Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-17

be said, were 10 turn on two concurrent
Judgments where the Presijent and Sen.
eie might be opposed IN polIiics) 1t would
follow that the reptgbance OF the senate
might Keep man In Office whom the presi
dent desired to dispense with. and by whose
action The President could not accomplish
his duty.
AT the close Of Mr. Evarts's speech the
senate went into executive session. and
when tue doors we're reopened adjouraed.
1fouse OF Rspreseal atsves.
ON motion OF Mr.. Burrows. Of Michi.
gan, senate bill was passed amending sec
lions a140 and s7i1 Of the Revised Statutes.
These sections provide for the pay m2nt Of
pensions out OF the naval pension fund TO
every person who "served as an enlisted
person In the navy or marine CORPS" and
The bill Is designed 10 cover the cases OF
those who actually rendered the same SER
vice as appointed petty officers, although
not actually enlisted. 1t applies TO aoout
100 men who have acted ~ yeomeu, engi.
pteTs, apotilecaries, aud masfersa t-arms.
ON motion Of Mr.. Wise, OF Virginia. the
Senate bin was passed providing tut Admi
rails Rowan and Warden may, alter forty
years service, be retired from active service
on their own application with the highest
i'hf w WV Nltit w Multu iiitN Dtipn-.
The House 10 the morning hour resumed,
IN Committee OF the Whole. the consl iera-
ton OF senate bill for the allotment OF lands
IN severalty 10 the Indi1ns.
a number OF amendments recommended
by the Committee on Indian Affairs were
adopted, and the committee having arisen,
the bill was passed az amended. II 3co-
vldcs that in all cases where any tribe Of
Indians is located upon any reservation
created for its Use either by treaty stipull-
ton or by virtue OF an act OF Congress or
Executive order, the Secretary of the
Interior Is authorized. whenever In
bis opinion any reservation OF such
Indians is advantageous for agricultural
and grazing purposes, to cause said reser-
walton 10 be surveyed, or resurveyed II ne
cessary, and 10 alloi lands in said roservi-
ton in seycraty TO Indians located thereon
on their application, IN qnantities-as fol-
lows: To each head Of family. one quar-
ter section; 10 each single person over
eighteen years OF age, one eighth Of a sec.
ton 10 each Orphan child under eigh,e IN
years Of age, one eighth OF section !;
| TO each other person under eighteen
years, one sixteenth section Provided, that
| in case there Is not sufficient land In any Of
| said reservations to aliot lands TO each in-
| dIyIdual OF the classes aboye-named in
| quantities as above provided, lands EN-.
| traced in such reservation or reservations
| shall be allotted TO each individual OF elch
OF said classes pro rata In accordance with
| the provisions OF this act. Ii further pro.
| bibits for a period OF twenty-five years a
| conveyance OF any such allotted land.
| II makes the allottees subject To
| State and Territorial law, and prohibits
| any Territory from passing any law deny
ing 10 any such Indian within its iursdic-
| ton the equal protection OF law. The
| rights and privileges OF citizenship are con.
| fcTred upon every Indian bora within the
| territorial limits OF the United States TO
| whom allOtments have been made and
| upon every Indian who has voluntarily
| taken up his residence apart from any tribe
Of Indians and adopted the habits OF
civilized life.
The provisions Of the bill do not extend
to territory occupied by the CherOkces.
| Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Semin Oles,
Osages, Midmis, Peorias, and Sacs and
| Foxes, in the Indian Territory, nor TO any
| II The reservations OF the Seneca nation OF
| New York Indians in the State OF New
York, nor TO that strip OF territory in the
| state OF Nebraska adjoining the Sioux ma
| ton on the south nor does the bill author
| We the adjustment OF any reservation until
the consent Of majority OF the male mem
| bers tweuiy-One years OF age shall be first
| obtained.
The urgentdeGciency bill, for public
| printing, reported yesterday from the Com.
mittee on Appropriations. was called up
and passed. IL calls for $4,000.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on tue sundry ciyil-appropril-
| ton bill.
An amendment was adopted prohibiting
| tie payment OF any OF the money appro-
| priated to United States commissioners,
marsbals, and clerks for any warrant issued
or arrest made under the internal-revenue
| laws unless the prosecution has been ap-
proved bethe United States district attOr-
ney and collector Of internal revenue for
| the district in which the prosecution occuis.
| The committee then rose and reported The
bill TO the House, and the previous question
was ordered.
! Adjourned.