Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
At THE WHITE HOUSE
President Attends Stevens
Oliver Wedding.
NO CABINET Meeting HELD
Indians Protest Charges White
Man With Injustice.
3,ees BILLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED
Senator Depew Discusses Govern
ment Liability With Mr..
Roosevelt.

No cabinet meeting was held at IL
o'clock today. The Presidents attendance
at the Stevens-Oiver wedding at neon
prevented his advising in a formal way
With the executive heads of the depart
| ments.
Attorney General Bonaparte. Secretary
Cortelyou. Secretary Root. Secretary
Garfield and Secretary Metcalf Informally
| took up some matters before the Presi-
| dent went from his Offices He made en-
gagements with some of his advisers TO
| return after 3 O'Clock in the afternoon
| Other visitors also dropped in on the
| President until the last minute before MS
| departure Most of them were congress
| men who wanted to discuss legislative
| odds and ends
1858 Bills Signed.
| The signing of bills is going right along
| at the White House and Maj. William NJ.
Palmer Of the Senate enrolling force is
kept busy carrying measures to the Of
| fees from the Capitol.
ID until today 1865 bills and resolutions
have been enrolled at the Capitol and
| nearly all of these have received the sig
nature of the President. OF the total
number 1885 are House bills and 3I3 Sem
ate measures.
| Senator Depew of the Senate subcom-
mittee that reported the government ma
bility bill, talked with the President
about the situation of that document.
which the President has been urging
should become law. Senator Depew said
without change. This provided for the
liability of the government for injuries
sustained by employees engaged in haz-
ardous occupations.
Senator Depew told the President ne
was sure that bill could he put through.
but that attempts ITO amend il at this late
day simply endangered passage. The
President. according 10 Senate DepeW.
took the same view and held that amend
ments now were intended to kill the bill.
Indians Make Remonstrance.
President Roosevelt has received Gu
riously worded document signed by Chick
| asaw, Choctaw. Creek and Cherokee In
dams of Oklahoma. protesting against
| their general treatment by the govern
ment and the white people. Their kick is
evidently based on the bill now before the
President removing restrictions from the
sale of Indiar lands. although it is based
upon the general plea that the govern
ment has failed to act fairly in all Its
treaties. especially tina. of 1872
The petition Is written in legihle hand.
but the use of words is true to the Indian
nature.
"As long as the sun rises. water flows
and the grass grows, was the promise
| of the white map and this government as
to protecting the Indian and supplying
| him with money and whatever else he
needed. according to the letter.
Now the government has divided our
, land without our consent despite the fact
we are the real owners of the country,
States wants anything from US he should
come on the white paths and ind out
| from us whether we would agree with
| them or not
Also this:
I'VE would like to know why the peo-
| pie called our country Oklahoma and
| builded the big pasture and also dis
| turbed our people by the whites. assess
| ing the property what belongs to the
| Indians
talked with the President today about
| the removal OF restrictions under the bill
| which is expected TO be signed in a day or
| so
This bill will be Of the greatest hene-
| fit to everybody concerned in the Indian
section of our state,' said Mr.. Daven-
| port. Without il we cannot make prog
ress Titles cannot be acquired and
| everything will remain stagnant This is
| not good for the Indian or the white man.
It is not true that the removal of re-
strictions will permit white men to grab
| off the lands of the Indians
Sherman's Boom Making Roadway.
The boom started yesterday for Repre-
sentative Jim" Sherman of New York
| for the vice presidential nomination was
pushed along today by several White
House callers. Representative J. Sloat
| Fassett # New York said:
Il do not know A better man for the
| nomination for second place than Jim
| Sherman He is qualified in every way
for the honor and would give strength to
| the ticket.
but there were good opinions of others.
| Senator Rnrah of Idaho said he considered
| Senator Long of Kansas qualified for the
| vice presidency and haiiing from a state
that could we'll afford 10 he honored.
Il do not know whether Senator Long
| would give up a probable certainty of six
| years more in the Senate for the vice
| presidency But If he would he would
| make an excellent candidate. beneficial 10
the party and an honor tn the country.
Currency Bill Discussed.
THE Vreeland bill is an out and-out as
set currency proposition said Senator
Burkett referring to the struggle in thu
House for the passage of the Vreelani
measure
Congress has been gagging at asset
/ currency for years. If there is much Of
/ the Vreeland bill in the final mea sure re-
4
| be tigh: and A no: one
| Renrasentattve Miller Of Kansas re-
| ferrns 10 the desire for adjournment.
| said:
TT seems to me If We can't agree upon
| q currency hill by Thursday We cannot
agree at all Therefore I don't see why
we can't adjourn by Thursday.
For Philippines Commissioner.
Senator Allison and Representative Hep
hurn talked over some legislative propo-
| si,ions with the President today. and like
| wise asked him TO appoint John Gibson.
an Iowa man VINO has lived in the Philip
| mines for number of years, as a men,
Der of the Philippines commission.
| pierre Wibaux, one of the largest stock
mon in Montana gave the President today
| !, number of attractive photographs of
c,ttie and ranch scenes taken in the ives.
| uhap me President was ranching there in
| the early SIS The President was much
pleased
Mr. Wibaux was introduced by Senator
| Carter.
Col. SCOTS Report.
Co, H. L. Scott. 14th Cavalry. super
in,endent of the United States Military
| ACADEMY called on the President at the
W.h;,s Housa today and made ora!
ranor. of his recent n egctiatlors with the
Nara;o and other Indians for the settle
n,ent Of troubles which have seriously
threatened the peace of the southwest
col Scott was specially selected Tor TINS
! ,,iss;on because he has had considerable
experience with Indians ana una srstahis
their Language and habits better probably
than any other officer N the army lie
mas engaged on his mission about TWO
months and during that time Travelled