The morning news., 1891-03-01
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The SITTING PROLONGED TILL
AFTER MIDNIQET.


The Day Devoted Almost Entirely to
Appropriation Bills-A Letter of
Thanks from Gen. sherman's Family.
The indian Appropriation Bin the
Subject Of Prolonged Debate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-In the Senate
this morning a motion to reconsider the
vote passing some days since) the bill for
the establishment of national prisons was
made by Mr. Hoar and entered.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
the following communication received by
him:
No. IS WEST SEvENTY-FIRsT STREEr,
NEW YoRg, Feb. &c, 1891.
Hon. Levi P. Morton, Pace President Of the
United States:
profound gratitude the expression of the
sympathy of your august body. desires to ex-
press their warm appreciation OF tae exalted
honor bestowed by tae Senate of the United
States upon the memory OF their father by your
splendid testimonial Of coincidence. In behalf
OF the family,
P. I. SHERMAN.
A number Of bills were reported from
committees and placed on the calendar.
EX-SENATOR sPENcER's SALARY.
A resolution was passed to pay to ex-
Senator Spencer of Alabama his salary
from the beginning OF his term on March 4,
1867 until he was paid.
The House amendment to the direct tax
bill was agreed to without division, and
the bill now goes TO the President.
The house bill giving pension Of $1,000
a year to the widow of Admiral Porter,
with an amendment, reported by the PEN
sion committed reducing the amount to
. knk. Tha am aant
disagreed to. The bill was then passed just
as it came from the House.
The Indian appropriation bill was taken
up. The question was to strike out all the
provisions of the House bill from page 6S to
page 125 and from page 1877 to page 148
(relating to six agreements with Indian
tribes for cession of their reservabions) and
to inert in lieu Of them a substitute COW
ering pages 148 to 213-the end Of the bill.
GoRMAN's oBJEcrIoN.
Mr.. German wanted a division on the
motion, because while he would vote to
strike out the House proposition, he did not
wish to vote on the Senate substitute. Mr..
Gormanis objection was that, for the first
time In the history of legislation, seven OF
eight treaties were tackled on an appropria-
tion bill to be ratified, and that
these treaties carried with them
appropriations amounting to about
for the disposition Of between 5000, 600 and
5000, 600 acres of the public domain in
way which he (Mr. Gorman) could not ex-
plain. While the question was still undls-
posed of Mr.. Jones of Arkansas moved to
add to the Senate substitute a provision to
pay to the Chootaw and Chiokasaw nations
of Indians $2,991 400 in exchange for their
lands in the Indian territory new occupied
by the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians,
under executive order
CONFERENCE REPORTS AGREED TO.
This led to further prolonged debate
pending which conference reports were
made and agreed to on the bills to define
and regulate the jurisdiction of courts of
the United States and to establish United
States land court and provide for a judicial
investigation and settlement of private land
claims.
The House substitute for the
fore the Senate and read in full
An effort was made by Mr. Frye to have
conference cammittee appointed on the bill,
but it was resisted by Messrs. Carlisle, Vest
and Mcpherson on the democratic side, and
Messrs. Aldrich and Edmunds on the repub-
lcan side. All agreed, however, that the
House substitute should be printed and
should lie on the table for the present; and
that order was made.
The Indian appropriation bill was again
taken up, and the amendments offered by
Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas, having been ruled
to be in order, was agreed to-S as 26,
nays %.
The conference report on the bill as to the
leases on the Hot Springs ARK reservation
was presented and agreed to. Mr.. Allison
moved to strike out of the Senate substitute
the portion relating to the agreement with
the Cheyennes and Arauahoes.
Conference committees were appointed
on the sund y civil and legislative appro-
priation bills.
The conference report on the bill to repeal
The timber culture laws was presented and
agreed to. The bill is an entirely new one.
The matter went into conference at the last
session.
THE INDIAN BILL PASSED.
Consideration of the Indian appropria~
tion bill having been resumed, Mr.. Allison's
amendment to strike out the provision re-
latlng to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agree
ment was disagreed to.
Mr.. Reagan offered an amendment, which
was adopted, to pay 5000, 900 to the friendly
1ioux Indians during the late trouble, for
property lost or destroyed through obe-
qlence to the orders Of the government. Mr..
aoar created some amusement by asking
mat the appropriation bill be laid aside and
she Conger lard bill be passed without de-
paCe. Finally, at 8 o'clock. the Indian
appropriation bill was passed without
division.
A conference was ordered on the Indian
appropriation bill, and Messrs Dawes,
IIumo and Call were appointed conferees
oh the part of the Senate.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
me postoft1ce appropriation bill was
a1 saten up and was temporarily laid aside in
oruer TO pass House bills on the calendar
TIo TTInooD1ected to. not including pension bills
1hlrty or forty such bills were passed The
pooVoIhce appropriation bill was then re-
euhed. The committee amendments were
asTeed to and several others added.
4len Mr.. Frye moved to amend the bill
~ IN inserting a provision appropriatiug
SI,EVO,OOO for the transportation Of foreign
inails, and authorizing contracts for carry
ing the mail on American steamships, (be-
Mg the bill passed by the Houss on that
'uoJect, with few notifications.
DANIEL OBJECTS.
a, Mr. Daniel made a point of order that
slo amendment was general legislation, and
nUT n IN order on an appropriation bill.
d Inc presiding officer (Mr. Platt) overruled
T vne point OF order on the ground that SIM
mar amendments to appropriation bills had
frequently been decided to be in order. Fol-
lowing those decisions he held the amends
ment TO be in order.
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