The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-17

fering a resolution for consideration
tomorrow of an amendment to the
rules for the increase Of membership
in the leading committees from 10 TO
IL (the number in the last House) ana
for the creation of an additional COM
mittee on elections. The resolution
was adopted after Crisp had stated
that the minority would not object to
increased membership, but certainly
would oppose the creation or an ad-
ditional election committee.
Mr.. Flynn (Rep., Oklahoma) asked
unanimous consent for the consldera-
ton of resolution calling upon the
secretary of the interior to inform the
House of the reasons for the delay in
the appointment of ailoting agents to
allot land to the Wichita Indians. and
whether any blood connections or the
secretary Of the interior were interest
ed in delaying the opening or those
lands to settlement.
Mr.. McMillin (Dem.) thought the
resolution was not drawn up In the
usual form.
While he was examining it. Mr..
Flynn called out: cit does not affect
any of your importations into Okla
homa?'
Il don't make any Importation" re-
piled Mr.. McMillin sharply. :,
"Well, Hoke Smith does Tor you,
returned Mr.. Flynn.
Mr.. McMillin protested that this was
not the occasion for levity. he point,
ed out the defect in the resolution ana
at Mr.. Flynns request, the words III
not Incompatible with public IN
terests,' were inserted.
Mr. FLYNN nllade a brief explanation.
He declared the alloting agents re-
quired by law had not been appointed.
1T is a well known fact said ne,
chat Hoke Smith has a lot OF rela-
lions who are protiting by delay IN
this matter They are acting as at
torneys forsthe Indians
His attack on the secretary OF the IN
terror was bitter. He said among other
things, that he had seen today "a con-
tract by which "a man was to receive
50, 700 if he could prevent Secretary
Smith from ratifying the agreement:
Mr.. Cooper Oem) of Flor1da,. de-
nounced Hymns extraorolndIy
speech" He protested that Flynn had
INDUCED in language concerning a
member of the cabinet unbecoming a
member of the house, and eulogized
Secretary Smith as a man who stood
high before THE American people as
amy man on this floor.
Mr.. FLYNN replied with some temper
He admitted he had feelings In the
matter and explained the cause OF II
in his trip to washington Last spring
He had come 1900 miles to see the
PRESIDENT and find out why Secretary
Smith had not complied with the law
He had written Cleveland for am au-
dience and waited in vain for "a week
to see him He appealed to Secretary
Smith and the commissioner of the
land office, but to no avail.
MIR. Flynn then demanded the pre-
vious question. The resolution was
adopted without division.
On motion of Mr.. Moody (Rep), OF
Massachusetts, by unanimous consent
b bill was passed for the amendment
of the act of 1878 for the Establishment
of bonded warehouses for the storing
and cleaning of rice for export, so as
to include permission for curing amo
repacking fish for export in such ware
houses. Several requests for unani,
nous consent were refused, several OF
them relating ITO the printing of peti,
lions for the recognition of the Cuban
belligerents, after which, at lao, the
house adjourned.