The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-02-07
AFTER INDIAN LANDS.
Congress Proposes to Reduce
Reservations Once More.
BILLS WILL BE HOTLY OPPOSED.
Entertaining Exchanges OF witty
Repartce In the Senate--A Tilt Be-
tween spOoncr and TiIlman-NIr.
Rumple and His Mussel Bill.

tween spOoncr and TiIlman-Nr.
RumpIe and His MusseI BIZ.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 81 Special. l.
Although several million acres of Indi-
an lands have been ccded during the
past dozen years, it appears that the
end is not yet and efforts have been
made by the government to secure ad-
ditional cessons. Negotiations with
the Indians have taken place and the
treaties submitted to congress. As u
result bills are pending for the ratifica-
ton of these treaties, and an attempt
will be made to have them made q
part of the Indian appropriation bill
when that measure is considered. The
reservations which it is proposed to
diminish, with the number of acres
and amounts to lee paid the Indians,
are as follows: Rosebud (SiouX) reser-
vation, South Dakota, 10000 acres,
| for $1,040,000; Lower Brule Sioux res
ervation. South Dakota. J6500 acres,
for $40, 700: Pipestone Quarry Sioux,
! Minnesota, GAO acres, for $100,000
| Grow reservation Montana, about
| 100000 acres, for $1,150,000; Devils
! Lake Sioux reservation, North Dako-
to, $4,000 acres for $345,000; klamath
reservation, Oregon. 621 ,S24 acres, for
S53T ,00T; Grande Ronde reservation,
Oregon, %. acres, for $2S,500. Bills
are also pending to pay the Turtle
Mountain North Dakota) Chippeways
81 100000 for a REIMBURSEMENT of the
claim they have made for nearly one
half Of North Dakota
Not Easy to Adopt Treaties.
The western senators and representa-
tives who are endeavoring to have
these treaties adopted will not find 1t
such an easy matter as heretofore. In
all former agreements it was provided
that the Indians should receive the
money for the land arising from the
sales TO settlers Some lands went as
high as S3.75 an acre under these
agreements Then came the enact
ment Of the free homes law, and the
government assumed the obligation
which would have come out Of the
settlers On that account there will
be objections TO making any further
payments for Indian lands.
More Senatorial Quips.
Senator spooner and Senator Tillman
always have controversies. Sometimes
they are quite bitter and sometimes
entirely good natured. Here is one Of
the latter:
Senator Tillman-I wish to ask the
senator a question if he will permit
me-
Senator spo0ner II the senator Will
make a personal natter Of it, | will
yield.
Senator Tillman--I have no personal
feeling toward the senator except one
of admiration aud kindness and friend
ship. He could not tantallze me into
any other sentiment because | know
his heart is in the right place, but his
head is full Of tapgles sometimes.
Laughter
Senator Spo0ner Whenever / agree
with the senator from South Carolina,
which is quite often. for he IS an able
and practical legislator, my head is
perfectly straight Whenever | dis
agree with him and that is generally
then it is awfully tangled. Laughter.
Money and Beveridge.
Senator Money was making speech,
and Senator Beveridge interrupted him,
causing the Mississippi senator some
annoyance. Beveridge put a particu-
larly long query, and Money made him
repeat it. When about half through
with the question Beveridge was in
terrupted by Money, who said.
NOW, | understand that much. The
senator had better stop before l forget
It, If he goes on further, | will not
recollect everything he has stated
Senator Beveridge-I am not respon-
sible for the senator's memory any
more than | am for his logic.
Senator Money-That is all right.
think / can suffer under that opinion
without any loss Of self respect. am
quite able to bear the criticism of the
senator from Indiana. 1t il not often
| that l am reprimanded in that sort of
way, although reprimand seems to be
the style OF the day.
To Protect Mussels.
Representative Rumple Of Iowa has
a fOndness for fresh water mussels and
is afraid that the supply will give out
unless the national government takes
the matter i'll hand, so he has intro.
duced bill for their protection. The
particular mussels which Mr.. Rumple
wants protected are the "niggerhead," F."
butterfly" 'muckets, - "buckhorn, "
yellow sandsheI'' and "black sand
she'll" The mussels may be taken aft
er they become four inches in diane
ter, but not before. Fines and impris-
onments are provided for those who
break the law should it be enacted.