The morning news., 1894-07-28
REMOVAL OF The APACHES.
Protests Against the Transfer Made in
Vain in the House.

Representatives From Oklahoma and
Arizona Predict a Renewal of Atroci-
ties if the Redskins Are Removed
From Mount Vernon Barracks-vig-
orous Opposition TO the Bill to Settle
Florida s Indian War Claims.
Washington, July 21 In the House to-
day, after the passage Of a few private
bills under unanimous consent, Mr.. Outh-
waite presented the conference report on
the military appropriation bill. The
adoption of the report was earnestly OPP
posed by Mir Flynn rep, of Oklahoma
and MIR Smith dem, of Arizona, for the
reason that the bill authorized the Secre-
tary of War to transfer the Geronimo
band Of Apache Indians, now confined in
Mount Vernon barracks. Ala, to military
reservations. 1t also carried an appropri-
alton Of 900 to buy them household and
agricultural implements. Messrs. Flynn
and Smith protested against the transfer
in the name of the murdered settlers, the
victims of the Indian atrocities in former
years, and stated that whatever distance
separated them after they had once
passed the Mississippi river would be as
nothing to them, and they would soon get
together again in their old haunts of mur-
der and blood in the White mountains,
and enter upon their career of slaughter
and destruction.
Messrs Cultivate and Hull, rep, of
Iowa defended the report. They said it
was not the intention of the Secretary OF
War to move those Indians at Mount Ver-
non for the commission of crimes; but 1t
trn inf aH 70 Al on md
children the same chance that other hu-
man beings have TO do for themselves.
Neither the government nor the people of
the country, they said desired to keep
200 women and children in prison all their
lives for the sins of their fathers.
The report was agreed to.
NEWS FROM THE SENATE.
AT this point the flow of returning
members, who had been attending upon
the session of the Senate set in, and in a
few minutes the action of that body upon
the request of the House for further
conference on the tariff bill became
known on the floor, and was actively dis
cussed.
1t was 8:15 O'Clock when Secretary Cox
appeared at the door to communicate the
action officially to the House. This hav-
ing been disposed, of the House proceeded
to the further consideration Of bills.
The House vert into a committee Of the
whole, with Mr.. Baileyin the chair, upon
the bill TO authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to settle the account be-
tween the general government and the
state of Florida, under the authority Of
the act approved March q 1889, known as
the deficiency act, and to pay the balance
found TO be due. The amount involved is
about 5000, 900 for expenditures made by
Florida during the Indian war of 1868.
II was advocated by Messrs. Mallory and
Cooper of Florida.
Mr.. Davis, pop, of Kansas opposed the
passage of the bill, and alleged that the
hostllIties grew out of attempts by the
shareholders to suppress the sentiment In
favor of liberty among the Indians and
negroes.
COUSINS OPPOSES THE BILL.
Mr.. Cousins. rep, of Iowa, who made a
minority report adversely TO the bill,
spoke against its passage. He based his
objection mainly upon the ground that
the troops for whose services 10 was
sought to reCompense Florida did not
come within the constitutional require
ment governing the enlistment of troops
by a state. He said that at that time there
were but % hostile Indians, while the
United States had nearly 5000 regular
and volunteer troops in the field. He
looked upon the claim as huge joke, and
as q manifestation of the habit that Flor
ida had fallen into of having a claim
pending in congress to reimburse her fop
expenditures on account of the Indian
war.
The bill was further opposed by Mr..
Bartlett, dem, of New York, which carr
ried the session to O'Clock, when, under
the rules, q recess was taken.
At the evening session eight pension
bills were considered and fayorably re-
ported. At 9:45 O'Clock the House adj
iourned