The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-08
A DANDY DAY OF DEBATE.
The Grave and Dignifed Svenate
Listens Attentively TO Some
PRETTY POINTED PROPOSITIONS.
MIR. Morrill, LnmpOons in Elegant
but Caustic Sentences
OUR TREATY-MAklNG PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Bayard's Views on Interstate Com
merco Prompts the escintillating and
Sarcastic Ingalls, to Refer
to Public Opinion.
oURTREATY-MAKlNG PRESIDENT.
REAGAN AND PHELPS CROSS FIRE.
ALVIiI Congress.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. The chairman
laid before the senate the report OF the
Missouri river commission and the re-
port showing the maintenance by Capt.
Eads of a channel in the south pass of
the Mississippi river.
Among the petitions pr esented was
one by
Mr.. PLUMB, from tho Oklahoma set
tiers, who set forth that the lands thew
occupy have been long since bought
from the Indians by the United States
and paid for; that the United States did
not expect or intend that the Indians
should again occupy these lands, and
the petitioners, therefore, see no reason
why they should not be allowed to re-
main in the homes established for them
selves and families. They protest
| against the cruelty OF their removal, and
say they would not have been disturbed
but for the great influence of wealthy
and powerful cattle owners, who do not
pretend to have any title to the land,
but who use the land for the grazing of
cattle. Petitioners ada that they have
gone to Oklahoma to stay with their
plows and axes, and that 1000 OF
their friends expect to go there,
and they pray congress to withdraw
the. military forces, and instead take
early steps TO organize the territory of
Oklahoma into state.
In presenting the petition Mr.. Plumb
said: Although these settlers may be
guilty of q technical violation OF the
law, "as the law was Interpreted by the
attorney-general," yet congress- had al
ready said the land in question should
not be again occupied by the Indians,
aA To Ia l.. i
when congress should say yea or nav on
the question of occupancy of thes @
lands by white settlers. He hoped the
comm ttee on Indian affairs would act
on the subject at tho earliest oppor-
tunty.
Mr.. DAWES said the committee had
already examined the subject, and had
reported that in the present condition of
title. TO the lands, they could not be
opened to settlement, and the senate
had adopted that report.
The senate passed house Joint retllu-
ton appropriating $4,000 To relieve the
wants of destitute Indians.
Mr.. MORRILL, called up his reaolu-
tion declaring that reciprocity treaties
with nations of inferior population and
resources should be regarded with dis
favor, and spoke at length In its sup
port, taking the ground that reciprocity
treaties We're unconstitutional; that
apart from their unconstitutionality
they were "inourably wrong;" that they
were NJ war with the most favored ma
tlon clause of other treaties; that tho so
called reciprocity treaties with inferior
nations surrendered much home trade
III return for little foreign trade, and
that real reciprocity with such nations
was impossible. Throughout the entire
speech there was careful avoidance
OF any distinct mention.of the Spanish
treaty, the statistics of our trade with
Mexico being mainly relied on by Mr..
Morrill, to support the points that there
could be no realreciprocity with nations
of inferior population and resources,
ana that we gave up much more than
we gained by such treaties.
a few extracts from Mr.. Morrells
speech will serve to give its spirit:
"The president is commander-in-chief
OF the army and navy, but this gives
him no authority to invoke the power of
congress to raise money to support
the army and navy"
"The president, with the concurrence
of two-thirds of the senate, may mako
treaties, but under cover OF this au-
thority no constitutional treaty can be
made TO regulate commerce with foreign
nations or To initiate few revenue
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