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Daily Kennebec Journal.
Forty.SecOnd Congressional Session
w AsHINGToN, 3.
SENATE.


In the Senate to-day the Indian appropria-
ton bill came up and gave rise to the annual
discussion of our Indian policy which con-
tinued all day.
MIR. Wright moved to amend the appropria-
ton for the Teton and Sioux Indians in Mon
tana from 100000 to 100000.
Mr.. Sawyer said that the secretary of the
interior thought that $500, 900 was necessary
to feed and take care of these Indians be-
cause if they were not provided for they
would be almost certain to interfere with
the operations on the Northern Pacific Rail
road, and then it would be necessary to spend
greater sum fighting them.
AT 30 o'clock the Senate adjourned until
Monday.
Mr.. Starkweather explained the bill for the
payment of Alabama claims, cited the pre-
cedents for it and advocated its passage.
Mr.. Butler opposed the sbill, but wanted to
have it amended by providing that the amend
ment be submitted to the arbitration of Ge-
neva as part of the direct damages sustained
by the United States under the Genervic
term of Alabama claims
MIR. Starkweather was afraid the amend
ment would embarrass the bill, and suggested
that it should be offered as an independent
proposition.
Mr.. Butler-I desire that the money shall
be paid out of money not otherwise appro
priated in the English treasury not in the
United States treasury.
Mr.. Starkweather favored the making Eng
land pay not only the direct but indirect dam
ages, but that matter should come up by it.
self.
Mr. Hale moved to amend by striking out
the words according to the law regulating
prize cases" and inserting the words "accord-
ing to the pay roll of the ship at the time"
Agreed to.
Mr.. Cox opposed the bill, saying that prize
money was a relic of the past and that it ap
piled only to property captured. not de-
stroyed and that there should be no dscrimi
nation in that respect between the army and
navy.
Mr.. Brooks conceded in the views ex-
pressed by Mr.. Cox.
The bill was then passeo-s9 to 81.
The bill to pay NJ. Green $4,000, in full
for use by the government of his patent ma
chine for bending chain cable links, connect.
ing shackles and tackle hasps, was passed.
The bill authorizing the construction of a
railroad bridge across the Mississippi river at
Fort Madison, Iowa, was passed.
The House then went into committee on
the whole on the army appropriation bill.
Mr.. Whitehouse accused the administration
of extravaganza.
Mr.. Dickey wanted to know how much
Tennessee contributed to the revenue of the
government.
Mr.. Whitehouse replied that Tennessee
contributed more than Pennsylvania did.
Pennsylvania was draining the money from
the people instead of contributing to the rev.
enue.
Mr.. Coburn said he would as soon expect
an incendiary who burned his house to lee
ture him upon the expenditures in rebuild
ing it, as to hear lecture from Tennessee
on the extravaganza of the government.
He asserted that the expenses Of the army
were not beyond the range of reasonable
economy.
Mr.. Dawes replied to some structures made
in a speech of Mr. Slocum's some weeks ago,
in regard to politics in the navy yards and
armories.
Mr.. Slocum asserted on his honor that he
knew of case in the midst of the war and
when the fate of the country was at stake,
where one of the head mechanics in an ar
mory, and a man of great skill, had been re-
moved and politician put in his place. No
one dared rise and deny that the navy yards
were filled with politicians. He had positive
proof that delegation of rebels came to
Washington to get skilled workmen removed
from the Charlestown navy yard and politi-
clans appointed in their places.