Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
The House Spends Most of the Day Con-
sidering Appropriation Bills.
Conference Report Changing Eastern and
Northern Judicial Districts of Texas Agreed
To by the Senate.
Fiftieth Congress.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Ihe senate
met at II o'clock, but it was half an
hour afterwards before the reading of
yesterday s journal was completed, there
being in the meantime call of the SEN
ate in order to obtain attendance of a
quorum
The conference report on the bill to
change the Eastern and Northern judicial
districts of Texas was presented and
agreed to.
After executive session the senate adj
journed.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON Feb. 26.-Having be-
come aware from past experience that
the rules setting apart the hour between
10 and II clock for the consideration of
measures by unanimous consent had be-
come dead letter by reason of flibus-
tering, very few members were in at
tendance when the house was called to
order this morning.
A few messages from the president
Yetoing various pension bills having been
read and referred, theIspeaxer proceeded
to clear his table.
a bill for opening to settlement of a
portion of the Sioux reservation in Da-
kota, with senate amendments, having
been laid before the house, on motion of
Mr.. Peel of Arkansas the amendments
were nom eoncurred in and a conference
ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Joseph of New Mex
leo the senate bill was passed for the es-
adjustment of land district in New
Mexico.
The table having been cleared of bust
ness, the speaker, in conformity with the
special order, recognized Mr.. Abbott of
Texas, who called up the bill for the
erection of public building at Fort
Worth. Recognition availed him little,
for Mr.. Bland of Missouri was instantly
on his feet with motion for an hour
recess.
In view of this motion and conscious of
the fact that the time of the house would
be frittered away until IL O'Clock, Mr..
Randall asked the unanimous consent to
report from the committee on appropria-
tons the sundry civil bill with the senate
amendments. But, aggrieved at the
notification of the special order, Mr..
Biggs OF California, whose name stands
high on the list of recognition, objected,
and the house relapsed into a condition OF
inaction which has characterized it so
much of late.
The hour of IL 'clock having arrived,
Mr.. Bland withdrew his motion. and Mr..
Randall reported the sundry civil bill.
Recommendations of the committee on
appropriations relative to senate amend
ments were agreed TO and confer enee
was ordered, and MessrS. Randall, For
ney and Ryan were appointed conferees.
No effort was made to call up the con-
tested election case, and the house went
into committee of the whole on the de-
ficiency appropriation bill.
After the house went into committee on
the deficiency bill "a Sayers of Texas
read letter which Mr.. Scott of Penn
sylvania had received from Col. Lamont,
stating that when he accepted the posi-
ton of private secretary TO the president
he had full knowledge of the pay attached
to it. He preferred not to be the bene-
ficisery of retroactive legislation, and he
therefore asked that the committee re-
cede from its amendment appropriating
$4,000 for his benefit.
Mr.. Sayers asked leave to strike out
the amendment, but Mr.. Hayes of Iowa
objected.
The committee then rose and the bill
was passed, the Lamont amendment
being eliminated.
OOuieFe3ce report on Inc pension ap-
preparation bill was presented and agreed
TO.
House then went into committee of the
whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
The reading of the bill by sections was
entered upon by the house, after which
the committee rose and the house took a
recess.
There was very small attendance of
members when the house met sshis even
ing (Sayers of Texas in the chair for
further consideration of the appropria-
ton bill The session ran along very
smoothly, interrupted only now and then
while some member briefly expressed his
views upon the policy TO be pursued in
treating with the Indians.
Mr.. Peel offered an amendment APP
propriatmg 81 ,9l2 ,esJ66 for payment to the
Seminole band of Indians for land ia the
Indian Territory oeded by them TO the
United States.
Pending the vote the house at 1880
adjourned.
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