The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-04
THE NEW 5.
Summary of the Proceedings of Congress
and General Report Of Events
as They Transpire.
CONGRESSIONAL Summary.

as lhey iranspire.
Congressional Summary
WAsHISGToS, Jan. 29.-SESATE-A
was presented in res
pnnse TO the resolution nf Dir. Conkling.
for information rs 10 The number, com-
pcnSaIinn. etc, OF census officials.
Mr.. Edmunds submitted resolution,
E'.iieh @as adopted without dissent, in
STRUGGLING the judiciary committee la ia.
quiFe and reI,orI its opinI1n touching
the constitutional legality of v,,les at any
electoral college given for presidents ami
vice president at the UniI.d States on the
day for the casting ofIhe votes collectors
in all states.
Mr. Lamar presented the credentials of
James & George. SUCCESSOR 10 Mr. Bruce
of Mississippi.
On motion of Mr. ingalls,, his electoral
count resolution, for counting the vote in
the senate chamber was taken up
Mr.. Bayard moved IO refer il 10 the
Committee Gu electoral couDt.
MeSsrs- Biyard. Morgan aud Hill of
Georgia, favored reference. holding The.
senate should adhere To the position il
had taken in the Morgan rule now pend
ing in the house-the last named rcmak-
ing that the matter was merely one of
Formally. as General Garfield, having
been constitutionally elected, would be
peaceably inaugurated, and that no reason
existed for the slightest apprehension to
the contrary.
Messrs. Ingalls, aud Edmunds opposed
the motion, claiming that the time had
arrived for some provision for the meet
ing of the two houses. Definite regula-
lion was necessary.
Mr.. Baynard's motion finally prevail
ed; yeas, 90; nays, II. A party vote.
The Indian land in severalty bill then
came up as the regular order.
Mr. Teller moved 10 add a pr0viso to
section six, which provides that all 9th
ers upon lands being patented To them
shall be subject To the laws of the state
or territory in which they reside, SD as
To prohibit the punishment of the In
dian for polygamy, WHO, at the time of
Inc allotment, Was practicing the saRe
in accordance with the usages and Ct
toms of the tribe 10 which lac brloD ged.
Agreed to.
Mr. Randolph reported with amend
meut the bill relative to revolutionary
battle fields. 1t proposes to encourage
the erection of monuments thereon by
government contribution to the monu
ment association of 81 for every dollar
raised by private effort.
The following amendments to bills
were severally adopted after disc ussion ::
BY Dir. KirkwoOd: Allowing the
purchase by the government of small
parcels of reservations, not allotted.
By Mr.. Teller: Authorizing education
in the primary branches IN agriculture
and irrigation, of fifty Indian boys ut the
agricultural college at Fort Collins, Col
oradO.
By Mr.. Vest: Applying the statutes of
Kansas in regard TO the descent, aliena-
ton, distribution and partition practical
BILE Ia land taken in severaltY.
By MIR. Morgan: Adding to the agri-
cultural land set apart for the head of a
family one section for grazing purposes
Mir. Morgan then moved to strike out
the ninth section of the bill requiring
consent to act Of two-thirds of members
of the tribe before 1t shall extend to
them.
Dir. ingalls,, in The same general OBJ
servatiOns on the Indian problem and
the difficulties OF its solution. criticised
the course of the opponents of the bill az
embarrassing the senate in an effort to
pass bill of some character upon the
subject. As a member of the committee
which reported the bill. he appealed tn
the senators from Alabama (Morgan)
and Colorado (Telle) to cease further
opposition.
Mr.. Morgan replied that he did not
want tn put it in the power of the secre-
tary of the Interior To cajole lot of In
dams to go with him. or to compel a
tribe TO dispose Of their property, as this
bill did.
The prospect of disposing of the bill
being very remote, Mr.. Coke asked un-
animons consent to an agreement for IL
vote on it Monday morning. Mr.. Ed.
munds objected.
Adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE.-The morning hour was dis
pensed with and consideration was re-
sumed of the North Carolina contest
election case.
The resolution declaringJ J. Yeates
entitled TO u seat was adOpted-yeas, 1l5
nays, 103. Mr. Yeates took the oath Jf
office.
Mr.. De La Matyr presented petition
signed by $4,000 persons for steps 10 be
taken TO prevent the encroachment of
white settlers on the Indian reservations.
Referred.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan, 31.-SENATE
Senator Baldwin, of Michigan, took
his seat tod ~. Mr.. Dawes addressed
the senate upon The killing of Big
Smoke, the POnca chief, by soldiers, in
The office of the agent of the Puncas in
The Indian Territory. AT his suggestion
the responses of the interior department,
under date of January 5, 1881. 10 the sen
ate resolution OF inquiry of March IL,
1880, or nine months before, was read,
commenting on the extraordinary delay
in response, and intimating il was in
territorial. MIR. Dawes next detailed the
circumstances of the killing. The meth
DDS of the Indian department were
scathingly criticised as un-American and
vindictive Mr.. Dawes concluded by
presenting protest from Standing Bear
and thIrIY-five others against the sale OF
the old reservation, requesting \ contin-
uance of their annuiIies, etc.
MIR. Logan, replying to what he
thought might be construed as retlec-
ton upon the interior department in the
| remarks just made, eulOgized the course
| OF the head of that department and its
general management of late years, and
as having been us honest, capable, fair
and just as that of any other department
| of the government.
Mr.. Dawes denied that single word
hid ever fallen from ms lips in dispar.
agement of the general policy of the In.
dian department or its head. On the
| contrary, except as to this particular
transaction, he had frequently commend.
cd the course of that department, but
the mystery for that reason was only
greater, that an effort had not been made
10 remove Il stain put upon its record in
this matter, with reference to one of the
most peaceable and honorable of men
that ever lived under the flag.
Mr.. Plumb, replying 10 Mr.. Dawes,
said The Indian agent that the Senator
denounced as cowardly was Il man whom
L
and who served for years in the army.
Assuming that the killing was not
justitiable, he thought the most that
could be said about it was that the agent
had undertaken u plan for the arrest of an
Indian resulting in his murder, which
result was Gnintentional.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the Indian land in severalty bill, the
question being on Mr. Morgan's amend
ment to dispense with the requirements
for the assent of two-thirds of the tribe
before the lands can be taken in sever
atty. After remarks by Mr.. Morgan in
favor OF, and MIR. Saunders in opposition
to the amendment, it was rejected.
Mr.. Plumb submitted and advocated
an amendment to allow allOtments TO be
taken by Individual members of tribe
which does not consent TO take lands,
and providing that in such an event the
tribal relations shall be broken up. AT
ter discussion, Mr.. Plumb modified his
amendment at the suggestion of Mr..
Edmunds so as To omit its later feature.
The amendment thea prevailed without
objection.
On motion of Mr. Hoar, the amend
ment prohibiting punishment OF Indi-
ans for pOlygamy, who at the time of
the allotment were practicIng the same,
was amended SO as to make il inapplica-
bic to Indians who are citizens of the
state.
The bill was laid over without action,
and ordered printed.
Mr.. Ingalls,, in presenting .remon-
strances against sixty surgeons bill,
supporting to be signed by Kansas sol.
diers, remarked that the paper emanaied
from the pension and claim agents of