The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-06

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wing The senate of the death of Gen
'ral George u. Mcclellan.
Mr. Harrison. from the committo
on territories, reported iavorably th
nil To lcgalilr the election Of
ninctccnth territorial legislative as
scmblN in Wyoming. For this h
asked immediate consideration. Mr.
tdmnnd- said he would not object. /
IFS consideration did not consum,
too much time. but that hc was anN
ious To get up the Utah hill ~ soon n
possible. The hill reported bv Mr.
Harrison was then read third tim,
aud passed
Among the bills introduced an,
referred are the following:
l'y Bayard giving RIGHT at trial h,
Jury to claimants for pensions who's,
applications have been rejected h,
the secretary of the interior. in A.
peal from the commissioner OF pen
sions also to provide for the cree.
tion oi monuments tu Abraham Lin
coln aud |. :. Grant.
By tullom to facilitate promotion
IN thc army 10y retiring from active
service, ON their own application
Officers who served in the war of ia,
rebellion
By Hale for the retirement OF Ger.
tain officers of the navy.
By Jackson to define aud regulate
the Jurisdiction of courts of the Unit.
ed states.
By Miller to increase pensions for
the loss of both arms ar both legs, or
the sight of both eyes. ar other in
ljurics resulting IN total hclplcssncss
sherman offered a concurrent rcsO.
luton accepting the marble statue o.
EN-Prcsidcnt Garfield, presented to
congress bv the state OF Ohio and
now In position in Statuary Hall n,
the capitol. Governor lloadloy's let
ter representation was, nj Shcrman's
request, read 10y the clerk sherman
then delivered n brici. hut earnest aud
warm culogy of EN-prcsidcnt Gar
field aud moved the adoption of the
resolution offered 10y him. The res
| olutiOn WAS then agreed tu.
Gray gave notice that he would, to-
morrow, call up Bcck's SILVER rcsolu-
tion for the purpose of making some
remark. on 1t.
Van Wyck offered u resolution
which was agreed To, directing the
committee ON education aud labor to
inquire how many hours of labor per
day were cNacicd of men and boys in
the employ of street ear and other
corporations in the District of Col.
umbih aud to report whether such n
number oi hours of labor were I'M.
reasonable and inconsistent with for
| u.sIu Of "A A.. a
remedy was necessary in the prem
iscs.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate were the following;
By Nance-To repeal the civil-scr-
vice reform net
by rcllcr-rp provide Tor the com.
pulrory e ucation of Indian children
II authorizes the secretary of the
interior to take any Indian children
between the ages of : aud Is. who he.
long to tribes receiving annuitics
from the United states, and place
them IN government schools for the
education of indians, to bc kept there
Tor i've years This i not to apply
however, to the tive civilized tribes
nor to the Usage Indians of the ln-
dian Territory. The secretary is M.
uuitirs rom parents who refuse Ia
comply with these provisions. Al
such schools are tu bc manual labor
schools, and Ia include instruction IN
agriculture aud stock raising TO boy'
aud housc-wOrk To girs
l.y Senator Plumb Granting Tia,
right of way through the lndinn Ter
rilory to the Kansas city, Fort scott
n cult Railway company.
l,y senator lugalls: To establish
national university in the Distri q
Columbia. The sum OF SiOOO,OOO /,
granted to board of regents IN
perpetual registered certificate of Tia
'nitcd states, 10 he una9,ignhbl,
aud bearing = per cent interest TIL
interest 10 bc paid quarterly, 50 mucl
of interest NJ j. needed tor sites
hnildiugs, etc, may be- 50 used
The treasurer of the United State
shall he treasurer Otthc university
No chair for instruction, scctarian II
religion or partisan IN polite. shal
be maintained aud no srciarian %
partisan test shall bc allowed IN 80
lrcting officer, or professors. Chair
on faculties may b. endowed by gil
bcqucst. etc. but uu amount less tina
$4,000 shnll he considered an en-
dowIncni. instruction shall he n
nearly free as is consistcn
with the income No person shall b.
admitted for regular study and grad
unti0n who has not prcvlOusl
, received the degree of bachelor ,
arts or degree of equal value lrol
some recognized institution. Stat,
aud territories shall be entitled
. scholarship in the ratio Of one IA
., each representative or delegate, an
y two inr each senator. These schola
a ships shall secure Tree instruction IL
y five years. The governor of cuC
state shall nominate candidates I,
< the scholarships aud each state M
+! territory shall he entitled To one II
" scholarship. Two classes of iello,
ship ARE established, one open To Il
=, competition oi graduates best acqui
~ ting themselves. aud the other op,
~ to learned men of all nations vi
!" have mcritcd the distinction.
Edmnnds called up the Utah h
y" introduced by him from The cOmnI
:, tee ON judiciary, The bill havil
w been rend NJ length, lloir moved
strike out the seventh section, bel,
~ the one prohibiting the exercise
" suffrage by n woman in Utah. AT
T.. drbatc by llohr Eimunds aud lilu
!" MIR Ncst hoped the hill might go ON
one day, and II went over accoI
-, ingly
W. a message was received from
president transmitting the draft o
lac bill TO provide tor the allotment
lands in sevcralty to Indians. II '
10 read aud referred,
Wilson, OF iowa, introduced re
rs- luton calling on the secretary of
10 interior for copy of each rep
0i made 10y the government directors
ew the Union Pacific railroad, from
led first appointment of such director.
OF the present time. In support of
ION resolution, Wilson reviewed at e
siderable length the action oft u
in- crnment directors, Of whom he h
ttH, himself, been one, with view
ave showing that had the gOyornm