Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-22

case with Penrose, under which con-
ditions, Dolliver, would have been next
in line, and would have received the
craftsmanship. Penrose, however, has
declared that he wants the place, and
so Mr.. Dolliver will remain in his pres
ent place as chairman of the committee
of Pacific railroads. Mr. Delivers
friends are all much disappointed over
the matter as his places on other COM
mittees offer no advancement in the
immediate future.
Senator Dolliver positively and I'M
equivocally denies any vice-presiden-
tial aspirations or desires. The story
that the 1904 ticket would be Roose-
welt and Deliver was sent to Iowa the
other day with an alleged foundation
in fact, but Mr.. Dolliver says it is not
so. 81 have no aspirations in that
direction" he said today. 'The place
of vice-president is not as attractive to
me as it may be to some. In 1900
some gentlemen came to me at Phila-
delphia with the same proposition
but | could not see my way clear to
take up with it. OF course if | had
done so at that time, you gentlemen
would not be talking to me here in this
room-you would be holding fine posi-
lions on some commissions Senator
Dolliver was talking to several Iowa
men when he said this and the remark
was made with a SLY wink. He inferr-
ed of course, that had chance given
him the vice-presidential nomination
| in 1900 he would have been in Theo-
| Il So
Mr.. Dolliver has decided to make an
other lecture tour in the spring. He
will start out just as soon as congress
adjourns and will be on the platform
for about a month. He will go alone
this year as he has discontinued last
years arrangement with Champ Clark
of Missouri under which these two
popular orators travelled together and
debated to the delight of large audi
ences.
Senator Dolliver and Congressman
Cousins are trying to secure for that
branch of the Sac and Fox Indians re-
siding in Iowa the money and rights
due them under treaty with the gov
eminent. For some time payments
have been made to the Indians of the
same tribe residing in Oklahoma
which were really at least partially
due to the Iowa Indians. There is
consequently due the Iowa Indians
quite sum of money which they
should have received during past
years. In Iowa from 1855 to 1862 there
were 100 OF these Indians in Iowa and
from 1863 to 1866 there were 225. II
is demanded that these Indians should
be paid per capita as much as was
averaged in the payments to the tribe
in Oklahoma and that their CHIEF
should receive $500 per year as die
the chief in Oklahoma. The onl.
way this can be paid is to consider the
J full amount a debt of the Oklahoma
! tribe and deduct it from future pay
ments. The bill that Cousins intro
. duced in the house has been held VI
by Representative Curtis, of Kansas
He is opposed to the measure and OF
the pretense of looking further int
the matter took the bill with him tt
' Kansas where he is now waging
hot senatorial fight. Mr.. Dolliver con
! sequently introduced a similar amend
! ment in the senate SO as to make tim
that way. 1t is hoped that the mat
ter may be pushed through and tn
u Iowa Indians receive their just dues
6 Congressman Hedge made the long
, est ard most impassioned speech h
). ever made in the house over the B. f
i Moody war claim the other day. Thi
:, was a claim of Congressman Rum
. pies. 1t has been before the hous
q for about twenty years. 1t was TO
= supplies furnished the Third Iowa ca,
- airy under orders of General Fremont
:, B. f. Moody and company of Keoku
', furnished the supplies and when tn
- payment was made the sum was X
II duced by about SS,400 by the war d.
q partment. Mrs. Oscar Kiser, of DAY
> export, is the living representative {
= B. F. Moody e Co. so the bill wa
II handed down TO Rumple. Congress
u man Smith championed the bill fc
e Mr.. Rumple and Mr.. Hedge quite Ill
eypectedly opposed the measure H
made very hot speech, talking nea
y ly. an hour and lambasting everybod
e who had anything to do with the bi
d. from General Fremont to the clail
ID committee who had returned a favo
y able report, Judge Smith put up
y good strong fight as usual but til
at house was, of course, only too glad
n seize a fight in the delegation as soc
=, reason to kill the claim and they blu
re ed it with a motion to lay on the t
is BILE Mr. Hedge talked history bio
as raphy, and many other things al
~ while his voice which is like his sta
ure, had some difficulty in reachir
as the corners of the house he intereste
e. and amused the members and recei
an ed considerable applause.
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