Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
House..

MONDAY, Jan. 2S.-In the House TO-
day the Senate bill was passed inereas-
ing the pension of soldiers or sailors
who have lost both hands to 500
month. The Senate concurrent resolu-
ton was agreed to providing for the
joint meeting of the two houses of Con-
gress on Wednesday. February Is, Tor
the purpose of counting the electoral
vote. The sundry civil appro-
priation bill was taken up, and the
pending amendmentappro $780,
900 Tor Investigating the best method of
irrigating the arid region was agreed to.
Mr.. McComas md offered an amend
ment appropriating $1,000 for the edu-
cation of children of school age in
Alaska, without reference TO race. This
gave rise to discussion, at the close of
which Mr.. McComas' amendment was
agreed 10, and pending final action on
the bill the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
TUESDAY. Jan. 90. = Mr.. Burrows
Mich presented to the House a petit
ton Of 1900 citizens of Utah against
the admission of that territory as a state.
Referred. The House then went into
committee Of the whole, Mr.. Dockery
(Mo.) in the chair, on the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30.-The Oklahoma
bill was taken up In the House III COM
mittee OF the whole. The pendi g
amendment was one offered by Mr..
Payson {Ill.) expressly providing that
the rights OF honorably dis
charged Union soldiers and sailors
of the late civil war to make
homes on the public lands under the
existing homestead law snail not in any
degree be impaired by the paesa@e of
this bill, but that such rights shall ex
tend to any and all lands which shall
be open to settlement under the provis-
ions of this bill. Alter debate the
amendment was agreed to. Mr.. Holman
(Ind.) offered an amendment propid ng
that nothing in this act shall be construed
to authorize the eXtlnguishment of
Indian titles to any OF the lands IN the
Indian Territory, which, by virtue of
any existing law, would lnure to the
benefit of any railroad corl Grafton; or
such corporation on the extinguishment
of the Indian title thereto, but all sucn
lands shall be held by the Indians in
tribes, or in severalty, or by
the United States in trust for
the benefit of the Indians. The
amendment was agreed to, a. Was
also an amendment offered by Mr.. Nc
Rae (Ark.) FORGETTING all The lands ami
rights granted to the Atlantic d Pacific
Railroad Company for the cons ruction
of branch road from the Canadian
River to Van Buren,, Ark. On motion
of Mr.. McRae the clause was ellmen-
ated, which subjects the and to taxation
after the first instailment of the pur-
chase money has been paid.
On motion OF Mr.. Payson Il j. an
amendment was adopted providing that
no entry shall be allowed OF any home
stead except to actual settlers; and no
preferred right OF entry snail be given
TO any person by reason or claim oc-
cupancy prior to the application to en-
ter e land except IN cases of actual
occupancy and continuous residence on
the land at the dale of application.
Mr.. Payson then offered his substitute
for the townsite section and it WAS
agreed to. 1t authorizes the secretary
OF the interior to reserve on any public
lands in the territory, town sites in
areas not exceeding $40 acres in COM
pact form; and prevents the allowance