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improvements. The substitute provides for
the creation OF such o department to DO OF
fcered by a corps OF United Stntes civilaen
gineers, composed of an eQual. number Of
military officers and civilians.
Wednesday Feb. 10. IL. ..a
SENATE.-Congress has done all it can do
for the -four northern territories, and did it
port Of the conference committee vas agreed
to by both houses this afternoon, by the
house of representatives in fifteen minutes
without q division and by the senate after
an hour Of senseless debate. Also without q
roll call. 1t now goes to the president for
his signature.
The president to-day sent to congress all
tho correspondence which has taken place be-
tween this government and the government
OF Great Britain in regard to the dismissal OF
Lord Sackville West as minister of Great
Britain to the United States. Most of the
correspondence has already been published.
The senate committee on Indian affair held
a meeting to consider the Sioux bin passed
by the house some days ago. a conclusion
was reached and the bill will be reported to-.
morrow and passed by the senate. Few
changes were made in the bill except that the
Indian Defense association got in it's work to
q considerable extent and the Sioux are to
Hdfe $A1 ,OOO,OOU COlQ Cd6U aB an ln01cG-
ment toward giving their consent to the
opening of the reservation.
HoUsE:-The ~postponement of the election
of congressman in the new states until the
first Tusday in October may have no import
ant bearing upon the call for I'M extra session.
Those who are opposed to an extra session
will insist that it will be inexpedient to at
temptto organize the house and to enter up
on the transaction of important business
NTH n 0n%u vNo;0vskxv r,1,oo & s. -.
tain that by the election in these new states
the Republican membership of the house will
be increased by four if not by five. On the
otherhand those who ore insisting upon the ne
cessity of an extra session maintain the fact
that the ivenew members who are to be ad.
mitted to congress after October will not re-
move the risks attending q narrow majority
before that time, and thai it might happen
that there would be some delay in organizing
the new states or in obtaining admission for
the new members. In other words, many of
the most prominent Republicans insist that
itsis necessary for the Republicans to reor.
ganize the house ut the earliest possible op-
portunity, so as to provide against the haz-
zaId of the loss of organization by death or
otherwise.
The house committe on agriculture decided
to report adversely a bill t o punish dealing
in futures in agricultural products: also u
bill to prohibit fictitious and gambling tran
actions on the price of articles produced by
American farm industry. TIL object OF these
bills is to stop grain gambling on the public
exchanges and boards of trade.
Thursday Feb. 81.
SENArE.-As was stated to be q possibility
when the bill passed, the president to-day We
toed the bill for the relief of settlers upon the
Des Moines river lands. The present meas
ure was drawn upon lines supposed to meet
Ohiocfinna which woro 1nrOo1 IN IN %ho ~uoos
dents last veto message sent to the Forty
ninth congress, but it seems That those oh.
jections Gun in no way be met.
In the senate the committee on
public buildings and grounds reported
a resolution directing the president of
the senate to issue his warrant commanding
the sergeant-at-arms forthwith to arrest and
bring to the bar of the senate Thomas b.
Fister to show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt. Mr.. Morgan, re-
marking that the resolution presented some
delicate points o flnw, objected to it's present
consideration, and it vent over. Fister is
the employe of the supervising architects o.
the collection in the Office of money for polit-
cal purposes.
The senat committee on Indian affairs to.
day reported favorably the house bill open.
ing the Sioux reservation. The Pine
Ridge reservation was changed as
TO 1S boundaries so as 10 make It's lower
boundary the northern edge OF Pass
| creek on the White river, as it appeared in
the original bill the tribal patent arrange
ment was wiped out and the regular submis.
sion clause is inserted in section 16. The
amount of Ian required for station purposes
by the railroads is fixed ut twenty acres in
place of the indefinite terms fixed in the
house bill. The amendment offered by La
Toilette of Wisconsin in relation to the build.
ings to be placed upon the
grounds granted by the railroads, which was
defeated in the house, was placed in the bill
by the committee. The amount of money to
be paid each Indian is raised from 500 to
$50.
HousE.-Mr. Randall introduced in the
house a resolution which instructs the com
mittee on rules to report q rule, the purport
of which is that the house shall proceed to
consider the vote upon the Cowles bill to
abolish the tax on tobacco and that no fiji
clustering motions shall be entertained by
the speaker to prevent. This resolution
after some Intellectual opposition on the part
Of the free trade members of the committee
on ways n means, was referred to the
committee on rules. The proposed rule will
be reported. IT happens that on this com
mittee the free traders are in the minority
The committee consists of Carlisle, Mills an
Randall, Democrats, and of Reed and Can
non, Republicans. Mr.. Randall will vote Will
the two Republicans, and the rule will be re
ported forthwith.