Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-20
The Indian Depredations Bill
Passes the Senate.
Ingalls, Resigns the Temporary
Craftsmanship.
Speaker Reed Again Yields the Gavel
in the House.
Ths Democratic Representatives OppO-
sition to the shipping Bill-silver
Hearings, Etc.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-1n the senate,
to-day, Ingalls,. who occupied the vice.
presidents chair as presiding officer pro
tenn, resigned the Office in a neat
speech, in which he spoke of the honor
the senate had conferred upon him in
electing him to that position. Ills re-
signation will take effect on the election
Of his successor.
The senate bill to increase the pension
OF Brigadier-General Powell to $72 a
month, was passed.
The Indian depredations bill was
taken up, and Edmund's motion to
strike out section 8, which provides that
NO claim by an Indian shall be allowed
by the court on the unsupported testi-
inony of an Indian, was agreed to.
A motion by Hoar to strike out the
clause providing for the adjudication
and payment of claims by Indians who
have suffered loss Of property through
other tribes, or white men, was
agreed to.
Davis offered an amendment to add to
section proviso that the limitation
of time shall not apply to or bar claims
for compensation for Indian depreda-
tiOns in Minnesota, Kansas or Dakota in
1852 or thereafter.
On motion of Chandler the amend
ment was laid on the table.
On motion of Chandler the date was
changed to July, 1865,
The bill was then passed and now goes
to conference.
The senate bill authorizing the Coos
Bay and Roseburg railroad company to
construct bridge across Coal Bank
slough, in Oregon, was passed.
The Nicaragua canal bill was taken
up, and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Speaker Reed having recovered from
his temporary indisposition, called the
house to order this morning.
The senate bill for the relief of settlers
on certain lands in the southern part of
Iowa was passed.
The bill for the relief of the Stock
bridge tribe of Indians, in Wisconsin,
was agreed to.
The action OF the Democrats in de-
manding the yeas and nays on every
motion was considered on both sides of
the house as on obstacle to the passage
of the shipping bill.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the postoffice appropriation
bill, but without disposing of it, the
committee rose and the house took a
recess.
SILVER HEARINGS.
Before the house coinage committee
today, the examination of f. G. New
lands was completed.
is. Moore, the "Parsee merchant"
made staten ent today to the effect
that it was not the demonetization of
silver by the United States which
caused the decline in the value of silver,
but the smaller demand for silver in
India, and the large supply of silver due
to importations and improvement in
transportation among the Indian prov
inces.
Bartine closely questioned Moore, and
called his attention to the fact that his
statements were in conflict with his tes-
timony before the English royal COM
mission, but Moore insisted that his
statements were correct, nevertheless.
William H. Beck, who is engaged in
silver mining in Montana, opposed
free coinage, on the ground that the
present law which took fifty million
ounces of silver annually, off the market,
and absolutely locked it up, was better
thing for the silver miner, than free
would be on the market. He did not
think that free coinage legislation alone
gould raise the price of silver bullion to
its coin value. He read letter from
Ex-Governor White, OF Montana, ex-
pressing qualification at the fact that
free coinage could not pass this congress,
and declaring that free coinage would be
a great disaster to the silver industry.
The sentiment of the people, the latter
said, was changing. Ii congress were to
pass free coinage law, he insisted that
it should be provided that gold dollars
could be exchanged at the treasury for
silver dollars, and vice versa, and if
other metal went up or down, the gov
ernment should stand in the breach
and bear the loss. Adjourned.
THE HAWAIIAN CABLE PROJECT.
The house committee decided to re-
commend concurrence in all the senate
amendments to the diplomatic and con-
sular bill, except the Hawaiian cable
project. The house committee has al
ready reported separate bill for
for charter of that company, with a
government guarantee, which was pre-
pared with great care and caution. and
which is regarded as more practical
proposition than that of the senate.
REINDEER FOR ALASKA.
Senator Davis today presented a pro-
posed amendment (for Senator Farwell)
to the sundry civil bill, appropriating
$25, 900 to be used in propagating and
distributing reindeer in Alaska for the
use of the natives.
A PENSION FOR WIDOW PORTER.
A bill was introduced in the senate to-
day granting a pension of $3.50 year
to the widow OF Admiral Porter
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Work Resumed at Jackson Park The