesterday was
t,kop IN Mr.. IJawIey said that II anything was 10 ue
done in the matter 1t should be done quickly no
hoped that II possible any elaborate discuss'oh Vi "'
Indian question would be postponed.
Mr.. VOORHEES, said that lie did not want 10 oeia,
Tho ,assape of the Joint resolution but amer what ho
tr.nspircd Yesterday. he thought II due not only 10 HIM
calf but IN General Miles, as well as 10 JIG COUNTY
N submit some matter which had since eome " "'
hands. Tha. was an interview WIN eN"o'ei"",
pos,er. Of Ohio. published in "The Cnsinns'l enquirer
All the Senator'S were acquainted WIN II. ~ y"
had recently served on an important Inoian oom'
,,,s-io, and his views ought to have and donDtiess
,vouid have great weight. Mr.. Foster said IN 'ha'
interview ain my opinion. the dirhehtues mie"' w
easily avoided. The whole matter mas oeeh u.o"e"'
,hout hv n combination Of bad policy and OF the III
comnetency of some officials. The Sioux are s'a''ms'
Give the Sioux plenty to eat and there VIII DC . "''
trouble ". v~or
,.os % cav that these Indians did not have enough 10
eat. A.. co..
| ernor Foster said 80.
Mr.. Teller-And the Senator accepts that as correeo'
Mr.. Voorhees, think that Governor Foster ems
the truth. The great stubborn fact conirohes .he
on,n,rv that in some way or other these Indians are
starved into fighting.
Mr.. Dawes. commenting on the interview WIN OK
| Governor Foster, said that there was nothing In IL
| which failed to corroborate his statement yesterday az
| to the cause of the Indian troubles. IL rather sup
norted what he had said. 1t was true that there were
| five or six thousand Indians there In a starving con,
| dition. and the peril to the peace ana 10 de lives Vi
white peopIe was Just as great whether it arose from
one cause or another, and It had to be met and guarued
AGAINST by a supply of food. In that peril 10 was
perhaps unwisc to take up time In inquiry mto '"o
cause. There was a habit, Mr.. Dawes said, OF SOWING
the Indian question every once in a fortnight pS d
column of a newspaper, or by an Interview win some
body. made up principally Of charges Of injustice and
fraud IN the part of the Government 1t seemed TO
him that people were misled In That regard. For the
last ten or fifteen years the Indians had BEEN In ZIG
main. treated fairly and squarely. lie knew and ap-
preciated ex-GoverrOr Foster, but That gentleman was
not ouite so well acquainted with the condition OF things
among the Sioux Indians as were men who lived among
them and had charge Of them. Mr.. Foster had made
a mistake I'm saving that the lands had been taken
from the Sioux first and their consent obtained after
ward. No such thing had been done. and the story
of the whole case showed that 1t was not so. Mr..
Dawes went on TO say that the public mind had been
-...uu,oA ~ an army of newspaper men ont In the
Indian country.
MIR. Blair asked Mr.. Dawes whether any application
for food had been made to the Government by tht
Indians.
Mr.. Dawes-Not by these hostile Indians. Bnt TN
Government thinks that as a matter OF prccauuoI
AGAINST an outbreak 1t would be better to feed them
lust as sometimes in time of war an enemy has to b.
fed.
Mr.. BIair-If they were hungry and wanted to b
fed would they not naturally apply for food insteai
OF making war;
Mr.. Dawcs-I believe that Sitting Bull and Fed Clone
have avalcd themselves OF the present conditions +
draw on these Indians, making use OF the prevslen
deJusion as a means. This sitting Bull is the mos
pious hypOcrite in this country, and that Is saving
good deal.
Mr. Reagan assumed that. II there was any DANCE
OF an outbreak. some communication would have beel
mado to Congress from the Executive Department
and he said that he was not prepared tn assume tina
the Executive was derelct In LIS duty.
Mr.. Hawley said that the secretary Of War had sen
a communication asking for authority TO distribut
arms to the Governors OF the states where India
hostiities were feared.
Mr.. Allison spoke OF a question by Mr.. Reagan as
pertinent one. Why, he asked, had there been no com
munication from the Executive Department iespectin
the question. lie took IL that the reason was tina
there was no occasion for such communication. III
took no stock whatever In the suggestion that the NJ
rising was caused by the starvation OF the Sioux. Ser
stors who believed that there had been any ~derelict!o
on the part Of agents should propose an investigation