Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-10
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
A Bill for the Admission of Southern
Dakota as a State Pending
Before the Senate.
A Bill to Provide for the Sale of the
Cherokee Reservation in Arkansas
Passes the Senate.
The Interstate Commerce Bill Dis
cussed by Howey and Reagan,
but No Action Taken.
CONGRESSIONAL.
TIE sEHnTE.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-In theBenate
this morning Mr.. Hill Of Colorado
called up the naval appropriation bill,
which at the close Of the last session
was in the hands of the conference
committee and as to which that COM
mittee reported 1t had been unable to
agree. He moved that the senate fur
ther insist ON its amendments aud
order new conference. A new con-
ference was ordered.
Mr., Sherman of Ohio introduced a
bill 10 provide for the erection OF q
statute TO the memory OF Lafayette.
Mr.. Slater of Oregon called the Ore
gOn Central lRnd-forfeiture bill, but the
senate, by vote OF 90 yeas to 80 nays,
refused 10 consider it.
A bill was passed providing for the as
certainment OF the claims of Ameri.
can citizens for spOliations by the
French prior to the 3lst of July, 1901.
The bill to provide for the sale of the
Cherokee reservation in Arkansas was
passed
The bill 10 amend certain sections OF
the Revised Statutes which prohibit
the delivery OF registered letters and
| the payment Of money orders TO lot
terry companies was pissed, The
amendment consists in striking out the
word fraudulent 80 as to cover lot
teries generally, aud not merely
fraudulent lotteries.n
The Texas Pacific railroad land grant
forfeiture bill was made the special
order for Tuesday next.
IL was then decided by party
vote-yeas "a nays % to take up the
bill for the admission of Dakota, the
Republicans voting in the affirmative,
the Democrats In the negative. The
Dakota bill thus received right of way
Mr.. Harrison OF Indiana addressed
the senate in favor of the admission of
Dakota, after which the chair an.
nounced the appointment OF Messrs.
Howley, Logan and Beck on the naval
conference committee, when the senate
went into executive session and soon
adjourned.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
In the house: Mr.. Chalmers of
Mississippi introduced bill to restore
the republican form OF government to
the state of Mississippi. Referred.
1
Some derislve laughter from the
Democratic side greeted the reading OF
the title of this bill. 1t provides that
the congressional and state elections
shall be held the same day In that
state, that each candidate for congress
shall be permitted to appoint in writing
one Inspector and one clerk at each
voting precinct, who shall be permit-
ted to witness all the proceedings. IL
Ia made crime, punishable with fine
and imprisonment, for any person 10
assault, intimidate, threaten or insult
any Inspector or clerk.
The consideration of the interstate
commerce bill having been resumed,
Mr.. Barksdale of Mississippi addressed
the house in "a constitutional argument
In support of the right of congress to
leglslate ON the subject.
| MIR. Davis OF Illinois supported the
committee bill, though he would have
preferred measure simply providing
for commission a. n first step. The
appointment OF commission would
accomplish more good than any IRON
| clad statutes,
Mr.. Howey of New jersey favored
the appointment OF commission OF
| fHHNNS WIN tho power 10 inquire into
each particular case, In justice to the
railroads, and TO compel the companies
TO furnish all the data necessary TO in
Vestigate each transaction. There he
would stop He referred to the action OF
the committee on commerce in the
Forty'seventh congress- in almost
unanimously rejecting Mr.. Reaganls
proposition.
Mr.. Reagan accounted for this by q
remark that the committee had been
selected In favor Of the railroad COM
panies.
MIR. Howey said he understood that
the present committee had been Sc
leoted by the gentleman from Texas in
order n report this very bill.
Mr., Reagan denied thisand declared
that he bad never named a man for
than COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Howey said he had no doubt
mat the statement was correct but
that II was not more correct than that
the committee IN the Forly.seventh
eongress was not selected In the inter.
est OF the railroads.
Mr.. Reagan; II know exaotly what