, 1891-03-01
THE WASHINGTON NEWS
Both Houses of Congress Do a
Good Days Work.
Bartine Urges the Passage Of
the Silver Bill.
PrOctOr's Plan for Furnishing
Enlisted Soldiers
Death Of Senator Hearst of
California.

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with the senate substitute. The substi-
tute provides for the reorganization of the
artillery and infantry forces of the army.
The Indian appropriation bill was taken
up, the pending question being on Petit
grew amendment to section &c, making
the settlement price OF the Sisseton aud
Wshpetln lands 81. 25 instead OF - so an
acre. Agreed to, The question then
was, as stated by Dawes. to strike out all
the provisions of the house bill from page
6S to page l25. and from page 1877 to page
l4S (~relsting to six agreements with In
dian tribes). and insert the substitute,
covering pages las to 2I3, the end of the
bill. Dawes declared that the house
proposition was a nonentity; it began no.
where and ended nowhere; there was not
a WORT in it confirming any one of the
agreements with the Indi ms, aud the sen.
ate substitute had been prepared with
care.
German said that for the first time iu
the history OF legislation, seven or eight
treaties we're tackled on an appropriation
bill to be ratified. All that was known of
the house proposition was that it ratified
all of those Indian treaties, appropriated
about $4,000, 600 and made provision for
disposition Of between 5000. coo and
5000. 900 acres of the public domain in a
way which he Uiorman) could not ex-
plain.
While the question was being discussed
Jones OF Arkansas moved to table the
senate substitute provision to pay the
Choctaws aud Chickasaws 81. 99l .450 IN
exchange for lands in Indian Territory
now occupied by the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes under executive order.
Agreed to.
Allison moved to strike out OF the sem
ate substitute the provision relating to
rue agreement with the Cheyennes and
Arupahoes.
Conferences committees were appointed
on the sundry civil bill and the legislative
appropriation bill.
The conference report on the bill to re-
peal the timber culture laws was presented
and agreed to.
The substitute Tor the senate bill for
the inspection OF vessels carrying export
cattle from the United States to foreign
countries was agreed to. The title was
amended to read, TO provide for the safe
transportation and humane treatment OF
export cattle from the United States to
foreign countries"
The senate bill granting to the Missoula
4 Northern railroad right of way through
the Flathead Indian reservation. Mon
tana. passed.
The ludlan appropriation bill having
been resumed, Allison's amendment was
disagreed to.
The following amendments were
adopted:
By Plumb-That the school lands re.
served in Oklahoma may be leased for
not exceeding three years Cor the benefit
of the school fund of the territory.
BY Dawrs-To strike out the house
provisions in connection With the six
agreements with Indian tribes and sub
stitute the senate PROVISIONS therefor.
By Reagan-To pav 5000, 900 to the
friendly Sioux Indians during the late
trouble for property lost or destroyed by
obedience to the orders Of the govern
ment.
By Carey-Providing Gora comm ssion
to negotiate with the oLoshone Indians of
Wyoming for the cession of their reserya
ton.
Finally. at s o'clock. the Indian APP
preparation bill was passed, and 4 confer
ence committee appointed.
On motion of Mcconnell the senate bill
appropriatipg $780, 900 for n public build
ing at Boise City. Idaho, was passed.
The postothce appropriation bill was
taken up and temporarily laid aside IN
order to pass house bills on the calendar.
A number OF minor house bills were
passed.
The house bill for the erection of
United States prisons, etc with senate
amendments, which was passed a few
days ago, was recon sldered and again
Tassed without amendments.
The postofh se appropriation bill was
taken up and several committee amend
ments agreed to, also one by Plumb in
creasing the number of inspectors to
twelve and allowing $50, 900 to be used to
pay the necessary travelling expenses of
the chief clerk and railway postal clerks
travelling under direct orders from the
postmaster general.
Frye moved to amend the bill by in
serting a provision appropriatrng 81, 200.-
900 for the transportation of foreign mails
and authorizing contracts for carrying
mail on American steamships, being the
bill passed by the house with u few modi-
~icatioDs.
Daniel made the point OF order that
the amendment was general legislation
and not in order on an appropriation bill.
The presiding off yer tPlatt) overruled
the point.
Danlel app Ell ana ne ana Reagan ar
Rued at length in support OF the POINT Of
order and against the decision of the
chair.
Plumb proposed that unanimous con-
sent be given tn have n vote taken on
Monday without further debate. Reagan
objected. Pending action on that ques-
ton, an amendment hv Mitchell was
agreed to appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of the postal records OF the CON
federate government.
Without making any progress with the
bill, the senate at II 80, went INTO execu-
tive session. When the doors we're re-
opened it was stated by Platt than an
agreement had been made to proceed to
the consideration Of the shipping bill on
Monday morning.
Stanford announced the death Of Sen.
ator Hearst ard offered appropriate reso-
lutions and. after ~eulogistic remarks by
Ransom, the senate as a mark of respect
to the memory of Senator Hearst, adj
iourned at 1890 a. m. until $50 a. m.
Monday morning.
In the House.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 2S.-The confer,