Show SOUTHERN nw jib 0 P r 0 8 I 1 I 1 ion to the 11 A removal A MINORITY REPORT made by Ment members lers of the H house committee on indian affairs april 25 L grecial Sr ecial I 1 t the tha herald H eralda J four me ibbers of the muse house committee committe e on en indian affairs have agreed to a in minority report against the removal of the tha tc dorado lorado atos atos to utah the tha report was written by bv mr lynch of wisconsin it would have been presented to the full committed commit tep at their meeting today but for ake the fact that mr hopkinson Hopkin 1 pennsylvania v ho is one of those who dissent from fro tle tie views odthe of the majority is ab absent and could not sign it it will be presented ure dented to the full fall committee on thursday an aa it will bear the Big signatures natures of il essra lynch of wisconsin allen alien of Misi mississippi iea hopkins of pennsylvania and Brow brownley Bro waley alay of youth south Ua carolina rolina the courtesy of mr lynon I 1 was wag t today 0 clay furnished with an aa advanced copy 0 of athe the reports it reads as follows we object to the removal of the southern utes U tes from colorado into utah as proposed as aa thid removal is not necessary in order to secure them lund land suitable for their future uso use as aa they haye have an aa abundance of both agricultural and grazing land their removal front from agricultural agri to wild grazing lands with roaming privilege allege over large larga huntie hartnig its is at vari variance aice with the soun sound 1 I policy of the government with e to settling indiana on lands in severalty severally and would indefinitely postpone poris i acy hopeful effort for their civilization kioa it would impose upon settlor on an or near the reservation against their will the burden ot of which it is ia the of thid thia removal to free those who live on the border of 0 their present home thus imposing an injustice upon the ono that the other may be ba reli relieved eTed of a burden of which they cannot justly complain it would oe no against the protest of utah take taka three million acres of her territory for occupation and three million more 1 lor for roamine ard and bun hunting titia privileges I 1 that colorado may open to white citizens a proposed tle more fla flagrant rant because a repetition of that inflicted a few years ears since sinca when ahen th Lb euther uther bands of the confederate orate utes were forced upon utah for the relief of colorado to do this injustice to utah inflicting grievous bronz upon these settlers abandon our oar policy a of civilize tiong and lemait these wards warda of the nation to hopeless barbarism will close fo for r tho the present arrangements for their future control and support a 2 iorge fatge eapen ditore of money maney from the treasury amonn tinz to several dollars tho the bill we ice offer as a tute tuta provides I 1 sim aim alv that our treaty obligations shall be fulfilled and wyica will not more mare than acres of their present reservations and open up it P the remainder to settlement Fett lement under a provision which will becu secure e ai an ample civilization fund without the expense of a E ingle single dollar to the government in ent we fully agree w with i th the commissioner comin camin oner of indian affairs who says i in a his report to the hon secretary ot t the he bit in interior As a result of my investigation I 1 feel constrained to say that I 1 cannot approve the ratification odthe of the proposed agreement for ane fel following bellowing reasons 1 I 1 from an examination of the ro re cords of the various councils held with the indiana by commissi commissioners buers it does not seem deew to me that the agreement reached fairly represents the real of the utes that their consent was waa r reluctantly given and under stress of such auch considerations as appeals strongly to their fears ald aid very tory largely to their prejudices against a civilized life 2 T the e progress already made by bv these indians in civilization will lj bac rudely interrupted by the removal and they will be placed amid surroundings much more hostile to their progress in in learning the white thans mans ways than those amid which they are now BOW situ situated atel 63 3 it will be exceedingly difficult or impossible for the government to carry out the agreement made with the indians to protect them from aba intrusions 0 of white men in the now reservation |