The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-26
4 LIVELY TIME.
Beck and Congressman Have a
Stirring Session.

Stirring Session.
OMAHA. July 25.-Captain Beck and
the Congressional delegation had a
stirring session at the Winnebago
agency this morning and violence was
imminen0 for severed minutes. The
proceeding began when Senator Allen
stated that The two Senators and three
X Or sentatiV6s of the Congressional
delegation of Nebraska had come for
the purpose of informing themselves
as to the condition of affairs. In reply
to this Captain Seek stated that me
Flourney- company had Systematically
robbed theEIndians and that II was q
corrupt concern generally. Captain
Beck said the members of the tiCurney
company and everyone OF It's TRENDS
and sympathizers were infamous mars
and scOun6rels. just as me captain
finished John T.. Myers, the treasurer
OF that company, entered the room.
You are not telling the truth, and
you know it, he said.
If giant firecracker had been eX-
ploded under the captain feet ne
could not have been more excited.
Get out OF here" he said, get out
of here This is my Office, l VIII not
have you in it. L am master here. You
have been arrested by the United
States marshal and ought TO be in jail
] viii not have you here. Get out De-
fore I have you thrown out
An exciting scene followed. Senator
Thurston remarked Il wish to know
whether or not this delegation repre-
senting a majority of the Nebraska
congressional delegation is to proceed
without a repetition Of such scenes IS
the one we have just seen enacted. We
are amply abic to preserve order with
ont interference or assistance on the
part of anyone If this delegation is
here without right, the right OF Ameri-
can citizens to know how their own
affairs are being conducted, I, for one,
am ready to retire at once.
Captain Beck jumped to his feet and
excitediy exclaimed that he did not
recognize the authority of the delega-
ton. He did not understand that it
had any rights which he was bound
to respect. 1t was not a committee en-
powered to act 1t had no right to in
vestigate him. He was responsible to
the secretary Of the interior, and him
only. He would not DE inSulted in his
own Office.
Mrs. Beck, who had been sitting at
the captains back and acting as a
sort OF advisory counsel, III a voice
loud enough to be heard referred to
the senator who had spoken as an in
soient man and insulting meddler. She
suggested that the captain ought to
order the entire delegation out Of his
office The silence which followed the
scene was becoming oppressive. and
Cartain Beck again rose to his feet.
sit down.
Senator Allen spoke the words TIE
captain sat down.
He proceeded without further trou-
BILE Captain Beck submitted letters
and kilograms to show that he had
the approval of the interior depart
nlent in everything that he did.
The sentiment of the congressional
delegation is shown by the following
telegram sent this afternoon:
Hon. HolSe Smith, secretary of the
interior, Washington, d. C.-Investi-
cation now in progress leads US to
urge you to suspend approval of leases
of Winnebago lands made by Captain
Beck and to promptly suspend fur
Their evictions until we communicate
with you further. Evictions will re-
suit in tremendous loss of crops to in
nocent settlers.
civilian Y. ALLEN.
JOHN NJ. THURSTON.
GEORGE D. MEIKELJOHN,
Wv A. ANDREWS,
81. d. STROBE,
''Of the Nebraska Congressional Dele
CATION"
This will be followed by letter de-
failing the entire situation.