The daily critic., 1890-12-03
TIE INDIAN TROUBLE DUE 10
FAILURE 10 KEEP PLEDGES.
WHY TIE NOBLE RED MAN IS DEgCIg2.
He Believes 1t Will Influence Tardy
Congressional Action,
CUMMINGS AND tbs LABOR QUESTION
Congressman Chipman Is Not for Mills
for Speaker--Reed UnlavorabIs 70
Further Silver Legislation

Both Senators Plumb and Teller
yesterday introduced bills for The free
coinage Of silver The latter, in speak
ing Of his measure, said he thought hts
bill would not only pass The Senate, but
the House as we'll, ami go % the Pres
ideut Whether or not he would sirn
Il Mr.. Teller declined 90 say. Mt Tel
Ter is positive that free coinage would
60 very far toward restoring al era of
prosperity.
On the other hand Republican Con
gresham, who Is close TO Speaker Reed
told me that Reed was not favorable ~
further silver LEGISLATION. and that no
bill for free coinage would be permitted
10 pass the House
"THE CRtTIC was mistaken inquoting
me as expressing preference for
Roger Q. Mills for Speaker of the next
House" said Congressman Chipm3u Of
the Detroit district
~ did say lot of nice things about
Mr.. Mills. | said he deserved well Of
his party on account of his splendid
record on the tariff question, but J
think it is quite too soon TO commit
myself on the Speakership question.
Congressman Amos Cummings OF
New York was in very didactic humor
last evening He was bewajllng the
troubles Of the lahoring man. Said he
In his best Wcbstetiau style
"The biggest blow that has yet been
struck against the laboriug men Of the
country was struck yesterday In the
Senate Of the United States. when Sen
ator Hoar and hts Republican col
leagues refused 20 allow the Eight Hour
bill 10 be taken up and discussed n
was an Infamous piece of business 20
give the Force bill the right of way
over 50 mcritnrlOus q measure as the
Eight Hour BILL
Dr. T. A Bland editor Of The Com
mon jcCuith. has the confidence OF %
Sioux Indians now engaged In rhos
dancing 10 q greater extent than any
ore else In the East llU scouts Ia,
idea Of an Indian war lie says that I
The Government will carry out its agree.
meuts. express and implied, with the
Indians, there VIII be no trouble I
se, ms that iu the treaty by which th"
Government bought eleven millions
Of acres OF the great Sioux rpser.
walton IN South Dakota 10 was stipu
lated that Red Cloud. Red Leaf and
their bands should be paid for the
horses they lost ia the war
of 1876, when General Custer
and his band was masaacred.
Noting this Standing Rock and the
Cheyenne Indians made claim that
they had lost horses In the same war
and demanded pay for them. The
treaty made no reference 10 these
claims, hut the Commissioner who rep
resented the Government ln the making
of the treaty assured Standing Rock
and the others that their claims should
be paid. They went even further, DR..
Blond says, and told the Indians that If
these claims were not paid the treaty
should not stand These assurances
have not been made good, and canu0t
be except by Congress The untutoTed
Indian does not recognize the li1iculy
nor appreciate the delay Of securing
Congressional action. Aud here Is the
danger. While Congress Is delibarating
the Indians are dancing They want
Congress 10 make good the promises Of
the Commissioners. DR., Bland ap
proves of the course taken IN this
emergency by the Indian Bureau lie
thinks it tends towards peace
When the Buffalo Bill Indians We're
here Rocky Bear, a Sioux chief, speak
ing Of the Messiah excitement among
his people, said TO Dr. Bland:
IF my people can be any greater
fools about religion lhan the white folks,
pity them"
Rocky Bear had seen the Salvation
Army in London.
| met a tramp this afternoon who, Ia
addition 10 striking me for the price 3t
a nights lodging, also delivered q short
of hard temperance lecture. Holding
nm . mir Of hanla LLaL Ln-AL- IS N