The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-06
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.


WASHINGTON, Dec. S0-Speaker Carlisle
was ct the capital yesterday working -
bis committee list He has . purpose in
the construction Of the committees beyond
the mere placing Of members where they
would like to be, and causing degree OF
satisfaction BY the result The real ques-
tion that presents itself - how each COM
mittec can be constructed % a. to accom-
plish or defeat certain things. The Speaker
has absolute power in this, and can name
whom he wants for any committee. but ne
has to select from the material before him,
and 1t il that which annoys him moro than
the pressure and influence Of Individual
members. He has found but little difficulty
in getting the material he desired for the
Ways and Means Committee and Appropria-
tions Committee, but some of the less i'm.
portant committees are giving him more
trouble.
The State Department has direct policy
to be carried out in the HOuse, and wants
Committee on Foreign Affairs IN accord.
Mr.. Belmont, as chairman of the cOmmit-
tee, will be the exponent OF this policy, but
there is q d fiiculty in the way OF getting a
committee with q majority certain at all
times to work in accord with him. As to
the Committee on Pacific Railroads there
is the same trouble. The Administration
has positive policy with relation to the
settlement of the Pacific railroads which it
Is proposed shall be carried out by this
Congress-
OKLAHOMA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-Oklahoma comes
to the front this session with its we'll
known pertiuacitv, and bills have already
bcen prepared for introduction IN the
House and Senate soon after the recess
providing for the speedy opening to settle
mcnt Of that Territory. But small por-
lion of the Indian Territory will be asked
for by the measures offered this session,
and no attempt will be made to open to
settlement the tract known as the 'CherO-
kee Strip" or "Cherokee Outlet" The
land of which it il proposed to form the
new Territory lies in the very heart Of the
Indian Territory and. although the very
best lands in the United States, are sur
rounded by Indians on every side. They
would seem TO be a very undesirable lOca-
ton for white people who desired TO make
permanent and extensive settlement and
improveme The land consists Of
three tracts, one containing 81, 1873
acres, acquired from the Seminoles.
and another containing us SOL, acquired
from the Creeks, and third containing
495 Isl acres, acquired from tho Chicka-
saws. These lands were all coded by the
civilized tribes spoken Of by the treaties
made IN 1851. For some OF the lands the
Government paid fifteen cents an acre, and
for the remainder, acquired at u subse.
Quent session OF Congress, thirty cents an
acre was paid. Tho chief obstacle to
throwing these lands open to settlement is
the terms Of the treaties OF 1861, by which
the Indians sold these lands for certain
specified purposes. The Government was
to place on them nothing but friendly
tribes Of Indians, or the freedmen who
had been held as slaves by the five civilized
tribes, but emancipated by the abolition OF
slavery. These lands could not be opened
to settlement, therefore, without abro2a-
ting these treaties, and to do so would be
to arouse such hostility among the Indians
as to render settlement on these lands very
hazardous. This Is why the Indian Bureau
IS opposed to the proposed Oklahoma.
AUSTRALIAN WOOL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. @-In u report to
the Department of State upon the Aus
tralian wool clip for lSSj-S1, q. W. Griffen,
United States Consul at Sydney, states that
the remarkable feature in connection with
the clip is the decided Improvement in the
quality of the fleece over that of the previ-
Gus season-mainly due to the improved
condition OF the natural grasses through
the copious rains in almost every part OF
Australia The Victorian wool sold IN
London during the months of No
vember and December attract ed no small
amount of attention OH account OF its
superior quality and luster A marked I'M
provemcnt was noticed in the condition of
the clip from every OF the colonies. The
total number Of bales exported from all the
colonies during the year ended May 81. was
1.l6l,574, against Liz Ii! for the corrc-
spending period OF the previous year. The
wool exports of the Australian colonies to
the United Kingdom during the first four
months of the present year amounted to
2l7, IL, 1917 pounds against 2l3 l27, 5113 pounds
for the corresponding period Of 1886, and
the increase in quantity was far surpassed
by the increase in value. The value Of the
shipments of Australian woods to the Unit
ed Kingdom during the first four months
OF 1887 was S4S 4G4. $50, while that of the
same period OF 1885 was only 81, IBIS. 0Ju.
The shipments for the month of April alono
amounted to S1s,959,J4O, against q, 1870, $50
for the same month last year. The direct
wool import to the United States has been
very small. The absence of the usual num-
the colonial sales, especially az Sydney and
Adelaide, ard the f W that were prcse mt
shovel no disposition to b d against The
French and German BUYERS for ,ak,ngs Of
wool desire for the American market, In
deet the only effect Of the presence OF the
Americans ut all was perhaps to excite
the competition between the continental
buyers VIII Oh was sharp and keen. and
formed the mains,ay Of the market. Tho
only direct shipments to America consis' ed
of 14.U0 bales from Melbourne and l6) bales
from Sydney. The total number Of sheep
in Australia the present year amounted to
5000, OO1, agains; ID, 2l2O 90 in 1885
THE FISHERIES CORNERSTONE -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3D.-Pcrsons holding
close relations to the Administration clam
to know that the Fisheries Commission
will make short work when it reasscmbies
next month. Mr.. Chamberlain and Sir
Charles Upper will come back from Of
tawa empowered to accept the proposition
made by our representatives during the
conference, to refer to arbitration
the two main questions at issue
namely: First, whether Canada will
give our fishing vessels the commercial
rights which we accord to their fishing
vessels; and, second, whether the three
mile limits shall follow the Illustrations Of
the shore. It is believed bv Secretary
Bayard and the other American negotiators
that these questions would certainly be
decided in our favor by any a:bitrato rs
that might he selected. Whether this
speculation will prove true can only be de-
termined by the result.
Grimslaw and Sparrow Rewarded.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Dec. 30-Yesterday Lo.
cal Agent Morseman. of the Pacific Ex-
press Company. received letter from Su-
perintendcnt Miller, of St. Louis, instruct.