Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-21

1 Ger tue CNuAIol VI jay 0OuiNs ah W.
tween the house and senate bill Mr.
Maxey favored the house bill believ-
ing that the commission bill would do
no good
Mr.. Coke OF Texas rose 10 address
the senate on the bill, but yielded TO
The motion 70 go into executive ses-
sion.
A message from the pre- ident was
laid before the senate trantmittinR the
increasing relative foreign commerce Of
Mexico, Central and South Americs,
the Spanish West IndieP, Hayti and
San Domingo, and the share OF The
Unit d States therein. The session
then adjourned.
THE HOUSE or REPRE-ENTATIvFs.
In the house this morning Mr. Oates
Of Alabama, from the committee on
punnc ianus, reported the bill pro-
hibitlng aliens and foreigners from ac-
curing lille TO and owning lands in
the United States. Placed on the
house caiendar.
Mr.. Hewitt Of New York, from the
committee on ways and mesus, re-
ported the bill amending section 30l9
read as fnllows:
Section 8019 There shall bestowed
on all articles wholly MANUFACTURED Of
material imported, on which duties
have been paid, when exported a
dra wback equal In amount to the duty
paid on such material aud 10 more, to
be asceriaintd under such regulations
% shall he prescribed by the secretary
Of the treasury and all provisions OF
the law inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed"
Referred 10 the committee Of the
whole.
After some opposition from Single
ton OF Mississippi and Mills Of Tex ~,
who desired respectively to bring
up the congressional library and the
educational bills. the house went into
a committee OF the whole on the
Indian appropriation bill
Mr. Ellis Of Louisiana explained
the pro vision OF the bill. He gu kg-st-
I'd az practical solution OF the Indian
question the appointment Of COM
mission TO select In The northwestern
country territory similar TO The In-
dian territory, where the Indians
would be grouped, where industrial
schools aud missions could
he established, and where the
Indian could be taught. II
that idea were carried out after ten or
twelve years congress would not be
required to pass an Indian apprnpria-
ton bill. The tribes would become
self-supporting, and in the course nj
time their territory might be admitted
into the union Of states.
Mr. Throckmorton Of Texas advo-
Gated the granting OF lands In severalty
10 the Indians 20 an important factor
In the work nf civil'z ,tiOn.
Mr. MsVlnis Of Montana spoke I'm
opposition Z" the practice OF the Indi.
ans in leasing the lands for q nominal
prize to the cattle kings
Ryan. of Kansas earnestly pressed
upon the attention Of the committee
the importance Of taking some imme~
diaie action to settle the disputed
question as to whether that portion Of
the Indian territory known as The
| Oklahoma strip was open to settle
ment. Men had settled upOnl. thai
land claiming that 1t belongs d
to The United States aud therefore
| they had right to settle upon
Il. II was claimed by the 90, ern.
ment that the Seminole and Creek In
dams coded the land to the United
| States In order To enable the govern
ment TO locate friendly Indians there.
Subsequently to the cpsslon the gov
eminent changed ITS policy, aud
conRress passed law prohibiting the
settlement If any more Indian
in The territory. He neither affirmed
nor denied the claim ON either side,
but the Importance OF settling the dis
puted question could not be over esti-
mated.
Mr.. Perkins of Kansas followed in
the same plea.
Mr.. Cutcheon OF Michigan gave as
his Judgment that the Oklaho ma STRIP
was not public domain. II was par.
Gel of the land which the government
held as the trustee for specific pur.
pOse.
Mr.. O'Eeill Of Missouri said that the
Indian question had reached the point
where Ii must be taken hold of by
congress-, not only for the purpose OF
taking care % the Indians, but for the
purpose Of taking care Of the white
people. The Indians should be rec.
ompensed for whatever land should be
reserved for actual settlers.
Pending further debate the commit.
tee rose, aud public business being sus
peuueus tue mousse proceeded To pay
1T ing tribute To the memory OF the
late John ii. EVins OF South Carolina.
Euloglstic addresses were made 10y
Messis Brstton, Dihble aud 'i'illmal
Of south Carolisa, Browne Of Indiana,
Har1eman Of Georgia, Dowd Of Mr. h
Carolina, Durham Of Illinois, and
then. as a further mark Of respect "a
thememory OF the deceased, the house
adjourned.
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