The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-12
OUTLOOK FOR BRYAN
Congressman Bell Says Pros
poets Are Cheerful.
MARK HANNA ALARMED
WORRIED OVER SILVER LEAD
ER's RECEPTION IN EAST.
Thousands Coming Under the Ban
ner Of Democracy Because of Its
Stand on the Trust and Philip
pine Questions-Salt Lake Enter
prise Freed From Special Tax.

Especial Correspondence
Washington, Feb. 6.-Representative
John c. Bel, leader of the Populist party
in ths house, is decidedly optimistic on the
subject Of the success of William J.
Bryan's cause In this years campaign.
He said to your correspondent today:
The allied forces have never had so
good q prospect for carrying the country
as they viii have in November next.
BY an 5 trip through the east has utterly
9stonisned the Republicans. In New
1OIks, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland
ana PENNSYLVANIA the press dispatches
snow the audiences to have been Just as
"a fgd as the buildings would hold, and
thousands were turned away When
Bryan would walk through a hall in New
england. the audience would rise as a
marx OF Difference to him Many gold
democrats and gold Republicans who are
uilcOmpfomlslng opponents of the admin
lStrauOnS foreign policy are constantly
announcing their allegiance to him on the
trust and foreign policy issues, saying
as II is, he cannot possibly put in force
ms free coinage ideas in the next half
dozen years If he were president.
IF things remain substantially as they
enough TO lay down all Of their petty
local differences and work in complete
harmony, he viii certainly be elected. If
he is not elected the fault VIII lie at the
door or the silver men themselves.
Hanna Is Alarmed.
Mr.. Hanna sounded the alarm the osher
night in Philadelphia. He said the Dem
out the country to WORK up sentiment
against the Philippine policy and ad-
mltted that the Republican committee had
hired agitatOrS among the Ia bOring men
of better character than TDGca. their
opponents, and that they must have
money to pay these men, and that 81 wise
ly expended now would be worth s. three
months hence.
The Republicans will hire every in
huential POpUlist, Democrat. silver Re
publican or labor leader that can be OBJ
tained and viii put them in the field.
All these things should be watched and
coUnteracted. Mr.. Hanna has taught the
Republicans new lesson in politics.
They used to be afraid of the people and
often yielded material points to them.
But under Mr.. Hanna's policy they Sc
lect influential farmers. Dor leaders and
men IN opposition parties They employ
men to work through the campaign for
liberal pay. then appoint them TO lucTa-
tive places, AMI also permit them to dis
tribute a little patronage TO their lieu
tenants. This will be the Republican
method of campaign this year. and we
should all be on the watch against it. If
we are but active, vigilant and united We
shall surely carry the country in No
VembeT.
Payment of Claims.
The present law relative to the pay
ment by the government for the property
Of White men taken or destroyed by IN
dams was enacted in 1891. It's general
purpose was to send the claims to the
court Of claims for trial Many persons
who felt themselves entitled to the bene-
hts Of the law think il has been naTShly
construed by the court of claims and an
effort will Z fhfc n.
some changes in the provisions Of the
law
Two requirements Of the present law.
which under the constructions given BY
the court Of claims have caused disdp-
pOlntment are that the owner Of the
property must have been at the time Of
its taxing or destruction citizen OF the
United States, and that the Indians who
have been at that particular time in
amity with the United States govern
ment. These claimants think the gov
eminent should pay for all depredatious
committed by Indians who were tech
nically at war with the United States.
It is claimed by the advocates Of
amendment that what was war and what
was not war, WITHIN the meaning and
purpose Of the present law, no claimant
can tell until the particular facts of the
case have been sIted and finally an
alyzed by the courts. The adjUdicatiOns
Of the court of claims show that there
were twenty wars on the whites by the
Sioux Indians alone, although as re
garded by the court. there normal con-
ditiOn during all these years was one Of
peace. As to several periods Of hostility,
the court has never been able to deter
mine just when the war began and when
it ended
The Various Indian Wars.
What is known as the ''Yictorio war;
was waged by band of renegade
ADaches the remnant of which. when
rhn rrO11blp ended 70
eral tribes, which had all the time been
fed and clothed by the government. The
war with Black Hawks Utes was pros
eCuted against an Indian force varying
from fifty to 100 men. The war Of 1873
with the Utes lasted from sunrise of one
day to sunset of the next. The war OF 1880
with the Sioux began and ended with one
unequal fight at " Wounded knee-the work
Of half an hour. During the present term
the court has decided that the MescaIerO
Apaches were at war continuously for
ABOUT five years and half. beginning in
the summer or no. Neither old 'front.'
iersmen nor the lawyers who have been
trying these cases Tor nine years had
suspected this war"
Another effect Of the present law is that
a person outside of the United States,
even though he had become a permanent
resident Of this country, at the time of
his loss. cannot recover judgment. unless
before his loss he had been made a citf-
zen by naturalization under a decree OF
court. Il is claimed this provision de-
MES the benefit of the law TO hundreds Of
western settlers, who were born in EsU-
rope. Canada or other foreign lands. but
came to the United States TO live and 10
die who voted held office and exercised
other rights Of citizenship. and always
believed they had become citizens, either
by serving in the army, by length Of res
idence while under age. or By a declar-
alton Of their ir.cHtiOn-uone' Of which
is sufficient 10 make one a citizen of the
United States, while many other claims
are excluded because although the per
somewhere in the older states. the rec
ord cannot now be found and proof can
not be made.
Calls It q Harsh Law.
In BIT interview with an active advocate
OF the amendment of the law, he said:
1t seems a harsh law which COmDen-
safes a citizen for the loss of a horse or
an OK taken by one stealthy Indian. bat
denies payment to another whose house
was burned. OF whose freightinE team
was captured, or whose great herds Of
cattle were taken by "a hundred painted
and armed s2vageg. The intention OF al
ISL the Indians for the wrongs they had
inflicted. but 10 compensate those VINO
Paid the sacrifices OF the settling I'D of
the great west. X Is hard to appreciate
why the settler should not be paid his
losses. whether suffered during peace or
curing var.
Many OF the decisions Cf the court Of
claims on the question of amity which
have been presented, regarding the num-
erous tribes and bands Of Indians, are
based or exaggerated reports for in
stance. OF ambitious army officers. TEMPT
ed TO magnify their own services or on
other official evidence which. to an ordin-
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