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Show TO HAVE CONFERENCE ON INDIAN Aff AIRS WASHINGTON, March When the Senate convened today Messrs. Clapp, McCumber and Dubois ' were appointed as a commltee to confer with a like committee from the House on the bill providing for the settlement of the affairs af-fairs of the five civilized tribes of Indians. In-dians. , The bill providing for the "Increase of the efficiency of the medical department depart-ment of the army" was called up and Mr. Hale spoke in opposition to 1C He' said that the bill was one of many prepared pre-pared by the general staff of the army, intended to accomplish the Increase of the army, which he believed undesirable. undesira-ble. He added a word expressing his conviction that the plan was that of . the general staff, and not of the Secretary Secre-tary of War. |