Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-03-29
OKLAHOMA IN THE SENATE.

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OKLAHOMA IN THE SENATE.
The house amendments to the Oklahoma
bill were non-concurred in, and a conference
ordered.
TRANSFER OF TENSION BUREAU.
Or motion of Mr. Morrill,, of Kansas; q
resolution was adopted by the house calling
on the secretary of war and the secretary OF
the interior for information as to whether q
saving of public expenditure can be made by
transferring the bureau of pensions from the
interior department to the war department..
FOR CONVENIENCE OF HoMEsTEADERs.
The house passed bill authorizing affida-
Wits and dispositions, under the public land
laws, to be made before commissioners OF
United States courts, or before the clerk OF a
court of record in the county In which the
land is situated.
POLITICAL
Senator voorhees, made his speech on the
depression of the agricultural interests. He
drew a sad picture; or, view from sad
standpoint; as you Will.
THE BLAIR BILL KILLED.
The senate defeated the Blair educational
bill by a vote of 81 to 81; or more properly
81 to 80, as Senator Blair voted no so as to
have the right to move reconsideration.
Both of the Kansas and both of the Missouri
senators voted no.
SHERMAN's ANTITRUST BILL
The senate spent a session discussing SEN
ator Sherman's bill, to declare unlawful trusts
and combinations in restraint of trade and pro-
duction. Senator ingalls, gave notice that he
would offer an amenment aimed at dealing
in futures or options.
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL.
The house had before it the pension appro-
priation bill, in the discussion Of which dem
Ocrats and republicans We'd with each other
in its support, and it was passed.
GENERAL FREMONT.
The house passed the bill to retire General
Fremont with rank of major general.
THE TIMBER CULTURE LAW.
The house has BASED bill repeating the
timber culture law.
THE SUGAR BEET.
Senator Paddock, from the committee on
agriculture and forestry, reported a subSti-
tute for two bills referred to the committee
for the encouragement of the cultivation of
the sugar beet and the manufacture of sugar
thereffom, with a request that it be referred
to the committee on finance. The bill pro-
poses bounty of 81 for ever ton Of beets
raised in the United States, delivered to a
factory and made into merchantable sugar,
and a bounty of 81 for every hundred pounds
Of sugar Manufactured from beets raised in
the United States, the bounty to be paid only
during the fiscal years 1891, 1892 and 1888.
1t also proposes to admit free of duty during
the same period all machinery imported for
the manufacture of beet sugar.
FIFTY DOLLAR BOUNTY.
Senator Ingalls,, by request, introduced a
bill to give every soldier or sailor, who served
ninety days or longer, bounty of $50 year
for every years service, or part of year. If
the soldier is dead, the money shall go in the
order named, to his widow, minor children,
father or mother. In case a soldier or sailor
was discharged for disability he is to be paid
the bounty for the full time of his enlistment.
Any soldier who served as a substitute for
pay is excluded from the benefits of the bill.
THE RUSSIAN TREATY.
Petitions against the ratification of the
Russian treaty multiply. They are based
upon Russia's inhuman treatment of polit-
ical prisoners in Siberia. The senate has
discussed the propriety of receiving the petit
ions in open session, but the senate decided
that they might be so received.
sHERMAN's ANTITRUST BILL.
Senator Teller criticised this bill, in that it
extended to all combines, including the
Farmers Alliance and the National Farmers
League, WHICH WeTC OISdIlISl
the prices of farm products; and Senator
George suggested that the Knights of Labor
organization would come within its scope.
Senator Sherman objected to Senator In
gals amendment, aimed at dealing in
Futures" and "options," as not germane to
the bill. Senator Vest opposed the entire bill
for many reasons, including the reason it
wsS ''sound and frey, signifying nothing"
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
The house voted to concur in certain senate
amendments to the general deficiency bill,
and to not concur in certain others, and a
conference was ordered.
RAILROAD LAND GRANTS.
The house committee on public lands, after
trying in vain to reach an agreement upon
a general railroad grant land forfeiture bill,
decided to shift the controversy to the house
by reporting the two bills embodying the
principles at issue. They are the Payson
bill, which proposes to declare a forfeiture of
lands opposite uncompleted portions of the
aided railroad, and the Stone bill, which, in
addition to the forfeiture, proposes to cause
suit to be brought against the railroad COM
panies, if found to be legally liable, to re-
cover to the United States all lands opposite
any constructed p>rt of the road which was
not completed within the time specified in
the grant.
TWO GENERAL PENSION BILLS.
The house committee on pensions ordered
two general pension bills to be reported to
the house with favorable recommendations.
The first of these is the Richardson bill,
granting pensions to the survivors of the In
dian wars and to the surviving widows of
those men who were married prior to their
discharge, and who have not remarked, at
the rate of 50 per month. The second bill
was introduced by Mr.. Horton, and proposes
to amend the Mexican war pension act so as
to include the soldiers who served sixty days
in the Mexican war, or were engaged In a
battle, and those personally named by con-
gress for specific services in that war, and
the widows of such soldiers.