The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
INDIAN QUESTION.
The President and Yancy Lewis
Talk on the Indian Situation.
The CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Estimates of the Orange Judd Farmer
The Auditor for the Post Office De-
partment Makes His Annual
RPport-A Deficit.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 90 - Yancv
Lewis, of Ardmore, left for home YES
terday afternoon and will proceed to
South McAlester at an early date and
qualify - judge of that district. He
called on the encouragement vester-
day and spent some time talking over
court conditions in that country and
the Encouragement took him to the
white house. where he met the presi-
dent, and the trio took up the minutes
in discussing the Indian question as
found iH that country. The president
observed that he had been informed
that the Dawes commission was not
likely to be able to accomplish much in
the work for which the commission
was appointed. For this he was very
sorry, for he had hoped that some sat
isfactory conclusion could be reached
solving the situation in that country.
In the event the commission failed, the
whole matter would be left where it
always has been. except with greater
demand that something be done There
was no intimation of legislation to
take the place of failure on the part of
the Dawes commission. 1t is well
understood that the commission will
recommend that certain matters be
disposed of by congress in the event
they are unable to reach conclusion
with the Indians. Should all this hap
pen, of course the commission will eX-
plain the situation to the president
and seek his aid and support.
While the president had nothing to
say about legislation, it was plain that
he had about given up all hope for a
solution of the conditions in that coun-
try through a commission, and, this
being the case, the only thing left in
sight to be done would be To pass the
whole matter TO congress. The Indian
nation officials who were here last con-
gress claimeG to have been assured by
the presidcht that he would never al
low existing conditions in that country
to be disturbed, and that should any
thing pass congress interfering with
their alleged rights. the president
would veto it. The grave suspicion is
that the president made this promise
to them; that he did so and would al
low it to stand until the commission
would be given a chance to see that
they could agree harmoniouslv and
when the efforts of the commission
should be exhausted and still a failure,
then the whole matter would come up
in an entirely differenL form.
THE CONDITION OF TIE CROPS.
CHICAGO. Oct. 29.-The crop report of
the Orange Judd Farmer. published
this week, states that huslling Is devel-
oping some disappointment in the
yield of corn in districts where the
heaviest Weld was expected. Dry
weather during the last six weeks
of the season caused some premature
ripening and shortened the ear. The
average Is about 30 bushels, ana the
total crop 2,@72. 100000 bushels. The
area sown to winter wheat appears
larger than the area harvested this
year in every state of Importance east
of the Rocky mountains. except Hi
nois and Missouri. In the Ohio and
Missouri valleys the area was in
creased in order to return part
of the corn acreage to meadow,
wheat being sown rs n nurse crop
with grass. The total acreage. aSsIm-
ing that California will seed as much
as last year, appears to he about 26. e.
900 600 acres. or 800, 600 more than
was harvested this year. and almost
the same as was planted last fall. The
potato crop Is estimated to weld 290.-
600. 600 bushels at the rate of ninety
bushels per acre. The heavy yields
are in the northwest. where the crop
is too large to be protitablv handled.
DEFICIT IN THE POSTAL DEPARTNIrNr
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 9-George y.
Howard. auditor for the post Office de-
partment. has made his annual report
to the postmaster-@eneral. 1t shows
that the postal deficiency over the rev
enue and congressional appropriation
for the past fiscal year Is g. S01,044