, 1881-01-11
WASHINGTON.
The Day in Congress Not
Productive OF Anything
Sensational.
Unfinished Debate upon the
Indian Appropriation
Introduction of Senator Logan's
Bill to Retire Grant
rs General.
Distillers Fuming Over the Wrongs
=" Imposed upon Them by
Crooked Vinegar.
Movement to Abolish the indian Com.
mission-Secretary Thomp-
son Lobbying.
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Ncwberry Again Brought Up to
an, Admiring Public Gaze
Funding.
Mrs. Christiancy'g Letters in Court
Discouragement in the Army
Supreme Court.
Democrats Scared by tic Frnnking De-
yelopments - Cannon ~ Alex. Ste
phens-Scven Thousand Bills.
Monroe's Doctrine Will Be stoutly Sus-
tained by the Senate Foreign Re-
lationB Committee.
Mrs. Christianoy'g Letters in Court
Discouragement in the Army
Supreme Court.
Democrats Scared by tic Franklng De-
velopments - Cannon ~ Alex. Ste"
phens-Soven Thousand Bills.
Monroe's Doctrine Will Be- stoutly sus-
tained by the Senate Foreign Re-
lationB Committee.
IN CONGRESS-.
WHAT WAS hone To-Day,

WHAT WAS HONE IO-nA1S
spseta, D1.patea to 7n4 Chicago Tribune.
;. WASHINGTON, u. C., Jan. 10.-Tllc House
OF Representatives devoted nearly the entire
day 10 the consideration OF tho Indian Ap-
preparation bill, md nearly finished the dis
cusslon at 1t in Committee of tho Whole.
The bill approprIates 81 ,b3l ,sGJ, being SS5,
3oG less than tile amount appropriated for
the current ycnr, and S3a7, 600 less tllnn the
estimates. Of tho amount appropriated,
699,2l8 are made necessary by the faet
TINT tho States Of Arkansas, Florida,
South Carolina, Tennessee. Virginia, arid
Louisiana, all repu,liating States, have for
years refused to pay interest III their bonds,
which wcre bought with money belonging
to the Indian tribes, and held In trust BY the
United States. Thcsu amount In the aggrc-
gate 10 about sl,bS40 The total amount
nf 1ntcrcst mid mt ~ TIM Nnt,onoI v,rens,,rv
~ y, ,nia,te % 49, ~ T,,oms " o a'",i ";,a.
70 =lhaemh!tv inc humans aga'iast loss on ac-
count of tho population of obligations by
the States mentioned exceeds 81, COO, ,000.
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMsIlTTEE
has lnsurtstI clause In tho bill to repeal tho
noor,, ~ IndIon Com,,,sa,onora G MI. @ io
an".,,a, ouuu u. anaa" COMMISSIONER a Ion ls Is
anotisl sxample CT what ,; o Democrntlc t,!,
members Of tho Doari serve without pay.
and their travelling ond other EXPENSES llaye @
.ss;a exceeded ssse r ;I THY
tho Government and the Indians, and most Of
the reforms In the Indian sarvicf, j,aye becn
inst,ttas M f,ror,q th";r c1fris f. % ona u u
tions n the ;naftar mr. ~ oxnanlitmras @ @ e1sso n1
count OF the Indian Service, they have been
instrumental in saving to the Government
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars. Mr, Ills.
cock, who Is member of tie Committed IN
Appropriations, moved to-day to strike out
THE NATTER WILL III: DISCUSSED
tomorrow. Mr. iIiscock viii vii ina lnako t stro,Ia
effort to have the clause struck out, md viii
70 ptetly gehefa11y sustained py tho itepnb-
lIcan members OF taa House. It is hardly
probable @ that e the effort will succeed, how
ocratle persuasion arc entirely unabie to be-
,sye tkN tnat NY sa11e n'a' l. willing to render
unless l,s Is well paid for It.
T1E nES IloLIlDAY CLAIM
and, after pGrl,ups another Jny's tiabnte. III,
friends Of tic 1,lensre Will doubtless f,ass it,
a strong speecll was made IN Ils fnypr by
Senator Williams, Ut Kentucky, willis Sell
are waiting, nrI tho entirs iay
Was WasteI Oil, a.. private lobby
tan,i, Gl; - 19 ~ isamn laW Stllt oconles tie af-
ten1on Of me Senate n tlle frGg!ncht Of tho
tioIntnS tio 1loMr remaining ntter BILLS md petl-
nsa,tsp s "Hsp gaen @ ptesehIsed, H. I9ay Senator
yerS moved to lny l. on the table but 10 was
v0tGl H0Wn, hiu no debate Was continued
uh1il lie morning hour had expired.
THE LAW
enacted, will b. entitled to- r1lnk nn,o,IE ttie
blue II ws.H Senator I.ogan. il, tiis Stnnfe
to-dly, Introduced tic Iii to place Gen.
Grant on tho retired list Of tie
General: which Wns tejcGruvt,eI Iast nirltt.
1t was fticrred to The Military COunnlitt.cs
Ex-SccrutMrv 1rhum1Ist1n VIVA tIMnI, fi,n