Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-19
INDIAN DKPRxDAr1oNs.

| hut Little Progrees Made On the hin for
| Claims Arising Under Them.
The Senate yesterday discussed the bill 10
provide for the adjudication Of claims arising
from Indian depredations and when the hour
Of 9.20 o'clock had arrived the bill was still
unfinished business. Six yea and may votes dec
crate the page Of today issue Of the Congves-
sionai Record, the roll was called several other
times in an endeavor TO drum ups quorum
and the sergeant-st-arms went abroad in the
city for the same purpose. There was much
cry and little wool. Appointment feature Of the
afternoon's proceedings was the reading Of .
report on the bill called for by Senator Faux
ner. In the first place there Was debate ~ to
Senator Faulkner's request although under
the rules debate was not permissible; then
followed . roll call and il was decided to hear
the report. Secretary McCook vas the
reader, and when he had made very satisfac-
tory progress Senator Wolcott courteously in
tefruptsd him in his characteristically Colors-
doan way and said: IF . single Senator on this
moor VIII state upon his honor that he has
heard word which has been read Of this re-
part. ! viii not make any further objection;
further reading Of the report be dispensed
with. Not single Senator Is paying the least
attention in the world to it, and every one who
wants to read IL has il in black and white be-
fore him, and can read it just a. quickly and
certainly as intelligibly the secretary Of the
Senate or a. any other person can read it. No
body Is paying the least heed to it, and at this
time, when We are SO near the end Of the SEES
sion, II we want to get through with the bill we
ought to consider it without consuming time
by reading the report. ask unanimous con-
sent that the further reading DO dispensed
SENATORS INArTENT1vE.
1t was decided that the reading Of the report
should be concluded, but 90 many Senators con-
versed audibly on other subjects that Senator
Bate had to ask that order be maintained.
Senator Ingalls, suggested that the Senate take
recess OF three-quarters Of an hour while the
report was being read. That would enable
senators to transact private business and per-
Some of us" broke in Mr.. Cullom. with
emphasis, have been trying to listen to the
reading while the Senator from Kansas was
talking to somebody else.''
The Senator from Kansas was evidently
not abashed by the thrust which Mr.. Cullom
aimed at him, for he sarcastically remarked:
hope the secretary will read this report with
deliberstion and intelligibly. There has been
too much rapidity about it heretofore. OBJ
serve some words have been skipped and num-
bled over. hope now the report will be read
with great care and great deliberation and with
all the elocution that can possibly be bestowed
upon it."
That shot was not aimed ct the secretary; it
was simply Mr.. Ingalls, way of intimating that
ne dld not think the report worth listening to.
From that time until o'clock the Senate did
little else than listen to roll calls and realize
that a quorum was not present At O'Clock
two hours recess was taken, and from 8 to $40
there wasmore debate of q profitlesS descrip-
tion; then an adjournment was taken.