The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-21
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate on the 10th Senator Hoar
from the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, made a report on the Chandler. Cal
discussion ordering certain remarks strick
en- from the Congressional Record and thu
substitution Of the report of the officia
reporter Senator Stamford offered ,
resolution instructinE the Finance Com
mittee to inquire what relief for thu
present agricultural depression may b.
furnished by the Government ant
particularly as to the proposition II
furnish loans by the Government to tn,
people. Referred. Resolutions by Senator
Plumb calling for a statement as to thu
cause of Withholding patents for lands with
in the limits of the Union Pacific land grant.
were adopted The Foreign Meat Inspec
tion bill was then considered fol
some time, when the Educational bill
was further discussed until adjourn
ment. . In the House after routine business
the Senate bill was passed with .verba
amendments) to prevent the introduction
of contagious diseases from one State to an
other. Bills were passed authorizing the
construction of a number of bridges The
resolution to appoint a committee to go &c
Arkansas and report on the contested cleo
tion case of Clayton against Breckenridge
ridge 80 as to enlarge the inquiry and make
the investigation thorough, and then adopt
ed The Oklahoma bill was then considered
until adjournment
AFTER the transaction of unimportan,
routine business in the Senate on the nth
Senator Mitchell offered a joint resolution
proposing q Constitutional amendment for
the election of United States Senators by the
people. A resolution was adopted asking
for information as to the authorizing of lot.
teries by the Creek Nation in the Indian Ter
ritory. The resolution for the exclusion from
the Record the sentence interpolated by Sen.
ator Call In his late debate with Senator
Chandler came up and occasioned q lengthy
debate, which at times grew warm. When q
vote was reached no quorum was present
and the matter went over. Adjourned.
The House passed a number OF bills for
public buildings, among them for buildings
at Atchison, Kan, Fremont, Neb., and
Springfield, No. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn.) moved
to discharge the Pensions Committee from
the further consideration of a resolution
offered by him for an investigation into re-
cent rerating of pensions and the reason for
the removal of Corporal Tanner, as the com.
mittee had failed to make any report After
explanations from the committee he with
drew the resolution. Mr.. Baker IN. W re-
ported the bill for the admission of Wyom-
ing and asked its immediate consideration.
After some debate the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole and the bill was dis
cussed until adjournment
THE Senate on the 18TH concurred in the
House amendments to the resolution for the
Investigation of immigration matters. One
of the amendments extends the envestiga-
ton to the purchase Of American indus
tries by foreign capital The Senate then
adopted the resolution expunging from the
Record the Interpolation made by Senator
Call in the report of his late debate with
Senator Chandler. A resolution to pro-
vide for the choosing of q President
(pro tem.) of the Senate was then adopted,
and the Educational bill further discussed
until adjournment. Among the bills
passed in the House was one to extend the
time of payment to purchasers Of land from
the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska
The House then in Committee of the Whole
considered the Oklahoma bill, the main
question of discussion being as to what sys-
tenn of State laws should be temporarily ex-
tended over the Territory. A motion finally
prevailed that section 2,1S9, revised statutes,
%. 81 shall be in force in the Territory I'M
til after the adjournment Of the first session
of the Legislative Assembly. Pending con-
sideration the House adjourned.
The Senate on the 18th passed several
more public buildings bills. After a colloquy
between Senators Eustis and Hoar on the
was again laid before the Senate and Senator
Blair explained it further. Then Senators
got into heated debate on the negro Ques-
ton, which continued until adjournment.
During the morning hour in the House Mr..
Perkins (kan. }, on behalf of the Committee
on Indian Affairs, called up and the House
passed the bill extending for three years the
time within which the Denison & ouachita
Valley Railroad Company may construct its
ha
House then considered the Oklahoma bill in
Committee Of the Whole. On motion of Mr.
Tarsney (Mo) an amendment was adopted
providing for a land-office in No Mans
Land. When the committee rose the bill
passed, ayes l6,, nays Is. The bill estab
fishes seven counties. The county seats are
to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman,
Lisbon or kingisher, Beaver, saltwater and
one more to be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Public Land Strip is declared
to be public land and open to settlement I'M
der the homestead laws and bona fide set
tiers and occupants are given preference
right
AFTER the disposition of number of bills.
local only in their character, the Senate on
the 14th resumed consideration of the Edu
cational bill and Senator Teller spoke at
length in favor of it The bill went over and
Senator Call gave notice of his intention to
move for a mod fication of the rules as to
executive sessions. Resolutions were in
troduced by Senator Cullom relating to
the death of Representative Townshend, of
Illinois, and after appropriate addresses the
Senate adjourned until Monday. In the
House Mr.. Perkins (kan.) stated that an
erroneous impression had gone out that ac-
cording to the provisions of the Oklahoma
bill, the Cherokee Outlet had been declared
open to settlement under the homestead
laws. Under the provisions of the bill, the
Cherokee Outlet was not open to settlement
The statement should have been that the
Public Land Strip had been opened to settle
ment The Cherokee Outlet, he said, was
embraced within the limits of the new Ter
ritory, but was not open to settlement under
the homestead law. The House then con-
sidered private bills until adjournment.