Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-02-13

way, said Senator Plumb, we don't ask
man how old he is, or where he came from
We are too busy to go into pedIgrees. w,
ask him what he is, what he can do, ant
Kansas says welcome" to Dakota, which
was opposed now by the same party that op
posed the admission of Kansns. The frs
steps under the new democratic administra
ton followed close on the last steps of the
other democratic administration. After con
siderable debate the bill was finally passed by
a vote of two to twenty-five. The bill Oil
vides the territory of Dakota on the line OF
the forty sixth parallel of latitude. provides
for the admission of the southern portion as
state, under the title of Dakota, and the or.
ganization of the northern portion into a
separate territory under the name of Lin,
coln." Adjourned.
In the senate on February Sth, petitions
were presented by Messrs. Logan, Sawyer
Plumb and Dawes, from various assemblies
of Knights of Labor, praying for the open
ing to settlement of the Oklahoma lands,
and granting lands in severalty to the In
dams. Also number of petitions praying
that constitutional amendment be SUBJ
mitted by congress to the several states for
bidding disfranchisement on account of
sex. A memorial of the Kansas legislature
was presented by Mr.. ingalls,, urging con-
of railroads through the Indian terri
tory. Papers appropriately referred.
Among the measures favorably reported
from the committees and placed on the cal
endar were the following: By Mr.. Hoar,
from the committee on printing, bill fix
ing the time for the meeting of congress in
1887, and every second year on the first Mon
day in October, and in 1883 and every sec
ond year thereafter on the second Monday
of November. Mr.. Ingalls,, from the COM
mitteee on rules, reported adversely on Mr..
Platt's resolution providing for the consider
alton of executive nominations in open ses-
sion. Calendar. Mr.. Ingalls, offered reso-
luton, which was agreed to, directing the
committee of finance to inquire into the
propriety of making such amendment to
the revised statutes as may be necessary to
require the issue of United States notes of
the denomination of one and two dollars.
Mr.. Eustis offered resolution directing the
finance committee to inquire whether it had
been the custom for the assistant treasurer
at New Orleans to receive deposits of stand
ard silver dollars from the shippers of said
coin, and to issue to their correspondents at
New Orleans receipts for the silver subject to
count and to issue silver certificates after
the count of said dollars so deposited had
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had prevailed, had been changed by instruc-
ton of the treasurer of the United States and
the reasons therefor; also whether such GUS
tom was now in force at any other sub
treasury; also whether there was adequate
clerical force at the New Orleans sub-treas-
ury; and if not, what increase was necessary
there to enable the sub-treasurer to carry
out the law. This bill was laid over, and af-
ter IAN executive session the senate ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
On February End, the house met and after
passing an appropriate resolution regarding
the death of the vice president adjourned.
In the house, on February Sd, the resolu-
ton offered by Bland on Monday, was re
ported back from the committee on weights
and measures substantially the same as when
first offered. 1t was adopted. The follow
ing committees reported: The committee
on ways and means reported q resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury to
report to the house the total amount applied
to the sinking fund between June 80, 1884
and July !, 1887, and under what dates
and in what several amounts the sum
was applied and adopted. The committee
on public lands, to forfeit the Atlantic and
Pacific land grant. Calendar. The COM
mittee on banking and currency, Providing
for the issue of circulating notes to the
national banking associations. Calendar.
The same committee. To make shareholders
the debts of the banks. Laid on the table.
The committee ON agriculture. To enlarge
the powers and duties of the department of
agriculture. Committee of the whole. The
committee on public lands. Toprotect home
stead settlers within railway limits. Calen-
dar. From the committee on territories
To annex portion of the territory of Idaho
to Wyoming territory. Calendar. The COM
mittee on labor-To. prohibit any officer of
the government from hiring or contracting
for the labor of prisoners. Calendar. Ad
journed.
In the house on February 4th, Culbertson
of Texas, on behalf of the committee on
judiciary, called up the bill dividing the
eastern judicial district of Arkansas into two
districts to be known as the eastern ind west
ern districts of Arkansas. Passed. Mr..
of Georgia, called up the bill to
prevent the claim OF war taxes under act of
August 5, 1861, and acts amendatory thereof
by the United States being set off against
states having claims against the general
government. It was finally laid over. Mr..
Bragg, of Wisconsin. asked the unanimous
consent to offer resolution setting apart
Friday and Saturday next for the considera
ton of the Fitz John Porter bill, the previ-
GUS question to he ordered at five O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Reed, of Maine,
objected. Adjourned.
In the house on February 9Th, the speaker
presented message from the president
the response of the secretary of
the interior to the house resolution calling
for copies of any contract or lease between
the Southern Pacific railroad company and
any land grant roads of the Southern Pacific,
and of any contract between the Pacific
Steamship company and any land grant
roads. Referred. Mr.. Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, from the committee ON appropriations,
reported the pension appropriation bill, and
it was referred to the committee of the
whole. The bill as reported appropriates
SIS, GA 200, an increase of about SIS 600, 600
over last year. It is made up as follows:
For army and navy pensions, SIS, OOO, 600: for
fees and expenses of examining surgeons,
$4,000 for salaries of eighteen pension
agents, 2,0O0; and for miscellaneous, in
Guiding clerk hire, rents, ETC., $18 200. Ad-
journed.
In the house on February 9Th the following
bills were introduced: To amend section
!, 1884, revised statutes, SO as to preveI mo-
nopoly in the operation of the patent laws of
the United States; calling on the secretary
Of the treasury for statement of all monies
Or funds seized and collected by Generals
Butler and Banks, while in command of the
department. of the gulf during the war, and
of all amounts seized by Cen
oral Banks under order No. 202, in New Or
leans, from May, 1862, to May, 1865,
together with the disposition of the
monies and funds so seized and
by the United States;
10 regulate the transportation of live stock;
TO create commission, whose duty it shall |
be to report upon the material and intel.
lectual progress made by the colored peo-
pie since 1865; for the encouragement
Of closer commercial relations, and In
the interest of and perpetuation of
peace, between the United States and
the republics Of MEXICO and Central and
South America, and the empire of Brazil;
% require the rccoinage Of the subsidiary