Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-26

VI CleI Sl1CS III IIduSIllSSlOu. LII case
Of war the United States may take
possession Of the line. Press , les
over the line shall not exceed half
the rate paid for ordinary messages.
The line must be laid and in working
order within two years from the ap-
prevail of the bill.
The senate was II session about two
hours, half Of that time being given
to Mr.. Stewart of Nevada in vigor-
Gus assault On the gold combine In
one respect the senator presented a
new phase of the subject with which
mis- name has been so much identified
in senate speeches. He urged that
the great depreciation of silver gave
to the cheap labor of Asia ire
mendous advantage in competing with
the domestic products of the Ameri-
can market. Japan in particular, he
said, was profting by this difference
of so per cent. between our money
and that of Japan, and Japanese mer-
chants were today underselling our
home producers in many lines of
goods. The only means of averting
this complete commercial supremacy
of the Asiastics was to place gold and
silver on an equal basis. Mr.. stewart
used severe language in arraigning
the gold syndicate, declaring that it
controlled national conventions, Sc
lected presidents and directed the at
fairs of the national administration.
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ceedings in the house were enlivened
by Mr.. Flynn, the delegate from Okla
homa, who asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a resolution
calling upon the secretary of the in
terror to inform the house of the reasons
for the delay in the appointment of the
allotting agents to allot lands to the
Wichita Indians and whether any of
the blood connections of the secretary
of the interior were interested in de-
laying the opening of those lands to
settlement.
Mr.. McMillin dem, Tenn thought
the resolution was not drawn in the
usual form. While examining it Mr.
Flynn called out: cit doesn't affect
any of your importations into Okla
homa''
q don't make importations, replied
Mr.. McMillin sharply.
We'll, Hoke Smith does for you,''
returned Mr.. Flynn.
Mr.. Maddox (dem., Ca was at first
disposed to object to the resolution,
but finally Withdrew his objection Mr.
Flynn then made a brief explanation
of the purport of the resolution. He
declared that the allotting agents re-
quircd by law to be appointed had not
been appointed. ct is a well-known
fact" said he, that Hoke Smith has
a lot Of relations who are profiting by
the delay in this matter They are
acting as attorneys for the Indians"
His attack on the secretary of the in
terror was bitter. He said, among
other things, that he had seen today a
contract by which man was to re-
ceive $2,7O0 if he could prevent Secre-
tary Smith from ratifying an agree
ment.
Mr.. Cooper (dem., Fla) took up the
cudgels on behalf of Secretary Smith.
He denounced Mr.. Flynn's "extraordi-
nary speech usually" said he. "the
gentleman from Oklahoma exhibits the
proper ideas Of decency in addressing
the house, but he has today sadly
failed" He protested that Mr. Flynn
had INDUCED in language concerning a
member Of the cabinet unbecoming a
member of the house, and euIOgized
Secretary Smith as "a man who stood
as high before the American people as
any man on this food
Mr. Flynn replied to Mr.. Cooper with
some temper. He admitted that he
had feelings in the matter and explain
ed the cause Of it in his trip to Wash
ington last spring. He had come ], 800
miles to see the president and find out
why Secretary Smith had not complied
with the law. He had written Mr.
Cleveland for an audience and after a
brief response from Private Secretary
Thurber mad waited in vain for week
to see him; he had appealed to Secre-
rary Smith and the commissioner of
the land office but to no avail. MI.
Flynn then demanded the previous
question and the resolution was adopt
ed Without division.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
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