The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-04
THE COLORADO UTES
The Question of Their Removal
to Utah Discussed.
GOV. WEST SPEAKS AGAINST 1T
Mr.. Paynter. OF the Indian Rights Associa
tiOn, and the Representative of the So
ciety OF Friends, Oppose 1t.
HERALD BUREAU, !
Corner 10th and G. Streets, ". W.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 5, 1892. !

The removal Of the Colorado Utes
formed the subject of an hour and half
discussion in the House committee on In
dian affairs to-day. There were several
speakers representing different Indian and
peace associations, all OF whom spoke, and
all OF whom opposed the removal. Cover
nor West, of Utah, also spoke. He an
peared before the committee at the sugge.-
ton OF Delegate Game, by whom be was
introduced. The cOmittee only gave
the governor fifteen minutes in which
10 be heard, but within the lin
tied time he made an argument that
was both logical and well presented. The
governor was followed by Dr. Chids. who
made the opening address, and VINO treated
the subject as matter wholly between the
government and the Indians without re-
gard to Utah. Governor West showed how
unfair this was. He said that in the mat
ter Of this removal the government might
as well take one Of the fertile valleys of
Utah and give it to Colorado in exchange
Tor one Of her barren mountains. He said
that u tab had her quota Of Indians and did
not want any more. sit would be lust az
fair" he continued, ito unload the Utah
Indians on Nevada as it would be to permit
Colorado to unload her Indians on Utah. >,
He showed how unjust it Would be to the
white settlers in the San Juan country to
permit this removal, and contended that
the only proper course for Congress to pur-
sue was to leave the Indians where they
are.
He was followed by Mr.. Paynter, of the
Indian Rights association, who was fol-
lowed by Lieutenant Stevens, Of the army.
who explained with great clearness to the
committee the topography of the country.
Then Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the woman
lawyer OF this city, who is at all times a
vigorous and fOrcible speaker, and who on
this occasion represented the Uni
versal Peace society, SHE'D her caster.
so to speak, into the ring and
treated the committee to a lively discourse
on the folly of removing the Utes from
there present reservation. After review
ing the injustice with which the whites
have proyerbialIy treated the Indians, she
provoked a general smile by saying 'You.
gentlemen, have enacted laws prohibiting
polygamy, and the people of Utah have got
rid OF 1t. Now you want to put a lot of
Indians there. all of whom are polygamists.
It's not right and 1 vigorously protest
against it."
The citizens committee Of Boston wss
also given hearing in the person Of DR..
Duncan, of that city. The purpose Of the
committee is to break up the tribsl rela-
tions Of the Indians and give them land in
severalty. He, too, vigorously protested
against the removal, and William Woods,
of Baltimore, who represents the Society
of Friends Of Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, also spoke in similar vein.
Among those who were present in the
committee room to-day were q number OF
the Philadelphia members of the Indian
Rights association, one of whom was Mr..
Kane, a nephew of General Kane, who is
well known in Utah.