The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-22

exported 10 foreign countries, from this
burden, as a means of stimulating and
increasing our foreign trade in this i'm
portant tobacco manufactures
Mr.. DIBRELL, from the committee on
agriculture, reported the agriculture
appropriation bill. Referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
The house then went into committee
or the whole on the Indian appropriation
bill.
Mr.. ROGERS, of Arkansas, criticized
that section of the bill which prohibits
the Introduction of ardent spirits into
the Indian Territory, in that it fixes the
minimum of punishment for that Of
tense, and pointed out cases where such
a law would work great hardship.
Mr.. KEIFER, referring TO the Okla
boma question, said there was no color
Of right on the part of the whites to set
tie on or go upon Oklahoma lands, and
he protested against anything being said
in congress in defense of tho action of
those settlers. Every one OF them should
be driven at the point of the bayonet
from that territory.
The bill was then read by sections for
amendments.
Mr.. BURNS moved to amend the par
agraph appropriating $4,000 for the pay
ment OF interest to the Creek Indians
that sum shall be paid until the Creek
nation make and file an acceptance and
ratification of the survey made under
the treaty, and also statement i'm
| writing releasing the United States from
the seeming trust created by the treaty
as to half of the lands sold to the United
States by that treaty. 1t is under
this treaty that tho Oklahoma lands
were ceded to the United States.
The house, Mr.. Burns said, had been
! lold that q state of war existed in Okla
homa, and that settlers wore now face
to face with their destiny. That destiny
had peen under the command OF the
| United States army. There could be no
fair minded man who would claim that
this Oklahoma territory was not subject
TO trust created by treaty by which,
II 1t was ceded to the United States, set
| TIERS had no right to go ON the 0klahO-
ma lands. He said this in the face of
valued and esteemed constituency,
some of whom were desirous OF
going on these lands. He warned
the members of the committee that the
hleod which might be shed in that con-
liict would be on their hoads IL tbey
hesitated now and here to speak out
loudly to the people that they had DO
right to invade the Oklahoma country
/
the matter and save the threatened
bloodshed. Let this amendment be
adopted and compromise made. Why
all this trouble and commoton about
5000 square miles embraced ia the
Oklahoma strip?
Mr.. PERKINS contended that the In
dians' title TO the Oklahoma country had
been eXtinguished.
Mr.. ELLIS made the point of order
against the amendment, and 1t was
sanctioned by tho chair.
Mr.. ROGERS, of Arkansas, offered as
an amendment q proviso, that no part
OF the money, shall be paid unless the
Creek nation shall, within twelve
months, make and file in tho Office of
the secretary Of state an acceptance and
ratification Of the survey made and APP
proved by the department undo the
treaty of June II, 1866, and that addi-
tlonal lands acquired by tho United
states survey shall be held by the
United States under the provisions of
the treaty. Adopted.
Mr.. BARNES moved TO strike out the
paragraph, and in the course of his re.
marks declared that Oklahoma to day
was practically in the possession Of cat.
lie Ooia4 pnnios- Tho Land was cnvernd
with cattle rs thickly as a carcass with
flies. Cattle companies covered every
acre OF it, to the exc usion OF individual
settlers. Let congress investigate toe
subject, Tor on the settlement of the Ok.
lahnna question depended the blood OF
American citizens.
The motion to strike out was lost.
In tho discussion. which took some.
what of a conversational turn, between
Messrs. Holmon and Ellis upon GER
tain. paragraphs of the bill
words OF warm nature had passed be-
tween the two gentlemen, which were
not generally heard by members. Mr..
Holman had been making n iive-min-
ute speech, when Mr.. Ellis suggested
that tho remarks made by Mr.. Holman
had been cogitated upon for some days,
but that they should have been directed
to subsequent section.
Mr.. HOLMAN replied: "The gentle
man should be moro truthful In esti-
mating the time during which | had
studied my speeches."
Mr.. ELLIS angrily retorted that he
would permit no man TO impugn his
truth, here or elsewhere, and
that II any one did so
he would hold him 10 his responsibility.
Mr.. HOLMAN retorted that he had
heard such language before, and IL was
tho language of timiditv.
The matter was dropped.
After concluding consideration OF
twenty-one pages Of the bill, the COM
mittee rose, and the public business
having been suspended, the house pro.
ceeded TO consideration of the senate
resolution, relating to the death of Sena'
, tor Anthony, of Rhode Island. Eulo.
CYSTIC addresses upon the private life
and public services of the deceased sen
stor were delivered by Messrs. Chace
Spooner, Kelly, Holland Morse ant
koier, and the house, as an additional
mark of respect IN the momory of de
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