The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-07
OPENING OKLAHOMA.

The Springer Bill Passes the House-Com-
pIimentary Tributes to the friends Of the
Measure-success Follows q Brief Skir-
mish.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-Oklahoma was
won in the House yesterday I'm the final
passass u the Springer bill by q majority
Of 40 votes.
The opponents of the msGerre fought
with desperation to the last, av6illng
themselves of every possible parlia-
mentaTy ds-ies to delay the final vote. 1t
was stated last night by old members OF
Congress that no great measIfs II lssisla-
tion for the last thirty years has been 50
stubbornly fought in all its stages as has
the Oklahoma bill. The cattle syndicates
have maintained . large lobby here for
ftJr tsars 10 resist all legislation looking
to the opening OF airy part of the Indian
Territory.
To General james b. Weaver, Of Iowa,
who ina.gursted the effort to open OKLA
homa to settlement ~ the first session Of
the Forty ninth Congress, the people OF
the country owe a great debt Of gratitude.
His iab5rs for the bill have been iDcessaut.
When at the preseiit session the measure
was smothered by the tactics OF its
enemies in the House, Congressman
Weaver threw himself into the breach and
bS 4 -trpggle Of four continuous days re-
stored the b1't t. hfe and secured for it the
consideration whfeh tSsutted in its pas
sage.
Not less untiring and conspicuddH have
been the services Of Mr.. Springer, who has
led tnS asht with consummate skill and
with unswerying ist.- IN it-success. With
a knowledge of the complicated rules of
the House second TO no other member and
profoundly convinced of the necessity and
justice of the proposed legislation, Mr.
Springer deployed his forces TO the best
| advantage and every point Of attack was
successfully covered. Ready in debate
| and full of resources and Information, the
opponents of, the bill found in the shair-
man e the Territorial Committee q friend
of the people w. Sotld not be driven from
his position.
The zeal and ability with whieh Con.
| gressmen Warner, Heard and others Oi
| Missouri, Perkins, Peters and Ryan, of
| Kafisas; ara Strnbel and Holmes, of Iowa,
have advocated the Pill ,an not fail to be
highly appreciated 6y the Constituencies
| they so ably repfecent, and by the country
at large.
The amendments adopted by Che House,
relating to town sites, applies substan[
TALLY the provisions IT chapter 8, title 33
of the Revised Statutes 6f the United
States, entitled reservation and sale Of
totss sites on the public lands. Several
other amendte,ts were adopted, lutnone
of them change the Original bill in any es-
sential particular.
The bill will probably reach the Sehats
by Monday. The probable outlook for
early and favorabl action in that body is
l 81 h,,k &c haRrld hn
spared by the friends of the measure in all
parts of the country to secure such action.
Many Senators are now pledged to sup.
port the bill and kilograms and letters are
alfeady c6ming In asking that prompt
action may bg had in the Senate so that
Oklahoma can be opened to legal settles
ment during the present season.
1t is but just to add that a sbSdly por-
tion OF the credit Of success in passing the
Oklahoma bill through the House is due TO
the efforts of Hon. Sidney Clarke, Captain
Couch and Colonel Crocker, who have
labored in and out of season for the adj
vancement of this great measure.
A brief skirmish between the friends OF
the private calendar and the adherents OF
the Oklahoma bill in the House yesterday
resttlt6d in victory for the latter, and
that measure was taken up for cohsidefas
ton, the pending Question being ON tbs
motion OF Mr.. Springer to table the mo-
ton of Mr. O'Ferrall, Of Virginia, to recon-
slider the vote by which the House Thurs-
day rejected the minority substitute. The
motion to table was carfisd-yeas 1872, nays
| III.
| The question then recurred on the pas
sage of the bill, pending which Mr.. Hooker,
of Mississippi, entered dilatory motions to
! adjourn and take rscess-but refrained
from making the point OF no quorum and
allowed them to be voted Upon d division.
But Mr.. Cheadly. Of Indiana; proved more
| inexorable and brought proceedings to d
standstill by demanding the reading Of
| the engrossed bill; 1.-THE bill was not en-
crossed and the clerk stated that it would
require an hour or more to perform the
work ], but while various propositions were
presented to kill time and allow the clerks
to engross the bill Mr.. Cheadle relented
and withdrew his demand.
The bill then rassed-yeas 14s, nays lO2.
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