| Show BY ov ngi ju JUE ati I 1 A aff forty SIXTA congressional 1 l I 1 T 1 P washington 17 afterman after Af teran toran an executive session morgan introduced the following joint resolution which war referred to the committee on judiciary r 8 granted states and corporations to aid in the construction of railroads large of land of the united states amounting in the aggregate to more mord than of it of the most moat valuable character r remaining ema ining in possession of the government ein ern ment and said mid stams states and corporations po rations have railed failed to perform the conditions of their respective grants grantland vind failed tailed oc or neglected in hi whole or in part to earn said lands by tho the construction of rail rall loada toads through them within the time and whereas larde large bodies of such conditionally granted lands have been and remain withdrawn from sale preemption pre emption and bettle settle settlement mem for the benefit of such stated states and railroad corporations which have slept on their rights lights and privileges to the manifest detriment of the public welfare and the development ot of the national and i t whereas justice and public policy require that all such land should oe restored to the public domain and no fur further ther then grants or extensions of further grants should now be made therefore Be resolved solved by the senate and house of representatives that all public lands which have been granted by congress to aid in the construction of tile the following named railroad and telegraph jines lines are hereby declared forfeited to the united slates states and tiie the privilege tu so acquire the titie title to the same is hereby revoked and baid eald lands are restored to the public domain and shall hered hereafter foer be disposed ofas of as other public lands landd of the united St states stales ittes and be it further that the secretary of the tho interior is hereby instructed within withla 60 days after the of this act to give public notice of date not exceeding 30 days flom date data of publication when buch euch lands hereby restored to the body of public lands shall be open to public settlement preemption pre emption and ana homesteads entry under ehe the laws provided for bald said pu purpose the following table shows the railroads affected and the adv amounts ts held by each st paul pacific st vincent vincend ext exo extension pasion formerly branch to the red bed kiver of the morth alorth 2000 dt 61 paul pacific brainerd branch fort foit formerly branch to lake mr hastings dak oth oti oregon central atlantic Paci pacific texas pacific northern pacific and a large number of others saulsbury from the committee on elections reported a besl resolution that an attach attachment rilent issue to the sergeant at arms arma commanding him to ao bring to the bar of we the senate for contempt smi h and other wit witnesses lles lies zes by the sub bub committee to investigate charges against senator Ingalls and abd who have refused refuted to testify AdoPt adopted eti ell A resolution by davis instructing the agricultural committee of both houses to consider the subject of akel agriculture culture and report what ought to be done by the go government to promote agricultural interests was alop adopted tede the pension appropriation bill passed voorhees resolution for the appointment of a committee to investigate the causes of the negro emigration from the bouth south was wag as taken up and voorhees spoke upon it nuo voorhees rhees disclaimed political motives in offering his resolution the negroes were evidently being de eluded and his resolution was offered in the interests of humanity and ju justice stica stice windom spoke briefly in support of his hla amendment instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of setting apart ter ti torlea for negroes against the tho he was tired of these thes e inie investigations of unimportant questions the thu negro migration question would settle fettle itself the negro negra was no longer a ward he was free to go where be he pleased the negroes were con tented in proportion to tine the length of f time the southern states bad been under home rule in georgia from to colored children I 1 are attending school and aud the blacks own ogo in real property the talk about this thib question WAS ali all 11 gammon ar it was kept up by de do unscrupulous men mouse HOUSE I 1 washington WASHINGTO bf IT 17 ballou intro mr jones from the committee on reported a bill exempting exempting special employees from jury duties passed mr knott from the judiciary reported back the con current resolution for the appointment of a joint committee bl 01 three senators tend nd five representatives to investigated the present system of sai sal salaries arid arld fees etc for officers of united states courts and tind to ascertain whether abuses exist agreed to washington 18 scales chairman of lne the on th indian endian affairs se ported reported baek back the sen den ate bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to negotiate with the ute uto indians for the relinquishment ment of their reservation ihil ifil colorado and their removal and settlement elsewhere with an amendment requiring the consent of the indians to 10 the thu cession of any part ot of their reservation and providing that no agree be valid huleas agreed to by three fourths of all the adult male maie ludiana who have not fortela forfeited their treaty rights and unless unites confirmed by congress he aked asked as ked for ah an immediate consideration of the bill conger crosb rose to a point of order that it must receive its first consideration in the committee of the whole and declined to withdraw hia his hi point declaring that the bill was absurd on its face that congress could not by spec special lai lal action confer the treaty making power of the nation on an officer not recognized by the constitution or laws as aj having any authority to make trea treaties and that congress Cou gresa bad nothing to dewith do with the confirmation of treaties springer baid said id the time had arrived when civilization had bad reached the boundaries of the U ute tar tat reservation all efforts etti litt orts to preserve peace there woud would be la in the thy future oan Can congress grebs gress must look then at A the thu question fairly squarely equa rely and plainly and muse decide in the interest inter emt cut he did not believe in treating with the indians as with equals he believed in the policy of regard regarding iLig the whole of the lands landa within the limits of jurisdiction as public dorna domain and the indians Indian ssi shi au citizens of the united State states sand band and of teaching them to obey the law and to understand that whon whom they killed innocent persons they were guilty of murder belford stated that the ute reservation er in colorado co consisted misted of acres of land or about bojo acres for every elvery man woman and child in the ute tribe he was opposed to the committee amendments to the senate bill and atad he predicted that if they were adopted next year would witness a renewal of the conflict which had recently attracted the attention of the coign cou try be challenged mr conger or any officer of the interior department to point his finger to a complaint ever made by the ute indians against the people of colorado if those amendments were adopted ils zis as certain as god reigned above next spring the teeming thousands which would pour into luto colorado would eroes croes the line of that reservation and would prospect the mountains for mineral wealth government would not have the power to arrest the progress of the vast tribes if it the government desired to prevent war and protect the people of colorado it must provide some method that would secure the re removal noval of the indians from that state in coming to washington to take his bis seat he had pa passed s ged sed through five large states every aerel aerol in which had been stolen from the indians and yet the gentlemen said while oun our fathera robbed and plundered tho the Indian swe want you to belong to the goody goody clas class of people in the west laughter he thu thy avi ati attention t 6 0 n of bir str mr Sir conger Vonger to the fact that the report of the cammi commissioner of indian affairs for 1878 showed that more frauds had been committed against the indians in michigan than lanauy in any auy other state stats or territory eliugh laughter hooker sald said belford tind and springer proposed in violation of the tho mot ramt solemn treaties trea tiep to rob the indians of territory which had been conceded to them by the government if aney were a powerful nation with a great army at their bach baik which could point polut cannon at their foe foes and demaud demand justice the these se gen tiemen would riot not dare take the position they did he held tha the government was powerful enough to do what was right to bee that was wab adone done even t though h oetigh the people who de mand I 1 it t demand it in the name of law and moral and not because they llad the physical power to compel it belford says the tide of civilization of bf angio anglo american civilization ia Is sweeping over th the country abd aud that the yield to it thia proposition in iti an Amerl ameri american amerlean dim congress comes with bad grace from this government which has pledged its constitutional power by solemn amendments and solemn laws that the recently emancipated people of thia country belonging to ane african race shall receive forever the tho solem protection in new rights in new duties and in new now power d with which they are invested as citizens and yet the indian though connect connected eO with you on every page of your history whose beautiful language has haa named your states and rivers and territories and towns and hamlets and valleys from whence the first ray of jhb the in morning orning sun catches the spray of niagara to where its last parting ray dashes in the golden gate of california is to be robbed of what he has simply because he is weak powerless and hica incapable of protecting himself haskell said the purpose of the bilt bill was merely to relocate the ute indians on a portion of their reservation vi stion but that it affected the whole ute tribe and not merely that portion which had not been at war as has been deen said by mr hooker conger asked what sort of a bill this was that required for tor uta ita sanction and support a reference to all world renowned practiced on the indians bince since the ile lie covery of america this great nation made a treaty 11 years ago with a mountain tribe of indiana by ny which those indians were permitted to go far in unknown mountains supposed to be almost his bitable by men emi ami remain there they had beely been driven from une tue the toot foot hub hue dt drivell Ivell up limox till lands landa which it was wab then thought the avarice and greed of white while men might desire but bat now the en ter terp ilbe tibe and avidity of the white man wan had discovered treasures treas urea of silver and gold in the neighborhood of these those mountains and ore had been found within 25 miles of the reservation in former 3 years ears men bad waited until miners or agriculturalists had bad stepped over the line of the indian reservations but now they were becoming bolder and now aa as soon as they come in sight as mon won aa a they come insight at foothills 25 miles off a committee appointed t protect the indians in their rights bring sin bin a bril bill to remove the indians from their territory andree andres and reservations the whlter whiter had not yat jel jet passed into haskeil denied the last statement and said that already the mountains to the east of leadville and aad in the ute reservation were filled fillet with miri miners ers and that it was a conflict with those miners that brought about these difficulties conger welcomed the admission because the treaty of 1868 1863 declared that conla none but friendly indians should go on the reservation haskell haskeil the utes U tes tea have left leftt their reservation i conger why have miners gone on this reservation why have citizens of the united states violated t the treaty because they have the power to go there and because they can make disturbance there and excite the indians and can then rush to congress Con gress gresa with the demand fuat fual thib the indians be driven from their reservation the history of the past and the history of the preset present At run on all fours belford I 1 most emphatically deny that the people of 0 colorado have given these indians any occasion for the late ou outrages brages i rages and I 1 challenge the gentleman to point to anything fillig of the I 1 kind the state ment of the gentleman i sas aaa Haskell lils jils jsn nol not correct conger I 1 thought it bedr correct but bul I 1 did not dare correct ii myself daughter laughter I 1 was feeling my dixy wiy r haskel hasael I 1 reassert what I 1 asserted before that miners aro arc on reservation today to day conger I 1 40 not nov enter into the question of the voracity veracity betow n these gentlemen gent geni lemen lomen laughter J my friend from kamm kumm may pi ps luy luv be able to stand on the plains of kansas and know more about what wha f id taking place on the of Col coi colado rdo than the gentleman from that state knows laughter if there be any trouble there it has arisen from the violation violations bj by citizens citi zena zuna of the united states of a treaty made within 11 years and the government it jereme has taken no pains whatever to enforce that treaty and to keep out of this indian reservation those who have no right to gp there the very 4 bat at tl rio to which allusion has so often a is a made ibe the very fight with our troops was caused by bendi bending Dg an sri armed force into chak reservation reserVa tOD ton contrary to the treaty specification and without notice belford they were at the request of the agent conger longer that thal may be it was because individual miners went over the bounds of ot the reservation and violated the treaty tuafale this trouble has nileen arisen 1 I 1 venture to assert that a fair investigation will show that more than thau nineteen twentieths of our indian trouble lee Jee from the commencement commence of government till now have been occasioned casio ned by rv violation of treaty obil ratio gatio nations nir on the part of our citizens I 1 assert that the provisions of ahw bill are in violation of a treaty it belf which provides there ahall be bea no cess lon ion of territory except with the coneeny of tree three fourths of the male indians I 1 condemn conder nn the bill because Con oon congress gress greis has no right to resolve that an agreement fidall be made to break another treaty made with any power I 1 oppose it AMERICAN A M B R 10 A N washington 17 the results of to daya ua d meeting of eha tha national republican coto colu are the universal topic of comment in political this eveni event evening u ug g and speculation as us to thel i significance are freely indulged din in rhey chey meem seem to be very generally regarded as indicative of increasing strength for the grant boom of decreased force in the eberman movement and of an unmistakably strong under current foi fox blaine which in the event of a I 1 slight abatement of the first mentioned obstacle acid SCId would carry earry cairy bim him to he ha republican presidential ming uppa the and most disinterested opinions obtainable ty tu night is by the following admitted facts camerons canvass tor for the chairmanship was commence A several weeks ago and has been conducE conducted ed with an nit the great advantages amford afford afforded td by his wealth by hla hia reputation anu and political management an aud and d by his uniform declarations that hla his |
