Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-24
TIE DEATH OF THE USCOHPAH.
GRE BILL.

b aud those W!l1 have cgcu Interested
in Il VII Je pleased 10 learn the
motives which inspired the presi-
> dent in putting a qTietus on the
5 bill:
aThere Is much gossip about the
. UucUmplhgre Reservation veto.
A., some Of the Colorado people 90 moi
hesitate TO say thai the President .
! furnishing Senator Teller and VOL
cutt and Repre- eu.sltLvc townsend
, Ter their course on silver But a.
the facts COME out they seem to sus-
tain the President fully. Senator
. Dawes told Congressman Frank To-
2 lay that tire veto was right suG
, | would Uc -uss lined. lie is chair
I man OF the Indian committee which
| reported the iii 30 tine Senate. Il
seems from 1ir. Dawes statement
that there WAS no iugcstIgl-
tiuu OF the merits yf the meas
= ure. \ party 10 whom The commit
the hal confidence said the bill was
all right. Senator Teller called l.
Up and put 10 through in the Senate.
i member OF the House committee
on Indian alia.r- stated 10 the G'OIc
DeHlccTgt CuGIespJut vut tguay that
there Is lao special consideration u
tile bill 10y that committee. Glr.
Townsend, q Colorado, had charge
Of 1t. and iI-. Perkins, Of Kansas.
got ii through the House. Nothing
was said IL any stageut the proceed
iaEs about tire existence Of the is
ghlltum deposits. An ATTEMPT Will
I.e made Us the Colorado Lcig cation
o. pass tnc uiii over the Presidents
ve,o. There is I'D pro-p-e. Of SITE
cess now that tine facts are out. The
members generally Iyel That a little
confidence galu has been pigyel
upon them. and without Regard o.
! PATTY pronounce the veto entirely
proper.
besides the protest Of the reIuhli-
can tUugTy--ulgu from Missouri, the
I President hal before him when hu
wrote his veto the following sworn
statement.
Your mem1riIi.st- respectfully
| represent that they are interested
I in. anu para OWNERS ui % a mine Of
I gils9n.iv, new kin If asgh8.,um
} superior % an Others lying in North
eastern Utah Ur8r Fort DuCauSEc,
I and Just east OF JiuiJh Reservation:
{ that for KIDS properly its present
owners, the Gibson s -ph8i,um Com
I pany uf -. Louis, No.. paid tie sum
/ OF Sllj,uJi, thal II the time OF such
/ purchase t,3e sl-l company knew OF
a deposit OF tai- mineral lying 4
I short distance from the Colorado .
I state lite, ID -ae JHrumyIhErl f.
/ Res ryg-iGV, which, had been dis /
covered Hy E. S,hOit. am officer uf .
I the said Gibson AsaIaitum Com
I IGny. Knowing q! The existence Of I
this ig,; deposit, this company paid T.
for il mine = lager sum than 10 I
otherwise would have done. hoping
that at some time au opportunity /
would he gen o. compete for the .
purchase ui thee deposits lying
within the reservation.
about two years ago some Colo
raio parties came 10 the reservation
anu a.teInute. tD lpg.tcauI oHtr1.s /.
some of these deposits, putting Uv
wire fences and a -lauIy: but the
Indian Agent, Colonel Eryuur. ex-
PEELED them ami DESTROYED their inn
IryvemeHt.. Lattrrly tie whole
reservation has ueeu UverrIu los
pros. eytuGs, with tire evident uur- '
f1.,-s ~ coming 90 Congress 10 secure
more bills 20 validate their pretended
locations provided this Ul.l should
become law. To such au eX.eu. nas
the reservation been Uvr-fuu tnlt
the government officials uavl aes.n
compelled go clear tl.m -.
There are two uel sis of Ciis1Hitr
within the two rang AZ townships
proposed tr -r restored % the
public I1ma:u Iy senate bill I7g-; .
one is ii--use vein aj1r: %"
feet ion tlIrFu.7s and about
two miles in iru-,h: the other de-
post j. but a small psdi1u ola SINH
lar vein, the main bgiy VI which
lies west % the above u.mgI ranges
90 tgHusuiEs. All OF tht-, within
the two ranges can be- taken uU
under the provisions uf SruIgc uiiI
l5#-, by q location OF not more than
fifteen acre. flr which the United
states would receive tie sum Of So
per acre, or in the aggregate, Ike
mere FltilUHr o. $500. No other
valuable mineral has lcen found
within the Iucumua-Ire ~. Re-
ervutigU. iiuar-. .~Dgi.e veins WIKI
in ihtss two Tnr.n- ri t1wusuir.
were offered Ay tI. Government al
public -Iir. tine ellison s~-ialtu.u
Company -tu8s ready tD gag for
the veins therein cIaciuinE that
mineral the sum Of $4,000.
elf these iauIS are go hp AGAIN re-
stored % the TIHilc IUm1in iu the.
usual manner, So that Ii rrr~1u,
would have yIlai Uuro-.Iuiiv ,
To make entries mad ige.-igrs.
the gross i-gE--I.s a. tine Irg-e.- g
blii would "e avoided. Icel-
tons have @'s=sly been l.aLr !
10y certain gentlemen NJ ail the gil.
spnite within three townships. Tin
yIeCi. therefore, 20. ,uu pT,-~eu. Ifi
l. the same as II the government
were saying. we Will sell those z
lands 20 those persons atthe sum Of /
81 Per acre Tie amendment. /
made 10 the bin since It's ;Etr5.Ils.- /
ton make itmurr Objectionable than s
II originally stood, Tor 10 mot only ,
leuriveS the Secretary ~ i.se later {
Tor 81 the right % Offer the lanrls .tt s
public sale, AMI thereby secure 10 :
the government their real value. lrir (
y also takes from the UuC1mp8hgrc O
Jies the benefit Il the mouc-, that Il
may uc realize! ihergirpm.'' ID
This is signed amt sworn o. Hv v
Charles ~. Baxter, president az iGe Z
company. b
Attained Is the affidavit. Of Adul. /
lhus Bus Cd, tine st. Louis brewer. s
70 the effect "LhE- bee fully y.r.G,- "a
the statement ul the value UT tHt. .
deposits maize, and hereby givtS his
personal endorsement Of the olgr Cd.
$4,000 FOR the gi.souije IN the Two
ranges Of townships nlmud.'' =
An additional statement shows .
mat tue stockholders OF the CON. -
.any are AtO.uIus Busch. Chlrle-
Nagel, &. %. Baxter, +. ". Eluuiu-
ger Clas. J.. kIgchnpr, Charlie,
lttmaun Adam Block, II. l.. Na!I-.
p. \. Holm, u 81. Louis: a. l.. 3
longer, {. =. Cobb, &. r. Grant, J. a
II. Beck and J.. g.. Cullcr. Ut 4 k l,
on, Ohio; Horace Is. Camp ami Z.
nOmas 7. Walsh, Of Cuyahry, ID
Fails, Ohio. and -. Se5Uit. Of salt !.
lake City. Z:
President Baxter, who has been q
iere awaiting the action OF the J..
.ompauy. LETT To-Day Tor ~. Louis. =.
really pleased 90 the result.
Since the Plvs.leGt'> veto AN in
erc>tins letter q. Senator Vests
.pou this bill has come q I-at. II
he Senator wrote 10 one of IN, a
iockhO.lers in the -. Louis com s.
any as follows: bi
II agree with you entirely as To- y,
that you stated in ycuF letter. d,
he thing is bold steal ami az
ill never Ice successful. / Will O.
eep my eye upon the bill ami u