Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-02-22
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SAMOAN rRxAr.
The senate ratified the Samoan treaty
with but twelve dissenting votes.

with but twelve dissenting votes.
NO MANS LANr.
Senator Plumb offered an amendment to
include within the boundaries of the terri
tory sll that tract of land bounded on tn
east by the one hundredth meridian, on the
territory of New Mexico, and on the north
by the states of Colorado and Kansas, and
known as the public land strip. This was
discussed but not finally acted upon
DISCUSSION OF RULES.
The new rules reported by house COM
mittee are consuming about all the time OF
the house In discussion. 1t Is foregone
conclusion that thy Will be adopted, but
there are many speeches which must go on
the record.
DEPRESSED AGRICULTURE.
Among new senate bills is one by Senator
| Pierce to create an agricultural commits
SIGN to investigate the present depressed
condition of the agricultural interests or
the country.
INDIAN LANDS.
Further discussion of the bill to provide
temporary COVE. nment for the territory of
Oklahoma was had, Senator Plumb's
amendment to include No Mans Land
within the limits of the new territory beng
the question up; it was supported by Sena-
tor ' est and opposed by Senator Plat.
In opposing the amendment Senator
Dawes censured the Cherokee commission
| for holding q threat over the Cherokees to
| take the outlet by force if they refused to
sell for SIPS an acre.
Senator Plat remarked that when it be-
came evident that the Cherokee nation was
determined not to cede the land, but to hold
| it, because they were backed up by cattle
men or others, he did not believe that there
| was a member of the senate or of the house
who would not be ready to say that if that
| hn h.
ton occupy, the United States would be
justified in abrogating the provisions of the
treaty and taking the land.
| Senator Teller said that the Cherokees
could not be Invested of fee title by legis-
| lative action. He was astonished by the
suggestion of Mr.. Platt. He realized that
the lands held by the Cherokee Indians
| would have to become the homes of
white men; but the Indians would
have to be paid what the lands were
worth. The lands in the Cherokee outlet
] could DO sold tomorrow in bulk at SIS an
acre; and what right, he asked, had the
United States to say that the Indians should
part with them at price less than their
value. If tie government could not afford
to pay fair price and give away the land
it should buy it from the Indians and sell it
to the settlers.
Senator Ingalls, said that the Cherokees
ought not to be subject to menaces, and
they ought to be made 10 understand land
| they should understand so far as his voice
could make them do SOY that they had q
title to their land and they were not COM
PEELED to sell at $1.25 an acre when it was
worth $40.
| THE BULES.
The house still spending all its time upon
| discussing the report of the committee on
rules; but an agreement was reached upon
q close of this debate at p. m. of Janu-
airy IA.
| BRAZIL CONGRATULATED.
The joint resolution congratulating the
people of Brazil on their adoption of a re-
publican folm of government was passed
unanimously by the senate.
| HAwAIIANs INVITED.
A concurrent resolution was passed by
the senate requesting the president to invite
the king of the Hawaiian Islands, with del
egates, to the Pan American congress.
COMMISSIONERS MORGAN CONFIRMED.
The senate, in executive session, finally
| disposed of the nomination of Thomas j.
| Morgan, to become commissioner of Indian
affairs. The case was discussed for nearly
| five hours more. Senators Spooner and
Henderson took up especially the charges
affecting General Mo gan's military career
and answered them at length. Senator
| Jones, of Arkansas. who had led the oppo-
| sitlon to the confirmation on the floor of
| the senate, closed the debate, summarizing
the charges that were present u to the COM
mittee on Indian alta rs. The roll call
| showed twenty-eight votes in the affirma-
tive and sixteen in the negative, Morgan
was confirmed, two republicans-Senator
| ingalls,, of Kansas, and Pierce, of North
Dakota-voting against confirmation.
Messrs. Plumb, of Kansas, and Davis, of
Minnesota, were not present, but were
paired against confirmation. Five demo-
Gratis voted for confirmation.
| ANDERSON on THE RULES.
In the house debate upon the new rules
| Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, while supporting
the proposed code, acknowled ged that he
had taken advantage of the old rules to hli-
| buster against the consideration of the
ashamed of his action. because he believed
that bill to be a gigantic fraud. But he
thought the time had come when fibuster-
ing should be eradicated.
OKLAHOMA PASSED.
Senator Plumb's amendment to include
| Northumberland in the territory of Okla
homa was passed by the senate.
Senator Plumb's amendment to attach
| the Cherokee outlet to Oklahoma for judi
| cial purposes was rejected.
| Senator Vests amendment to prohibit
the Issue of any bonds to railroads by the
territory or by municipalities therein was
agreed to.
The bill to or anize Oklahoma territory
then passed the senate.
MORE HoAfEsTEADs.
The senate PASSED the bill to provide for
the disposal of the Fort Sedgwick military
reservation, in the states of Colorado and
Nebraska, to actual settlers under the pro-
visions of the homestead laws.
THE RULES ADOPTED.
After much further 'scussion over the
house rules, and voting down many amend
ments. the hour was reached which had
been fixed for voting upon their adoption
and 1t stood, yeas, 161; nays, 145.
| PENSION BILLS.
Two pension bills of importance passed
the senate. The first repeats the sections
of the revised statutes which require that
| the claim for pension by a state militia
man for disability incurred while Temporal
rily on duty, must be filed before July, 1874.
The other provides that the oath required
IN pension or bounty cases may be taken
before any officer authorized to administer
oaths for general purposes.
PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE.
Representative Anderson, of Kansas, in
| troduced a bill in the house appropriating
| $3.50, 600 for the purchase of a residence in,
/ or near Washingt n for the president of the