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Conferences Report ON the Northern Re
ri, Agreed ta,-The Billings
Clark's For q Cooke city BIZ Re
ported FsvorabIy-war Claims Dis
cussed.
WASHINGTON, April 13-The clerk pro.
ceeded to read the Journal cf the legislative
day OF Wednesday, April A. The Journal
consists OF ninety manuscript pages, exelu.
sive Of seventy-one roll calls.
Dockery. OF Missouri, asked unanimous
consent to dipense With the reading OF the
Journal, but Taylor and Grosvenor inter-
posed objection. They did not, however,
demand reading Of roll calls in full, as such
reading would occupy two or three days.
The clerk. then proceeded to read the
skeleton outline Of the Journal. The read
ing consumed exactly one hour. AIarge
number OF executive documents which had
accumulated on the Speakers table during
the deadlock we're laid before the House
and appropriately referred.
Blount, of Georgia, fnom the Committee
on Postoffice and P~ostroads, reported the
postofice appropriation bill. It was re-
ferred to committee of the whole.
Peel OF Arkansas presented a conference
report on the bill to ratify an agreement
with the Gros Ventures, Piegan, Blood,
Blackfeet and River Greek Indians in Mon.
tana, and it was agreed to. Also a confer
report upon the bill, dividing the
great Sioux reservation into smaller sepa-
rate reservations.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
ordered q favorable report on the Senate
bill granting to the Billings, Clark's Fork
q Cooke City Railroad Company right of
way through the Grow reservation. The
will also report favorably on
Senate bills authorizing the appointment
a superintendent OF Indian schools, and
granting to the Washington d Idaho Rail- |
road Company a right OF way through the
CGur d'Alene Indian reservation.
The remainder OF the day wa spent in /!
OF the whole, in the discussion |
Of a bill for the payment OF a claim OF $7,-I
DO0 for the occupation of certain property !
Memphis by the United States troops in
1864. 1t was opposed by Grosvenor of
Ohio, Thomas Of Wisconsin, and Brewer
Michigan, and advocated by Richardson
Of Tennessee.
'ide bad settled two things, that they
would not allow the loyal States to receive
back their share of direct tax, and that the
Southern States should not be required to
;ay their share. He would, therefore, sug-
that all claims of the character of the
me pending should be put up as a set off
lgaiDst the direct tax owed by the South
IN States.
Richardson replied that a day had been
Ixed for consideration of the direct taxi
ill. If the gentleman thought that it was
lot good policy to pay these wal claims,
1by had his party in "a passed a law for
he payment OF such claims OF loyal per-
Ons.
Montgomery, OF Kentucky, said he would
ote for the payment of the claim of every
oyai man. The quality OF loyalty ought
OF to be tested by the locality in which
he claimant lived during the war. But if
were SO tested, the quality OF the loyalty
! tue citizens OF Tennessee and Kentucky /
ught to be placed higher than that OF
hose who had lived where it had been per.
city sale to be loyal.
No action was taken on the bill. The !
louise then took a recess until 7:3O, the
7ening session to be for consideration of
rivate pension bills. s