Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-22

iANtHANN NVhocCo exported 10 foreign 1
countries from all duty as means
of stimulating and increasing our
foreign trade III this important to,
bacco manufacture.
MIR. Dihble Of South Carolina, from
the committee on agriculture reported
me agriculture appropriation bill
terred To the com mittee oil tue whole.
The house theL went into commit-
tee Of the whole ON the Indian appro.
prlation bill
Mr.. Rogers OF Arkansas criticised
that section of the bill which prohibits
the introduction II ardent spirita into
the Indian territory in that IL fixes a
minimum punishment for that off nse
and pointed uut cases where such a
law would work great hardship.
Keller OF OHIO, referring to the Ok
lahOma question, said that there was
no color OF right on the part VI the
white settlers to 20 upon the Okiaho.
ma lands, and protested against any
thing being said in congress In defence
of the action of the settlers He said
all of them should be driven ut the
point Of the bayonet from that terri.
tory.
The bill was then reSd by sections
for amendments.
amend the paragraph appropriating
S45, 900 for the payment az Interest no
tue ,reek Indians by adding pro-
vision that no part Of the
sum shall be paid until
the Greek nation make and file
an acceptance and ratification OF the
survey made under the treaty and also
a statement in writing releasing the
United States from the seeming trust
created by the treaty as 10 the half Of
the lands sold to the United
States by that treaty. (It is
under this treaty that the Oklaho-
ma lands were ceeed 10 the United
St4tes). The house, Mr.. Burnts said,
bAd been told that a state If war ex-
listed In Oklahoma, and that the set
| tiers were now face to face with their
destiny; that destiny had been under
the command of the United sta ca ar
my. There could be no fair-mindsd m n
who would claim that this
Oklahoma territory was not sub
iAct 10 the trust created by
q relty by which, II 1t WIS
oeded ~ tue United States, settly rs had
no right 10 go on the Oklahoma
lands He said this IN the face OF q
valued and esteemed constituency,
some Of whom were DESTROYS of K ing
on these lands. He warned the mem-
| bers OF the C 'mmittee that the blood
/ which might be shed in that
conflict would be on their
heads IL they hesitate now and
there to p ak out loudly to the people
that they mad no right to invade the
| Oklahoma country at this time. Let
cOngr, SO compromise the mater aud
save thre4 ened blood he'd Let this
amendmenJ bs ad opted aud a cOmprO-
mise be made. Why all this trouble
aud cOmmolion about the five thou
sand square miles embraced in the
Oklahoma strip?
Mr.. Perkins of Kansas oontended
that the Iudians' title tO the OklRho-
ma country had been extinguished
| Mr. Ellis of l. ,uisiana made point
! of order agail 81 he amendment and II
was sustained by the chair.
Mr.. Rogers of Arkansas offered an
amendment which provided that no
part of the money shall be paid unless
the Greek nation shall within twelve
months make and file In the office of
the secretary oil state an acceptance
aud ratification OF the treaty made and
approved by the department under
the trety Of June Ia, 1866 and that
the additional lands acquired by the
United S ed survey shall be held
by the United States under the pro-
visions Of the treaty adopted.
Mr.. Barnes moved To strike out
the paragraph and in the
course of his remarks declared
%, LII, 10, ia. 4
in the possession of cattle companies.
The land was covered with cattle as
thick a. q carcass was with flies
acre OF il TO the exclusion
of individual settlers. Let congress
investigate the subject, for on the set
Element of tie Okiannma. question de-
.ndtd the blood OF American citizens
The motion b strike out was lost. In
the discussion which took somewhat
nf a Conversational turn between Hol.
man and Ellis upon certain para
grapha of the bill, words of q
warm nature pa sed between the
two gentlemen which were not gener
ally heard by the members Mr. Ii IL
man had been making five minute
speeches when Mr.. Ellis 81 geated
that the remarks made by Mr. HHl.
man had been commented upon for
some dsye, but Il st they should have
be, II directed to subsequent cii0n
Mr. ii Imam replied that the gentle
man should be more truthful in esti
mating the TIME during which he
(Holmaq) studied his sneeches.
Mr. Ellis angrily retored that he
would permit no man TO impu2n biz
truth, here or elsewhere, and that i
anyone did SO, be would hold him tC
his responsibility
Mr.. HOLMAN retprted that he had
heard such language before and II
WAS the language of iimidity. The
matter was here dropped
After C including the consideration
OF twenty.one pages Of the b II the
committee rose ana the puollc business
having been suspended the house pro
! ceeded 10 tlie consideration Of the sen
ale resolution relating 10 thu
de .th of ) enat0r Anthony
81 Rhode leland. Eul'gy
addresses upon the private life anf
public services OF the decreased senato