The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-06
THESILVER QUESTION
Morgan Offers an Amendment to
His Silver Resolution.
TO AMEND THE SHERMAN ACT
Objections to Army Officers Acting As Indian
Agents-Repub!ieans in the House
Resort to FilibusterIng.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Mr Morgan Of
fered an amendment to his silver resolu-
lions which was ordered to be printed. 1t
ms ructs the finance committee to report a
bill supplementary to the act of July IA,
1890, which shall provide for the coinage of
gold and silver bullion on equal terms, as
to each metal, and for the issue of treasury
notes in denominations not to exceed $500
and upon the same terms and conditions as
in the act of 1890 upon all gold and silver
bullion that the United States may acquire
by purchase, and that any depusitor who
shall deposit i'll the treasury gold or silver
bullion in quantities of not less than 500
in value, the product of mines in the
United States which has not been previ-
ously coined, shall at his option receive
coin certificates for the same at the mint
value of SUCH bullion.
The Indian appropriation bill was taken
up, the question being on Dawes motion to
strike out tue provision for the assignment
of army officers TO the duties of Indian
agents, with an amendment attached TO it.
that whenever the President shall be of
the opinion that the good OF the service
specially requires 1t, he may appoint q
civilian. A
Mr.. Fettigrew moved to strike out of the
general provision Hawley's amendment
and to insert in lieu thereof the following:
''The President is authorized to detail Off
GERS of the United States army to act as
Indian agents at all agencies where he
shall deem such action for the benefit of
the service"
Palmer argued against the policy of the
House provision. In the course of his ar
gument and of Interruptions of 1t by
other Senators, he appeared TO be startled
and surprised by learning that there were
Indians who we're United States citizens
and voters. He was informed by MIR. Pet
tlgrew that the Sissiton Indians in South
Dakota were citizens of the United States
and voters, having taken their land in
seVerality, and yet they had agents over
them. Mr.. Allen told him how in the state
OF Washington there were 600 on the res
ervation Immediately adjacent TO the city
OF Tacoma VINO were citizens OF the United
States and voters, controlling in all local
affairs even down 10 the precinct and
county matters. Mr.. Palmer confessed
the fact that United States citizens had
agents over them was startling TO MIN. 1t
might be true as a matter of fact, but it
was startling as a matter of law.
MIR. Henderson alluded TO the charge
that rancid bacon had been supplied to the
Sioux reservation. He read an official re-
port o. the board of survey on t1e bacon in
question, showing that the first lot Q2S,000
pounds) was not of this class; that the sec
ond LOT (21, coo pounds) could not be issued
in its entirety, because il was mouldy aud
IN rancid CONDITION; and tbat The third
lot tl3l ESQ pou1d5) FCs totally untt for
food.
Mr. Dolph moved the House bill TO alb
solutely prohibit the coming OF Chinese
persons into the United States, be laid be-
fore the Senate and referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations He said the
House. instead OF acting on the Senate bill or
the SUBJECT, had passed an independent bill
rs # il was the intention of the House to
prevent any legislation on the subject. The
bill was referred to the committee on for
eign relations.
The question Of assigning army officers
to perform the duties of Indian agents was
resumed, and Mr.. Cullom argued against
the proposition. Mr.. Dawes also argued
against the proposition, and before he CON
cluded his address the Senate adjourned.