The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-14
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

AND ACIED DPON.
ct the Nations Capitol - What Is Being
Done by the Senate and House - Old
Matters Disposed of and New Ones Con-
s1ered.
THERE was a long debate in the Senate on this
9Th inst the reference of the House bill
for Territorial government for Oklahoma Mr..
Platt moved that the bill be referred to the Com
mittee en- Territories, and after long debate
the motion was adopted The Senate
agreed to the committee amendments to tbs
legislative appropriation bill, the principal
one being to increase the salary of the Presi.
dents Private Secretary from $500 to 5000
The House Joint resolution for payment OF
100000 to the representatives of the late James
B. Eads was passed by the Senate. The con-
ference reporu ON the Nicaragua canal bill was
called up in the House, and the discussion OF
the bill and amendments occupied most of the
day. The Senate bill appropriat ing $50 600 for
postofice building at st. Paul was fay orably
reported to the House, with amendment re-
dCcing the amount TO $500, 900. The House
agreed to the Senate amendment to the bill to
retire Gen William Z. Smith, The President
transmitted 10 Congress for ratification pro-
visional ,reement lately entered into with the
Creek Indians, by which the title to all lands
in the Indian Territory or elsewhere, except
such as are held and occupied as homes, are
ceded to the United States. BY its terms the
Greek Nation cedes to the United States the en-
lie western had OF the domain of the nation
the treaty of 1886. The United States agrees to
pay the Indians 50 2So, S57-S28 ,S57 to be paid
TO the national treasury of the nation. and
So, 000, 900 to remain in the United States Treas
ury to the credit of the nation and bear interest
at the rate of per cent. The nation agrees to
devote not less than $4,000 annually to educa-
Eonal purposes.
The Senate bill granting to the Big Horn
Southern Railway Company right of way across
the reservation in Montana was reported and
passed in the Senate on the 9Th inst: MI.
Chandler offered II resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary OF
the Interior for statement as to
authority given by him for cutting timber in
the Chippewa indian an reservation within the La
offered by Mr.. Chandler. instructing the Com
mirtee on APPROX iations to investigate the
matter of naval officers claims, was taken up.
and after long debate the resolution went
over without action, aisol the executive and
judicial appropriation bill. The House,
after long debate, agreed to the conference re-
port on the Nicaragua canal bill by vote Of III
yeas to 60 nays. Mr.. Chapman Mich made the
principal speech i'll favor of the report, declar-
ing that the House amendments which were
dropped by the conferrees were added to the
bill OH the idea that the United States should
isolate itself and keep free from entanglins
alliances. That day, he said, had passed. The
attempt to make it impracticable for American
enterprise to plant itself in foreign COM
tries was too late. The time had come
for a naughty and dctatorial American policy.
carrying the flag into that region of Central
America with the Endorsement of this Govern
ment We have put ourselves where though
we may not be pecuniarily liable, we shall be
morally responsible for the safety and prOtec-
t1on OF great American enterprise which will
help to spread our country over the world. He
hoped that this step was only prelude to the
day when the flag shall wave over the state of
Nicaragua as Il State of tie United States OF
America
The Senate continued it's discussion of the
civi-service system on the 9TH inst, when it re-
sumed consideration of Mr.. Hawiey's amend
ment to the Legislative appropriation bill
providing an additional clerk for the Civil
Service Commission. The amendment was
agreed to, as also q proposition to
make the Board of Pension Appeals con-
The bin then went Owe. The confer
ence report on the Nicaragua canal bill
agreed to and it now goes to the President. The
Senate passed the bill ujhorizing the Monnt
Carmel (lH.l Development Company to draw
watet from the Wabash River. Mr.. Blair intro
duce1 Joint resolution providing for consti-
tutional amendment extending the right of suf-
frage to women, and presented a majority re-
port of the Senate Committee on Woman SUI
frase favoring the same. The Senate passed
a substitute for the House bill to remove the
charge of desertion from soldiers of the late
war and of the Mexican war VIII. re such soldiers
afterward served faithfully till the expiration of
their term of enlistment The House passed
the Senate bill providing that public lands
available for agricultural purposes. now subject
to private entry shall only be disposed Of under
the homestead laws. Amendments were
adopted striking out the provisions exempting
Missouri from the opera ions of the bill,
repeating the comm utation clause of the home
stead law, and allowing persons who have aban-
dOned or relinquished their homestead entries
to make another entry. The House passed the
bill granting q pension of So month to the
widow OF Gen. w. H. Emery. Amendments
aggregating $61, 500 were added to the army ap-
preparation bill by the House. The apprOpria-
ton OF $l00,C0O for the new military post at
Denver was stricken out upon the suggestion
that the item is covered in the sundry civil bill
IN the Senate the naval appropriation bill and
the fortification appropriation bill were
ported on the 8th inst, with amendments and
placed on the calendar The Senate bill to re-
move the bar on the statute of limitations
as to certain claims or compensation
for horses and other property lost in
the service of the United States
reported from the Committee on Military AT
fans and placed Oh the calendar. 4 resolution
offered which was referred to the Commit
tee on Contingent EXpenses Tor the appoint
ment OF q select committee of seven Oh iiriga-
ton and reclamation OF arId lands TO consider
the subject Of irrigation and the best mode of
recaiming the g. id lands of the United States,
with leave to sit during The recess and to en-
poy clerk at So q day. The Senate
then proceeded to the consideration Of
the House bill 10 quiet title OF settlers on
the Des Moines river lands in Iowa. After some
discussion, and without division or amendment,
the bill passed. The report of the disagree
ment of the cOnferrees the bill admitting
South Dakota and creating the Territory of
North Dakota was made and new conference
ordered message from the President in
regard TO Samoa was laid before the Senate,
together with message transmitting the
correspondence in regard to the seizure by
Canada of the Massachusetts fishing vessel
Bridgewater. After passing tifty-two pension
bills the Senate adjourned. In the House q
motion was made to take up the bill to increase
the pension of the widow of the late Gen. Ward
Burnett but the motion failed to receive the
necessary majority. The House then took up
the army appropriation BILL which passed.
On motion of Mr.. Spinola it was agreed to retire
Gen. w. H. Hunt who is now at the point of
death. The agricultural appropriation was then
considered and passed. after which the House