Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-21
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
The House Exp: eied 10 Drop sbe Tariff
Bill This Week and Givs the APP
preparation Bills O Show.
A Resc jud;cstion Involving Certain Lands
In Kansas Recommended By the oon-
missioner Of tho Land once.

| Reac ju6;catfon Involvipg Certain Lands
In Kansas Recommended By The oon-
missioner of tho Land once.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME.
WASHINGTON, Msy 90 BY unanimous
agreement of the Senate the measures CT
the calendar are entitled in their order oil
standing to consideration during the mex,
legislative day, and 1t is the general In.
preston that tomorrow will be devoted
to them. Among these are about sixty
private pension bills. It Is expected thst
the fisheries treaty will be taken up in
secret session Tuesday, aud fur.
Their proceedings OF the week Will
depend largely upon the disposition
manifested to debsr that measure. Should
the Senate conclude the consideration of
the treaty speedily or decide to intermit
it's labors in secret session, the bill to es-
tablish s Department of Lsbor and the
bills to sdmit the territories OF Washing
ton, Montans and North Dakota are in
position to claim its attention. Il is the
intention Of the appropriations commit
tee to call up the Indian appropriation
bill Thursday, which, if the committee in-
sists, may displace everything else.
According to the present arrangement
the taaif bill will be laid aside by the
House this week and the appropriations
b lis will be taken up in the following
order: The legislative, the District of
Columbia and the postofice bills.
Tomorrow morning Will be consumed
in ratification Of this programme and in
the Introduction of public bills, and in
the afternoon, il the regular order pre-
walls, motions to suspend the rules and
pass by the two-thirds vote will be in
order.
AN IMPORTANT LAND CASE.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has
recommended to the Secretary OF the In
terror readjudication in the case of
Thomas J. Rutledge VS.. the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway Company, and
the LeavenWorth, Lawrence and Calves
ton Railway Company, involving lands in
Kansas. The land is situated in overlap
ping ten-mlle limits OF the grants for said
companies. Rutledge filed q -emption
declaratory statement for the lands
alleging settlement December 16, 1860,
and few months there after enlisted in
the army. During his absence map of
the general route was filed by the railroad
companies and the lands were Withdrawn.
On his return he made homestead entry
for tracts, subsequent to which the lines
OF the road were definitely located. His
homestead entry was cancelled after an
appeal to the secretary for conflicts with
the grants. The lands not having
been patented to either OF The railroads
the commissioner recommends the can
collation. Of the railroad claims and the
award OF the lands to Rutledge. This
action is taken upon the theory that Rut-
ledge's absence in the army cannot be
construed as an abandonment Of his
claim. It is said that there are large
number Of cases similarly situated.
CONSIDERING MILLS PROPOSITION.
WASHINGTON, May 20-A conference
of Republican representatives was held
last night. The subject of discussion
was Mr.. Mills proposition to vote di-
rectly upon his tariff bill or the substi-
tute to be offered by the Republicans. It
appears that majority Of the Republi-
cans are in favor Of joining issues in this
way without passing through tedious and
protracted consideration Of the bill in q
committee of the whole for amendments.
Some of the members who make up this
msjority are Influenced in the matter
by q desire to shorten the session and get
home to their constituents before the dog
DAYS, while others believe that the Mills
bill can be beaten on direct vote. From
the present indications, however, some
forty Republican members favor consid-
GRAFTON OF the bill under the I've minute
~ Ia En-, 1uid In
ocrats by Offering tempting Amendments
or to defeat the bill by delay. The meet
ing brought together about eighty MEM
bers. There was much talk
but no action. Several mem.
bers who participated strenuously
persisted in their opposition to Mills
proposition, despite all arguments of
leading Republican spirits. The confer
epce lasted until midnight and adjourned
to meet again next Tuesday, when the
effort to bring the recslcitrants into
line will be renewed. Meanwhile tariff
bill has been formulated by the Republic
cans as q substitute for the Mills bill. It
is reported to contain woelen schedules of
the 1867 tariff and free sugar provision
besides the administrative features OF the
Mills bill.
JUDGE KELLkY INDIGNANT.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Judge Kelley,
who is the Oldest Republican in the House
and who has been identified heretofore as
one Ct the leading authorities on the pro-
lection side Of the tariff question is in q
bad humor tonight, and justly go. 1t
seems that the proposition Of Mr.. Mills
TO vote upon the tariff bill without sub
mitting it to the House for amendments
was made to Messrs Mckinley and Reed
without consulting Mr.. Ks.Iev, who called
upon Mckinley to-day and fist learned
that the proposition had been made direct
to the two junior Republican members Of
the ways and esrs committee. TIE
gentlemen declined, however,
TO COMMIT THEMSELVES
to the proposition and said they had no
authority to speak for their Republican
colleagues on the committee or any other
party in the House, indeed they did not
seem to have considered themselves
charged with the duty of submitting the
nronositiOn tn their cOlleggues Judpe