Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
National Flags Made from American
Silk by American Women Pre-
sented TO Congress.
The senate's Right TO Originate Revenue
Bills the Subject Of Resolution
in the Honse.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. % The chair
laid before the senate this morning a
memorial from the Women's SILK
Culture association OF the United
States. The memorial is TO beg the
senate to accept with their
memorial truly American national
nag, made Of silk raised
in American homes, by American
women and children, reeled, spun,
dyed, woven and mounted in Phila-
d,lphia The flag, which Is large
aud handsome one, was borne to the
desk and was the subject IT much adj
miratiOn, both from the floor and the
galleries
Beck Of Kentucky offered a resolu-
ton expressing the high appreciation
and tn tuks uf the s.nR'e for the flag
and admiration for The Il rts and sue
cess OF the Womeu's Silk Culture
association in their patriotic purpose
to ameliOrate the industrial condition
OF their country women and enlarge
and diver.ify female employment In
the United States, which was agreed 10.
The chair laid before the senate MI
Vests resolution, heretofore offered, to
authorize the secretar OF the interior
to ascertain upon what terms
the Greek and Seminole In
dians would surrender their
remaining interest in the Oklahoma
lands.
Mr. Vest amended his resolution SO
as to include the Cherokee nation in
the inquiry.
Mr. sherman thought that this was
| "a n nj nN NuN M . Ia
luton and all the amendments that
might be offered to II should 20 to the
| committee ON Indian affairs for serious
and deliberate insIdeTatirn.
| Mr.. Plumb offered substitute for
| Mr.. Vests resolution, The substitute
| requested the president To- enter as
speedily as possible into negotiations
with such Indian tribes as may he in
possession of more lands than enough
to give each head of the family
| 100 acrts with view to using
such lands for actual settlels only
The substitute also requests the preEi-
dent ~ act In the matter as speedily
as possible and report to congress
such propositions as he may receive.
Mr. Conger opposed all the Tesolu-
lions on the subject. They exGIted, he
said, the cupidity OF men
whose cupidlty did not need
stimulus. IL was but crude
way of inviting people to join the
army Of Oklahoma boomers until the G
should he enough of them To swallow
up the little army of the
United States, not to mention
the Indians. 1t was a bare.faeed
scheme for rObbing the Indians Of the
lands the American people had set
apart for them. There was land
enough for the white people. He de.
nOuneed the whole system OF depdvinp
the Indians Of their lands 10 accOmmo-
date the Oklahoma boomer.
Mr. ingalls, gave his cordial support
TO the resolutions.
MIR. Plumb supported his resolution,
and said that 1t was in accord nee
with the fitness, and what was more
the nee So ty uf things.
After some further debate without
final action the matter went over anG
tue senate adjourned.
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THE nOCsE or REPRESENTATIVES,
When the house met this morning
o handsome silk American flag orna
menied the wall behind the speaker
chair, and after reading the jnurna
the speaker laid b. fore the huarl
a communication fiOm the Philadel
pha Wnmen's 3 Tx Culture assu GATOR
Of the United states, rendering the hsl
10 the house, and bespeakiug Tor II
place In the halls OF the national gov
eTnment,
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania offer {
: q resolution which WAS adopted, &C
3 ceptiug the flag prepared for the use o
!, the house, aud presented by tn
} Women's Silk CeltuTe Ass, cialion @
Il the United States and declaring tina
!. the excellence Of the fabric and til
perfection II cnlors II display
afford evidence of the rapid develop
!. nent OF the culture and manuiaetur
OF silk by the American people, an
, that The house win cause the dag |
be displayed within the halls Of cor
: giess
h MIR Hurd OF Ohio, as u privilege
" question, offered a preamble and rss'
"A lutloD, rtciting that as certain bills az
- propriating money from the trea'liry
!. originating in the senate, are now o
I. the speakers table, 1t Is assert,
a. that these bills are IN violation Of Oh
: privileges of the house to exelusivel
/. originate the bills for the raising {
~ revenue and directing the judtciaI
=. committee TO inquire into tue pow'
~ ~ the senate 70 originate bills appr'
n priAling revenue, and report TO Il
~ mouse 1T any iime,
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