The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. Il. ,e5.

WASHINGTON, u. u. Dec. Ii, 70.
The resolution of Mr.. Barrett
Member of Congress. of Mass. for tht
| impeachment of Ambassador Bayard
| for iinprudent speeches made recently
in London has caused good deal OF
talk. Nothing further will grow out
of the resolutions. however, thar
perhaps the eensure. by resolutions, OF
Mr.. Bayard. The leaders of the House
of Representatives are not quite ready
to embark on 50 big a job at this time
as impeachment proceedings.
The absence of the President. of
hunting. particularly at time when
the Venezuelan matter is receiving sc
much attention. is causing much un-
favorable comment on all sides. The
ways of Mr.. Cleveland are almost past
finding out. -
Already a number of finance bills
have been introduced. among them
one from Senator Mills, of Texas. it
substance is as follows:
Directing the Secretary of the
Treasury TO have all the silver in the
Treasury coined into subsidiary coin,
and providing that when the revenues
of the government shall be insufficient
to meet the current expenses of the
government the Secretary shall issue
non interest bearing legal tender
Treasury notes in amount sufficient to
cover the deficiency and pay ont the
same in the current expenditures Of the
government. and also that when the
gold reserve In the Treasury shall be in
excess of 800, 600. 900 and legal tender
notes are presented for redemption i'll
coin, they shall be redeemed in either
gold or silver coin at the discretion OF
the Secretary. The bill also provides
that when the reserve shall fall below
800 900. 900 the Secretary shall redeem
the notes in silver. 1t closes with a
declaration for the maintenance Of the
parity of the two metals. and provision
for the repeal of all laws authorizing
the issuance of interest bearing
bonds.
The long and useful career of Judge
Allen Ct. Thurman came TO a close
Thursday afternoon the f2th, inst. at
his home in Columbus. Ohio. The end
was peaceful in the extreme and without
sign of physical distress. At the
instant of dissolution. and for some
hours before. Judge Thurman had been
lying in an unconscious condition. He
passed merely from sleep temporal to
sleep eternal, and the change was
hardly noticeable, even to the loved
ones who surrounded his bedside. Gov.
Mckinley issued proclamation an
nouneing the death and ordered the
flags on the state house to be lowered to
half mast and kept there until after his
funeral.
w. J. and A. J. Watts. of Muldrow,
N. J. Crawford. of Choteau, and II.
II. Hubbard. of Alton, Cherokee
Nation. are in the city. representing
the Cherokee Nation Citizens Asso
citation, comprised of 10, 900 persons
known as the Cherokee Squatters. >
The Cherokee Indians asked for the
eviction of these .ssqnatters and the
order for eviction was obtained. The
report of the Dawes Commission. how
ever. resulted in suspending the eviction
until January /. 1896. and the four
representatives are here to ask Congress
to make further suspension. pending
the trial of the matter in the courts.
They claim that they are in reality
Cherekees, that they have intermarried
and become Indians under Indian laws
and hold that il they are evieted $500. ..
900 worth of improved land will be
eonfiscated.
Webster Flanagan. of Texas. who is
better known to fame as Web
Flanagan, the man who wanted to
know What are we here for?' is in
the city.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, intro
dueed Monday a joint resolution author
izing the Secretary of the Interior to
suspend the removal of 'intruders
from the Cherokee country until further
action of Congress. After explanation
the joint resolution was passed
Senator Platt Tuesday introduced in
the Senate the following joint
resolution:
THAT the condition of the Indian
Territory, as regards population,
occupation of the land, and the absence
of adequate government for the security
of life and property, has SO changed
since the making of treaties with the
Five Civilized Tribes that the United
States is no longer under either legal or
moral obligations to guarantee or
permit tribal Indian government in said
Territory and should at once take such
steps as may be necessary to protect the
rights and liberties of all the inhabit
ants of said Territory. -
Senator Berry has re- introduced his
Indianola bill for the organization of
the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
into state and will make a speech on
il in few days.