The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-08

pIImentary Tributes to the Friends of the
Measure-Baeeoss Follows Brief Skir-
mish.
WAsHINGroN, Feb. 2-Oklahoma was
won IN the House yesterday in the final
passage o. the Springer bill by majority
of As votes
The opponents Of the measure fought
with desparation to the last, availing
themselves Of every possible parlia-
mentary device to delay the final vote. 1t
was stated last night by old members Of
Congress that no great measure of legisla-
tion for the last thirty years has been SO
stubborniy fought in all its stages as has
the Oklahoma bill. The cattle syndicates
have maintained a large lobby here for
four years to resist all legislation looking
to the opening Of any part OF the Indian
Territory.
To General james B. Weaver OF Iowa,
who inaugurated the effort to open Okla
homa TO settlement at the first session OF
the Forty-ninth Congress, the people of
the country owe great debt Of gratitude.
His labors for the bill have been incessant.
When at the present session the measure
was smothered by the tactics of its
enemies in the House, Congressman
Weaver threw himself into the breach and
by a struggle of four continuous days re-
stored the bill to life and secured for it the
consideration which resulted in its pas
sage.
Not less untiring and conspicuous have
been the services of Mr.. Springer, who has
led the fight with consummate skill and
with answering faith in its 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 chair
man of the Territorial Committee friend
of the people who could not be driven from
his position.
The zeal and ability with which Con-
eressmen Warner, Heard and others of
Missouri, Perkins, Peters and Ryan, of
Kansas, and Strubel and Holmes, of lowe,
have advocated the bill can not fail to be
highly appreciated by the constituencies
| they so ably represent, and by the country
| at large
The amendments adopted by the House,
relating to town sites, applies substan-
TALLY the provisions OF chapters title 80,
of the Revised Statutes of the United
| States, entitled reservation and sale of
town sites on the public lands. Several
other amendments were adopted, but none
of them change the original bill in any es-
sential particular. =
The bill will probably reach the Senate
/ by Monday. The, probable outlook for
early and favorable action in that body is
very promising but no efforts should be
| spared by the friends of the measure in.a1i
| parts Of the country to secure such action.
Many Senators are now pledged to sdp-
| port the bill and kilograms and letters are
already coming in asking that prompt
action may be had in the Senate so that
| Okla can ha orauPd fO IaoaI SAffla-
| ment during the present season. ST
1t is but just to add that a goodly 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
| resulted in a victory for the latter, and
that measure was taken up for considera-
| ton, the pending question being on the
motion Of Mr.. Springer to table the mo-
tion of Mr.. O'Ferrali, of Virginia, to recon-
slider the vote by which the House Thurs
| day rejected the minority substitute. The
motion to table was caTried-yeas 132, nays
ia.
| The question then recurred on the pas
sage of the bin, pending which Mr.. Hooker,
of Mississippi, entered dilatOry motions to
adjourn and take recess-but refraiued
from making the point of no quorum and
allowed them to be voted upon a division.
| But Mr.. Cheadly, of Indiana, proved more
| inexorabIe and brought proceedings to 6
standstilI 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 passed-yeas 145, hays 107