Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-06
LIVE CAPITOL TOPICS.
Reapportionment and the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution-Commi Notes.

Representative Houk of Tennessee in the
House today offered for reference the following
resolution (premised by recitation of the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitu-
tion): That the committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire into. ascertain and
report to this House whether or not any
one or more Of the states of the Union has by
any constitutional statutory provision vio-
lated the second section of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United
state SO that proper apportionment may be
made by Congress. That the said committee
shall have the right to report at any time"
NATIONAL BOND CERTIFICATES.
Mr.. Carleton Of Georgia has intr oduced a bill
In the House to make every government bond
holder his own national bank. II provides that
any man holding United States bond may
deposit IT In the treasury, as national banks do.
and receive for it national bond certificates''
to its full par value, such certificates to be legal
tender for all obligations.
70 PERMIT POOLING OF TRANSPORTATION RATES.
Senator Sawyer today introduced a bill 10
amend section OF the interstate commerce
law so far as provide that agreements for
the apportionment of traffic may be entered
into between common carriers sub
lect to the provisions of the act.
1t proposes that the commission shall
have power, after hearing parties interested. to
suspend any such agreement, the purpose or
effect OF which shall be TO maintain transporta-
ton charges above reasonable rates or to cause
unjust discrimination between persons.
Mr.. BLAISE's COURSE APPROVED.
Mr.. Blaine's attitude in the Barrundia cor
respondence appears to meet with general ap-
publicans speak in praise Of the course pursued
by the State Department.
INDIAN DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION.
There was today laid before the House a
letter from Secretary Noble inclosing an esti-
mate of s15O.OOO, submitted by the
acting commissioner of Indian affairs. 10
meet a deficiency in the appropriation for
support OF the Sioux of different tribes, SUBJ
| sistence and civilization for the year of 1891.
Secretary Noble asks the favorable considera-
ton Of Congress at the earliest practicable day.
MIR. Belt, the acting commissioner Of Indian
affairs, in his letter TO the Secretary
of the Interior says this estimate i
made to meet the needs Of the
Sioux for the current fiscal year, and has no
connection with the estimate of S1OO, 900 sen,
to the House on the 4th instant
THE NEXT HOUSE.
Clerk Mcpherson of the House of Represen-
tatives has. just had printed the unofli.
cial list of members-elect of the
next House. showing SO republicans, 23i
democrats and eight Farmers Alliance. One
district (twenty-eighth New York is set down a,
uncertain and one (second Rhode Island) is
marked vacant.
THE SIOUX INDIANS.
In response to a Senate resolution asking
for information respecting the disarmament
Of Indians in the northwest the Secretary
of War today transmitted to Congress,
loff frnv C.ko all
mass of official correspondence. Secretary
Proctor says: 1T will be seen that the effort,
of the military authorities had been excrted
to divide and bring within the power of troop,
by peaceable means as many OF the disaffected
as possible. and at the same time
to make the best possible preparation to sup
press the outbreak promptly should it occur.
1t was plainly. the better policy to
take steps that would make il possible
to disarm the Indians at the proper time, than
to attempt this prematurely, when it could be
only partially successful and would doubles,
precipitate a serious outbreak.