The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall.
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 18th Senator Hoar,
from the Committee on PRIVILEGES and Elec-
tons, made q. report on the Chandler Call
discussion ordering certain remarks strtck.
en- from the Congressional Record an the
substitution of the report OF the Official
reporter. Senator Stamford ohered q
resolution ins:Fucting the Finance Com
mittee to inquire what relief for the
present agricultural 'epression may be
furnished by the Government and PAR
ticularly as to the proposition to fur
nish loans by the Government to the
people Referred. Resolutions by Senator
Plumb calling for a state ent as to the
cause of Withholding patents for lands with
in the limits of the Union Pacific land grants
were adopted The Foreign Meat Inspec.
ton bill was then considered Tor
some time. when the Educational bill
was further discussed until adjourn
ment. In the House after routine business
the Senate bill was passed with verbal
amendments) 10 prevent the introduction
of cont agiOus diseases from one State to an
other. Bills were passed authorizing the
construction OF a number Of bridges. The
resolution to appoint q committee to go to
Arkansas and report on the contested cleo
ton case OF Clayton against Breckenridge
was amended ut the request OF Mr. Breckin
ridge so as to enlarge the inquiry and make
the investigation thorough, and then adopt
ed. The Oklahoma bill vas then considered
until adjournment
AFTER the transaction of unimportant
routine business in the Senate on the 18th
Senator Mitchell offered q Joint resolution
proposing q Constitutional amendment for
the election of United States Senators by the
people. A resolution was adopted asking
for information as to the authorizing of lot
teries by the Greek Nation in the Indian
Territory. The resolution for the exclusion
from the Record the sentence interpolated
by Senator Call in his late discussion with
Senator Chandler came up and occasioned q
lengthy debate which at times grew warm
When q vote was reached no quorum was
present and the matter went over. Adjourned
" The House passed q number of bills for
public buildings, among them for buildings
at Atchison, Kan, Fremont. Neb.. and
Springfield, Mo- Mr. Enloe (Tenn moved
to discharge the Pensions Committee from
the further consideration of a resolution
offered by him for an investigation into re-
cent rcrating of pensions and the reason for
the removal of Corporal Tanner, as the COM
mittee had failed to make any report. After
explanations from the committee he with.
drew the resolution. Mr.. Baker IN W re-
ported the bill for the admission of Wyom-
ing and asked its immediate consideration.
After some debate the House went into
of the Whole and the bill was
discussed until adjournment
THE Senate on the 18th cOncurred in the
House amendments to the resolution for the
investigation Of immigration matters One
of the amendments extends the investi-
cation to the purchase of American indus
tries by foreign capital The Senate then
adopted there solution expunging from the
Record the interpretations made by Senator
Call in the report of his late debate witt
Senator Chandler. A resolution to provide
for the choosing of a President (pro tem.)
Of the Senate was then adopted, and the
bill further discussed until ad
-. Among the bills passed in the
House was one to extend the time of pay
ment to purchasers of land from the Omaha
then in Committee Of the Whole considered
the Oklahoma bill, the main question of dis
cussOn being as to what system of State
laws should be temporarily extended over
the Territory. motion finally prevailed
that section 2,139, revised statutes, ~. S.
shall be in force in the Territory until after
the adjournment of the first session of the
Legislative Assembly. Pending considera-
ton the House adjourned.
THE senate on the 18th passed several
more public buildings bills. After a colloquy
between Senator Eustis and Hoar on the
Southern question" the Educational bill
was again laid before the Senate and Senator
Blair explained it further. Then Senators
got into a heated debate on the negro Ques-
ton, which continued until adjournment.
During the morning hour in the House Mr..
Perkins (kan.), on behalf Of the Committee
on Indian Affairs, called up and the House
passed the bill extending for three years the
time within which the Denison & Ouachita
Valley Railroad Company may construct its
road through the Indian Territory. The
House then considered the Oklahoma bill
in Committee of the Whole. On motion of
Mr.. Tarsney mo. an amendment was adopt
ed providing for a land office in No. Mans
Land When the committee rose the bill
passed, ayes l6l, nays Is The bill estab-
fishes seven counties. The county seats ore
to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman,
Lisbon or kingfsher, Beaver, saltwater and
one more to be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior The Public Land Strip is declared
to be public land and open to settlement I'M.
der the homestead laws and bona fide SET
tiers and occupants are given preference
right.
AFTER the disposition of number of bills,
local only in their character, the Senate on
the 18th resumed consideration of the Edu-
bill and Senator Teller spoke at
length in favor of it. The bill went over and
Senator Call gave notice of his intention to
move for a modification of the rules as to
executive sessions. Resolutions were in.
the death of Representative T. wnshend, Of
Illinois, and after appropriate addresses the
Senate adjourned until Monday In the
House Mr. Perkins (kan.) stated that an erro
neous impression had gone cut that accord.
ing to the provisions of the Oklahoma hill
the Cherokee Quite ct had been declared open
to set lement under the homestead laws
Under the provisions of the bill, the Chero-
kee Outlet was n open to settlement The
should have been that the Public
Land rip had been opened to settlement
The Che rokee Outlet, he sad, was embraced
within the limits If the new Territory but
was n open to settlement under the home
stead law. The House then considered pri-
vate bills until adjournment.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
EX-CoNGRESSMAN TAULBEE died at
on the 18th from the effect
of Kincaid's bullet
THE Massachusetts House has passed
the bill forbidding the sale of oleomar-
garine as butter.
IT is stated that the Russian Govern
ment will attempt in April to lift two
English steamers which were sunk of