Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
DELAMATER BOBS UP
As the Leading Lobbyist Of
the Hustling Board of
Trade of Tacoma.
HIS EYE is ON CONGRESS-.
Where 1t Is Quite Possible He Nay
Sometime Sit as Member.
SENATORS ARE HUSTLING ABOUT
To Get in Out of the Wet on the Dis
missal of Mr.. Young.
MOST OF THEM PLEADING NOT GUILTY
HIS EYE is ON CONGRESS-,
SENATORS ARE HUSTLING ABOUT
To Get in Out of the Wet on the Dis
missal of Mr.. Young.
MOST OF THEM PLEADING NOT GUILTY
ESPECIAL TELEGRAPHIc LETTER.
BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 90

BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON. D. c., April %.
1t is expected that Hon. George Wallace
Delamater, late of Meadville, Pa, will be
here within a few days in the interests of a
bill of great Importance to the citizens of
Tacoma, in the State of Washington. Since
his lamentable failure-politically and
fnancially-in Pennsylvania, Mr.. Dela-
mater has established himself in the practice
of the law at Tacoma, and, from all reports,
has won place of influence in local affairs
and bids fair to take a high position at the
bar and in the councils of the State.
Immediately outside of the city limits of
Tacoma lies large reservation which is the
property of the Puyallup Indians. For
years the city has been growing up to the
reservation boundaries, and not only does it
seem necessary for the growth of the place
that the reservation should be open to set
tiers, but investors resident in the State and
locality are anxious to secure the lands of
the Indians for building and for specula-
tion. Recently action has been taken by
the Board of Trade of Tacoma in favor of
bill which permits the Indians to take up
lands in severalty and dispose of them at
price which has been already fixed by con-
tract with investors who desire to purchase
them.
Great Opposition to the Proposition.
Secretary Noble, of the Interior Depart
ment, MI. Morgan, Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, and Senator Hoar, Chairman of the
Committee on Indian Affairs for the Senate
in which committee the bill now reposes, are
all opposed to the measure. They assert
that the prices fixed by contract with specu-
lators are merely nominal, or at least far
below the figure at which the lands would
be valued were the reservation opened,
though it might represent the actual value
of the land in existing circumstances They
do not think it would be fair to the Indians
to throw open this reservation, allot the
lands in severalty, and compel the Indians
to accept terms made without any intellI-
gent idea of the probable value of the lands
thus opened.
Senators Allen and Squires, of Washington,
are not willing to say that they favor this
bill, but they earnestly desire that some
method shall be found to throw open at
least that portion of the reservation which,
as it is now held, is serious obstacle in the
way of the natural and wholesome growth
Of the city of Tacoma.
Delamater a Possible Congressman.
The interest of Pennsylvanians in the
matter, however, will be confined to the
pleasing fact that Mr.. Delamater is chosen
by the Board OF Trade of Tacoma to repre-
sent the cause of the city before Congress
in advocacy of the bill in question. 1t is
substantial indication that this Pennsylva-
nian, who was the chief actor in
pecuniary tragedy two years ago, a victim
in of eli M
wreck of political ambition and pecuniary
possessions, has risen superior to his great
misfortunes and is already trusted and
honored citizen and agent of community
and State which promises to be among che
fairest and wealthiest in the land. Tacoma
is anxious to be represented by Congress
man, and in view of the present incident
nothing is more probable than that Mr..
Delamater will in the near future return
upon the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The net is gradually closing in around the
Senators who voted for the dismissal of
James r. Young, late Chief Executive
Clerk of the Senate. The Senators are
using every threat and endeavor to prevent
the disclosure of their names. So long as
the injunction of secrecy is not removed
they can, of course, assert that the list pub
lished is erroneous Nobody has claimed
that it is correct. 1t was published for the
purpose of drawing out those who were
enormously reported as having voted for
the dismissal
Personal Explanations in Order.
This erroneous and distasteful imputation,
taken in connection with the almost savage
criticism of the press, is having the effect
to induce members so reported to personally
make denial Senator Stewart is the latest
one to explain. He repudiates the report
that he voted to expel a long-tried and
faithful official without giving him chance
to face the accusation and the accusers. So
many, like Stewart, have now denied, that
the crime can almost certainly be fixed
upon those who were guilty.
One thing is established, and that is that
the Committee on Foreign Relations, ruled
by Senators Sherman and Hale, is respon-
sible. Had it not been for the insistance of
these men the resolution of expulsion never
would have been adopted. They threatened
other Senators if they refused to vote for it,
and many Senators weakly yielded to the
situation, feeling that otherwise they would |
receive no favor from the committee or its
members. One Senator who himself gave
to correspondents the news of the attack on
Young. admitted at the moment when he |
was violating his oath of secrecy that he |
was going back into the Senate chamber to |
vote for Young dismissal because che Com |
mittee on Foreign Relations-that is, Sher- |
man and Hale-demanded it. So Sherman |
and Hale stand before the country as the |
principals in this infamous assassination of |
the reputation of an innocent man.
The Feeling Still Very Intense.
The feeling is not subsiding upon this |
matter by any means. If possible, it grows
more and more intense: Senators who |
have given out news continuously and who |
voted against Young are threatened with |
exposure by correspondents who received |
information from them. Of course. this
will be q last resort in the endeayor to Sc
cure reparation and justice for Mr.. Young.
Stories of the deliberate and yoluntary
giving of news for publication bv Senators
are creeping into print. No names are pub-
lished, but the incidents are so described
that no one here can mistake the Senators
referred to. 1t can be easily shown that
some of the prominent members of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations have been
have violated their oaths of Sc
crecy and made themselves liable to expul-
sion. uevery Senator was expelled who has
given to correspondents information of the
proceedings of secret sessions, either volun-
tarilv or themselves seeking the CORE
spondents, or in response to solicitation,
there would be left far less than a quorum,
and many Senators long recognized as lead
ing lights would be snuffed out
Blaine Where He Has Been for Months.
A statement made by c. L. Magee, of
Pi,tsburg, to some friends at Philadelphia,
and published this morning in the Phila-
delphia Times, attracts good deal of atten-
ton here to-day, as it seems to be an anthem
tic and substantial confirmation of the as
,ertion on the one side that Secretary
Blaine is absolutely and irrevocably "out
Of the race" for the Presidency, and, on the