Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-19
Te|egTaphic Tidings
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

SENATE.
WASHING ron, Sept. 19.-The senate re
sumed consideration of the senate bill t
establish q United States land court an
provide for the settlement of private Ian
claims in the states OF Nevada, Colorad
and Wyoming and in the territories c
New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
Dolph moved to amend the 18th sectiol
by providing where lands decreed to an,
claimant shall have been sold or granite,
by the United States it shall be lawful TO
such claimant to execute release to tn
United States of his right to the lanc
sold or granted, and shall receive pa,
therefore at the rate of $l,25 per acre
Agreed to.
Wolcott moved to amend the 9TH section
Restriction in court (Which limits cor
poration to eleven square leagues of lane
to any one original grantee or claimant
and to make the clause read "No con
tirmations shall in any case be made o.
patent issued, for greater quantity thar
was originally granted by the govern
ment under which the claim had incep
ton" He argued in support of his
amendment, and said it would be better
that no bill of the kind should pass rath.
er than bill so unjust and inhu man as
the pending bill.
Ransom opposed Wolcott amendment.
after long discussion the bill was laid
aside without action.
Plumb offered a resolution to recommit
the house bankruptcy bill to the judiciary
committee, with instructions to amend it
to provide for system of voluntary
bankruptcy only. and gave notice that he
would ask vote on the resolution to-
morrow.
The private pension bills were taken
up and eighty passed in thirty minutes.
HOUSE.
There was scene of excitement on the
Republican side Of the house Yesterday
afternoon. The Virginia election case
was unfinished business, but the house
itself engaged in the technical proceed
ings of trying to approve the journal.
The Democratic members endeavored in
every way to prevent the consideration
OF the election case, and in pursuance
of t.is policy almost all of them left the
hall to break the quorum of the question
approving the journal. A call was or
dered, which brought number of Dem
ocrats, and yea and nay vote being
taken, and on motion to dispense with
further proceedings under CALL when the
Democratic members again began to de-
camp.
Burrows called the attention of the
speaker to the fact, and asked if the mem
bers present could not be obliged to
remain. The speaker replied that
the rules were intended to secure this
end. He added that lie did not see
WHY they were not observed. Accord
ingly the assistant doorkeeper directed
all doors leading into the hall locked.
Hardly had this been done before Rep
resentative killgore, of Texas, presented
himself at the door at the speakers left
hand and sought to go out into the lobby.
He found the door locked and the door
keeper in charge, Hayes, refused to un-
lock it. "Unlock that door" demanded
the stalwart Texan.
The doorkeeper did not move, where
upon Killgore gave a sudden vigorous
kick and the frall baize structure flew
open and killgore strobe out. He was
followed in about the same fashion by
Representative Grain, of Texas, Cum
mings, of New York, Coleman, of Lou
isisna, who in turn forced the lock opon
without opposition from the doorkeeper.
1t being impossible to retain a quorum,
the house adjourned and a Republican
caucus took place Immediately.