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Show INDIAN SENATORS CLASH. Have Wordy Battle Which Proves. Entertaining to Senators. Washington. A highly dramatlo Bceno, In which two Bcnatqrs with In- dlnn blood In tltclr veins, nnd mem- hers of former Indian tribes, cnrrlod on nn nnlmated and acrimonious do-bato, do-bato, marked tho proceedings of tho senato on Thursday. Senator Owon of Oklahoma, a member ot tho Chor-okoo Chor-okoo nntion, fought by means ot n wordy bnttlo, to havo tho word "lato" placed beforo tho designation ot tha "Fivo Civilized Tribes" declaring that he wanted to record tho death dt tho old tribal relations. Senator Curlts ot Kansns, who Is part Kaw Indian, taunted his fellow senator with tho Btatement that he was under tho control con-trol of tho secretary of tho Interior, and there ensued a wordy bnttlo that entertained both senators and visitors visit-ors in tho galleries. When tho sennto voted on tho proposition It was) against tho contention of Mr. Owon. |