The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-11

Washington, Feb. 10.-General Will
liam Booth of London. founder of the
Salvation Army, acted as chaplain at
the opening of the senate today.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up.
Considerable discussion arose over an
amendment proposed by the committee
providing that hereafter no Indian
or tribe of Indians shall lease for min
ing purposes lands that are not patent
ed to said Indians"
SENATOR RAWLINS.
Mr.. Rawlins supported the amend
ment, and referred TO efforts that are
constantly being made by private in
dividuals and corporations to secure
Indian lands, particularly mineral
lands, by leasing Indians, with the ap-
prevail of the secretary of the interior.
He said that when he came here in
1898 an application was pending be
fore the secretary of the interior Tor
approval OF a lease of $4,000 acres IN
the UncOmpahgre reservation, contain
ing valuable deposits OF SllSonlte- Inc
lease had been obtained by an lndlVld-
ual through the cOnniVance of the In
dian agent, and at once turned over
to the American Asphalt company The
agents and attorneys OF this corpora
ton Mr.. Rawlins said, had come TO
Washington, and representing that they
controlled senators and representatives,
and had great influence in high poiit-
zeal circles, were trying to force the
approval OF their lease. Ultimately, he
SAID, a lease covering about $50 acres
was approved.
Now, he declared, those same persons
were endeavoring to defeat the com
dams from leasing their lands. He be-
lieved in opening the mineral lands -
the government, instead OF leasing them
10 individuals or companies, and the
application Of the proceeds for the ben
- efit of the Indians.
ALLEN TOOK ISSUE.
With this argument Mr.. Allen of Ne
braska took issue. He maintained that
he Indians had a higher and better
right to the lands than the mere per-
mission to roam over it, hunting and
fishing. and feeding their ponies. He
held that the Indians had right TO
mine for the mineral supposedly known
10 be IN the land or cut the timber, and
If the individual Indian or the indian
tribe did not desire TO mine the iand, I
they had the right to lease privileges I
TO such persons as they pleased unuer /
reasonable restrictions.
Mr.. Allen said he did not desire TO /
impugn anybody's motives. but he /
could readily conceive that those VINO /
resided near the valuable gllsohlte
lands. being thoroughly familiar with /
the location OF the mineral deposlts'
might be anxious TO open these lands
to location by white people, as sucn
onening would afford them an immense
advantage over the people from other
parts who We're unfamiliar with the
matter
agreed to.
Al the conclusion of the reading of
the bill Il was thrown open to debate
Mr.. Kyle Is. D. proposed an amend
ment that all or any part OF the sum
of sI6S 3Sz now in the treasury to the
credit OF the Sioux Indians or the
Grow Creek reservation in South Da-
l,ota. may be used for the purchase of
such cattle ana agricultural implements
as will promote their welfare The
amendment was agreed to-
Mr. Wilson OF Washington presented
and secured the adoption of an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 Tor school
building and repairs on the Puy2iIup
reservation in Washington
An amendment was adopted appro-
priating S25, 600 for the construction and
eouipment of an Indian industrial
school on the Fort Keogh military
reservation in Montana, on site not
exceeding LOCO acres.
ATTACK ON REED.
In the course of the discussion of an
amendment offered by Mr.. Thurston,
against which Z point of order was
made by Mr. Allison, Mr.. Allen made
a sharp attack upon the speaker Of
the house Of representatives. He de-
cIared that it was impossible to secure
the massage through the house of many
meritorious measures. because one man
10 anti af he ga I
into which proposed legislation was
and would permit nothing TO :
be done about that of which he did
not approve. He said: In the other
end of the capitol this one man stands
for 32S. and his bold. unwarranted, I'M /
dienified action was a disgrace to the I
congress and to the American people"
Mr.. Frye (Me.) said that the senator
(AIleu) was himself out of order while
speaking to point of order.
SARCASTIC LAUGHTER.
Mr.. Allen said ne had no desire to 4
violate the rules, and did not think he 5
had violated them, as he had not re- r
ferred to any man by name, nor any ?,
particular end Of the capitol. This
was received with sarcastic laughter
by other senators, and even Mr.. Allen
smiled Further along in his remarks
Mr.. Allen reverted to the power exc l
cuted by this portion Of the house. de- /:
claring, in view of the impossibility of a
consideration of meritorious ]
legislation, the truth ought to be I
known 70 all the people Of the country. e
HE IS RESPONSIBLE.
Il want it understood" said Mr..
Allen, that l hold myself responsible
at any time and in any place for the n
statements J may make or have done 6,
on this subject" Fl
Mr.. Allison's point of order was sus- b
tanned by the vice Presid ant. II
Mr. Alien took an annaaI 70 The can ] =.