The Red Cloud chief., 1891-03-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
CONVERSATIONAL.

THE senate ON the 23l agreed TO the con.
ference export on the bill for the allotment
OF lands to Indians. Alter an executive ses
sion the =, nate took up the sundry civil bill
which was discussed until II n. IN and the
senate adjourncd.... The house agreed to
the conference report ON the Indian allot.
ment bill and went into comm ittee OF tie
whole on the deficiency bill. Before con
Guiding IL the committee rose, and the house
passed the post Office appropriation bin and
at the evening session considered the imni-
grafton bill
TIE senate on the nth passed with q sub
stftute the house bill 20 establish q United
States land court and to proyIds for a judi
cIai investigation and settlement OF private
land claims in Utah. New Mexico. Colorado.
Nevada and Wyoming. and then further con
sidered the sundry civil bill. The death OF
Representative Watson pa was announced.
cuiog;ss delivered and the senate adjourned.
The house passed the senate bill grant
Ing pensions to the members ~ Powers
| battalion Of mounted volunteers of Missouri
who served ia the Mexican war. and the IA
| rect tax bill was taken up for Immediate
consideration snd passed by a vote oil ifE
| yeas to III nays. The conference report On
| the naval appropriation bill was agreed 10,
n conference on the direct tax bill APP
| pointed, and alter ordering a further con
| ference on the District of Columbia bill the
house adjourned.
THE sudden death of Senator WI on, OF
Maryland, suspended all business IN the sen
at. on the ?5th. Mr.. German the
death Of his colleague In a few Timely re
marks and Mr. spooncr paid n tribute to the
dead senator. Resolutions were adopted.
a committee appointed to attend the iunersl
and the senate adjourned. In the house a
resolution was reported from the
ON rules for the disposal Of the shipping
subs dy bill. when Messfs. Blount QGa.) and
Nm Han tTcnn.) entered vigorous protest
against such a manner az rushing bills
through. but said the minority WAS power
less. After "a lively talk the r. solution was
adopted and the house went into
of the whole on the immigration bill. Dur
ing the debate that followed a lively tilt took
place between Nr. Funston and Mr.. Butter
worth. Pending consideration Of the biz the
death OF senator Wilson was announced and
the house adjourned until : O'clock y. IN. ~
the evening session the agricultural appro-
p~riation bill was passed. and the general de-
iicicncy bill considered until adjournment.
AFTER routine business the senate on the
2Gih further considered the sundry civil bill,
which after being amended 10y adding many
minor items was agreed Ia and passed. Then
the leg slstlyc, executive and judicial bill
was Discus ed and complct Il with the cx-
ccption Of a few minor details, and laid aside.
The conference report on the military acad-
envy bill WAS agreed tn and at . A. p. IN. the
senate adjourned for want Of "A quorum.
After routine business the house resumed
debate on the shipping bill, In committee of
the whole. which continued until after 10
O'Clock in the evening The deficiency bill
passed and at II O'Clock the house ad-
iourncd.
WHEN the senate met on the 27th "a message
was cccivcd from the president ,etoing the
bill To establish the record and pension office
of the war department Mr.. sherman stated
that in view of the inpossibility of the house
taking action In tsie matter the Nicaragua
canal bill would not he further pushed at
this time. Consideration of the legislat We
appropriation bin wa then resumed and u
finally passed. The pure food bill was then
taken mp, and the senate soon after went I'm
To executive session when the doors were
opened "A motion was agreed tn to consider
tho Indian appropriation bill. thu> dis
placing the pure food btlD. House bills were
considered until 3 O'Clock and a number dis
posed 81. when the Indian bin was further
considered. IL was near midnight when the
senate adjourned ... Tn house passed n
number of local bills and resumed consider
alton of the shipping b'il, which was various
ly amended. The house substitute the
postal subsidy d ~ was finally adopted. and
upon third reading passed by q vote o! 40 to
llo. Pending action on the motion for a CON
ference the house, at midnight, adjourned.
THE shipping bill n passed Ly the house l.
radically different from the measure sent To
that body by the senate. IL merely author.
ICES the postmaster general to enter into
"A contract for not less than five nor
more than ten years with American citizens,
for carrying the mails on American steam
shIps between United States ports and for
eign ports Canada excepted. The vessels
must be American build and officcred by
Americana.