Show OKLAHOMA STIRS EM UP flynn sails into S secretary y hoke smith lively scene in the house Pro proposition post to increase membership of committees Z washington dec 16 the proceedings in in the I 1 house louse were ocene opened by C cannon an rep ill offering are a resolution lution lor for consideration tomorrow of an amendment to the rules lor for an in increase inc s in the membership of the leading committees from fifteen to seventeen the number in last house and tor for the creation of an additional commatee comm itee on elections the resolution 4 as adopted after crisp stated the tile minority mino rily would not object tot to the he increased k membership but certainly would oppose the creation of an additional dit lonal ional election committee flynn rep okla asked unanimous content for consideration of a resolution calling upon the secretary of the interior to inform the house of the reasons for delay in the appointment of allott allotting in cents agents to allot land to wichita indians and whether any blood connections of the of the interior were interested in delai delaying ing the opening of those lai da to settle settlement ment mcmillan Ilan illan dem thought the resolution was not drawn in the usual form while he be wa was examining it flynn callebout called calle dout out it dont affect any iny of your importations into oklahoma 1 I dont make importations replied mcmillan Ilan sharply well hoke smith does for you returned flynn Mci lillan protested that this wag was not the occasion for levity he ile pointed out the defect in the resolution and at flynne flynns request the words it if not incompatible with public interests were inserted bynn made a brief n he ile declared that allotting allo ting agents required by law bad not been appointed it is a well known fact said sad he that hoke smith has a lot of relations who are profiting by the be delay in this matter they ere are acting as attorneys for the indians his attack on the secretary of the interior was vias bitter he ile said among other things he had seen today a contract by t which ft a man was as to receive 2700 it if he could prevent secretary see r detary smith from ratifying the agreement cooper dem fla denounced flynn flynns e extraordinary speech he lie protested prote eted that flynn had indulged in language concerning a member of the I 1 t cabinet unbecoming a member of the house and eulogized secretary smith as A it mail man who ulio stood as high before the r americal Amer icari ri people aa as any man on this floor replied with some temper he ile admitted that he bad feelings feeling sinthe in the matter and explained the cause of f it in his kis trip to washington last tpring spring ue lie ahad come 1500 miles to seethe eee the president and find out why secretary smith bad had not inot complied with the law few he ile had written cleveland for an audience and had waited in vain for a wel week welk k to eee see him he ile had appealed to secretary smith and the commissioner of the land office but 6 to no avail flynn then demanded the previous I 1 question the resolution was adopted ia without division divi aion |