Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-07-03
F1FTY-FIRST CONGRESS-

F1FTY-FIRsT oONaRESS.
NDIAS couxrs.
On the senate calendar IS a bill To exte6d
the jurisdiction of the supreme court of ~
United States 50 a. 70 include the judRments
okee. Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chick.
asaw Tribes OF Indians, respectively.
MORMON CHURCH PROPERTY.
The senate considered the house bill which
provides that all funds or property lately be-
longing 10 the Mormon church shall be de-
voted to the use and benefit of the common
schools IN that state.
Senator Butler offered Tn amendment to
turn over the funds In question to the gen.
eral board of education of the Mormon
church. This was defeated by a PARTY voteI
democrats voting for it, and republican,
against it.
The Bill STANDS REFERRED.
The trouble about the reference of the Sill
vsf bill with senate amendments was finally
settled by the house voting IA to III to table
an appeal from the action of the speaker in
referring il 70 the committee on coinage.
CONFERENCE OF PKNs10Ns AGREED TO.
The conference report on the dependent
pension bill was agreed to by the senate, "a
to 1& Senator's Berry, Gorham, Vest opposed
1t IN speeches; while it was supported by Sena-
pensions; Senators ingalls,. Teller, Turpie and
Hawley.
Senator Ingalls, said that this was an obi
cation just as sacred as that under which tho
soldier was paid, and yet the senate was ask
ed to postpone it, to higgie and Maggie about
it, to take out,slate and pencil and compute
how much could be pared and scraped
L. sc xh<><
ment in order to meet that sacred obligation.
He was sure that the senator from Maryland
md not want to occupy that attitude. For
himself, he was in favor of the removal of
the limitation IN the act granting arrears of
pensions. He did not care whether it costs
$10O, OOO, 900 or 5000, 100000.
Senator Hawley expy&sed the hope that
senate was favorable to the payment of
arrears of pensions or to the equalization of
bounties, or to the payment of the difference
between paper money and gold. He thought
that altogether too much was said about
what the nation owed to its soldiers. The
union soldier would be very sorry and
ashamed to be called upon to say how much
the nation owed him in dollars. The prom
inent feeling in his state was that the needy,
soldier should not suffer, but that nothing
should be wasted on man who did not need
pension for his support. The true soldier
of the republic did not want to have money
wasted. They wanted to have their suffering
comrades aided, and they wanted the glory
of having fought for their country without
respect to money considerations.
GENERAL. PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL.
The conferees on the general pension ap-
preparation bill failed to agree. The house
insisted on disagreement.
POSToFFICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES.
Senator Gorham spoke in condemnation
of the plan of the postmaster general for
having additional detectives to shadow local
pOstoffices.
MIR. Plumb thought the postmaster general
entirely miscOnceived his relations to post
masters and their relations tohim. The
tystem proposed by him would set in mo-
sion overy elemen. of scandal and backbit-
ing. It would be an unwarrantable intrusion
which found no parallel In pri-
waite business, and which ought not to be
for a single instant tolerated in the public
service.
SILVER SPECIAL ORDER.
The committee on rules reported special
order for the consideration OF senate amend,
ments to the silver bill. with a set time TO-
vote upon it.
CONFERENCE ON PENSIONS AGREED TO.
Tho conference report of the pensions ap-
preparation bill having been presented, Sem
ator German moved that the senate recede
from the only amendment not arranged In,
conference, that'for the appointment OF two
additional pension agents, saying there was,
no possibility of the house agreeing to it.,
The motion was agreed to, the senate re-
ceded and the pension appropriation bill
now goes to the president.
THE WYOMING BILL.
The senate had under consideration the !.
bill for the admission of Wyoming territory
as a state of the union. Senator Vest said.
he would never vote for the admission of any
state which permitted woman suffrage. An
other objection which he made to the consti-
tuition of Wyoming was that it gave the right
of holding property to aliens.
THE HOUSE FAILS TO CONCUR.
The house voted on senate amendment tos.
the silver bill by section, so far as was re-
quested by any member. The first vote waat
upon the free coinage amendment and H.
was defeated 1S5 to 152. OF the aye vote foB-
free coinage there were twenty-three repub-.
licans, including all of the members from,
Kansas; of the nay votes, against free coin-
age, there were twenty two democrats.
On the fourth amendment giving legal;
lender quality with the silver certificates),j
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, asked fora
separate vote, but his motion to concur WAS;
defeated upon a viva vOce vote.
And so the house asked for conferences
with the senate upon the bill.
FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
A rule was adopted by about s,veuteen,
majority to devote a week on tn. Al
elections bill. During this time tn, $50 =
convene at II instead of II O'Clock.
LETTER CARRIE1's EXTRA PAY.
The senate passed the senate joint resolu-
lion to continue the unexpended balance for
he free delivery service of the postofiice de-
partment, ($99, 1897. up to June 30, 1881, for
pay for extra service of letter carriers
FIFTEEN DAYS R4sT FOR p. o. CLERKS.
The house passed the house bill granting
fifteen days leave TO clerks in first and Sec
md class post0ffices.
DEBATE OPENED ON FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL.
MI. Hemphill, of South Carolina, argued
hat the bill was unconstitutional and no4
rational, but sectional. In the course OF hie
,emarks he. said: This cry of the free bali
ct and fa,r count and abuse at the south
vas the chief political capital OF some men,
Who wanted to be returned here and to keep
he voter frem watching affairs at home;
What was tho use of talking about . free
,allot in Kansas when the state had been 60
that the 147 600 democrats in
Kansas bad never been represented on this
loof.n
b Mr.. Kelley, of Kansas. "How do you ex-
,ect To oct n demOcraS acre when there are.