Arizona citizen., 1878-03-22
Transfer Of Indian Bureau to War
 Department.


 This subject is before Congress again Like the silver bill, it will be extens lively debated without assuming q par " character. On the 18th of February the chairman of the Committee on In dian Affairs, Mr Scales of North Caro-. lima, submitted a report in writing favoring the transfer, and Congress. man Van Voorhes of Ohio, of the same committee, asked leave to submit the views of the minority on the same sub. ject whereupOn the following remarks were made:
 Mr Scales. I ask that both reports be printed, and that The bill be made a special order for Wednesday, the 9th day of March, after the morning hour, and from day to day until disposed of
 Mir Cox, of New York. 1 reserve all points of order on the bill.
 MT Clymer. Not to interfere with reports from the Committee on Alp propriations.
 Mir Conger I object to the bill be. ing made the special order I under stood that the request was to have the report printed and recommitted, not io be brought back by motion to re- consider.
 Mir Scales. No; that is not the re- quest. The report IS from the Com mistee on Indian Affairs, and we ask that il be printed and that the bill be made special order for a certain day.
 MT. COnger l do not object to the printing; 1 object to it's being made a special order.
 NIT. Scales. I hope the gentleman will not object.
 Mir. COnger. l am opposed to the bill, and Of course take the advantage of all parliamentary rules which will enable me to stave it of.
 Mir. Scales. The Committee on Ap- prOpriations cannot proceed with the consideration of the Indian appropria- tiOn bill until this bill had been acted upon.
 NIT. Conger. 1 have seen no Indica- tiOn that that committee will be pre- pared to act upon that bill for some tune to come.
 Mir. Scales. Is it in order for me to move to suspend the rules?
 The Speaker The Chair would not be willing to recognize the gentleman for that purpose now.
 NIT. Scales. Then I move that the bill be referred to the Committee of the Whole, and that the accompanying re. ports be printed.
 NIT. Conger. Without specifying any time for its consideration
 The Speaker. To take its place on the public calendar.
 NIT. Conger. Not to be brought back on a motion to reconsider2
 The Speaker. That will be under stood.
 The bill was accordingly referred to the Committee of the Whole, and the accompanying reports ordered to be printed.
 Mir. COnger. I desire to reserve all points of order on the bill.
 The Speaker The Chair understands that they have all been reserved by the gentleman from New York, MT. Cox. Il
 MT. Conger, That was my impress sion; but l was informed that they had not been reserved on that bill, but on some other bill.
 NIT. Clymer. I think it was another bill.
 The Speaker The Chair will direct the journal clerk to journalize that all points of order have been reserved.
 MT. Conger of Michigan, ranks among the ablest members on the Re publican side, and Mir Cox of New York, holds like place on the Demo- cratic side. This distinct reservation, at the outset, of all points of order by two such members, is quite significant and unusual, and foreshadows a lengthy debate and delay of final action byI every means available under the rules.
 On the same day the above proceed ings were had, NIT. Stephens, of Geor- gia, by unanimous consent, presented a memorial of the delegations of the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole, Choc- Jaw and Chickasaw Nations of the h. dian Territory to the Congress of the United States, in opposition to the transfer of the Indians from civil tol military management, as contemplated in bill (H. R. No. 9j9) and others of like import now pending in Congress.
 At every session for years, army of fcers have been present in Washing ton to favor the transfer, and this fact has damaged the prospects of the pas sage of the bill; and all the indications are that aside from the length of the 'ehate, it will in many respects have an -lterest not wholly pleasing to the army.