The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-03
UNDER DISCUSSION.
g;.e crr;se,.rr L, port e. a. :a5ian Ap-
DrODriStIon BGn Se! e.. inter
est In the senate-Fuu Account.


SSue of that paper gives tie most
-umpiete account We have seen OF the
discussion in the senate Cf the confer
.uce report on tie Indian apprupria ]
ion bill. And hy the way the Ann
iuGErrE 8, constrained TO remark
right here that the journal affords .
more Washington news concernin.
the Indian Territory than any paper
We know uf. The article in question .
j. Is follows;
Senator pettigIcw, chairman oi ths .
on Indian affairs. explain .
ed at length the purTo-r aud object ui .
{! hr proposed amendment 20 the gcu-
cral Indian bill relating tu tine work .
II The Dawes commission iu the ln-
dian Territory. lie explained how
he commission had been received Gy
the autocrat> uf the country. VINO
Save gubh.cd up all the property in
terc~ts and vino RUN tine country ia q
WAY oppressive 10 the real Indians.
Thc Dawes commission had been sent
< here Ia see il they could do SOME
thing with the gang combination.
and they had reported nO progress
and IL WAS useless Tor the commission
to return without something more 10
Go than was provided for in their
original instructions. lie named a
number Of whites vino had married
,uuawS. and also number Of half
breeds who had joined the monopoly
;Gc whole country @S against tue
real Indians. and recalled the fact
inat. under the pending provision.
thc commission is directed tu report
- congress the concentration AZ pro-.
r-iy among tac few against Tie inter
r>.S uf the many in that country. in
direct violation uf treaty rights
whrrr the government promises to
bold that country Tor tile use az the
real Indian aud not fur the >qu3W
ucn.
Senator Berry recalled the iaS'e~~-
u.>S ia that country, which interior
cd with property aHG lii" iu adiairin=
states. Tie same rage 90 ldwie>>fc>-
.m the state uf Arkansas aS in the lU-
dian Territory woulG rc-Ui, in l~,3
uurdegS iu ti,al stale iu "a ear. ana
,li. Wnuid l..-ult iu i.sart i;l Ia" bril-
declared iu aUy stale. aEd fer tti~
reason alone. the government -EuGia
sar 80 il that the original meaning 80
treaty lights j. carried out. even IL il
doe, interfere with the holdings al
the dcpraved white trash that iuie>t
that country with the weapons of the
assassin.
Gne of the interesting features nl
he debate was found in the activity
II Mr.. Hale Of Maine. who, in carry
ing out his old time opposition o.
Senator Dawes. insisted that the
amendment should not bc accepted.
| He wanted To upset the commission
for the reason that Mr.. Dawes is CON
ncricd with il. by reason uf the fact
that for years hc and Mr. Dawes did
not get along well in the Scaatc, MIR.
Hale concluded that things are get
tinc along all well enough in the In
alan Territory. At least this j. the
charitable explanation made 10y the
friends of Hale for his opposition. and
~ long aS tie lobby offers nu better
reason. il i supposed that this old
ltime tight can be- credited with th'
IdiSposltiun of Mr.. Hale 20 take al
active part in matter that h'
knows absolutely nothing about. a.
his observations fully bear witness
An the time. during the two hour
he matter was being discussed. Mr.
Hale took an active part with inter
ruptions. aud the main burden OF hi
~ong was Sumcihiu. about pariiameu
.arv entanglemeni>
Senator Platt insisted that the r.
I mort of the ccnferec> iS lcgitimatel
'uuuGrd on the senate amendment
{ providing money To maintain tn
. Dawes commission. The Dawes con
! mi, iaa was appointed 30 find som
D ,ian for bringing To an cad the terr
r ,,c coalition Of the Indian Territory
II was shown that the commiSSio
: ..an rnt accomplish what j. desire
+ unless The power, Of tie cOmmiSsiu
Z are enlarged In most of the appr'
/. nri.ticn bills legislation had been II
! iected. MIR. Hale was very anNiot
To challenge the statement, for i
could not recall that the senate ha
ever allowed similar legislation To
Injected into an appropriation bill
II Mr.. Platt cited that, once upon
d time. Mr.. Hale had injected tweni
10 sections in military bill; also TIN
o the senate had taken four states I'M
he Union in conference. II all :
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