Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-04-08
xLsI CONGRESS : FIRST SESSION.
Senate.


In the absence of Vice President Wheeler
Mr.. Thurman was elected President pr,
TEN.
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill was placed on the calendar.
! The Ute Indian bill was taken up.
Discussion ensued.
/ Mr.. kirkwood moved to strike out the
words ''Or until the president shall be con.
vinced that every possible effort to effect
such surrender has been made" so that nc
money shall be paid the White River Utes
until the guilty Indians are in fact '.surren.
dered or apprekended."
| After discussion, Mr.. Kirkwood amended
I ms amendment so as TO provide that the
agreement shall not take effect until the guilty
men are shown to be dead or to have left the
United Ctates, and so as to include all men
who committed all outrages after massacre.
Amendment adopted.
Mr.. Davis offered an amendment providing
the S25, 200 set apart by the agreement of
1874 be expended in practical industrial edu-
cation of Ute youths.
Messrs. Teller, ingalls, and Allison op-
posed.
Mr.. Pendleton advocated the amendment.
House.
The House refused to dispense with the
morning hour. The pending question was
then upon reference of bill authorizing con-
tract with the San Antonio & Mexican Border
r. Il. Co., for the erection of a railroad from
San Antonio 10 Laredo.
A scene of great excitement took place in
committee of the whole in connection with
the amendment relating TO army surgeons
Mr.. Sparks of ILL.,, who had offered an
amendment coming from the committee on
military affairs. wanted when the amendment
was defeated in the committee of the whole
vote upon il in the House and desired Mr.
Clymer, who had charge of the army appro-
priation bill, to promise the amendment might
be offered in the House.
Mr.. Clymer declined to make this promise
in advance and denied there had been any
such application made to him on the part OF
the military committee.
Mr.. Sparks became very angry and spoke
of Mr.. Clymer being buldozed and cajoled.
and then leaning over the desk toward Mr..
Clymer and shaking his fist violently he de-
clared that if Clymer insinuatcd the amend
ment did not come from the committee on
military affairs he lied. This he repeated
more than once.
Mr.. Clvmer's only retort was that he.
Sparks, could not insult him.
Finally the offensive words spoken by Mr..
Sparks was read from the reporters manu-
script and the question was discussed whether
the committee must rise and report the mat
ter to the House.
The committee having risen, the matter
was reported to the House.
Mr.. Sparks made an explanation which Mr.
Clymer considered wholly satisfactory.
The Speaker regarded the Objectionable
language as Withdrawn, and suggested its
erasure from the records.
The House resumed in committee of the
whole consideration OF the army appropria-
ton bill That portion which provides that
under certain circumstances commutaton
shall be paid to enlisted men in lieu of ra-
tions, was stricken out.
An amendment was adopted authorizing
the President, on request of any Incorporated
college or institution of learning having capac-
ity to educate l50 male students, to detail an
officer on the retired list to act as president,
superintendent or professor there of.
Mr.. Sparks offered an additional section,
providing that no money appropriated In this
act shall be paid for substance, equipment,
transportation or compensation of any portion
of the army of the United States to be used as
police force to keep peace at the polls at any
election.
Mr. Keifer rose to point of order, but
pending decision,
Adjourned.