Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.
In tho Senate ON tho 10th Senator H0Ar,
from the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions. made q report on the Chandler Call
en- from the Congressional Record and the
substitution Of the. report of the onicial
reporter. Senator Stamford offered q
resolution instructing the Finance Com
mittee to inquire what relief for the
present agricultural depression may be
furnished by the Government and par
ticularly as to the proposition to fur
ntsh loans by the Government to the
people. Referred. Resolutions by Senator
Plumb calling for q statement AZ to the
cause OF withholding patents for lands with
in the limits of the Union Pacific land grants
were adopted. The Foreign Meat 1nspec-
ton bill was then considered for
some time, when the Educational bill
ment. In the House after routine business
the Senate bill was passed with verbal
amendments) to prevent the Introduction
of contagious diseases from one State to an
other. Bills were passed authorizing the
construction of q number Of bridges. The
resolution to appoint q committee to go to
Arkansas and report on the contested cleo
tion case of Clayton against Breckinridge
ridge 80 as to enlarge the inquiry and make
the Investigation thorough, and then adopt.
ed. The Oklahoma bill was then considered
until adjournment
AFTER the transaction OF unimportant
routine business in the Senate on the 18th
Senator Mitchell offered 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 tho sentence interpolated
by Senator Call in his late discussion with
Senator Chandler came up and occasioned
lengthy debate which at times grew warm
When q vote was reached NO quorum was
present and the matter went over. Adjourned
90. The House passed number of bills for
public buildings, among them for buildings
Springfield. Mo. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn- moved
to discharge the Pensions Committee from
the further consideration OF q resolution
offered by him for an investigation into re-
cent rerating 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. " re-
ing and asked It's immediate consideration.
After some debate the House went into
Committee 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
of immigration mattera 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 with
Senator Chandler. A resolution to provide
for the choosing of q President (pro tenn
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
tribe of Indians in Nebraska. The House
then In COMMITTEES of the Whole considered
the Oklahoma bill, the main question of dis
cussion being as to what system of State
laws should be temporarily extended over
the Territory. motion finally prevailed
that section 2,139, revised statutes, u. S.
shall be in force in the Territory until after
the adjournment OF the first session of the
Legislative Assembly. Pending considera-
tion the House adjourned.
THE senate on the 18th passed several
more public buildings bills. After colloquy
between Senators 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
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 lane. Office in No Mans
Land When the committee rose the bill
passed, ayes 100, nays rs. The bill estab-
fishes seven counties. The county seats are
to be at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Norman,
Lisbon or Kingfsher, Beaver, Saltwater and
rran ha6 1,ry%1 A.
Interior. The Public Land Strip is declared
to be public land and open to settlement un-
der the homestead laws and bona fide set
tiers and occupants are given preference
right.
AFTER the disposition of a number of bills,
local only in their character, the Senate on
the 14th resumed consideration of the Edu-
cational 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
troduced by Senator Cullom relating to
the death of Representative Townshend, 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 out that accord
ing to the provisions of the Oklahoma bill
the Cherokee Outlet had been declared open
to settlement under the homestead laws.
Under the provisions of the bill, the Chero-
kee Outlet was not open to settlement. The
statement should have been that the Public
Land Strip had been opened to settlement.
The Cherokee Outlet, he said, was embraced
within the limits of the new Territory, but
was not 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
Washington on the 18th from the effect
of Kincaid's bullet.