Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-20
THE DEFICIENCY BILL FIGHT.-There will be
music in the Senate over the deficiency bill

which yesterday passed the House. The repub-
lican Senators intend to fight it as bitterly as
they did the repeal Of the election laws in the
extra session. Messrs Conkling and Carpenter
the bill party question. 1t is rumored that
they will not be able to command entire party
support in the Senate, because of suspicion
that their purpose In taking the lead is TO engi-
neer the debate so as to help a certain presiden-
tial candidate. While the vote in the House
upon the passage of the bill was not strictly par
tisan, it is regarded as a party measure.
Field and Buttefworth were the only republi-
cans who voted for it, while six democrats
Blackburn Hooker, Hood, Mckenzie Smith and
Turner-voted against it. In committee of the
whole number of prominent republicans such
as Garfield, Hiscock, Kelley ana Rice voted for
the measure; but they voted no on its final pas
sage. an indication that the republicans had de-
termined to fight the bill. Should the republi-
can Senators come up soiidly in opposition to it
there is a strong probability OF its being vetoed.
At any rate, there will be heated political dis
some of the memories of the extra session. The
bill cannot very well come up in the Senate be-
fore "Wednesday, as 1t must first be acted on by
disposition on both Sides, however, to bring it It
forward as soon as practicable, and it will no
doubt be taken up early next week.
LANDS IN INDIAN TERRITORY.-In response to
the Senate resolution of the 18th instant Offered
by Mr.. CockrelD calling for information as to
all applications made by railroad companies or
corporations for lands in the Indian territory
and the Interior departments action thereon,
and for Gel titled copies of all patents issued to
Indians tribes In that territory, Secretary SchuTZ
yesterday transmitted to the Senate report
from the Commissioner Of the General Land
Onice enclosing eXemplif1cationS from the
records Of three patents issued, respectively, to
the Cherokee Nation in 1885, to the Choctaw
Nation in 1s42, and 10 The Creek Nation in 1852.
ana says: Relative to that portion OF the reSO-
luton which calls for copies of 'each and all
applications filed in said department by any and
all railroad companies and corporations claim
ng land in said Indian territory under acts of
Congress or other authority, together with the
full action and proceedings Of his department
thereon" Comm issioner Williamson reports that
mo applications Of the nature stated are On the
Kansas and Texas railway company (formerly
the Union Pacific railway company, southern
branch,) have filed maps OF definite location,
boundary of the territory, and for branch line
from point on the main line to Fort Smith,
Arkansas. No action has ever been taken on
company {now the St Louis and San Francisco
railway company have filed maps of definite To-
cation OF its main line of route from the eastern
to TO- the @ western err @ boundary, and OF branch line.
file letter from the Attorney General, dated
september 5, 1877, transmitting petition of the
company, filed in the Court Of Claims, in suit
against the United States for damages, arising
from the failure Of the United States to eX-
tnguish the Indian title to lands along the COM
panys road in the said territory, etc. COmmis-
stoner Williamson holds that the claim of the
Atlantic and Pacific railway company to have
the lands along their line through the Indian
territory surveyed and patented to them under
warrant VI
SECRETARY SHERNAN ana United states Treas
uler Gllfllan appeared before the House COM
mittee on coinage. weights and measure TODAY.
in response to an invitation of the COMMITTEES fo
furnish Information relative 10 the ALLEGED CON
nection of the sub-treasllry at New YORK with
the New York clearing hO1se and in regard to
the measures to he tsken tn facilitafe s reinY
of the subsidiary silver coin from the treasury
into the channels nf circmiation In the ahsenre
nf M Stenhens of Genroia nhe chairman NJ
the commfttee.3 the WORK Of interviewing was as
carried on nrincipaIiy nv Mr. Warner Of Ohio
-'eN va 's-S --o--s =! ~. " - A'f' - Ni'
A COUNTY WITHOUT OFFICE SRrKEps r,1p
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oiAA las. Haluruay inehtion was mace OF tne
fact that nobody wanted to hold Office in Charl-
ton county Georgia and that the census SUPER
visor for that district, being unable to get two
men to act as enumerators had written to Rep
reSentatiye Nichols asking him to use his fnflil-
ence to nil the positions. This was an unfortr-
nate publication for MIR, Nichols The able
bodied democrats around here who are out Of
work began to call on him Monday morning by
the bright Iight. They had seen TIE star and
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the unemployed that the ofiices y have at last ST