Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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| CONGRESS.
AFTER the transaction OF unlmportant
routine business In the Senate on the iith
| Senator Mitchell offered q ioint resolution
PROPOSING a Constitutional amendment for
the election OF United statos Senators by the
| people. A resolution was adopted asking
for information as to the authorizing Of lot.
terles by the Greek Nation In the Indian
Territory. Tive resolution for tho exclusion
| from the Record the sentence nterpoiatod
| by senator Call In his late discussion with
Senator Chandler came up and eecasIoned n
lengthy dobatc which at times grew warm
When vote was reached no quorum was
! present and the matter went over Adjourned
49,. The House passed a number OF bills for
public buildings, among them for buildings
At Atchson, Kan, Fremont Neb.. and
| Springfield, Mo- Mr. Enloe (Tenn moved
70 discharge the Pensions Committee from
! the further consideration Of resolution
offered by him for an Investigation into re.
cent reratlng 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 bin for the admission OF wyom-
Ing and asked It's Immediate consideration.
After some debate tho House went into
Committee of tho Whole and tho bill was
discussed until adjournment
THE Senate on tho 18th concurred I'm the
Investigation OF immigration matters One
OF tho amendments extends the invcsti.
cation to tho purchase OF American indus
tries by foreign capital. The Senate then
adopted there solution expunglnR from the
Record the interpretations made by Senator
Call In the report OF his lato debate with
Senator Chandler A resolution 10 provide
for the choosing OF a President tnrn iem.l
OF the Senate was then adopted. and the
Educational bill further discussed until al
journmont Among tho bills y ssed In the
House was one 20 extend the tima ~ pny
ment TO purchasers OF land from the oman
tribe OF Indians In Nebraska. The House
then in Committee OF the Whole considered
the Oklahoma bill the main question cf dis
cussion being as to what system cf state
laws should be temporarily extended over
the Territory. motion finally prevailed
that section 2,is9, revised statutes. ~. 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 hnildliNs bills After colloQuy
between Senators Eustis and Hoar on the
southern question" the Educational bill
was again laid before the senate and Senator
Blair explained Il further Then Senators
got into heated debate on the negro ques-
tion, 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 Denlson & Onachlta
Valley Railroad Company may construct its
road through tho Indian Territory. The
House thon considered the Oklahoma bin
In Committee OF the Whole. On motion OF
Mr. farsney MOI an amendment was adopt /
I'd providing for land Office In No MANS
Land when the committee rose the bin !
a afl. t.NNV -.
fishes seven counties. The county seats are |
to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman
Lisbon or kingfisher. Beaver, saltwater and |
one more TO be hxed by the Secretary Of the |
Interior Tho Public Land strip Is declared /
TO be public land and open TO settlement un-
der the homestead laws and bona fde set
tiers and occupants are given preference /
right
AFrER the disposition Of a number OF bills, /
local only In their character, the Senate on 1
the 18th resumed consideration OF the Edu- 1
cational lin aud Senator Teller spoke at /
length IN favor Of II. The bill went over and 4
Senator Call gave notice OF his intention 20 \
move for a modification Of the rules as 70
excertive SESSIONS. Resolutions were In.
troduced by Senator Culiom relating 10
the death of Representative Townshend, OF
Illinois, and after appropriate addresses tho
senate adjourned until Monday In the
House hr Perkins kan stated that an erro
ttNAa iAa kblt bAk AAht utN0lN-
Ing to the provisions OF the Oklahoma blll
The Cherokes Outlet had been declared open
10 settlement under the homestead laws
Under the provisions OF tho bill. the Chero-
kee outlet Was not open TO settlement The
statement should have been that the Public
Land rip had been opened 10 settlement
The Cherokee Outlet. he said, was embraced
within the limits OF the new Territory. but
vas not open to settlement under the home
'tead law. The House then considered pri-
rate bills until adjournment
WHEN the House met on the 18th a resolu.
ion was reported and adopted calling for
as to whether the Government
vas the owner or holder Of any OF the first
mortgage securities Of any Of the paclhc
oads aided by the Government Several
minor bills passed and public business was
uspenicd and the House proceeded to pay
last tribute OF respect TO the late Congress
nan Kelley. OF Pennsylvania. Euiogies were
elivorod by Messrs O'Neill, Holman. Mills,
Mckinley bingham. Breckenridge (Ky.) ana
thers, ana the House adjourned