Show It Does Seem Queer New York 27ThJ Times has the following detail of the debate in the Senate yesterday on Saunders bill to punish whites who steal from Indians The bill was defended by Carpenter and Saunders and strenuously opposed by Teller Vest and Beck It appears that the bill was originally introduced for the purpose of providing punishment for white outlaws who have stolen many horses fiont Sioux and driven them into the states adjoining the iux ItesJnra tion Vest declared that there should be ono law for black hits and red and announced that a bill would soon come before the Senate providing for the punishment of Indians who should steal from Indians on a reservation lIe condemned con-demned tho bill under consideration as an expression of namby pamby senti mont Carpenter sturdily defended the bill against heavy cdds and in tho courso of his remarks Enid the Indians had a tough road to travel since tho Pilgrims landing cn Plymouth Rock Ho believed ono half the Indian wars had been caused by whito men Treatio would be signed and then mines would be found on the reservation and whites would invade them in violation of law The patience of Indians would give out and they would fight then government would put them down He thought it wa I significant that the bill to punish whites for larceny from Indians should be to strongly opposed by senators from the talcs which could make something out of wars wih Indians whoso reservations were within their boundaries The question asto Indian citizenship arcs and Maxey explained the position of Indians in relation to the federal courts |