New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-13
CONGR ESSIONAL
Weekly Resume Of the Proceedings of the Senate
and House.

Weekly Resume Of the Proceedings Of the Senate
and House.
Monday Feb. 4.
SENATE:-The senate bill in relation to
dead and fallen timber on Indian lands pass
/ ed the senate.
The senate considered without action. the
antitrust and Union Pacific funding bills.
Mr.. Mitchell introduced a bill for the relief
OF citizens Of Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Territories who served with United States
troops in the Nez Perez Indian war. The bill
provides that they shall be paid 81 a dayea
during period of service thatthe wounded and
disabled shall be entitled to pensions
Senator Evarts, from the committee on
privileges and elections. made a report Of the
result OF the investigation into the alleged
election outrages in Washington county, Tex.
The conclusion the committee reaches is that
the averments of the petitioners as to their
situation in !, their homes in Texas and the
occasion OF their being compelled to flee from
them are sustained by the evidence. The com
mittee dwells at much length upon the meth
obs OF violence employed In Southern poll
tics, which it denounces, and recommends the
careful revision of existing laws regulating
elections Of members Of congress- and an ex-
animation of the proposed legislation perth
posed in congress, with the view of providing
for more complete protection of the exer-
/. cises of the elective franchise by act of con-
gress. and more efficient provisions for the
punishment of offenses against it. A resolu-
ton adopted by the committee to enable it
to carry into effect the recommendations of
| the report accompanied it.
HoUsE.-The house gave attention to the
business reports from the committee Cd In
dian affairs. The first bill taken up was that
providing for the opening of the great Sioux
! reservation. The bill was read and debate be-
gun. Judge Clifford said that the treaty of
1868 had been disregarded for years by the
Indians by the action in refusing to
abide by it. They had gone upon
the warpath and had in various ways
failed to keep their obligations. The bill
proposed to treat these Indians in a perfect
| ly equitable way and to ignore all their fail
ures to keep their treaties in the past. There
should be no opposition to this matter now
for the Indians had bound themselves not to
interfere with the whites and they had broken
the obligation many times. Mr.. Perkins of
Kansas tried to secure an agreement by
which the amendment to the bill should be
voted upon tomorrow and the bill adopted.
Mr.. Hooker objected and the house went on
with the consideration of the bill.
A bill offered by Mr.. Hudd of Wisconsin,
providing for the allotment of lands in
severalty to the Oneida Indians in Wisconsin.
was read and reported fayorably to the
house bill reported favorably from the
committee on Indian affairs, tavoring the
exception of Indians who had served as
and Wahpeton Sioux Indians, from the law
FORGETTING the lands of the Indians, was con-
sidered.
Tuesday Feb. S.
SENATE.-Various measures were consider
Il Il, H.. H. -
considerable speech-making done, but no i'm
portant action was taken and the proceed
lngs were uninteresting.
The president to-day transmitted to con-
gress for his approval and ratification
provisional agreement lately entered into
between the United States and the Greek In
dams by which the title and interestin and to
alllands in the Indian Territory or elsewhere,
except such as are held and occupied as
homes are cedeu to the United States By
the agreement of the Greek nation coded to-
the United States the title to the entire west
ern half of the domain of the nation, lying
west of the division line established by the
treaty Of 1866. The United States agrees to
pay to the Indians s., 2SO, S57-$2SO, S57
to be paid to the national treasurer of the.
nation and 81, 900 900 to remain in the
United States treasury to the credit of the
nation and bear interest at the rate of 5 per.
cent. The nation agreed to devote not less
than $4,000 annually for educational pur-
poses.
HoUsE.-There was laid before the house to-
day report of the board of engineer
officers Of an eNamin alton aud survey of the
present channel of the Mississippi river at the
Rock Island rapids. made with view gifts i'm
provements. The board is of opinion that
the most direct and feasible route for canal
from the herd ofthe rapids to the upper part OF
Moline is in the river along the Illinois shore
! WOnIG q hOnt; nd hall lopo Il
formed, as in thee ofthe Des Moines canal,
by embellishments in the river with width of
from 200 to 500 feet and depth at low water
increasing from 6 to II feet, having two
locks 80 feet wide and 325 feet long.
The house committee on Indian affairs
have another evening assigned to them for
tomorrow night and will make another eff
fort to get the Sioux bill through, but Mr.
Peel was inclined to view the outlook as
rather hopeless. Hooker's obstinacy insist
ing upon attaching the submission clause in
the bill cannot be overcome, and the com
mittee is little disposed to pass another bill
with this stumbling block contained therein
Wednesday Feb. G.
| SENATE.-Senator Davis reported favor
| ably from the senate committee on military
affairs a bill granting the Big Horn Southern
/ Fort Custer military reservation in Montana.
The report accompanying the bill quotes
extracts from the letter OF Col Dudley, com
mandant OF the post, who endorses the bill,
| showing how necessary the road was to the
the post, and that it's construction would
save the government much extra eSp enses
and loss OF time in transportation of Indian
and military supplies
Senator Sabn introduced bill granting
the Duluth & Winnipeg road right of way
through the White Earth and Leech Lake re.
7 servations in Minnesota. He also introduced
a bill granting the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
I Manitoba road the right of way through the
same reservation. This is the branch road
which the Manitoba is constructing from
| Crookston southwest to the interior of the
state, its purpose being to supply the eastern
! portion of Dakota with lumber from the tim
I bered portions OF Minnesota.
HoUsE.-The house committee on terrific
ries held their regular meeting this morning
and took final action on the bill for the ad.
1 mission OF Utah and the omnibus bill provid-
ing an enabling act for the admission of the
Territories ofIdaho, Wyoming and Arizona as
states Of the Union. Itwas decided although
notunanimously, i'll regard to theU tab matter