The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06
o the Jocko reservation.


The House spent the day in the dis
cussion Of the pension appropriation bill.
Senator Stewart today introduced a bill
for the free and unlimited use of silver
as money. 1t amends the first section of
the present law by repeating the clause
limiting the purchase of bullion by sec
rotary of treasury to four and one-half
million ounces per month, and requires
the secretary to purchase all silver bullion
offered at a price not exceeding one dol
lar for three hundred and seventy-one
and twenty-five hundredths grains of
pure silver. 1t also amends the third
section by requiring the secretary to coin
tt least 100000 0 ounces per month after
the first of July next and as much more
as may be necessary to redeem treasury
notes issued in purchase of bullion.
The secretary of the treasury sent to
the house today q request for an i'm
mediate appropriation of 100000 for the
purchase of beef and other provisions for
the use of Sioux Indians.
Representative Hansbrough of North
Dakota today introduced a joint resolu-
ton appropriating $5O0,0O0 to be ex-
pended by the direction of the secretary
of agriculture in the purchase and distrl-
button of seed wheat for the benefit Of
those residents of the state of North Da-
kota who lost their crops by reason of
drought Of 1890.
Chairman Dunnell, of the census com
mittee, said today the committee would
begin consideration of the apportionment
bill next week, and he did not doubt but
that it would be before the house before
Christmas holidays. He was of the
opinion that the question raised by New
York city as to the accuracy of her enum-
Grafton should not delay the preparation
of the apportionment bill; for if it should
be decided after Il fair and full consider
alton that New York aity's claim was
just, the matter could be fixed to give
New York the membership to which she
was entitled.
Bland today introduced a bill authoriz-
ing the issue of q new series of legal
tender notes to meet any Deficiencies in
revenues of the government. Preamble
to bill recites that a deficiency in revenues
is not in condition to bear any further
taxation. 1t authorizes the secretary of
the treasury to prepare and issue legal
tender notes, commonly called green
backs, in payment of current obligations
of the government. These notes are to
be in addition to legal tender notes now
authorized; may be re-issued as legal
tender notes are now re issued, and to be
available for all monetary purposes.
The secretary of the treasury today
sent to the house a communication from
acting commissioner of Indian affairs,
submitting a draft of bill containing the
following items:
To enable the secretary of the interior
to pay to such Individual Indians OF
Standing Rock and Cheyenne river In
dams as We're deprived by the United
States Of ponies in 1876 at $40 each pony
100000; for compromising Indians Of
Grow Creek reservation for losses sus
tanned by them in receiving less land
per capita in their diminished reservation
than is received by Indians occupying
other diminished reservations, $187, 089
to enable the secretary of the interior tt
purchase lands for such OF the Santet
Sioux Indians in Nebraska as have beer
unable to take lands in severalty on theil
reservations in Nebraska by reason O
the restoration OF unallotted land to thu
public domain, $4,000.