| Show IirE DAN LANDS President Enlightened Regarding Re-garding Uiniah Reserve ITEMS IN BILL EXPLAINED Presidential Autograph Will Now Bo Attached to Indian Appropriation Measure and Thus Will Be Taken the First Stop Looking to Opening of Uintah Reservation Soon as Bill Becomes Law an Inspector Will Be Sent to Treat With Bed men for Sale of Lands i TRIBUNE BUREAU 1CO 1 K Street V Washington D C May 22 j There were certain items In the measure providing for ihe opening of the Uintah renelvttl ton which arc objectionable ob-jectionable to the I President and which have In part caused him to delay his approval of the Indian appropriation bill One objection to the measure 4s that the allotments according to his view are too small being eighty acres to heads of families and forty to ill other adult Indians while the IJncom paigre Indians hold allotments of 320 acres each The President also did not look with favor on the provision to pay the Indians In-dians the 70000 only after they had consented to the allotments and all these things have cnussd doubt in his mind as to the advisability of the measure Learning of tho Presidents position In this matter Messrs Kearns and Sutherland called at the White House this morning and had a long Interview with Koosuvelt PROVISIONS EXPLAINED In answering bin arguments against the measure it I was stated that the land embraced in the Uln tab reservation reserva-tion wns agricultural land while that in the Uncompahgrft reservation was largely grazing land The President thought that there t would be less than 00000 acres to be disposed of on the reservation but was assured that there was much more than that In regird to the payment of the 70 000 that provision had all been threshed over nt considerable length anti like all legislation where there were conflicting views It was In the nature oC a compromise whore each man had to yield something of his own opinion lu order to accomplish the great good which would result In the opening of the reservation The President gave Senator Kcarns to understand that he would sign the bill after enlightenment on the subject Discussing the measure later the Senator Sen-ator said TO PUSH THE MATTER 11 have only had time to go hurriedly hur-riedly through the bill There are things in it which I would rather have omitted but 1 understand the necessity for making concessions In order to gel such an Important bill of legislation The signing of this bill Is the first step toward the openIng of the Uintah reservation As soon as the bill 1 becomes a law I shall urge that an inspector bo sent from Ito Interior department to treat with the Indians for the ieule of their lands embraced in the reservation I believe this can be accomplished and everything made ready for the final act of Congress at the beginning of the next session The Indian Inspector who will visit the reservation wll carry with him authority lo I make terms with the Indians Of course whatever agreement he makes must be ratified by Congress and approved by the Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior It s my opinion opin-ion the time for the opening of he reservation Is near at hand |
