The Brookhaven leader., 1890-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGREss.


from the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
TONS made a report on the Chandler Call
discussion ordering certain remarks strick-
en- from the Congressional Record and the
substitution of the report Of the official
reporter. Senator Stamford offered a
resolution instructlng the Finance Com
mittee to inquire what relief for the
present agricultural depression may be
furnished by the Government and par
ticularly as to the proposition to fur
nish loans by the Government to the
people. Referred. Resolutions by Senator
Plumb calling for a statement as to the
cause of Withholding patents for lands with
In the limits of the Union Pacific land grants
were adopted The Foreign Meat Inspec-
tion bill was then considered for
some time, when the Educational bill
was further discussed until adjourn
ment.. :. In the House after routine business
the Senate bill was passed with verbal
amendments) to prevent the Introduction
OF contagious diseases from one State to an
other Bills were passed authorizing the
construction of n number OF bridges. The
resolution to appoint committee to go to
Arkansas and report on the contested elcc-
tion case of Clayton against Breckinridge
was amended at the request of Mr.. Breckin
ridge so 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 unimportant
routine business In the Senate on the 11th
Senator Mitchell offered q Joint resolution
proposing q Constitutional amendment for
the election of United States Senators by the
people. resolution was adopted asking
for information as to the authorizing OF lot
teries by the Creek Nation In the Indian
Territory. The resolution for the exclusion
from the Record the sentence interpolated
by Senator Call in his late discussion with
Senator Cha nd cama m and 0cca stoned A
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, Mo. 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
Committee of the Whole and the bill was
discussed 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 investi-
CATION to the purchase of American indus
tries by foreign capital The Senate then
adopted there solution expunging from the
Record the interpretations made by Senator
Call in the report of his late debate with
Senator Chandler. A resolution to provide
for the choosing of a President (pro tem.)
of the Senate was then adopted, and the
Educational bill further discussed until ad-
journment. :. Among the bills passed in the
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ment 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 dis
cussion being as to what system OF state
laws should be temporarily extended over
the Territory. motion finally prevailed
that section 2,139 revised statutes, (U. 81
shall be in force in the Territory until after
the adjournment of the first session of the
Legislative Assembly. Pending considera-
tion the House adjourned.
THE Senate on the 18th passed several
more public buildings bills After cclloquy
between Senators Eustis and Boar on the
southern question" the Educational bill
was again laid before the Senate and Senator
Blair explained 1t further. Then Senators
got into heated debate on the negro ques-
tion, which continued unsil adjournment.
During the morning hour in the House Mr..
Perkins (Kan.), on behalf of the-Committee
passed the bill extending for three years the
time within which the Denison Ouachita
Valley Railroad Company may construct its
road through the Indian Territory. The
House then counsidered the Oklahoma bill
in Committee of the Whole. On motion of
Mr.. Tarsney (Mo.) an amendment was adopt
ed providing for a land office In No Mans
Land When the committee rose the bill
passed, ayes 169, nays 26 The bill estab-
fishes seven counties. The county seats are
to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman,
Lisbon or Kingfisher, 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 un-
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 l4th 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 modification 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 erro-
neous impression had gone out that accord
ing to the provisions of the Oklahoma bill
tue CneTOkee Outiet uau Dceh uccihrcu op0n
to settlement under the homestead laws.
Under the provisions of the bill, the Chero-
kee Outlet was not open to settlement The
statement should have been that the Public
Land Strip had been opened to settlement.
The Cherokee Outlet, he said, was embraced
within the limits of the new Territory, but
was net open to settlement under the home
stead law. The House then considered pri-
vate bills until adjournment.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
Ex-CoNGREssAIAN TAULBEE died at
Washington on the 11th from the effect
Of Kincaid,s hullet