Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-19
CAPITOL COMMITTEE ROOMS.
Selling Liquor to Indians Other Matters
Under Consideration.

Vice President Morton laid before the Senate
today a letter from Secretary Blame relating to
the sale Of liquor to Canadian Indians. The
Secretary says:
have the honor to transmit herewith for the
information and consideration Of the Senate
copy OF note from the British
minister at this capital, calling attention
to the fact that there is no law in
force in the United States to prevent the sale
OF liquor to Canadian Indians, and asking
whether there is any disposition on the part of
this government to supply the legislation
needed for the protection of tlese Indians,
Rotary of the Interior, inclosing a
report, from which it appears that
the commissioner of Indian affairs fayors
an amendment to the law prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquors to Indians, making it
applicable to all cases Of Furnishing
to Indians within the United States
without respect to the relations said
Indians bear to this government and without
reference to whether they or their tribes are
under the chrrge Of a United States Indian
agent or not"
TIE END OF THE DoLPH INVESTIGATION.
The Senate was in secret session for four
hours yesterday afternoon discussing the re-
port of the committee which has been investi-
eating the disclosure of executive proceedings
of the Senate. After thoroughly reviewing the
yoluminous testimony in the case and the ex-
haustlve report of the committee the Senate
refused, by vote of IS to %, 10 adopt the res
olution of the committee TO bring the recalci-
trant correspondents before the bar of the
Senate, and the witnesses who have been under
subpoena for the past ffty-one days were dis
charged
ASKED TO HAVE THE REPORT SUPPRESSED.
The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce,
through Senator Davis, has petitioned Con-
gress to suppress the monthly crop report sent
out by the Agricultural Department. claiming
that the reports are of no practical value,
ing interests, the data for them being gathered
frequently from unreliable sources.
THE AsrI-TRUsTs BILL
A subcommittee of the House committee on
the Judiciary has instructed Representative
Culberson (Iexas) to report fayorably to the
full committee at its next meeting the Senate
bill to prohibit trusts, with a recommendation
that IT be placed in position for speedy action
in the House.
MATHEWS PAINTING OF LINCOLN
Mr.. Henderson in the Senate today intro
duced bill sppropriating $1,000 for the pur-
chase of the full-length portrait of Abraham
Lincoln painted by William I. Matthews.
WITNESSES BEFORE THE DoLPR COMMITTEE.
Ii Is by no means certain that the witnesses
who appeared before the Dolph investigating
committee will be deprived Of their witness
fees. Senator Dolph said this afternoon that
the committee had taken no action in the mat
ter. but would do SO at a meeting to be held
some time next week.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD SUFFERERS
Chairman Cannon of the House committee
on appropriations has addressed a letter
to the Secretary of War reciting the
tendency of the Coleman resolution appro-
priating 100000 for the relief of the
Mississippi river food sufferers aud re-
ouesting him to communicate as speedily
as practicable with the governors of
Louisiana and Arkansas and federal Off
cials under his control and ascertain
whether in his judgment there is actual or i'm
pending suffering from hunger and restitution
in either of these states or danger of loss Of lite
therein, against which exigencies the states are
unable to make sufficient and prompt pro-