| Show AT WASHIXGTOX The rroj0jtd Kcnoral of lbs Sonliin UU Iitiini CII AVAsnrsoTOK D C January Kill SID Correspondents of the Dascnrr KEWSJ We hire had two hearings before tho Senate committee com-mittee on Indian nCalra in relation t UB bill for the rrmoTal of thu ouUiernUte Indiana Into Ban Juan County Utih We were acconlcJ a reryfuU and patient hearing The committeececmed desirous t obtain I the f t and manifested much In kre t In the matter Becator Dawcs the chairman njipearoJ tiling t her both elates aa Indeed dId ill the other members I believe tills subject in all Its barings Is now better underttood than in tho bat scdKlon of Congress Senators TJlcr and Wolcott of Colorado both made speeches in its favor Delegate Caine and myself were heard on the question of compensation com-pensation to the EetUe If they are to be removed 10 that they may bu fairly and Justly dralt with and not tarned adrift to hunt new homes without means In my opinion the entlmtnt is strongly In favor of paying tho tcttlrn fairly for their claims and ten yean of hard toll We altn had tWo meetings with a subcommittee of the How on In allan affair Delegate Calne attended at-tended and did lr work in behalf of Utah Wo have another meeting tomorrow before thu House Committee Com-mittee which I hope may end our foll W doings with committees al look forward for-ward to the bill Lclng reported favorably fa-vorably I believe that an appropriation ti f J 7J tion will be made to cover settlers claims and that n new commission will bo sppolnUJ by the Secretory of the interior to repair to that county and fietl1 with the claimant I claim-ant antWe We urged upon thl committee the great necetotty of prompt action on the part of tho government either to remove tho Indiana thereat there-at onru or flop all further proceedings proceed-ings I oVlng t Ie that end to reopen the lsn < for cttlcmeut and let the wttlers go on acd obtain titles to their claims and bo protected in their right The bill Is opposed by ono Professor ralnter n paid lobby i it and agent in time employ of the Indian Rights Association but it Is ably defended by all of Colorados congressional delegation who area power in Congrrw Thiy aro all in favor cf full concpouiation to lbs I poor f ettltrn Delegate Coine is fully alive to the Intirertii of hii constituent and has a growing power in Congress Three declarations of tho First Prod dency and the distributions of the hi tory of Utah arc having a very marlta influencu for good iicrn Len of Congress seem willing to be informed urrectly as regards Utah and the Mormons I may ray the aamcas to the people wherever I have traveled they arc more willing to bear our slCu than they Were twent wanes ncn when J wag eROt bcforel They have been filled with lies till they have become Eurfeltctl and now a little of the truth Is quite refreshing It U forty nine years since I was tatin Washington I twos then a ri htcmart village and cue needed to be bfooted to travel about the I ctreek j but now I think it is the finest city on this continent with beautiful broad avenues and street nice parks and plenty of them all kept sweet and clean with nofenci round then but open to rich and joor alike I The city teems like one grand hotel or boarding acute while Congrr is In session after that I amukl it la a dull place tIbia 1010 spot I think for the poor man PA IlAalHONOi |
