The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-11

WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Tbe Vice-Presi-
dent laid before the Senate the protest of
twenty three members of the Idaho legis-
ture against allowing Dubois to take his
seat. Referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections.
Sherman reported from the committee on
foreign affairs bill proposing to issue
bonds guaranteed by the United States for
building the Nicaragua ship canal. The
bill, which was accompanied by a report,
was placed on the calendar
Dolph, from the committee on public
lands, reported the Senate bill to amend
the railroad land forfeiture bill of last SEES
sion, so as TO make the period of six months
for the assertion of the rights of settlers
begin to run, not from the time of the pass
age OF the act but from the date of the res
toration of such lands to settlement and
sale; and after an explanation il was
passed.
Sherman, from the committee on foreign
relations, reported bill to amend the act of
February s, 1850, Incorporating the Mica
raugua canal company authorizing theissue
of bonds guaranteed by the United States.
1t was placed on the calender and with the
accompanying report ordered to be printed
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton OF the finance bill, and Morgan contin
ued the speech begun by him YESTERDAY in
u.
He soon yielded the floor temporarily and
Dawes presented the conference report
on the bill TO carry out, in part.
the provisions of the act to divide the Sioux
Indian reservations, and in response to a
question by Edmunds, made an explanation
de said the commission, of which General
Crook was the head promised the Sioux
Indians IN the course of negotiations, to
use his influence at Washington for a re-
dress OF certain grievances. The commits
sion subsequently met forty representa-
lives OF the Sioux Indians from the reser-
walton where the present outbreak occurred
TO see to 1t that these outside assurances
were carried out. The Indian committees
OF both houses were also present and all
being together bill had been prepared to
carry out exactly the assurances as the In
ulanS understood them. That bill passed
the Senate in April last, but from Difficult
ties in the other branch of Congress il had
not passed the House till last month, and
that it contained a duplicate appropriation
of 100000. The Senate struck out that
duplicate appropriation, and hence the
necessity of a conference. As the
bill now stood, with the du-
pllcate appropriation struck out, the
oil carried out to the letter. not only the
assurances OF the commission as the COM
mission understood them but also precisely
as the Indians themselves understood them
foO' tneu, Win Uhe original bill and the
pending bill all the stlpulations of the
agreement and all the assurances of the
commission would be fulfilled and there
could be no ground on which the Indians
could complain of the government in any
matter out of which the existing disturb
ance had arisen. The conference report
was agreed to.
The pension appropriation bin was re-
ported and placed on the calendar
Morgan theE concluded his speech. quot
ing extensively from one made by the late
Senator Beck. The financial bill was then
laid aside and a message from the Presi-
dent was read forwarding memorial of
the legislative assembly of Oklahoma for
an appropriation for the relief Of the desti-
tute people of that territory. Referred
TO the committee on appropriations Ad-
journed