New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-24
4 LOOPHOLE FOR ADJOURNMENT
MARROW ESCAPE OF SENATOR'S FROM AN
ALL-NIGIIT SESSION
LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH ITS RULES PLACES
THE UPPER HOUSE IN LUDIcRoUs
s1TuATIoN-TEDIOUS DEBATE

on THE INDIAN BILL.
INV 1r1TGRAPu 10 LIE TKInrNr.I

AUTHORIZATIONS DEBATE
on THE INDIAN BILL.
,py TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNE!
Wothircton Jnlv 23.-AltlOugh the senate sat to-
day for nearly seven hours the progress IL made with
TN, Indian Appropriation bill was extremely meagTc
and disappointing. The whole afternoon was con
sumcd I'm tedious discussion of items of almost micro
scopic importance. and long before adjournment the
senate Chamber was deserted by all but few mem
here on both sides. of the Committees Appropria
,,ore and Of Indian Affairs. yea and nay vote
ros enol,v asked about @ O'Clock one Of the pro
posed amendments, and the lack OF "a quorum soon
became evident Them by slight twist in the
-,,,ee for the conduct Of business by less than
. majority the senators who remained had
= narrow escape from entanGling themselves
IN nm allright session Mr. Edmunds, after
Zinc n vigorous protest against the apparent lack
=, onergv with which the business Of the body was
onc on moved that the scrgeant-at-Arms be directed
~ reouest the attendance OF absent senators. rs the
,1,Ie, prescribe. This suggestion was carried MT
German soon after moved To adjourn, and this motion
,as promptlv voted down. But no absent Senator'S
o,pear.d for the next quarter of an hour. and IN
despair another motion t. adjourn was offered Mr.
me who was In the chair, declined TO entertain
- hoycver on the ground that no business had in
,ervened since the last motion TO adjourn had been
nrt lie also declined 10 entertain an appeal from
his decision ,,. ,,o
Of
r,os there seemed 10 be no out OF the dlh'ultS
-, IN 81 on ill the ab,entecs appeared The
.ituaton became Iudcrous after another quarter OF
AN h.ar At length, after some consultation II was
t,uud that motion directing the Sergeahtat-Nf' "
~ compcl7 instead Of request the attendance VI
a,s,nt members offered the necessary variety OF Dus
no. After il had been put and carried a motion to
adionrn became again in order. no one opposed It's
pasa-c This time and the tired and hungry senators
al lat escaped from the net into which a lack OF
familiarity with their rules had come near
tripping them.
When the consideration Of the Indian Appropriation
bu was taken up. a paragraph appropriatlng $4,000
to Indians in Minnesota, heretofore belonging to the
Mcdawakuon band of sioux Indians who have severed
their tribal relations, gave rise 10 discussion, IN the
course of which Mr.. Dawes gave an interesting his
tory Of these Indians. They had given notice To- the
white, Of the intended Sioux massacre in Minnesota IN
1867 and had aided I'm protecting the white women
and children. They had then separated from the
hostile sioux who had BEEN to the number Of $4,000.
located By General Harvey and others in territory
comprising 1000 square miles, and where 1T was then
thought they would be forever remote from White
settlements Yet within fifteen years thereafter they
had been crowded aud pressed, until IT hdd become
evident that that vast domain had to be cut down 10
more moderate dimensions. But that had Involved
the necessity getting the consent Of all Of the bands
some Of them four or five hundred miles apart In
that attempt four or five years had been consumed.
\ fair and honest plan had been submitted TO the
bands, and voted down because II proposed to pay
them only so cents acre for their land Finally, an
agreement had been made that they were to receive
81 - for their lands. This constituted large fund
whlh is now held for them In the Treasury and Is to
he g-ed in the best elevate and educate them
An amendment which had been reported FOR the ap-
pointmcnt BY the President Of commission OF three
persons 70 visit the Pyallup reservation. In the state
II Washington. agreed TO-
Mr. Mitchell offered amendment for the appoint
n,ut by the President Of a commission OF three ~
fix the northern line of the Warm Springs reservation
I'm Oregon and 20 visit the COlvile Indian reservation
In the state Of Washington and negotiate for ces,ion
Of portion Of thai reservation Agreed To-
Among the amendments reported by the Committee
on Appropriations and agreed 10 by the Senate were
the following;
Inserting an item Of sl50.OOO to pay 70 the Chip
pcwa Indians OF Minnesota the award foI damage su'
and reservoirs on Lake Winnebaeo~hish. CAS- Lake
ard locch Lake Inserting al item Of $4,000 for
mills AGRICULTURAL implements. etc. and one ~ TlVOOuo
Tor surveys aOtmeItS. ct' for tie chippewa ludlaiio
OF Minnesota both SUM b he rc.mo'ised from tue
proceed, IT the sales % ile Chippewa lands.
An amendment Inserting IN item Of $4,000 for the
prosecution Of a suit by the United states A. trustee
aud guardian Of the Cherokee Indians in North Caro-
INA against William II. Thomas and others, TO settle
and enforce certain rights 10 those Indians, gave rn
D2,tc5 '3 va III I5 gays 20. Ts Thai quorum Tho
roll called and only forty two Nenars 9n,Wr,'u
directing the sergeant alarms 70 request the athan'e
VI The motion va, agreed to-yeas "a, nays sand
the name, Of the aBseutccs were furnished t. the ser
gc,ut "A, Arms Pending the execution ~ the Ofucr
Mr German moved 10 adjourn. but that mouOh va,
def .at.qi-yeas II. nays - Nj. German rtid that
he had made the motion - adjourn suPp'slns , Iat tt'
charge Of the bin. IL was now O'Clock, ana vi.
senators had been In The chamber nnGc ~ iy, III '
"Nr Fiuiinds aid That the senate lad some i'm
ia frtI
~ importer and every labofcr the IStoi
go "{pat hi had been ON the calendar for
month or more and the end Of the last hscal N,"
had been passed ~ith scscrnl appropriation "H' liz,
Of II the could not get 'h WIZ,
il, business and could hot get Quorum % '' tl,,i
The ri Of me senator Nigh, 20 home. a.,
Mr. Cocmcu remarked That he had o.c9 IN IN d thy
% ,iscnr@ Of the d..tin.1l,hod senator from Yer
mont II wa. painful to him mat the erh'''I, i .
"t leen present to assist In tn discussion ~ the
Indian Appropriation ~, and Ia the 'ction 81
hn-nc-, but now that Senator cam II, ir,'n It', ~
his .lumbcr, and rest, and would comlcl tho I'' W
NV Mr. Edmund, SAID thai the opplc cation Of VII,
Soohiel me CspItol since 10 O'Clock this morning at
tending ~ business IN ls committee room anu Dn
into the senate chamber to vote whenever No" wa
Mr Teller expressed tho opinion that II was gn~;e
and "ad Thai he would 90 home to dnger daily AZ
That hour lie moved that thc senate ahl0arh. ,o.
rho presdlng officer Mr. Ingalls, dcchIcu 10 en-
tain the motion on the ground that no business ia'
trans pred since the senate had refused 10 ayuiii c
lie also declined - entertain an appeal Tor 'Ihl Ius
81" The ground that there WAS no quorum present..
,,,ilv he did consent 10 recognize motion "lcfIu
IN" sergeant Al Arms To compel the btrina'e, %,
hont senators and the making Of that motion
tinted business a motion 10 adjourn was llade
cytcr,oIncd and agreed 10. and AZ hali past . tle
Snpate All ourned until II O'Clock tomorrow.
ACANADIAN STATESMAN IN THE SENATE.
washington July 90 CspeciaD.-The Hon. John
Charlton. Liberal Member Of Parliament Of the
nou,inion Of Canada is visitor here. and to-daF