The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-18

tary of the Treasury for statement Of the ac-
count between the United States and the several
States and Territories of direct taxes levied and
aDp0rtioned by the act of 1861. Adopted
Mr.. Wait, Of Connecticut, from the committee
on foreign affairs reported back resolution
calling on the Secretary of State for copies of
recent correspondence between the Secretary of
State and the United States minister at The
Hague touching the subject of taxation of
petroleum in Holland and in the Dutch colonies,
and that of the export therefrom of leaf tobacco
to the United States. Adopted -
The report accompanying the resolution states
that the correspondence called for relates to the
proposed measure of retaliation on the part of
the government Of The Netherlands, by way of
an increased duty on petroleum imported into
that country from the United States because of
| the duty imposed by the United States On leaf
tobacco.
Mr.. Culberson, of Texas, from the judiciary
committee. reported bill to amend the act regu-
latng the removal of causes from State to fed
eral courts. Placed on the House calendar
Mr.. Dorgan, of South Carolina, from the COM
mittee on military affairs, reported bill to re-
place unserviceable ordnance issued to the
militia Of the States and Territories. Referred
to the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Peel. of Arkansas, from the committee on
Indian affairs reported back a Senate bill grant
ing the right of way through the Choctaw and
Chickasaw lands to the St. Louis s. San Francis
CO Railroad Company. Placed on the House
calendar
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, from the COM
mittee on claims. reported the bill providing for
the payment of the adjudcated 18th of July
claims. Referred TO the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Burns, of Missouri, from the committee
on appropriations. reported back the urgent de-
ficiency appropriation bill, with Senate amend
ments
Mr.. Burns explained the report OF the COM
mittee. Concurrence was recommended in some
amendments. and inconvenience in others.
The report of the committee was agreed to, and
the House went into committee of the whole
Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, in the chair--on the
Indian appropriation bill.
Mr.. Wellborn, of Texas in closing the debate,
said that the history of the Indian policy was a
dark record of broken treaties. fraudulent devi-
ces and treacherous practices. The government
had entirely forfeited the confidence of the In
dians When he reflected that this mighty do
main reached from the great lakes of the North
to the Southern seas and covered the vast extent
between the oceans which washed our Eastern
and Western shores; when he reflected that this
vast territory had been wrested from the Indian
race, he was filled with amazement that gentle
men complained the government was dealing 200
literally with the Indians Not only was he
filled with amazement, but the conviction forced
itself on his mind that, in the sight of Him who
held in His hand the destinies of nations as we'll
as the fortunes of individuals, no atonement
would be acceptable until the remaining Indians,
through thu energy and benevolence of the gov
eminent, had been lifted to the plane of our civ
lization and enriched by the richest of all earth
ly boons-American citizenship The education
of the Indian race in America, he ssd was the
solution of the Indian problem, and it was the
only solution. The country the right
track, the train was in motion and moving for
ward day by day, and unless distractions were
placed in the way, it would soon reach the APP
pointed destinaton-the civilization and citizen
ship of the American Indian.
The bill was then read by paragraphs for
amendments. and shortly afterwards the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.