National Republican., 1885-01-21
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CONGRESS YESTERDAY.
The Interstate Commerce bill Debated In the
Senate and Indian Appropriations Consld.
crcd In tto II,uso

lne lutefStalc tOmnCTCc hlll Ucuhlcu III INV
Senate and Indian Appropriations Consld.
cred In the House.
The credentials Of Joseph f. Brown, re.
elected senator from Georgia for six years from
ith of next March, were laid before the senate.
During the consideration Of measures upon
the calendar the senate passed bill to au.
thOrzU the President to appoint commission,
10 be composed of one or moro army officers,
tn act IN conjunction with u commission to be
appointed by the state of Texas TO ascertain
and mark the point whore the one hundredth
meridian Of longitude crosses the Red river,
and appropriating $4,000 for the expenses OF
| the commission.
At . o'clock the senate resumed consldera-
ton of the Interstate commerce bill,
The house bill (the Reagan BILL so.Calledl
having been already, In the senate, read
twice by title aud placed on the calendar was
now taken from the calendar and read in full.
The question before the senate was on the
| motion Of Mr., CullOin heretofore made 10
strike Out all after the euaCtng clause In the
] house bill. and insert instead the several pro,
visions of tho commission bill already debated
and agreed to In the senate. The latter bill
was now also read In full.
Debate was INDUCED In by Messts Beck and
| Mnxcy, and Mr. Coke having taken the floor
Z To address the senate, he yielded to motion
| To 90 into executive session.
message rom tho President was laid be-
] fore the senate transmitting information re-
| hitting to the foreign commerce OF Mexico
/ Central and South America, the spanish West
| Indies, llayli, and san Domingo, and the
share of the United states therein.
! Altcr fifteen minutes spent in secret session,
| the senate adjourned.
| In the house yesterday, after some opposi.
| ton from Mr., Singleton, of Mississippi, and
/ MIR. Wills OF kentucky who desired re-
/ spcclivcly to bring up tho congressional u.
/ bgary and the education bills, the house
| went into committee of the whole on the In.
! dian appropriation BILL.
| Mr.. Ellis, OF Louisiana, explained the pro
/ Visions OF the bill, which apprOpriutes cIbbl,,
! l3j, or 81, 9ll less than the estimates aud
! $4,000 less than the amount carried by the
| bill for the current year.
Mr. Ryan, of Kansas, earnestly pressed upon
/ the attention of the committee the importance
/ Of taking some immediate action to settle the
/ disputed question rs TO whether that portion
/ Of the Indian territory known rs the Okla
/ homa strip was open to settlement.
| lie neither affirmed nor denied the claim on
| either side, but the importance of settling the
disputed question could not be overestlmatud
An. Perkins Of Kansas, supported this view
| of the question.
Mr.. CutuheOn. Of Michigan, gave his judg
mcnt that the Oklahoma strip is not portion
! OF the public domain.
Mr. O'Ncill, OF Missouri, asscsted that the
! wOrkingmcn OF the country realize that th,
| displacement Of human labor by mechanical
/ labor has created problem to which there I,
/ but one sOlutiOn-the announcement of the
workingmcn to leave the cities and settle upur
/ lut pWDlC lhuuS, WncIC lucy would cHrll q
/ livelihood. Mr.. O'Neill realizes that no sensC
| of justice Will tolerate an empire such as tht
Indian territory lying waste Without any posi-
Dle hope OF being occupied by Indians, simply
lett to the rapacity and Ejaculation oil every
combination and ring/that entered into the
| territory. \ hundrcI thousand acres werl
leased by this and bythat syndicate at a nomi
| nal sum, while u hundred thousand peopli
were wanting thcm iOr homes This idea o
the sacrcdness Of treaties which should b,
recognized should not be carried to the edge o
idiOCy The Indians should be rccOmpenseC
| for whatever land was taken from them bu
tine remainder of the land should be reserved
| for actual settlers only
pcnilng further debate tho committee rose
andj public business being suspended tht
hou4c proceeded to pay fitting tribute to tn
memory of the late John IL. Evlns, OF soutl
GurJlua.
Y Eulogstc addresses were made by Messrs
I BrattOn, Dlbble, and Tilmun, of South Caro-
lima; Browne, Of Indiana; HoOdman, o
GgUrgia' tieorgu. OF 0rcgOn; DOwd, Of Nortl
Carolina, and Durham of,GeAas; and then, a
a marx of respect to the memory of the de
ceased, the house (at 4'J5p M adjourned un
/ til tO.Qily,