The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-23
The House.

On motion of Mr.. Lanham, the Senate
amendments were concurred in, the House
bill authorizing the appointment of q COM
mission to run and mark the boundary line
between that portion of Indian Territory
and connection with similar commission
30 be appointed by the State of Texas.
Mr.. Cobb presented the conference report
on the Oregon Central Forfeiture bill. Agreed
to. The House recedes from its disagreement
to all Senate amendments.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr.. Ellis, an amendment was
adopted directing the Secretary of the In
terror to prepare a list of all approved and
pending claims of citizens on account of
Indian depredstions, and report the same to
Congress on the first Monday of next Dscem.
Der.
Chase then spoke in support OF the in
crease in the provisions for the Indians of
Fort Peck Agency.
Mr. 'Magin.is attributed the starving con-
ctiOn of the Indians of that agency to the
inefficiency of the Indian Department.
Mr.. Re8gan said il struck him as a curious
fact that the Government could always find
means of sppropriating money to feed set
of lazy vsgabond Indians but could never
find means of putting them to work.
Mr.. Hewett of New York. read letter he
said ne had received from Bishop Whipple,
Of Minnesota. who is now dying on the banks
of the Mediterranean impl0ring his good Of
fees for the Indians, and asking him TO re-
quest the Presidentelect to be deeply careful
in the selection of a Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs. No 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 APP
propristing $4,000 for an emergency fund,
TO be applied in case of necessity for the re-
lief of extraordinary cases of distress among
the Indian tribes. Ruled out on point OF
order.
On motion of Mansanares the amendment
was adopted sppropriating $50 600 for the
erection OF an Indian Industrial School at
Santa Re.
Mr.. Rogers. of Arkansas, moved TO amend
the provision prohibiting the introduction
of ardent spirits into the Indian Territory
by throwing out the minimum penalty inn
posed for violation of the prohibition. Lost.
Mr.. Cutcheon offered an amendment pro-
viding that any Indian committing against
the person or property of another Indian, or
other person, any OF the following crimes:
Murder, manslaughter, rape, assault with In
tent TO kill, arson, burglary and larceny,
shall be subject TO the laws Of such Terrific.
~ IN which such crime is committed aud
shall be tried therefor in the same courts aud
in the same manner, and shall be SUBJECT 10
W tic edAA1c pcudAllcc &c dIC JULIET DeIsJuS
charged with the commission of such crimes
and permitting Indians to prosecute in any
court any civil action at law equity.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Throckmorton an
amendment was adopted to give the United
states District Court for the Western Dis
trict of Arkansas civil jurisdiction over the
i've civilized tribes ia the Indian Territory.
afr. Ryan offered an amendmen authOriz-
ing the President to open negotiations with
the Creeks. Seminoles and Cherokees. for
The purpose of opening to settlement under
the homestead laws unassigned lands in the
Indian Territory, coded bv them to the
United States these are Oklahoma lands.
Adopted.
Mr. Ellis, in moving that the committee
rise. said IN the course Of debate on the
bills he had been betrayed by an intormity
of temper into sn expression of language
which he greatly regretted. He Withdrew
that language and made bis acknowledg
Tnent 10 the House. Mr.. Ellis had refer
eDcs to the controversy yesterday between
himself and Holman, and that gentleman
said the apology was satisfactory 10 him,
end he withdrew any improper remarks he
might have made
The committee then rose and reported the
bill TO tho House.
The previous question was ordered, and
the bill passed and the House adjourned.