The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-23
TEE HOUSE.
The Indian Bill Further Discussed and Final
Iv Passed.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-On motion of Mr..
Lanham, the Senate amendments were con-
Cured in to the House bill authorizing the ap-
pointment of a commission to run and mark the
boundary lines between portion of the Indian
territory and Texas, in connection with SINH
lar commission appointed by the State of Texas
Mr.. Cobb presented the conference report on
the Oregon Central forfeiture bill, which was
agreed to- The House recedes from it's disagree
ment to all the Senate amendments.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Welborn in the chair, on the Indian
appropriation BILL
On motion of Mr.. Ellis, an amendment was
adopted directing the Secretary Of the Interior
to prepare list of all approved and pending
claims OF citizens on account of Indian depreda
tons, and to report the same to Congress on the
first Monday of next December
Mr.. Chase then spoke insupport of an increase
in the appropriation for the Indians of Fort
Peck agency.
Mr. Maginnis attributed the starving condi-
ton of the Indians of that agency to the inefh-
cheney of the Indian department.
Mr. Reagan said it struck him as a curious
fact the government could always find means
for appropriatihg money to feed lot Of lazy and
vagabond Indians, but could never find means
for putting them to work.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, read letter which
he said he had received from Bishop WhippIe
the Mediterranean imploring his good Offices for
the Indians and asking him to request the
President-elect to be deeply careful in the Sc
lection of commissioner of Indian affairs mo
position, says the Bishop, in the gift of the
President, can bring to his party greater honor
or greater fame"
Mr. Cutcheon offered an amendment appropri-
ating SOC, 600 for an emergency fund, to be APP
piled in of necessity for relief of extraordi-
nary cases of distress among the Indian tribes
Ruled out upon point of order.
On motion, an amendment was adopted ap-
propriating $25 900 for the erection of an Indian
industrial school at Santa Fe
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas. moved to amend the
provision prohibiting the introduction of ardent
spirits into Indian Territory by striking out the
minimum penalty imposed for violation of the
prohibition Lost.
Mr.. Cutcheon offered an amendment providing
that any Indian committing against the person
property of another Indian or other person, any
of the following crimes: murder, manslaughter
rape, assault with intent to kill, arson, burglary
or larceny, shall be subject to the laws of
the Territory in which such crime is committed,
and shall be tried therefor in the same courts
and in the same manner, and shall be subject to
the same penalties as are other persons charged
with the commission of said crimes, and per-
hitting Indians to prosecute in any court any
civil action at law and equity. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Throckmorton, an amend
ment was adopted giving the United States Dis
trict Court for the western district OF Arkansas,
civil jurisdiction the five civilized tribes of
the Indian Territory.
Mr.. Ryan offered an amendment authorizing
the President to open negotiations with the
Creeks, Seininoles and Cherokees for the pur-
pose of opening to settlement, under the home
stead laws, the unassigned lands in Indian Ter
ritory coded by them to the United States.
| These are the Oklahoma lands. Adopted
Mr.. ELL, in moving that the committee rise,
said that in the course of debate on the bill he
had been betrayed, by infrmity of temper, into
| an expression of language which he greatly re-
| GREETED. H. withdrew that language, and made
| his acknowledgment to the House Mr. Ellis
had reference to the controversy yesterday be-
tween himself and Mr.. Holman, and that gentle
man said the apology was satisfactory to him
and he withdrew any improper remarks he might
have made.
The committee then rose and reported the bill
to the House. The previous question was
ordered, the bill was passed, and the House ad-
journed