Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-12
59th CONGRESS-.
Quite a Breeze Over In
dams in the Senate.
Much Criticism, But Conference
Report Adopted 80 to IS.
House Today Will Send Railroad Rate
Bill 10 Second Conference.

Washington, June lin the Senate
today after much opposition and a
sensational statement by Senator La
toilette, the conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill was accepted
80 to lC, however, regardless OF this
opposition and that of other senators
the expression OF which consumed the
greater part of the days session. Tho
particular conference provisions TO
which objection was made We're those
relating TO the enrolment OF the Chloe
claim of $4,000 Of ex-senator Butler
of North Carolina and other attorneys
in connection with the Cclvine Reserva
ton in Washington.
Senator Tillman renewed his attack
upon the provision ratifying the acts
of a. j. Brown as administrator for
certain minor children Of the Seminole.
tribe Of Indians, in the disbursement of
$lSG,000. He again denounced tic pro-
vision as an outrage" His objection
to the provision was based on the
ground that the proposed legislation
would prevent suits against Brown 10
recover money improperly accounted
for by Brown. Senator Teller said
that Browns accounts as administrator
had been approved by the courts.
Speaking of the country's dealing
with the Indians, the Colorado senator
declared that it is the blacklist and
most diSgraceful part of our history
Senator Simmons took exceptions to
the provision looking to the settlement
of the claim for $l50.000 of former
United States Senator Marion Butler
| and Josiah NJ. Vale in connection with
the opening of the Colville Indian
reservation in the state of Washing
| ton. Later Mr.. Simmons took the po-
sition that no legal service had been
| rendered. He therefore concluded that
| the claim was for lobbying alone ana
said Congress should place it's seal OF
condemnation on that immoral and il
| legal practice: a practice which he
| thought should be brought to the at
| tention of district attorneys.
Senator Lafollette returned to his at
| tack on the conference amendment con :
| corning the enrolment of the Choctaw
| Indians. which he said would do an
| injustice to 1000 persons. He cited 4
case in which one firm Of lawyers in
| Indian Territory had been paid $3.50,
| 900 fer services to the Indians.
| Another case in which the cornfieli
lawyer failed to attend to business, "
| rema rked Senator Spooncr. CHANGING
mischieviously at Senator Tillman.
VINO replied: THE cornfic!d lawyer
can't attend to all the stealing; if he did
he would never sleep"
Continuing, Mr.. Lafollettc said that
within the past few days he had been
| told that in 1903 an assistant to the
| commissioner 10 the Five Civilized
tribes had been given q leave of aD-
sence 3nd that during that absence he
| had been employed in the firm above
referred to in bliefing their cases for
the exclusion of Indians from the rolls
and that he had then returned to his
own Office and proceeded to pass Off
cially on the cases which he had brief
led TheSa cases were he said. the same
that are covered by the pending amend
ment. He said that he had been IN
| formed that this matter had been
| brought to the attention Of the interior
| department within the past lew days
| but that it had not been taken up. Jhc
| Wisconsin senator also said that he
had been told that q hrOtner-in-iaW OF
the senator who had reported lie legis-
lation for the Indian Territory courts
had been appointed a member cf those
| courts.
| Early in the day The Senate passed.
the diplomatic appropriation bill Gerry
ing $3.154, 594 and The cath Of office was
administered to William PinkneT
Whyte as successor of the late Senator
German Of Maryland. There was alst
d brief discussion of Senator Tillnan'
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton. among other things. Of the affairs
of the Chicago National Rank. Sena-
tor Aldrich, chairman of the committee
on finance. promised that the resolution
should he taken UP tomorrow by thai
committee.