The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-24
PROCEEDINGS III CONGRESS.
4 Rather Lively Discussion in the Sem
ate Over the Resolutions on
Indian Lands.
Frank Hurd's Motion IN Opposi
ton to Bills Appropriating
Money Originating In
the Senate.
FORTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
The Senate

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-The Chair aid be-
fore the Senate a memorial from the Wo-
mems Silk Culture Association. The memo
mortal recited the great success, through
their efforts, of the work in silk culture in
the homes Of this country, and claims the
good will, influence and aid of Congress, in
the development OF an industry so import
ant to the women and children of the United
States The memorial begs the Senate to
accept truly American National flag, made
of silk raised in American homes, by Ameri.
can women aud children, reelsd, spun, dyed,
woven and mounted in Philadelphia. The
flag, which Is large and handsome one. was
borne to the desk and was the subject OF
much admiration from beth the floor aud
the galleries.
The Chair laid before the Senate Mr.. Vests
resolution, heretofore offered to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain
upon what terms the Greek and Seminole
Indians would surrender their remaining in
terest in the Oklahoma lands. Mr.. Vest
amended the resolution so as 10 include the
Cherokee Nation in the inquiry.
Mr.. Sherman: This is so important a
matter that the resolution and all the
should 60 20 the Committee on Indian Al
fairs for serious and deliberate considera-
ton.
Mr.. Plumb offered q substitute for Mr..
Vests resolution. The substitute requests
the President 10 enter as speedily as possible
into negotiation with such Indian tribes
as may be in possession of more lands than
enough to give each head of q family 16O
acres, with view to using such surplus
lands for actual settlers only, and so requests
the President to act in the matter as speedily
IS possible and report to Congress sach
propositions as he may receive.
DIR. Conger opposed all resolutions On the
subject. They excited he said, the cupidity
of men whose cupidfty did not need stim-
illus. 1t was but q crude way of inviting
people to join the army of Oklahoma BOOM
ers until there should be enough of them to
swallow up the little army OF the United
states, not to mention the Indians. 1t was
bold-faced scheme for robbing the Indians
OF the lanGs the American people had set
apart for them. There was land enough for
tie white people. He denounced the whole
system of depriving the Indians Of their
lands, whether to accommodate Oklahoma
boomers or the pieuro-pneumonia cattle of
Texas
Mr.. Ingalls, repealed the imputation that
we were Iapacious race. ingalls, said we
had crossed the whole continent in two cen
1uries, expelling or astonishing other races
We had now practically reached the limit of
the public domain. He doubted whether,
outside of the Indian Territory, there were
%, 000, 600 acres subject 20 homestead and
preemption, and these would be absorbed
in five years. The spirit which Conger had
attributed to the movement now under crit
icism, was, in ingalls, opinion, outside OF
legitimate description OF the movement. The
American policy was continental one. In
gals did not know but that within q lifetime
that persons might see the policy grow into
hemispherical policy. What name or
shape 1t may assume, nothing could stand
the irresistible march of the Anglo Saxon
race, and while ingalls, believed these
Oklahoma settlers were trespassers and in.
vaders, and were on the land In violation of
law, yet many of them had been imposed
upon by scheming leaders and believed
themselves legally entitled to enter the
land. Ingalls, would not have wrong done
to the Indians. He gave his cord lal sup.
Port to the resolutions.
Mr.. Plumb supported his resolution, and
said 1t was in accordance with the fitness,
and what was more, with the necessity of
things. 1t was intended not to wrong, bat
to do justice to the Indians.
Mr.. Vest, replying to Conger, said epithets
were not argument no, could abuse be made
logic. His Vest 81 resolution Vas intended
for the good of the Indians, and any state
ment to the contrary could only arise from
gross ignorance in regard to the whole mat
ter. The delegate of the Greek Nation had
this morning written to Vest thanking him
for what he had said in the Senate yester-
day on the subject. and the representatives
OF the Creeks and Seminoies had hled in the
Interior Department papers requesting the
action suggested by Mr.. Vest.
Mr.. Conger said "he feared the Creeks
even when bringing gifts" and he feared
the Washington representatives of Indian
tribes, even If they did write to Vest The
policy outlined by the resolutions was, in
Conger's opinion, q Rob Roy policy, "be-
cause the good old rule sufficeth their SIM
Ia vzta~~ ekx2L
power and they should keep who can" Re-
PLYING to Mr.. Ingalls, remarks, Mr.. Conger
said the question was evidently to be re-
earded as Q matter of manifest destiny"
This was treating it as Charles Lamb had
trested the subjebt OF murder-ss Zine
art"
Mr.. Ingalls, raised the laugh at Mr.. Conger's
expense, by interposing with the remark
that he had been under the impression that
1t was De Quincy who had so treated
murder.
Mr.. Coneer acknowledging the correction.
complimented Mr.. Ingalls, memory, and
said that Senator's remarks sho we'd that the
question of how to get possession of Indian
lands was now to be treated as a fine art.
After further debate, the resolutions OF
Mr.. Vest and Mr.. Plumb were referred to the
Committee on Indian Affairs.
The Senate went into executive session,
ard when the doors were reopened, adj
3ourned.
The House.
When the House met handsome silk
American flag was noticed on the wall back
Of the Speakers chair, and after the residing
of the journal the Speaker laid before the
House communication from the Philadel-
phis Women's Silk Culture Association OF
the United States, rendering the flag to the
House, and bespeaking for ii place in the
hall of the National Government
Mr.. Kelley offered a resolution, which was
adopted, accepting the fag; declaring the
excellence of its fabric and perfection of