The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-08-09

From our regular'oOrrespond,nt.


working very hard % get his Okla
homa bin passed. It was before the
House several times last week. but 8
vote was not reached. Mr.. Springer
Is very sanguine Of its passage. He
says the only real opposition 10 the
bill comes from the Cherokee Live
Stock association. a syndicate Of viii
men. who lease 6.000.000 acres Of land
from the Cherokees at 100000 per
annum. Mr., Springer says the pas
sage Of this bill would be followed by
one Of the most remarkable phenome-
ma that colonization orciviIization has
ever known. In less than six months
the territory would be qualified by
population 10 become a state-and.
with sly wink, two thirds of them
would be democrats.
Sena )rs Morgan and salisbury
made speeches in favor of the ratif-
cation Of the fisheri 2 treaty last week.
Mr. Mills is still getting an average
Of about fifty letters a day asking for
copies Of his speech on the tariff.
The House bin to create boards Of
arbitration to se,te the differences
between railroads and their employees
has been reported favorably to the
Senate
The effort made by the labor men
to have the use Of the steam plate
printing machines prohibited in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
was defeated in the Senate.
Owing to the delay in passing sew
eral Of the appropI alton bills. aroth-
cr join, resolution extending the old
app ops'l ons 30 days from to-day,
has been passed.
Mr.. Cleveland left here last Thurs
day for shoi yachi7g Up. n =.
Cleveland and her mother accomp' =
MED him as far a. New York. Mr.
Cleveland is expected back here to-
morrow. Notwithstanding the fact
that this q the only holiday that Mr..
Cleveland has taken during this
whole simmer, tie republicans are
trying to raise a howl over rs alleged
neglect Of public business.
Commissioner Stockslager has noti-
fled the St. Louis and San Francisco
railroad Co., o show cause within 30
days, why proceedings should not be
taken in accordance with the act OF
March 3, 1887, to secure the restora-
ton of 90,SG7 acres of land, alleged to
have been enormously patented to
the Atlantic and Pacific Co. The land
referred to is in Missouri.
The House committee on agricul-
ture has favorably reported the Lee
bin to prevent the sale, manufacture
or transpor alton of adulterated arti-
cles OF food, drink, or drugs, and the
bin regulating the manufacture Of
compound lard.
Now that the republican Senators
after much wrangling, have agreed
to report a substitute for the Mills
tariff bill, they are having a regular
monkey and parrot time to get up a
bin that all Of them will vote for.
The House committee on manfac.
lures has been working hard. trying
to get to the bottom of the whiskey
trust.
The further consideration Of the
Cultivate bill has been postponed fOl
the present by the Senate committee
on Pacific Railroads, but it is under.
stood that majority Of the committee
favor the bill
Chief Justice Fuller has been in the
city several days. Il was his inten.
ton to have gone back home the mex
day after his arrival, but as he came
specially to see Mr.. Cleveland, he con.
cluded to remain until the President
returned. He has been the recipient
of many social attentions.
The fertilization bill has been re.
ported to the House. It provides fol
a Board of defense, composed of three
civilians and three army officers, and
appropriates sl5,0000OO TO be spen
in the next six years for heavy ordi.
nance.
The bin for the enlargement of the
Yellowstone Park has been favOrabls
reported to the House. 1t adds abou
1900 square miles Of territory, anC
gives the Secretary of the interior
authority to grant right of way to /
railroad from Cinnabar to Cook City
Chairman Banum was in town fol
a few hours last week. He held con
snltation with several gentlemen.