Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-21

| Senator Jones Petition.
Senator Jones; ,of Arkansas, manipulated
| rison administration would not pay. and
| for his part in the matter many papers
n h Arksnsas ,,s,isr have called his attention TO
tor does not care to assume the same re-
| sponsibility this time. His election comes
100000 performance would injure him
more, according to the estimate of his
friends. IN the coming contests than he
could gain support from an arrangement
similar to the one that held good when
the other claim was put through. SO 1t Is
insisted that the lobby working In the
mater and the senator from Arkansas
could not get on terms ,nis time to put
through the Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche
cluded that 1t would be money saved to
walt few years until certain senatorial
eiesons had PASSED S unless chance
something through for the Wichita reser-
walton.
lobby that they will take 81 or 80 cents per
acre, acre u they ,sos can; noo This would bring to
which, would be a very comfortable thing.
according TO the man making the observa-
,i. uon. .si should II appear tomorrow that
ty they VIII be able to get this concession in
clusion. II 1t can be done In such way
that the real senator's responsible for II do
not appear as taking the lead and things
can be SO tangled. up that 1t can be done
and the damage charged UP to no particu-
lar indiyidnnl .s. who has case of election
should appear that this plan cannot be put
through then the plan of throwing it into
court Will be carried out. hut with such
provisions as will always keep 1t out of
court, and simply get matters tangled up
so that In a year or two when the forces
get ready the whole matter can be forced
into congress again and put through in
the same way. securing an increase of the
funds by way of payment for the delay.
1t is suggested in lobby circles tonight
that II IL Is possible the plan may be fol-
lowed of giving the Wichitas 30 cents per
acre and the Chickasaw and Choctaws sc
or 50 cents and charge 1t up to the land
This would be raising the price of the land
to the settlers and the money thus raked
out OF the settlers would so to the claim.
and the payment of the lobby. This Is th1s
part of the deal Delegate Flynn IL inter&
ested in. He does not like the plan of sen
tiers being robbed by way of pleasing tn
demnation among the people of that couiV
try and this is the part of the scheme thaV
he is watching for the purpose of defeat&
ing If possible. 1t is very plain that IN
this plan. can be worked the lobby willy
take kindly to 1t. They could just as well
increase the price to the settlers and di.
vide greater amount of money not If
1t is possible to get matters so tangled up
tomorrow that the claim can be allowed
and the Wichitas thus beat out of a little
and thus beat out of their money that
plan will be followed. Should the plan as
ostensibly found in the bill be carried OUT
1t will be simply tangle for a time by
never go to the courts as believed, coming
back into congress with the claims when
the forces are not in danger from near at
hand senatorial elections. where an actlve
part in the matter would do more injury
than returns for being tangled up could
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