Show UTAH UTA I OI WAR AR VETERANS fT Addressed by Senator Smoot At A t First Annual An Reunion At Manti REPLY TO POLITICAL DEFAMERS Show That Measure for of the Indian War Wa at Herpes Was Vas iNot ot Killed On Account of Investigation The rh first annual meeting o ot of the Utah mack flack Hawk Hak war wa veterans was vaa held at lt hUt today toda The Tho was large and amid ant the tho enthusiasm over the thc event unbounded The main feature eMIe of or the thu gathering Was wag tho th address o ut of United States Senator Heed feed Smoot who thetIs delivered del ered un an address that makes It very cry clear that lint the charge chargo that the tho Utah re ro relief roo lief let or pension measure did not full fail ni on al account of or the Smoot investigation gation gilan The Tho senators speech to the veterans follows tollow in iii full tuI Mr ll Chairman Veterans of ot tho the Utah Indian Wars War Ladle timid Gentlemen I desire Ile to express my amy lY hearty hearly appreciation tion ton for tor or your kind Invitation to attend the first reunion tint and In camp fit fr of ot the comrades contrades of o the tIme Utah Indian I Ulso the privilege wars war ars Ilso appreciate o or of speaking to this body bod o of men inert 1101 autO expressing my 1 ill Interest In them I as ne assure sure lur you that there In is 11 nothing that I 1 would not do for tor your our future Welfare I never nover tire the tre of ot speaking of ot the time great grent sacrifices made by our pioneer fathers and attn mothers mother and also of ot the stupendous Olin ous OiS work accomplished by h time the th Indian 5 11 nr lIt veterans veteran veteran I 1 have 11 VO taken consider considerable able Interest In Itt studying tho the history of ot the tho different Indian wars warl which have 01 in our state In that study I have learned of or tho the lives el that eru lost the property that was WI destroyed and the Iho hardships that seri endured by those who ho participated In them Tho The Thomen Thomen men were w Hr paul paid no salary nor were thy they furnished with warm clothing or clent clout food hut but they thoy wore were urged on onby al onby by b devotion to 10 home to country countr to family and friends friend They The never neve heel hesi hesitated titled but hut advanced at a R moment call to protect not only their own bottles and lund interests but the tho lives liven 1 of ot nil the tho people It I Is I this class of oC men I have havethe havethe the tho privilege of ot and nd I de tie desro sro sire to say lay that my roy iY heart and sympathies thies are Ar with you r I respect and honor your labors Inborn In hum II the UI past anti and I ask nek Illk loots In th Ih choicest upon you future This gathering here her today mutt mimet mt t bring many man recollections to tn you ou Indian lighters fighters I am nun In proud to at nt attend tend eliot this your first firt reunion held as all It ItIs I itis Is I In ho the that watt was the tho battle battla batt Held field of or the beginning of ot the great grent lunch Hawk war MAKES IK S DENIAl For lor tho the la Illa last t six weeks I have had many trany of ot the tOte Hawk War veterans call In vernon person relate a n story that thaI hus gono gone the rounds Inspired by soWo body hody to tp ine J hut bill hi Introduced In tile Hie lout last In lt by Sen Semi Senator ator Kearns for tor v pensioning the veter veterans ans nl of oC the flack Hawk war var r would have paused Congress If It It had not been bean heel For tor the th of ot my may ruse liSp I have huo iao a n clipping taken tolt n from the Pally pal State Journal of ot July 30 3 1004 01 which reads retula as ns Falling FailIng to obtain an nn train from Senator Heed to otto one 01 of or tim tho mot most recent Important rn ru n propounded In Utah the tho Stats Journal Is la prepared to 10 make a I reply t which IK is II correct The hill bill hi to afford a 1 pension to the th Indian veterans of ot Ulah vas tuna on Oil th tiit semi fen fente ell III ate te calendar was n expected to pass pan pany b by y unanimous consent on when two prom meat nent senators of o eastern easter states one a I Democrat Dem ft and an one a n Republican an n to Mew Kearns and ond Smoot that hat they the had concluded tn to oppose th Ih the passage of or the bill hi because of oJ time the as All minding showing show InK made In iii II the Iho investigation This paper piper anti and nc other papers In II e published n sImilar to this 1111 I I have paid no attention to t them theta In the tho past pruit but n 11 as many of at the th Indian I war veterans have hn tucked asked me for Cot or an Rn explanation tion lon I deem Mom It proper to let them Inow the tho facts acts Iel INDIAN INDAN HILL BIL Senator Thomas introduced d In InI time tho I hI of time the United States on 01 r n 20 0 1001 A bill bi to extend tho pro provisions pr visions Ilon and benefits of or tho the art alt of or July 27 2 1892 1882 as II amended by hy thin tho nc nd at t of ot Juno June 27 19 1002 2 which grants to Indian fighters l In iii certain sections of ot the tho h country a r pension ot of 18 8 per month t hiding the tho men inert who fought In the Walker talker Indian stare vars In the State of ot Utah in th ti the year 1853 1513 1 I will wi rend you ou the bill Introduced by br Senator I erns It I Is III as RI follows follow a aBo no Bo U it 1 enacted by the senate and Ind hou loiue e of oC r o or of the tho United States Slates of or American in 11 assem assembled bled blod that the tho tho provisions of ot the time act olt of ot July JUI 27 1 no its ni amended d by the thO th art act artof of ot June JUI 27 1 1502 I no he 10 eliot and tho the attune amo are arn hereby extended to tn Include tho the Indian warn svera of ot the United States Stales which ov m in III time the Territory of ot Utah down downIn to In o and anti Including tha those n which took tOk place In n the Jear ear 1857 provided thAt proof of or service under tiMer the thc provisions pl I lon of ot this Hit act lt shall b be l bY y of ot survivors 01 or surviving of ot such luch cc attested by two r reputable e mild to ba ho b taken n alt full tull and proof o ot of ser service str s r rice vice vl ice when wh n no record r coll o of service l In is In lu lit II tho the flies files I of O tho the war WI or treas iry ury department Hoc SIO 2 That all 01 au pensiOns granted Indr the provisions Of this act net shall end and the MIM caine are Te hereby ordered ord rel paid I in tilt iK of OC late dito of It June 27 1902 1802 tho the date of ot the passage paNe of It the he amended net act I I I TO SMOOT This rube bill bi was wan 8 rend e anti and Ind referred r I to o the Ihl committee r on pensions of ot which I I nm null nl a f member bet rime Tho bill hi was al referred to o me anti I saw sow that Its I would tint not help heln the tho BlackHawk Black Hawk war veterans I call your mitten atten nten lon tion to the fact that the tho bill bi ally states state that Its Ill should be he extended to the thc Indian wars wura of ot the h United States that li is only those In inthe Ih the he service of ot the general government V old receive pensions and anel the th pro pm pr I of Ir the bill bi would not Mt benefit tho the uen who hud had linen been In ha Ih service of at the Territory of at Utah titus thus failing ailing to meet he tho very ry y it wan vaa 11 Intended to 10 remedy reined rerI I unit In told by ly I llor that hat If I the hUh bill hi paired PI cd tho the way It was It would at nt least put the tho Mack mn k Hawk var veterans It 1 1 I on pension able statue and Ild that If I the veterans could coull not prove prof that they were ero entitled to o a pension It would 01 not lIot bo be the fault tault of or the ho bill bi BE DE B DECEITFUL I answered that I did not Mt propose to hold a n cup to tn their lips knowing that It II would b le he dashed to the tho ground I Irm Irim nm rim rm not nt Interested In sImply Imply passing u it bill bi I want a n bill ul that will wil bring iring ef et effective relief reller This bill bi 1 up III I fo to discussion soy sev several e eral times In the thc committee On one ono occasion DI Dr Jones lolos the tOte private secre secretary lecre tars tary of at Senator Kearns hearns earns appeared be before before fore tOTo the time committee and road reAl a Q speech Ipe h In 11 favor Cavor of or the ho I bill hil I attended meeting of or the committee on oit 01 pensions offered nn tilt 11 ll to thu tho bill hi which was vas wal adopted t Id unil ns tie 01 amended the tho bill hi wn passed l by y tho I reported r favorably tho the lull bill hi to Urn tue lI on oui 01 April f 4 1004 i 04 Prom Irom that date data dil tho the bill bi was on flit 01 the tho calendar rilE rIE WILL THAT PASSED I 1 now W desire de to 10 real jon the time bill 1111 hi 05 passed by br the hUn committee on 01 pensions That the provisions of ot tho the net art o OP July Jul eighteen tight en hundred and tutu tWO nn iK ium 1 by h the net act of or June twenty nineteen hun hundred hll dred and two be timid and lud ho the thi ennie urn hereby h reb extended to Include the Indian WK IR which occurred In the tho Territory o Ol if Utah down to 10 ani IJ Including those thos which look took place In iii 11 the tho year nr eighteen hundred and Provided That before tile the name Ile df of any person stimuli be lie placed upon the pension rolls under this act proof shall be bo made tilt in ind 1 d clr tier r such lIuch rules rul 1 and Ind regulations HH atm Mi ha th commissioner of o pt with wih the Iho th a n nt of ot the tho s secretary of o the tho Interior shall prescribe pe that tin th applicant Is en entitled el entitled titled to a n this act Time The loss or lack of ot n a I certificate of ot discharge shall not deprive time 11 r ef d time tho th benefit o or of this title net act ac but hut other ether proof proM of or ortho tho the service performed p toled rind and ni nn an notion bla discharge If It satisfactory shall bi bi bio deemed d em c tm lent nd ihen here IH is no nn record evidence of o inch urh service and nl such discharge the may In es ea establish Ol the the same caine MiO by hy other ether her satisfactory t ENTIRELY l CHANGED You 0 will wil notice that tho the original but bill bu was 1 entirely changed the exception p tion of at tho the enacting ci use I have hao rend read the he bill Mit hi as A It was WiS originally alto also ito net act nt ns as amended d by u myself and ond nj em 0 j passed by the committee amid I will wiit wi leave leae It to you 0 which l 11 bli II would be best hest bestor for tor or tho tIme Indian lighters nf or our state The bill being oil al tho lie calendar It could caul have been he en called up Ul any ally Into In inthe tho the senate provided unanimous consent could coull have been be n obtained This con calm consent col sent nt could not be secured however for tor any Ol local bill bi which would bring brine up n a adl discussion dl I call your our attention to th thom tho fact that thai the bill bi Is u a I service pension bill bi pure and simple that Is in a l bill bi granting a pension tv t all who have havo ha has haves nerved s a certain period without regard to Injuries received during the tho period of ot o service or to the tho present condition of at the tho applicant ap Many fany senators are arc opposed to service pension bills Tin Thi committee on pensions had hind before It nt It that time a great many service pension hills his among them one ono for tor the tho telegraph operators another nother for tor forthe forthe the engineers of ot the tho Civil war anti and an tin another other all o of the covering al o soldiers who ought fought 90 SO days In the tho Civil Civi war 1 All Al these theRe bills felled ailed In tho the committee nev nf ne e the calendar hut bul I fully tuly be bellevo leo that It I will wil not lot be very long be before before fore a general service erice pension bill bl will willbe wi he be passed pl el by Congress then If IC I not lot be before bl before fore Me I feel Ceel positive that the Ih Indian fighters of ot Utah viii 1 lie he recognized Thin Tho ho senate adjourned Thursday April 28 21 On Tuesday afternoon April 11 20 Senator Kearns Kearn and myself ms lt being allx nn lout bus to secure leturc the passage of oC tho the hilt bill billIn bi In time the senate spoke choke to tho time senator log Ing the time legislative bills In charge and Ind him of or Impressed ld upon the importance securing the of ot the bill hl at It that i I RI prepared to nicks mako ma Ill an argument for Its Is passage covering g ell all 11 the points thai lint I 1 had hail presented in inthe 11 I a athe the committee SometIme Tuesday aft afternoon uC troon the tho senator to whom we hind had spoken met mft us B aunt and Ild stated slated that thai timers there would he be only two flints days during the tho session cession of or Congress that flint this thin bill being a service pension bill bUI would be opposed by members of at the limo senate mini and nn br If IC I we tried to lo force torro the lite thC consideration nf or ortha the tha bill bi Its Is opponents would certainly talk lalk It I to death that thai the time argument would he bo made that It U was WIS not fair to grant ri n service pension bill bi to the tho th Mormon Indian lighters some conic of ot whom hind had hll not hot served nerved lenC 30 days while I thousands of ot the time who served In Inthe Inthe inthis the this Civil war wat for ur three years are ore draw drawIng I log Ing no Ia pension Again 1111 he ho called caled niton atten attentIOn ton tIOn to tho the fuel act that ihal time tho bill bi carried JS 8 per peu month anti 1111 thorn thoro are lre many Civil Civi war vau WO veterans receiving only 6 Ho Ito 10 as 08 UH us that If It the thc lull bill hi was van al pressed pr It would bo he ht defeated ami auth 1111 cause some cottie sOle talk In II order ordO to toki kill ki time thom I believed lbs tho advice nIl vice good anti and InI both of ot us II acquiesced GUESS WHO WIO I left heft Washington I received a R vapor paper containing what purported to be he beH beit heI H it I imperial telegram from Washington claiming that Urn time bill bi was defeated def on account of or the tho Smoot Investigation I 1 Iam am Ill positive that time tho senator who w spoke llo to 10 tin tie In iii relation to this title bill bi never gave out omit that thaI statement I am 1 equally post positive tive that I duO did not hot thelo but bUI of ot us who wll anything about It I leave It to you 01 to Judge where tho thin state Minto 1111 caine from Friends I deny deity delY these also charge chaKo I care ce moot noi by whom made or trout from what t source they come I 1 brand them s untrue Of Ot course tho time object Is in II to cast cant reflection upon me le to tomako tomake make mako the Indian war veterans of ot this his state think that thai I am standing In the tho way WiY of ot their receiving a ii I pension that time I falls fails on me mo and ld that It If it had been for tor I not time tho li Investigation In hum II my ly cape IMO this tItle bill hi would havo hao passed ISICI Hitch art If not the time facts time the charge charRo that thai two to n senators approached mo inn le upon ullon this thin Ihl subject IH Is II also my 1 case has had html no 10 more M tim tl do iii with uth preventing the passage o lt of this Mil 11 In iii II the tho senate than It I him hOM with wih starting the tho war ar between HUlla and nod Japan I ask you 01 not to believe time the many newspaper and ul other reports made against me mae I have havo Ino no ito 10 personal organ to 10 answer them thom I must moist consequently and Ild do ulo rely upon the good Judgment of ot tIm tho people to 10 brand brond them ns as lS false knowing tram front what source Murce they hey come and Int why they tile tho are arC made madeI lado I have |