St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-05
To the Citizens Of the TWO
DakotaS and Also Ne
bpaSka.
Secretary Noble Moving to
Cut Down Pension Sharks
Fees.
Senator Pugh Vigorously OPP
poses the Partisan Elec-
tiOn Bill.

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by Mr. Hawley, to issue arms to the
states of North and South Dakota and
Nebraska, was taken up. Mr.. Hawley
said that, if anything was to be done in
the matter, it should be done quickly.
Mr.. Voorhees, SAID that he did not
want to delay the passage of the joint
resolution, but after what had trans
pired yesterday he thought it due not
only to himself but to Gen. Miles as
well as to the country, to submit some
matter which had since come to his
hands. That was an interview with
eXGOv. Foster, of Ohio, published in
the Cincinnati Enquirer. All of the
senators were acquainted with Mr.. Fos-
ter, who had recently served on an i'm
portant Indian commission, and his
views ought to have and doubtless
would have great weight. Mr.. Foster
said in that interview:
''ln my opinion, the difficulties might be
easily avoided. The whole matter has been
brought about by a combination of bad policy
aud of the incompetency of some officials
The Sioux are starving. Give the Sioux
plenty to eat, and there will be no further
trouble
1hat statement, (Mr. voorhees, said,
came from man of great experience,
and it justified what he (Mr. Voorhees,
had said yesterday. That was the
reason why he dad said that he would
rather vote for the issue of rationS than
arms.
MIR. Teller asked whether he under
stood Mr.. Voorhees, to say that those
Indians did not have enough to eat.
Mr.. Voorhees-You understood ME to
say that Gov Foster said so. | take it
that Gov. Foster tells the truth. The
great stubborn fact cOnfronts the coun-
try that in some way or other these
Indians are starved into fighting.
Mir. Dawes, commenting ON the inter-
view with eX-Gov. Foster, said that
there was nothing in it which failed to
cOrrObOrate his statement Yesterday as
to the cause of the Indian troubles. 1t
rather supported what he had said. He
knew and appreciated eX-Gov. Foster,
but that gentleman was not quite SO
we'll acquainted with the condition of
Things among the Sioux Indians as were
men who lived among them and had
charge of them. Mr.. Dawes went on to
say that the public mind had been per-
verted by an army Of newspaper men
out i'll the Indian country. He some
times thought there were more news
paper men there thar troops. Any one
who read the accounts in the news
papers every morning would think that
a contiagratlOn was about TO sweep
along the Indian borders, and then
when he read the reports of the military
men he would learn from them the
statement that there was no change.
In answer to inquiries by MIR. Blair, Mr..
Dawes said:
Sitting Bull is the most pious hypo-
critic In this counJry-and that is saying
good deal"
NJ, Uo0rbooc No,,, bo,,o
concerning Gov. Foster: The committee
Oh Indian affairs can summon him by
telegraph, and can examine and cross
examine him. That is the way to get at
the facts OF the case. Here is state
ment given to the public. The commit
tee on Indian affairs has full power to
call Gov. Foster and Gen. Miles before
it, and it is its duty to do so. Gov.
Foster says in this interview: Sitting
Bull is only feeble Old man, hardly re-
spected in his tribe" and yet the SEN
atOr from Massachusetts seems to lay
the whole blame on him.
Mr.. Dawes-Gen. Miles told me the
last thing before lie took the cars, that
Sitting Bull was the greatest Indian
that has lived in this country.
MIR. Voorhees-Why not send for Gen.
Miles and have him before the commit
tee on Indian affairs?
Mr.. DaweS-Gen. Miles has no per-
sonal knowledge on the subject of the
uprising of the Sioux. He has been on
the Pacific coast for the last two or
three years, and has come to his new as
signment very lately. Gov. Foster got
all of his information on the subject of
the Sioux year and half ago.
Mr.. Voorhees, read some further eX-
tracts from the Foster interview, and
then, referring to Mr.. Dawes criticism
OF the newspaper, said:
IL thank God for newspaper men, es-
peclallv in dark places, and to every
newspaper man who has thrown a sin
gle ray of light OH this miserable busi-
ness return my heartfelt and profound
thanks: Newspaper men may get
things wrongs sometimes; but, i'm the
main, in the great volume of what they
do, they contribute to the light and
knowledge of the world and to the
cause of justice. That is what have
to say to the senator from Massachusetts
in reference to his criticism of news
paper men,"
After remarks by Messrs. Stewart,
Vest and Morgan. the joint resolution
was amended so as to apply to the states
of North and South Dakota, Wyoming
and Nebraska, and was passed.