Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-23
men and women, and they will come to the
front again by the old tin,e majority"
CONGRESSMAN Kem Waa OF Int crested.


In 1891 congress passed law to repeal tho
timber culture act and for other purposes.
1t allowed persons taking pre-emptiou claims
TO pay out or turn them into homesteads
after lapse OF fourteen months, after max
ing proof Of settlement and cultivation, and
this provision was made applicable to that
part of the Sioux reservation In South Da-
kota BY some unforeseen incident the law
was not made applicable to Nebraska. SEN
ator Henderson has an ally had q bill placed
on the senate calendar making the law APP
ply to Neoraskn, and IL has favorable rec
ommendation from the committee. Tho bill
will be passed. IT Is OF great Importance to
Boyd county, but up to this time II has not
attracted the attention OF Representative
KEN, who has waited on his oars 80 long
that IL will now be impossible for the house
to act, especially at this session.
To Divide the Expense.
In reporting with Favorable recommends
ton from the committee on Indian affairs his
bill compelling the holders OF the federal
government to pay local taxes upon lands al
lotted to Indians intseveralty. a measure of
great Importance tossveral counties In Ne
braska and suggeAted by conditions in
Thurston county, Senator Manderson says:
This bill is designed to remedy existing
evils that are extremely hard to bear.
Many Indians who have dissolved their
rrlbal relations and have taken lands
in severalty under the law have assumed
the rights and privileges OF citiyen-
ship. They exercise the right Of suffrage
at all federal, state and municipal elections.
They are part of the shaping power, pro-
ducing by their acts results fraught with
evil or good to the communities In which
they live. In some OF these municipalities
they outnumter their white neighbors. In
others, whiie in the minority, they hold and
own more lands thanthe whites. As gen.
eral thing the Indians require the expend-
itures for courts, police and other purposes
far more than the whttes.
In Thurston County.
Notwithstanding these facts, they do not
pay penny Of the taxes necessarily raised
for the maintenance Of the local government.
Thurston county, Nebraska, is a fair in
stance OF the condition In many SEQ
tions Of the country. 1t has 100000
acres Of land, of which &c, 900 acres are owned
by the whites and s4o.ooo acres by the In
dians Of the Omaha and Winnebago tribes.
who are far advanced In civilization. Tho
10000 acres pay all the taxes, tho 240, 900
acres pay nothing. Courts are maintained,
judges, county officers, constables and others
are paid, school houses are built and teach
bridges built and the handful of white people
pay everything and tue Indians nothing.
"Over three -fourths Of the money raised by
taxation Is annually expended for the care.
he does not pay dollar OF taxes because OF
the unfair provisions OF federal law. The
entire burden of civilizing the wards of the
nation Is thrown upon the few unfortunate
whites who have made their homes in this
vicinity" 8RF
The report embraces statements from
Secretary Noble, Secretary Whittlcsey of
the board of Indian commissioners, Assist
ant Secretary Chandler and Indian Commis-
soner Morgan, bearing upon the subject and
recommending the adoption Of such q meas
ure as this bill
miscellaneous.
Hon. John A. McShnne of Omaha and ].
r. Jordan Of Sioux City sire at tho Shoreham
j. e. Talmage Of Salt Lake is at the Eb-
bitt. u"
S. J. Fouse OF Lis bon is at the American
Henry Lehman. John Sherman. Nellie
Lehman,L Alice MarquiB,s Jay Towl and
Joseph Christie Of Dos Moines are at the
Frederick. $500 !.
Senator Paddock called up in the senate
today and secured she passage OF his bill.
which has passed the house, to pension Mrs.
Martha X. Griffith Of Lincoln, at sl2 a
month.
]. H. Patrick of Omaha IL in the city.
In the case Of Johann Neunarth from Aber-
jeen, S. D., cancellation OF timber culture
ontry, Assistant Secretary Chandler today
affirmed the decision OF the commissioner
cancelling the entry. p. s. H.