Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-08
THE ELECTION BILL.
A Proposition in the Senate to Fix a
Time for the Vote.
DISCUSSING INDIAN AFFAIRS
The Enloe Resolution Tabled in
the House.
ATKINSON BILL TAKEN UP.
SENATE.


Mr.. German presented large number of pc
titions, principally from the state of New York.
protesting against the passage of the elections
bill. He said that they had been got up under
the lead of this New York Star.
SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) offered resolution (Which
went over till tomorrow calling on the Attor-
ney General for information as TO the
supervisors Of election appointed for
the first and second congressional
districts of Arkansas for the congressional cleo
tion of November last: the sums of money
paid out are called for, IN connection with the
election or with the proceedings that have
taken place since the election, &c.
Mr.. Casey offered resolution (Which was re-
ferred TO the committee on agriculture) calling
on the Secretary of Agriculture for IA statement
OF the progress made in the investigation for
irrigation purposes.
PLENTY OF FOOD FOR INDIANS
Mr.. Dawes read portions of letter written
by Mr.. Lee, a census Indian agent, from the
Pine Ridge agency to the Interior Department.
going to show that there is no lack of food
among the Sioux. He said that he
read this to relieve the public
anxiety and to show that Indians
are not on the warpath on account OF want Of
supplies. He Expressed his conviction that
the government had substantially fulfilled its
entire obligations to those Indians and he
referred to the report in this mornings papers
OF the parley between Gen. Brooke and the Sioux
chiefs in which the latter made the request to
have teams sent to the bad Lands TO bring i'm
1.-The great quantities of beef which they had
there. This did not show that they were
starving.
MR.. MILES INTERVIEWED.
Mr.. Voorhees, set up against the testimony
al MI @l,a
Gen. Miles in an interview the day after
the late discussion in the Senate on that
subject. saying I'VE have overwhelming evil
dence from officers, inspectors and agents as WELL
and also from the Indians themselves. that
they have been suffering from the want of
food more or less for two years. and one of the
principal causes of dissatisfaction is that very
matter" He (Nlr. Voorhees, wished to
correct an erroneous impression among
the people that the rations furnished
to Indians were a mere matter of charity and
generosity on the part of the government
That was not so. The rations were in part
payment for the lands taken from them at
prices fixed by the government.
HOW MANY INDIANS on THE wARpArH.
Mr.. Dawes also wished to correct an error
which he had fallen into last week in assuming.
as Mr.. Voorhees, had stated, that there were
5000 Sioux on the warpath.
Sioux reservations. and if all the males over
the age of eighteen years were on the warpath
there would be just ,225 of them; but the fact
was the trouble was confined to two of these
reservations.
THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION.
The documents presented by Mr. Dawes were
ordered printed, but the discussion was con-
tinued on the joint resolution heretofore in
troduced by Mr.. Morgan. appropriating 5000
for an investigation Of the outbreak. 1t was
i'm by Messrs. Pierce, Voorhees, and
Paddock, the latter indulging
FLING AT MILITARY CHIEFTAINs,
who, at every cross roads they stop at, send for
newspaper men to interview them. In this
way great many foolish things were said and
there had been great deal of absurd cxagger-
alton IN connection with the whole business
Mr. Hawley favored Mr.. Morgan's Joint reso-
luton and said that one cause of the disturb
ance was the opposition of some of the Sioux
to The settlement made By the Sioux commits
sion two years ago. The government, he said.
had tried to do Its duty generally by those
people.
MR. MoRGAN's RESOLUTION REFERRED.
Mr.. Morgan's resolution was referred to the
on Indian affairs
JOHN 1. DAvENPoRr's ACCOUNTS
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Morgan calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury for statement of moneys paid to John l.
Davenport, as chief supervisor in each year
since 1871 and a statement of claims of Dayen-
port that have been rejected at the treasury
was taken up and agreed to.
TINE FOR FINAL VOTE on ELECTIONS BILL.
Mr.. Hoar at lis moved to proceed to the con-
sidera.ion of the elections BILL but, on the sug-
gestion that Mr.. Gray was temporarily absent.
he withdrew the motion and then asked unani-
nous consent to have time fixed FRIDAY next
at PM for taking the final vote on the bill.
Mr.. Morgan said that before such consent
could be given he wanted to know what bill
was before the Senate. There was no bill. he
said, before the Senate according to the state
ments made in the last few days At least no
body knew what it was
Mr.. Gorman suggested that the Senator from
ought himself to see the absolute
injustice of such proposition at this stage Of
the proceedings.
Mr.. E. B. Taylor, from the committee on
judiciary, reported back the Enloe resolution
for the arrest Of George Menet one Of the door
keepers, for attempting violently to prevent
Enloe's exit from the House during call of
the House in August last The committee
reports that the case calls for no action on the
part of the House. and the resolution was laid
on the table without objection.
The floor was then accorded to the committee
on the District Of Columbia, the question being
on ordering the previous question on the
Atkinson bill.
The subsequent proceedings are noted else
where.
CHIEF NAVAL CONcrRur.rop