Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-08
CAN'T SUPPORT CLEVELAND.
A Split in the Ranks of Virginia
Bourbons.
THE LAND CLAIMS OF NEBRASKA.
They Cannot BE Satisfied without
Special Legislation - The House
Passes the Sioux Reservation
Bill-Personal.
Barbour Resigns.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE,

elect to succeed Riddleberger has written a
card to the democrats of Virginia declining
to act further as chairman of the state com
mittec, in which capacity he has been for
many years. and with signal success. Mr..
Barbour gives as his reasons for refusing to
lead the Bourbon host of the old dominion
during another campaign that he is not in
harmony with the administration and that
one who is, should be elected He says that
it would prevent harmony to have man in
the craftsmanship of the committee,' who
could not endorse the cause of the admins
tration since Cleveland is likely to be renom-
mated for the presidency. The an
nouncement has caused much surprise
in Washington, where Mr. Bar
bour's democratic activity and influence
hrc so well known and republicans are pre-
dieting that, in view Of the declaration of the
Virginia legislature Just before its adjourn
ment the other day, in favor Of tariff pro-
lection, the. state will go republican If
strong man heads the ticket Allison,
Sherman and Harrison are remarkably
strong in Virginia and the split in the Bour-
bon party there over the acts of the admin
istration and the tariff question and the gains
that have been made in the republican ranks
since 1885, make indeed a cheerful outlook
for republicans at the approaching election.
NEBRAsKAs LAND CLAIMS.
Mr.. Carter, u deputy in the board of land
commissioners ut Lincoln, is in the city and
to-day called upon MIR Stockslager, acting
commissioner of the general land office. He
directed Mr. Stockslagers attention
to tho fact that there is
due the state of Nebraska
between thirty and forty thousand acres of
school lands and asked for an allotment of
Che same. Mr.. StocKslager replied that the
state was barred out Of its claim to these
lands under tho provisions of the revised
statutes which require that lands due state
must be selected in the same land districts IN
which they were originally located and that
all of the school lands having been sold in
the districts ofNebraska where sections were
due the state, none could now be granted
1t is probable that bills will be introduced in
congress making special provisions for the
state of Nebraska in this instance.
OPENING THE SIOUX RESERVATION.
After some debate the house this afternoon
passed the bill opening up to settlement the
great Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota
The discussion was OF little interest. Hol
man, of Indiana, appeared to be the only
real obstacle in the way Of an
He tobiected to every step that
the.committee on Indian affairs took and i'm
peded the final vote IN every way he could
conceive. Holman is invariably found in OPP
position to all bills for the development of
the northwest, into which country he has
made two or three journeys at government
expense, and he seems to have become very
much opposed to that country. As passed,
the bill contains the provision in relation to
the Niobrara strip, and, although amended
in few unimportant parts, is practically the
same as when reported to the committee.
The most prominent feature is the clause
providing that the measure shall be ratified
by the Indians before it comes into opera
ton. The bill will pass the senate, without
reasonable doubt, In its present form. There
have been here for several weeks a number
. of prominent DakOtaps working for the pas
sage Of the bill, and they are much elated
tonight over their success, and say that it
will give the territory the biggest boom that
It has ever had. EX-Delegate Pettigrew Of
Sioux Falls, ex-Congressman Kliner and
Mayor Mcclure OF Pierre and Mayor King of
Rapid City are among those who are working
for the bill.
THE WANTS OF THE wINNEBAGons.'
Mr.. Dorsey has received petition from
the Winnebago Indians in Nebraska asking
that congress give them authority to sell u
section Of land on their reservation for q
town SITE
vANDERvooRT AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
Specifications and advertisement for bids
for stone and granite to be used in the con-
the congressional library will be- promul-
gated by the commission tomorrow. The
bids are expected to range between S?50, 900
and 100000. Paul Vandervoort, of Ne
braska,S who has been here for some time
representing number of the MOST extensive
stone and granite quarres in the country, and
B. ii. Stout and other contractors intend to
to be one Of the bidders, and those he rep
resents may make number of bids.
THE OMAHA MONEY.
Senator Dawes has introduced u bill which
carries into effect the request of the Omaha
Indians for the payment OF the money due
them by the government, aggregatiug about
$4,000, in two Instead of seven payments
The bill provides that the money shall be ex
pended by an agent Of the interior depart
nent, who shall see that it is applied to i'm
proving the condition of the Indians
THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.
A statement is published here this evening
to the effect that the republicans in the house
are divided on the question of internal re
venue reform; that Mr. Reed, republican
member of the committee on ways and means
has prepared a. bill for the repeal of the
tobacco and fruit brandy tax and reduction
of the whisky tax from 90 to 80 cents per gal.
lon and has been trying to whiI
his party ,, into line but has met nra
This statement is wholly incorrect
The republicans are solidly opposed to any
reduction of the tax on whisky. They are
solid in favor of Just such reforms as are pro
DOSeU III tne INTERNAL revenue Dill SuDtllUteC
by the democrats, but they do not endorse
the administration features of IL. The repub
licans stand as one man on the subject of in
ternal revenue reform and although they
have not prepared a bill they will be in con
cert when they do act. The efforts which
MIR. Randall will make to induce the republi
cans to support his tariff and internal rev
enue bill will be ineffective If for no Other
reason than because he proposed reduction
pf the tax on whisky. The republican mem
bers of the committee on ways and means
say that no party at this time can Justify
Itself In any action which will reduce the
whisky tariff
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LABOR INTERESTS.
The democratic members OF the house
committee on ways and means made very
bad record today. When the committee
convened number of motions were SUB
lnitted by the republican members to gram
hearings to the people representing the in
terests which would be affected by the pass
pge Of the administration bill. IL was
moved, for instance, that the iron puddler,
be heard on the effect the metal schedule o.
the bill would have upon the IRON industry
Ihis was voted down by strict party vote
Then il was moved that the weayers be heart
on the wool schedule, and this was vote,
down by the democrats, all of the republi
cans voting for the proposition FINAL,
breckenridge, of Kentucky, the most active