Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-12-14

cursion rates to the worlds fair,
has created great interest in Washington,
especially among the officials of the treas
ury department and in congress, where
there appears to be an almost unanimous
sentiment in favor of the temporary total
exclusion of immigration.
The western congressman and others
particularly interested in the success of
the worlds fair are alarmed at the action
of the steamship companies in deciding to
make no reduced rates for the fair visitors,
and do not hesitate to express the opinion
exposition.
Senate.
The joint resolution introduced last
Tuesday by Mr.. Vest, for q commission to
make an agreement with the five civilized
tribes in the Indian Territory for taking
lands in severalty, and then opening the
territory to settlement was taken up, and
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas argued in favor of
referring it to the committee on Indian af-
fairs, which, he said, had been considering
the subject for several years.
Mr.. Platt expressed regret that a ques-
ton of such great importance should be
obscured by references to the conduct and
expenses of certain courts. The real ques-
ton that should interest the American peo-
pie was whether they could longer endure
five separate, independent, sovereign and
almost wholly foreign governments within
the boundaries of the United States.
k-1a of &ha
ing up to the treaty with the Cherokees in
1889 and to subsequent treaties, Mr.. Platt
went on to say that there now existed the
anomalous condition that within the limits
of the United States were five separate, in
dependent governments, owing no ale
glance to the United States, and with no
responsibility to the United States gov
eminent except that they shall make no
laws inconsistent with the constitution of
the United States, or with the laws of
congress regulating trade and commerce
with the Indian tribes.
Mr.. Coke inquired whether the United
States government had not the right of
eminent domain in the Indian country.
Mr.. Platt gave it as his opinion that the
United States had no more eminent do
main over the soil of Indian territory than
it had over the soil in state; because the
government had conveyed to the Indians
their land by patent in fee simple. Still
he was not prepared to deny that the gov
eminent could not exercise the right of
eminent domain there. There was now,
600 whites as against 81, 900 Indians. These
whites were there by permission, but had
no participation whatever in the govern
ment. The entire reason of the guarantee
that the Indians should be independent
had, therefore, entirely vanished. The
white people in the territory were con-
stantly increasing. AS long as the present
anomalus condition of things existed all
those citizens of the United States dwelling
and doing business within the Indian
country were outside the pale of law. The
time had come (Mr. Plat thought) or
would soon come when, either by the con-
sent of the Indians or without their con-
sent, that condition of affairs must cease.
He did not advocate violation of the
treaties with those Indians. He wanted to
live up to all of them. But the Indians
themselves had come to see the condition
of things could no longer continue. They
had been making rapid strides towards the
time when all of them, or at least major
ity of them, would be ready to surrender
their Indian governments and come under
territorial government, with the idea
that they were eventually to become a
state, or part of state (of the United
States) But if they would not take steps
toward the abandonment of their own gov
ernments and toward becoming citizens of
| the United States then he did not believe
that the reason for the guar
| antses of separate and independ-
/ emit Indian governments could not be
permitted to stand in the way of the march
of civilization. If the consent of the In
dians could not be obtained it would be
the duty of the United States to see to 1t
that the present condition of things was
changed. He favored the reference of the
resolution to the committee on Indian af-
fairs.
The resolution went over until to-mor
row, Mr.. Butler stating his desire TO speai
upon it.
At 2 p m the anti-option bill was taker
up, and Mr.. George proceeded to address
the senate in support of 1t.
He said the efforts had been made in tn,
various cotton markets of the country t.
depress the price of cotton based on tn,
fact that the bill was pending. 1t was al
legged on the part of the cotton exchange
that the passage of the bill suppressed
speculation in futures and would be disas
, trous to the farmer, but farmers of south
ern states with almost one voice demande'
} the enactment of q measure to proven
dealing in futures. He himself had reach
ed the conclusion that the system of deal
ing in futures was detrimental to tn
interests of the producer. The cotto
growers were every year becoming poore
Q and poorer and were becoming Che victim
U of rapacious policy which had taken thei
earnings and added the amount to th
overgrown wealth of men who used thei
powers for that purpose. There were BIZ
Eve great cotton markets in the world
New York, New Orleans, Liverpool, Havl
9 and Bremen. But the New York Cotto
3 Exchange, which exercised such an inf
: ence on prices, had less actual dealings
a cotton than seven or eight other seapor
in the United States. Last year only 16i
;. 600 bales had been received in New Yo,
le as against over 1000, 600 bales in New o
I'd leans, one AID a half mill.ans in Galvesto
n a million bales in Savannah, half millit
In Charleston, and the same in Norfolk.
Mr.. George went on quoting from t.
rules and regulations of the New York e
change. Prices were fixed in that g
change without reference to the transs
tions. New York, he said, dominated a,
controlled every cotton market, not on
In the United States, but sometimes in
world. The cotton exchange had no q
= thority to fix the prices of cotton of II
sissippi and other southern states.
Without finishing his argument
Il
.or and soon afterwards the senate adjourn,
~ The senate to-day confirmed the folio
ing nominations: P. B. Cheney of N
Hampshire. envoy extraordinary and m
lister plenipotentiary to Switzerland;
NJ. Lambertson of Nebraska, assistant g
rotary of the treasury; United Sta
marshals, G. @. Clarke, eastern district
Virginia, and I. A. Benton, territory
per Utah; N. R. Rose of Ohio, assistant &C
uid missioner of the general land Office.
House.
Mr.. Catchings Of Mississippi dem. fl
!. the committee on rules, reported
favorably the resolution of Mr.. Wilsor
West Virginia dem directing the c.
old mittee on ways and means to inquire
ern and report upon the present condition
the treasury and the future probable r.
nues under existing laws. Adopted.
II. Mr.. Covert Of New York strongly