The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-04-23

appointment of Commission to investigate
the question of the tariff. Placed on the cal.
eadsT S sn 1f the
addressed the Senate thereon. Hosse-
The Army Appropriation bill was taken
up and NJ: EwinetD:, % spoke briefly in de-
members Of the House Fl refusing to partici-
pate in q general debate Upon the bill. The
bill and an1endments then pas sed by strict
party vote. The conference report upon the
Census bill was agreed to.
q APRIL 14.-Nenate- Wallace intro
duced q bin--To define the amount and man.
ner of the purchase of public loans to be
made by the Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr.
the Committee On Pensions to report the bill
authorizing pensions to surviving soldiers
and sailors of the Mexican War. Mr.. Gail
I Hcsse9 atH motion Of Mr.. Ryan tR., Kan.j. a
bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to dispose OF part of Fort Dodge
Military Reservation TO actual settlers under
bill Incorporating the United States Com
mercial and River Plata Valley Improving
Company, for the purpose of aiding and In
creasing commercial relations between the
United States and the Argentine Republic,
was referred to the Committee of the Whole
The House then went into the Committee of
the Whole on the Indian appropriation bill :
APRIL 15.AEenate- The Post-route bill
was reported, ordered printed ana recon-
mittsd. A: number of private pension bills
passed The Geneva.Award bill was further
biz. ..... HoaseNThe indian appropriation bill
was considered m committee. Mr.. Ryan (R.,
Kan.) Offered an amendment providing that
all awards for provisions. or transportion of
sissippi or Missouri Valley. An evening ses-
sion was held for consideration of Naval bills.
APRIL i6-Senate- number of private
bills were disposed of, after which considera.
ton was resumed of the Geneva Award bill,
speeches being made by Messrs. Jones (Flori-
day and Carpenter. Adjourned till Monday.
80. .HoNse-A number of miscellaneous bills
which passed, for the removal of the pc.
litical disabilities 1, of Roger A. Pryor.
On motion of Mr.. Valentine r., Neb.) a bill
It when
stead or timber-culture claimant has filed q
written relinQuishment of his claim in the
local land office, the land covered by such
claim shall be open to entry. without further
action ON thepart of the commissioner of the
Public Land Office. Mr.. Cox, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a
steps to abrpeate, the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
The House then vent into Committee of the
Whole on the indian Appropriation bill. The
for provisions for Indians and for transporta-
ton shall be opened and contracts awarded
ut some suitable place in the Mississippi or
Missouri Valleys, was ruled out on q point of
order. Mr., Hooker o., Miss.) moved to
strike out the section appropriat-
ing $4,000 for expenses Of the Indian
4 There Il was no necessity,
he said,, for, this Commission. There
might have been, at one time. reason for its
but there was none for its continu-
ance. q II was 1spotMsi oticio., Mr.. Haskell
(R., Kan.) opposed the amendment. as
did also Mr.. Bedford (R, COlo.). Mr.. Hooker
notified his amendment SO as not only
to strike out the appropriation for expenses
the statutes providing for the appointment Of
a CpmmissiOn. The amendment, as modified,
was adopted without division. On motion Of
Mr.. Ryan R, kan;,),, an amendment was
supplies to Indians are made at least six
weeks notice be giyeni On motion of Mr.. e
d., TeX.), an amendment, was
adopted prohibiting officers or agents of
the army or Indian Bureau from giving per.
mission to any Indian on any reservation to
20 into the State of Texas Mr., Hooker sub
nitted AN amendment transferring the Indian
bureau from the Interior to the War Depart
ment, such transfer not to take effectuntl the \
expiration of the next fiscal year. Mr.. Has
Sell rose to Il point of order against the
amen iinent. Pending discussion of the point
Of order the committee rose. ..,uaa Il j. 90.