The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
BUYING INDIAN LANDS.

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From the house Indian affairs committee
a bill was today reported TO pay 6,2ll, ia
to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of
Indians for the title in fee simple to 62Cl..
633 acres of land in the Indian territory
| being land which the Indians in 1876 leased
| to the United States for the special purpose
of locating other friendly Indians and freed
men thereon. Of the amount to be paid
| the ChCctaws are to receive three quarters
and the Chickasaws one e-quarter
The report accompanying the bill describes
the land as "leased lands" and says that
there can hardly be any doubt as to the
title to them being vested in the Indians of
lands to be ceded to the United States;
42l, POI acres are to be set apart to be gwen
to Indians under the provisions of the land
in severalty act. Report says the price to
be given for lands was fixed at 81 % an
acre. From the amount thus found 10 be
the value of the whole tract, 20 cents an acre
was deducted because of money paid under
the treaty leasing them for location of the
other Indians thereon and the further
amount of 100000 which was paid directly
to the Indians under treaty of 1866.
AIMED AT THE DEMOCRATS.
Representative Moore of New Hampshire
today introduced in the house the following
resolution:
That the committee on rules be in
wit: Rule Y, contempt of the house,"
when call of the house disclose the pres
sence of a quorum any member absentng
himself on the succee ding roll call for The
purpose of ofbreaking a quorum, shall be ar
raigncd at the bar of the house and fined
in sum not exceeding $500
CONFERENCE ON TARIFF.
Although a meeting of the conference
committee on the tariff bill had been called
f + this morning, when the hour of meet
ing arrived the Democratic members wert
notified there would be no meeting. Tht
reason for the postponement was a desire
on the the part of the Republican con
ferees to consult further among themselves
upon the points remaining in dispute. The
report is current this morning
that iron and steel men are no
satisfied with concession made by
the senate conferees ard are demanding
restoration of rates fixed by the house. They
are threatening, it is said, If their demands
are not granted to defeat the bill. The north
western senators interested in free binding
twine are using their influence with the
conferees to prevent an agreement to place
a duty of l cent a pound on that article.
Some of the interviews between the CON
ferees and these senators have been % te
animated
LANGsToN SEATED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-By its action to-
day in seating Langston, the house ended
what was probably the most protracted and
bitterly contested election it has ever de-
cided. During the clos 'ng days of the las,
congress the Democrats made strenuous
effort to unseat Fellon and put in Sullivan
as repre- st tntalive from California hut they
were lefeated by refusal of majority of
the Republicans to vote upon the proposi-
ton. The result of today's proceedings
was a surprise to the Democratic minority,
which, after two weeks successful
operation of what has become
known as the Mason plan OF
obstruction was confident that its oppo-
nenls could not secure a quorum, but the
whips" had been active and the word
passed around before the house met that
quorum would be present.
The result of the first roll call to approve
the journal was awaited with considerable
Nervousness by the Republicans. During
the call it was discovered that Miliken OF
Maine, who had just returned to the City.
was not present. and Immediately mes.
sengers and pages vat to l0ok HIM up.
As the clerk prJc eded it was also notice
that Mudd of Maryland had failed to re
spond, and chairman Rowell of the eli c.
tions committee went himself in pursuit OF
the absentees But these apprehensions
were groundless, as Sweeney, who had
hardly been expected so soon, came into
the house just in season to cast the vote
necessary to make quorum. Further pro
ceedipgs were remarkably expeditions,
and O'Ferrall, the. lonely Demo-
cratic sentinel, was absolutely power
less to check the majority
in its full swing. A yea and nay vote de
claring that Venable was not elected
showed that there were 165 Republicans in
OFT w
vole, but were paired. Speaker Reed stood
ready TO cast his ballot, but did not do so
as a quorum appeared without his vote.
The Miller case, which followed the
Laugton case, was an even greater SUI prise,
and i'll fact it was not known generally to
the Republicans that their leader contem-
plated this move. The resolution which
lnseated Elliott and seated Miller was
cleverly framed so as to be indivisible and
a SIM lie vote sufficed to achieve what had
required four separate votes in the Langston
case.
The Democratic minority was con ider-
ably vexed over the result of the days pro-
ceedings and call for caucus was cllcu
lated with the purpose of endeavoring o
unite the parties OF retaliation upon the
policy of treatment of the conference report
upon The tariff bill, which would require
the Republicans 10 maintain gu rum Of
their own members TO dispose of that re-
port, but owing to the lateness of the hour
and the small attendance of Democratic
members the attempt to caucus was tempo
rarily abandoned, although it was stated
that it would probably be renewed tomor-
row.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Republican cOnferees on the tariff
bill were in session again thi, morning for
two hours. After they had separated it
was said there was no further progress to
repOrt. The keL 10 the whole SitnatiOn is