Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-11
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

WASHINGTON Jan. 10.--The Senate committee
On naval affairs directed to inquire into the
expediency of providing that the chiefs of
bureaus of steam engineering, provisions,
clothing medicine and surgery at the naval
department, be selected from officers whose
relative rank is not below that of captain.
BoUNTIEs.
Senator Allison, at the request of Senator
kirkwood, in New Orleans, introduced bill to
provide for an additional bounty to soldiers of
the war of the rebellion. Referred.
DR.. WALKER.
The petition of DR.. Mary E. Walker for a.
pension. was also referred.
SUGAR.
Senator Davis, ILL.,. presented Il petition of
the wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar of
Chicago, demonstrating against the recon-
mendation of the secretary of the treasury
that high and low grades of sugar be admitted
at one tate of duty. Referred.
DAKOTA.
Senator Sargent introduced bill permitting
Dakota to become State. Referred.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
The bill amending the patent laws was laid
aside and the Indian appropriation bill
taken up.
Senator Window said the amendments to the
bill were but few. As it passed the House it
'appropriates St6Sl,27S The estimates were
"a, 933,244, SO il would be seen that the House
mad substantially cOnformed to the estimates
The net amount added by the Senate COM
mittee on appropriations was 55S,577, and the
most mportant items in the amendment were
81, 500 for the Northern CHEYENNE and Araphoe
Indians $685. 800 for the Sioux, and $29,4OO for
pay of Indian police. The amendments pro-
posed by the committee on appropriations
We're agreed to as follows: For pay of seventy
one Indian agents instead of seventy-four as
IN the House BILL increasing the appropriation
Tor the Northern Cheyennes and Ara phoes from
$4,000 to ss7, 500. and that for the Sioux of
different tribes from $l5 900 to 500, 400.
The committee reported amendment to
strike out of the House bill the clause directing
the President to prohibit the removal of the
Apaches and other Indians of Arizona and New
Mexico to the Indian Territory.
Senator Maxey moved to nonconcur in the
amendment of the committee. and said that
the i've civilized tribes residing in the In
dian Territory were prosperous, and it was
detrimental to these Indians, as well as to the
States bordering that Territory to bring
wild tribes of Indians among them.
Senator ingalls, said during the past six years
process had been going gradually of con-
centratlng unfriendly Indians into the Indian |
Territory. The Modocs, Northern Cheyennes,
and various other bands, had been concentrated
there in September last. In consequence Of the
unlawful concentration of Cheyenne Indians
an the Indian Territory not less than thirty
citizens of Kansas were massacred in cold blood
by these Indians who had been placed in the
Indian Territory by the executive department
of the government without the authority of
Congress, and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of property was destroyed. At the
proper time he would move to enlarge the pro-
vision of the House bill so as to forbid the in
PRODUCTION Of any Indians into the Indian
Territory without the consent of Congress.
After some further discussion the Senate re-
fused to concur in the amendment of the COM
mittee on appro riations to strike out the
clause by a vote of yeas 2, nays 80.
The following amendments of the committee
were agreed to, increasing the number of pri-
Yates for Indian police from 400 to 800, and
the number of officers from so to 100 and ap-
proprlating for that service from $50, 800 to
100000.
An amendment reported by the committee to
strike out of House bill the clause authorizing
the secretary of the interior under direction of
the President, to use any surplus that may re-
main in any of the appropriations made by the
bill for the purchase of subsistence for the
several Indian tribes, and to supply any sub
sisteuce deficiency that may occur for any
tribe, providing, however, that the funds ap-
propriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall
not be used, was agreed to.
The bill having been considered in commit
tee OF the whole was reported to the Senate
the amendments made in committee were con-
CURED in, and the bill read a third time and
passed.
Tho Senate went into executive session. and
when the doors reopened adjourned until
Monday.