The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-17

, interest with the CnoCtaWS IL the lauus
said nations, the agreement with the latte
nation could have no effect without the con
sent of the former On April %, 1897 thu
commission effected an agreement Will
both tribes-the Choctaws and Chickasaws
This agreement, 1t Is understood, has beer
/ ratified by the constituted authorities o
the respective tribes or nations partie!
thereto, and only requires ratification b,
Congress to make It binding.
On the 9th of September, 1897, an agree
ment was affected with the Creek nation
but 1t Is understood that the national coun
Gil of said nation has refused to ratify the
same.
Mr. Dawes Suggestlo Upheld.
The provision in the Indian appropriation
act, approved June 10 1895, makes 1t the
duty of the commission to investigate and
determine the rights of applicants for citi-
zenship in the Five Civilized Tribes. The
commission Is at pre- sent engaged in this
work among the tribes, and has made ap-
pontments for taking the census of these
people up to and including the 30th OF the
present month.
Negotiations are yet to be had with the
Cnerokees' the most populous of the 1--WE
civilized tribes, and with the Seminoles, the
smallest in point of numbers and territory.
Should the agreement between the Chico
taws and Chickasaws be ratified by Con-
gress and should the other tribes fail to
make an agreement with the commission,
then II will be necessary that some legisla-
ton shall be had by Congress which, while
| Just and honorable to the indians shall be
equitable to the white people who have
settled upon these lands by invitation OF
the tribal nations.
| The Hon Henry l. Dawes chairman OF
| the commission, in a letter 10 the Secretary
of the Interior, under date of October IL,
1897 says: individual ownership is in their
Ghe commisson's) opinion absolutely es-
sential to any permanent Improvement in
present conditions, and the lack of 1t Is the
root of nearly all the evils which so grlev-
ously affct these people. Allotment by
agreement Is the only possible method, I'M
less the United States courts are clothed
with the authority to apportion the lands
among the citizen Indians for those whose
use it was originally granted"
l concur with the Secretary of the IN
terror that there can be no cure for the
evils engendered by the perversiou of these
great trusts excepting by their resumption
by the government which created them
A Kansas Pacific Bid.
The Union Pacific railway main line was
sold under the decree of the United States
court for the district of Nebraska on the
LIST and I'd Of November of this year. The
amount due the government consisted of
the principal of the subsidy bonds ST, $780,
5l2 and the accrued interest thereon,
S31, 21l,71L7 u.s. making the total indebted
ness S5S 44S 223.75. The bid at the sale
covered the first mortgage lien and the en-
tire mortgage claim of the government
princi pal and interest
Tne sale of the subsidized portion of the
Kansas Pacific line, upon which the govern
ment holds a second mortgage lien has
been postponed at the instance of the gov
eminent to December 16. 1897. The debt
of this division of the Union Pacific rail-
road to the government on November IS,
1897, was the principal of the subsidy
bonds, S6,303 900, and the unpaid and &C
crued interest, &C. 626 600 SO, making total
of S12 929,69033. The sale of this road
was originally advertised for November 4,
but for the purpose of securing the utmost
public notice of the event 1t was postponed
until December 16, and second advertise
ment Of the sale was made.
The Kansas Pacific Matter
BY the decree of the court the upset
price on the sale of the Kansas Pacific will
yield to the government the sum of 50 500.-
600 over all prior liens, costs and charges.
If no other or better bid Is made this sum Is
all that the government will receive on
its claim of nearly S19,0o0o0o The gov
eminent has no information as to
whether there will be other bidders or
a batter bid than the maximum amount
herein stated. The question sented there
for Is, whether the government shall under
the authority given 1t by the act of March
8, 1887, purchas or redeem the road in the
event that bid is not made by private
parties covering the entire government
claim. To qualify the government to bid at
the sales will require deposit of 5000 900,
as follows: In the government cause $780,
900 and in each of the first mortgage causes
5000, O00 and in the latter the deposit must
be in cash Payments at the sale are as
follows Upon the acceptance of the bid,
4 sum which, with the amount already de-
posted, shall equal 10 per cent OF the bid;
the balance in inStallmentS OF % per cent
thirty. forty and fifty days after the con-
hrmaton of the sale. The lien on the Kan
sas Pacific prior to that Of the government
on the 3Oth day OF July, 1897, principal aud
interest amounted to S,281, 048.11. Tie
government, therefore. should it become
the highest bidder, will have TO pay the
amount o. the first mortgage lien
The Government VIII Ed
believe that under the act of 1887 1t has
the authority 10 do this and In absence of
any action by Con yress, i shall direct the
Secretary OF the Treasury to make the nee
essdry deposit as required by the courts
the sale 4 sum which will at least equal the
principal of the debt due to the government
1t is clear to my mind that the govern
ment should not permit the property to be
sold at price witch will yield less than one
half the principal of its debt and less than
one-hfth of its entire debt, principal and
interest But whether the government,
rather than accept less than its claim,
should become bidder and thereby the
owner of the property, submit to Congress
for action.
Civil Servlce--Economy.
The important branch of our government
known as the civil service the practical i'm
provement of which has long been a SUBJ
ject of earnest discussion has of late years
received increased legislative and executive
approval Much, of course, still remains to
be accomplished before this system can be
made reasonably perfect for our needs
There are places now in the classified service
which ought to be exempted and others not
classified may properly be included shall
not hesitate to exempt cases which I think
have been improperly included in the class
fled service. or include those which, In my
Judgment, will best promote the public SER
vice. The system has the approval of the
people, and 1t will be my endeavor to up
hold and extend it
StrIot Economy Called For.
am forced by the length of this message
to omit many important references to af-
fairs of the government with which Con-
gress will have to deal at the present ses-
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