, 1880-04-17
WASHINGTON.
The House Playing Havoc
with the indian Appro-
priation Bill.
Determination to Abolish the
Board Of Commission
ers,
Which Is Considered IN Entire
" Useless and Ornamental
Body,
1ts Only Good Consisting in Hav-
ing Rid the Service Of
Hayt,
Davis and A|drich Urge Appropriations
for the Chicago River and
Harhor.
Tho Sum of 100000 Asked with
Which to Do This Impor-
tant Work.
Ben Hill Determined to Fight Out
His Trouble with Miss
Raymond.
Likelihood Of Adopting a Compromise
Bill on Tariff Measures
Pending.
Report Of the House Committee on For.
eign Affairs on tho Monroe
Doctrine.
The Abrogation Of the 0layton-Bulwer
Treaty Is Strongly Recon-
mended.
The Abrogation Of the Clayton Bulwer
Treaty Is Strongly Racom-
mended.
THE INDIANS.
DUsCusstS0 TIE AUTHORIZATIONS,


Special Dspatth to Tht Chicago Tribune.
NSatt1sGToN. D. O., April 10.-Tho Indian Ap-
preparation bill occupied tho House for still as-
other day without being passcf1. Some very in1-
portnnt action wns taken. however, In Commit
tee Of tho Whole, and tho yoto by which this
wns done Ia 80 largo na to mako 1t sccm tmprob-
Abc TINT tho action Of tho Committee will be
reversed when tho bLtt shhll bo reported to tho
House. Tho f}oar1l OF 1udlan Commissioners, m
outgrowth Of tho peace policy, WAY abolished,
and all laws relating 10 that Hoard repealed.
This, Of course, waa not tnno without pro-
trNctcd debate. Mr.. Hooker, ct Mississippi.
thought tho noard useless. Nr. scnlcs,
nf Georgtu, Chairman of tho Commit
tee on Indian Affairs, said thnt
tho Board was composed OF honorable men
honcat mon, and good Christian mcil, who
Travelled In pnlace-cars. but they are useless.
Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, Whu still remained tho
principal supporter and defender OF tho 1ntertur
Department, Insisted that these Commissioners
wcro Of grcnt sorvtce Us m ndvIsary, board to
nssst tho Commissioner OF Indian Affairs In bis
purchases. Dir. Cannon. OF Illinois, thought tho
noard was not a very useful plcce of Govern
ment machinery; Rttll it might be retained. Nr.
Belford. Of ColoraI1o, champion Of tho radical
policy in Indian afrAirs, Insisted that tho Doaru
had done cue good thing, In that It had
sECuREn THE REMOVAL
Of Indian Commissioner Nayt: bur no efforts to
snve tho Board wero successful, and unteaa tho
Senate shall royorSo this acton tho last orRnnlzcd
vcstigo OF tho peace policy Is doomed. Tho In
dian police, too haa been Of tho pet features Of
tho Interior Department, and liberal Sums hava
been naked tn sustain 1t, AN Attcmpt, however,
WIS nado to overthrow 1t to- duy by refusing ap-
preparations for 1t on tho ground TINT tho police
nro not only not authorized, but that they wore
employed In tho interest Of lnwleencss, aud that
they frequently inclte o,ltbrcaks. This at
tempt, however, wa8 defeated. Tho annual
effort to transfer tho Indian nurcau to tho War
Department WIS made by m amendment which
was proposed to TINT effect Tho opponcnta OF
tho trnnsfer urged that such q proposition waa
not In order, and pending tho dobato of the
point Of order tho House adjourned.
THE DEBATE.
II tn Ttstsrn Asaoctatsd Pf<ss.
WAsnINa1oN, d. O., Apri! 1g.-The House
wont into Committee Of tho Whole. Mir. Whit
thorno IN tho Chair, on tho Indian Appropriation
The pending amendment, providing that all
1t ss so suaSS IL S'aeo d ~ tho M,ss
s'nnt Ct r hi!ssourt Y% Valleys, was rulol cut on
' Mr. iiooksr :i moved to strtko out tho section
appropriating Sio,0W Tor tho EXPENSES Of tho
lndinn commissioners. Thore was no necessity
for thls con,m!asion: There might have boon at
mono Tor tts continuance. It was q tunctub
ol'lco. llewas opposed to anybody having Gun.
t II Il Le at oy
~ tho management OF Indian a1A'ra wiz that
thoro were
TOO MANT MEN IN CONTROL
too nlnny people who Ind voice In tho expenl-
ituro of money. lilo would, when tho pruper
portion OF tho bill was reached, ofer IN alnoi1t-
9Snt asEensins ;bs wta az 1hE an1
Of tho government ind tho midland.