Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-11
Uncle Sam Asked to Back the
Nicaragua Canal.
A Bill for That Purpose Intro.
duced in the Senate.
Congress Urged to Square Itself With
the Sioux Indians.
Senator Morgan Concludes His Speech OF
the Financial Bill-Government
Crop Statistics, Etc.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.--In the senate
today the vice-president laid before the
senate rfotest of twenty-three mem
bers of the Idaho legislature against
allowing Dubois to take his seat. Refer
red to the committee on privileges and
elections.
Sherman reported from the committee
on foreign affairs, bill proposing to
issue bonds, guaranteed by the United
States. for the building OF the Nicaragua
ship canal. The bill, which was accom-
panied by long 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
session, 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 passage OF the act, but from
the date of the restoration of such lands
to settlement and sale. After explana-
tion it was passed.
The eenate then resumed considera-
tion of'fhe finance bill, and Morgan con-
tinued the speech begun by him yester-
day in support of the free coinage
amendment. 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 reservation,
and in response to a question
by Edmunds, made an explanation.
He said the commission of which
General Crook was the head, promised
the Sioux Indians in the course of the
negotiations, to use their influence at
Washington for the redress of certain
grievances. The commission subse-
qnently met forty representatives of the
Sioux Indians from the reservation
where the present outbreak occurred. to
see to it that those outside assurances
were carried out. The Indian commit
tees of both houses were also present,
and all being together bill had been
prepared to carry out exactly the
assurances as the Indians un-
derstood them; that the bill
passed the senate in April last, but from
difnculties in the other branch of con-
gress it had not passed the house till
last month, and that it contained du-
plicate appropriation OF 100000. The
senate struck out that duplicate appro-
priation, and hence the necessity of
conference. AS the bill now stood with
that Duplicate appropriation struck out)
the bill carried out to the letter, not
only the assurances of the commission,
as the commission understood them, but
also precisely as the Indians themselves
understood them SO with the original
bill and the pending bill, all the stipula-
tions of the agreement, and all the as
surances 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 disturbances had
arisen.
The conference report was agreed to.
The pension appropriation bill was
reported and placed on the calendar.
Morgan then concluded his speech,
quoting extensively from one made by
the late Senator Beck.
The financial bill was then laid aside,
and message from the president was
read, forwarding a memorial OF the
legislative assembly of Oklahoma for
an appropriation for the relief OF the
destitute people of that territory. Re-
ferred to the committee on appropria-
tions.
Adjourned.