The Portland daily press., 1886-01-28
XLIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.
A resolution was offered today by Mr.. Plumb
and was agreed to, calling on the Secretary of
War for information as to the number of military
bands in the army, the number of enlisted men
and civilians in such bands, the provisions au-
thorizing their constitution and maintenance, the
cost of such maintenance, from what fund such
cost is betrayed; whether any portion of the cost
is derived from the savings of soldiers, whether
such use of such savings is legal, and whether it
is the best use that can be made OF the money
On motion of Mr.. ingalls,, his bill to provide Tor
national university was taken trom the IaDie !9 G
read second time, and referred to the committee
on education and labor.
Mr.. Harrison's substitute for his original resolu-
ton OF inquiry to the administration of the PEN
sion office was taken from the table. and without
debate agreed to. 1t directs the Senate commit
tee on expenditures OF public money to make m
yestigations into the charges made by the new
commissioner of pensions as to the former admin
istration of that office.
Proceeding to the calendar, tne senate took up
the bill to divide that part OF the Sioux reserva-
tion in Dakota and secure the REIMBURSEMENT OF
the Indian title to the remainder. The penalng
question was he,amendment offered by MI bar,
r1son to protect the rights of persons who @ nad
located on the land between the date OF PRESIDENT
Arthur's executive order admitting settlers TO II,
and the date of President Cleyeland's proclama-
ton ordering such settlers off the reservation;
Mr.. ingalls, was opposed to permitting tltIe u, 70
De given 70 sue 81 le settsrS , as nae ~
remaining on the lands when ordered of. he Of
fered an amendment to exclude those persons
from the operation of Mr.. Harrison's amendment.
Mr.. Teller said If the order of President ArtnuT
was improper as the Attorney General had held
it to be, he (Mr. Teller thought the settlers
ought to be protected
After further debate the matter went over.
The Chair then laid before the Senate the elec-
toral count bill
Mr.. Hoar said Mr.. Edmunds and the other sena-
tors interested in the bill were today necessarily
absent, and he moved postponement OF tne Dill
till Monday next at o'clock, and 1t was so OF
dered.
Mr.. Harrison then called-up the bill for adinis-
sion of Dakota The bill having been read MI.
Harrison addressed the Senate In its support. ne
argued that the work of admitting new state 70
the Union was a very important one, Whlle on tne
other hand the interests of the people OF the teI-
ritory could not be ignored. The United StaCes'
he said, should insist on certain preliminary SoL-
dtions, as to population, territory, etc. but wnen
those conditions existed he believed we WeIe
bound as well by moral right as by treaty stlpula-
tions, to admit as a State people and terrlt0ry
situated as were the people and territory OF Da-
kota Mr.. Harrison concluded with the remark
that the people of Dakota, not cringingly DuI r.
Spectfully requested to be allowed to partlcipdte
with other States of the Union in all the privileges
OF American citizenship. NJ
Mr.. Butler then took the floor to reply 10 MI.
Harrison, but gave way to Mr. morrill, for 4 lno- M
tion to go into executive session. The motlon pc
ing agree to- the Senate went into executive ses
sion, and when the doors were reopehea ao'
loufned.