Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL


SENATE
WASHINGTON. March G.-The Senate
took up zee bill reported from the Com
nit &c Oh Indian Affairs. providing fol
/ the allotment OF lands in Sevsralty Il
/ Indians on the various reservations
and to extend the protection of the
/ laws Of the States and Territories oveI
| the Indians.
Dolpn moved an amendment to tn II
clause Of the bill which provides for tht
sale Of the surplus lands of the reserya
tlons and the payment of the proceed.
I 10 the trloes or its investment for theil
benefit Dolph's amendment provide.
| that the principal of all sums agreed &c
be paid by the United States at the pur-
chase price of Any portion of the r1ss.
vasIohs shall BE- payable only to the In.
dams or tribes from whom the purchase
WAS made by express authority of Con
oress after the expiration of - years
from the purchase of said land. bDt the
same shall in the meantime be place
in tue treasury to the credit of the
tribe or tribes of Indians entitled there
to. aud IL the meantime. and unit. sue \
principal sum shall be paid over to or
expended for the benefit of said Indi-
ans, the Caited States shall pay interest
annually on said principal sum at the
rate of > Per cent per annum, which
suta snail be paid To the Secretary of
the Interior for the benefit of such In
diau tribes, and shall be used foy the
purpose of educating and prepar ing
them for Self support etc. Agreed to.
An Amendment. offered By Morgan,
VAS agreed to. to the effec; tina. nothing
in the bill should be taken to afec,
the United States grant of right of
way for railroads er other railways or
telegIaphs through the lands in ques-
ton.
Dawes offered an amendment. which
Was modified aud agreed to. protee' ny
the rights Of religious societies holsln
lands for missionary purposes. '.y an
thorlZing the Secretary of the Interior
to confirm to such societies the title of
such land not exceeding LOO acres in any
oLe tract. At such price IA he may deem
Just. After further debate tue bill
passed.
the education bill was hen taken mp.
and Vance spoke at length an the
course of Massachusetts, people, who.
when slavery became Improbable to
them, sold their negroes to the M,h
sbllN VII IL Suuk - ApAOtokS edAcuSu
noses and thanked GUd that they were
not responsible for acts of iniquity.
Dolph CONQUERED in the main with the
purpose of the pending bill, though not
with its details. The Northern, West
ern and Pacific States ,uld educate tie
Sou hern State. If they would tax
Portland, Oregon, had done, they would
k,ta g. 10 al
an education as the majority of the
members of the United States Senate
had received In their childhood.
HOUSE.
Ell 5, from the Committee ON Appro
priatlons, reported Il joint resolution
$4,000 from unexpended
approp iatiOns, for the relief Of the
destitute in the district overtlOwed by
the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Rice opposed the resolution.
Keifer introduced bill for the cree
ton of pedestal for the statue of
garfield IN Washington. Referred.
Tue House went into COMMITTEES of
tbs whole (Dorsheimer in the chair on
the bonded extension bill. Hart. Nc
j. d Taylor, BOwan and
Warner. of Ohio, and Cox, of North
Carolina, opposed the measure.
WarthinRton favored the bill and
thought it somewhat surprising that
high tariff men and temperance men
should combine to defeat it.
Dunn made a severe attack on the
pending measure, which no said his
observation had proved to him WAS only
favored by three members of the Ways
and Means COmmittee-MOrris IL, Hard
AID Blackburn. By what operation was
this thing taken so untiUely from that
aud brought int the House !
The Democratic party 10y n solemn com
pact entered into last night he was not
giving any secrets away AS they were
published in the papers) proposed to
reduce the revenues S3l ,OOO.COO. 1t pro-
posed to sweep sut the tobacco tax of
$23 ,OOO, 600 more. 1t is proposed in this
bill to give away $75.OOO,OUo. 1t is pro
posed to pension the Mexican veterans,
and that would take $4,OOO,OOO more
than had been estimated. In sh,rt. il
the program is carried ont. there would |
be reduction of SlS0.0OO.OO0 in the
face of an estimated surplus OF only
$50 ,OO0, 600.
The committee rose informally for
the purpose of limiting the general de- !
bate. Blackburn moved that 1t be closed |
in one honr and n hal! tomorrow.
The molten was agreed to, and the |
. Committee, having resumed Its session, |
was addressed by Hewitt, of New York, |
in support Of the bill. Sleaking of the |
assertion Of Que Of the Republican |
soc krrs yester lay that the bill for tax
alton was n measure OF morality, he |
said he had been brought up In the be- |
lief that taxation WAS for revenue, aud
for r, venue only. Now, if the doctrine
that it was taxation for revenue, With |
Incidental morality, we're carried to lite
logical ends, the people would q,
yid d, not into free traders and pr0tec-
tionists, bat good and bad, and the lat
ter would pay all the taxes. He Thought |
the tax on alcohol should be abolishe',
and bt Ii we'd the passage of this b.
would re- suit in its abolition. lie "; q |
sorry that the caucus passed re-old
ton to take the tax off tobacco. IL wrs
a luxury pure and simple. He wanted
4 revision of the taiitf or the fnnde-
mental basis Of free raw material. He |
feared that the Morrison bill might |
turn out to be measure to increase
revenue Instead Of for its diminutiOn.
He wanted wool On the free list. The |
De ocrats must get their party To-
yether on some common ground. which !
be hoped would be free raw material.
Hewitt's advice to the nemse of his |
party WIS., 80 candid and unreserved on |
The subject of the course 1t should pur
sue. that Reed called his attention to |
The fact that he WAS making the Rspub-
leans acquainted with the party cOun
sells by suggesting TO him that he WAS
not speaking in \ caucns and also told
him 1T the conclusion that the kepub.i- |
cams would manufacture victory out Of
his speeches.
"You always did manufacture your
iaterjscted faioot. There
we're also several ints changes Of Opiu-
ion between Hewitt and Reed as to
which party would attend the funeral
of the o,bsr.
After fartaer debate the committee
arose aud the House adjourned.
TaE WAX N tine DESERT.