Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-21
INDIAN BILL IN The SENATE
AGREEMENT WITH THE wiCHfTAs
THE SOURCE OF Much DISCUSSION.
senator Allison speaks Upon the Subject,
as Does senator Plata Queer Pro-
vision In q senate Amendment
Delegate Fiynn's Position.

| consideration until the provision was
| reached approving the agreement with the
Wichita Indians for opening that reserva-
| ton to settlement When this provision
had been read Senator Allison observed
| that the provision. as 1t had been offered
to the senate. appeared to be very unfair
TO the Wichitas. In the agreement with
the Indians IT had been concluded that the
matter of compensation TO them for their
lands should be left with congress. The
Indians had agreed TO leave this important
feature to the United States, believing that
their interests In the whole case would be
handled in fair and just way. This con-
clusion had been reached after the Indians
had refused an offer by tho commission
negotiating with them of 80 cents per acre
for their lands.
The senate found most objection to the
provision that placed the matter in the
court of claims TO adjust the interests of
the Wlchitas. Chickasaws and Choctaws
and affiliated bands, In the purchase price
Of the reservation. BY this means Senator
Allison Insisted that 1T might have hap-
pened that the Wichita Indians. by running
the gauntlet IN the. courts might have the
terests in the lands. when IT had been
clearly their purpose in making the aeree-
aented by congress. handle the matter.
10 mus REFER 1t to the courts, and have
Their & interests passed upon in that way BY
ment Of their claim to another power. when
interests would be passed upon by con-
gress.
Senator wolcott made few inquiries
about the matter for the purpose OF find-
Ing out II the Ipdian committee of the
san senate had Sonsidsred the terms and pro
at last made by Senator Jones. chairman of
the committee that the committee as
somethins about approx approvng the ne agreement cement
had been put In the bill in the house; when
Of it. of a S bsen e h sd
the committee. When 1t had reached the
committee It had been referred to a sub
agreed to recommend. 1t favorably to the
whole committee. but being tangled up and
embarrassed for time the subcommittee
had taken their report to the committee
on appropriations direct. and had not made
their report to the committee. on Indian af-
fairs. which had been the original purpose
and expectation.
This statement was supplemented by Sem
matters II would have been we'll for the
whole committee to make report and not
have it. paassh upon by any sib.s9mmttee go,
@ would e be we'll to aV have the et matter nvesti-
created by the senate to look into it, and
not allow. it to. be brought into the, senate
visions. ' M as if appearing IN the Bill APPEARED
such matters he could not understand how
rsnsh?'s s q tSs Els h ss!e
pendent measure. so that it could be faced
with, full and fair discussion. and there
could be no suspicion that some sort OF
job was being put up on the senate.
senator Chandler's Views.
Senator Chandler pressed down upon this
point He observed that many matters of
this kind had been put through before. and
they had not improved The sardng OF were she
the regular appropriation bills so burdened
with provisions Of this sort, The provision
propriations: 1t new and separate leg
islation. plain and simple, and there was
to a regular bill. while there was much in it
to insist that it should come up as a sepa,
rate and independent measure that h fopcnd opuid
senator Allison referred in his second
talk, to the passage, Of the claim ma alloWing Hoy ing
their alleged interests in the Cheyenne ana
Arapahoe lands; This broqght out A., state. ,t.
Chickasaws and Choctaws clearly had
Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands; 1t was for
this reason. as insisted. that those having
an interest in the claim had been insist
ing that they were willing, TO go into the
court OF claims and have their interests in
the Wichita reservation adjusted by the
Senator Allison again insisted that If the
court of claims took the matter up the
Wichita Indians could not be made party
an agreement to go into litigation for their
interests in these lands. They had left
to b m hnd n@ TO S nnd
the courts. How would litigation progress
with this state Of things? The plan would
itas should conclude to follow the plan
of litigation for their interests in their
rnI, NJ claims (NhicknSlWS
Choctaws could. at any time before the
decision was reached by the court of
their interests adjusted by commissioners.
This was according to senate amend
ment prepared evidently by this sub;com-
1T is hereby further provided that said
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations may, at |
any time before the rendition of final judg- |
ment in said case by the court of claims, |
negotate WITH the 1s e0HmSsichers f mn appoin.
approved the 3rd day of March, 1893, or
with any successor or successors in said
matters involved in said suit, and move |
the suspension Of such action until such |
negotiation shall be accepted or rejected |
such settlement, however, to be made
with the concurrence of the secretary of |
the interior and attorney general of the |
This is looked upon as a very nice scheme
Of those manipulating the Chickasaw and |
and delay matters Just as soon as they |
reach the conclusion that they will be |
turned down by the court. This re-
ferred to as n very queer provision to in |
corporate into a bill intended TO settle a |
matter by court. Bnt should IT happen |
that the case would be allowed to remain
In the court of claims and a decision was
reached, the Judgment would be sent to
TO cover the appropriation. The
the event they had not received |
for the lands the, amount they believed
reason that the matter had not been de- |
termined in the wav they had specified In |
the agreement. They could insist that |
they did not intend TO have their interests |
disposed Of in that way. But the chances |
We're that others made party to the case |
would see some reason to get out and the |
result would he that there would he no |
of the whole matter. but II |
II should reach a commission the whole
matter would come up for an appropria-
ton and the treasury would he compelled |
had claimed that they had not received
enough by the court decision.
This would leave the whole matter still |
pending before congress and in the mean |
time the country would not be opened 10 |
senator Call Has an Idea.
Senator Call observed that the business |
way to dispose of the ma tier would be for
congress not to await the action of a court \
but for congress to give the one dollar and /
a quarter TO the Wichitas for their lands
This with the provision not TO open TO
ment had been approved would settle the
whole controversy and the lands uould no