The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-22

! luton given in response to thereouest
Tor information by the president in his
message of Feb. II, 1892 The opinion
OF he house was that there was no
snff1cient reason for interference in
the due execution law for the pay
ment of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations for their interest in the Chey.
enne and Arapahoe reservation.
Alter some discussion the bill was
agreed to.
The bill was passed to ratify and
confirm the agreement with the Kick
apoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory.
Adjourned until Saturday.
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUS.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The repub-
lican senatorial caucus met again this
morning and further discussed the
programme to be followed by the
party in regard to prospective senate
rial contests in several western states.
A resolution offered by Senator awley
OF Connecticut was adopted author:z-
ing the chairman Senator Shei mantle
appoint committee of five senators to
take into consideration the wisdom
and propriety of senatorial interfer-
ence in these contests. The obvious
purpose of the resolution is to reflect
nnpleasantly upon the pernicious
activity" of the Democratic caucus
committee in this matter. Nothing
further was dore except to dis
cuss general outlook in the West, and
the outlook seems to greatly encourage
the Western senators inasmuch as it
was demonstrated that their Western
colleagues are by no means luke warm
in the matter.
INVESTIGATING THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia meeting
of the committee on way and means
was held this morning to consider
the resolutions of investigation
into the financial condition
of the treasury department.
some favored an investigation by the
entire committee and others believed
results could be expedited by assign.
ing the work TO sub committee. The
matter was finally adjusted by adopt
ing the following resolution presented
by Wilson of West Virginia:
Resolved, that the inquiry be con-
Quoted by subcommittee to be COM
posed of five members, consisting OF
the chairman and four memb ers ap.
pointed by him.
COAST MARINE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The senate
commerce commission has ordered a
full report on the Frye bill to protect
The coasting trade by prohibiting for
eign vessels to transport merchandise
from one United States port to an.
other United States port via any for
eign ship.
; INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The Popu.
: lists in congress have taken alarm at
certain measures aimee at in the in.
terstate commission act and are fear
full determined effort is to be made
, to devitalize that most benificent
, piece of legislation, as they regard it,
! PETER of Kansas, is first to see the
, workings of the plan. This morning
; he said he wished to call attention tC
some significant facts in connection
with the pending Cullom bill to amend
: the act. This bill, he said, was mark
ed introduced by request" and he
introduced it day before yester,
3 day and it was moi
. filed until yesterday morning
D yet a meeting of the committee wal
8 had to hear the railway people almos
= before the bill was off the press
9 Looking at tie bill itself PETER sale
/ it was framed to achive the very
< thing the interstate act was intended
y to prevent which was pooling. Under
it's terms the people would surrender
i the control they now had over thu
i roads. The latter would be authorized
Y to make and maintain any rates they
o choose to fix Then the amendment
t to section enc of the act would remove
o the penalty clause 80 there would b.
{ practically no punishment for viola
. ton, the very essence of the act
0 Altogether PETER regards the bill a.
q most dangerous measure and an
r nounces his purpose to fight it at al
: points.
= NICARAGUA GENIAL.
A committee composed OF Waite
Gresham OF Texas. Chas. Shelley q
A labama, Mr.. May bury Of Michigan
edwin Cragin of Illinois, E. J. Ogdel
of Louisiana and Richard L.. Edward
q of New York made their appeslanc
9 in the city this morning 10 promo
the Nicaragua canal project in con
> gress.
DIRECT VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
: Representative d. Narrath OF Mis-
: souri, today introduced In the house
F. resolution providing for the election
of the president and vice.president b.
8 the direct vote of the people and tn
. distribution of the electoral vote II
: proportion to the number of votes cas-
3 for each candidate. A novel featur
| of the resolution provides that ifeithe
2 house certifies that the result of TIT
D election depends upon the vote of an.
specified state and it ought to be judi
' cially determined for whom the vote
should be counted there shall De con
= veped in Wa hington on the fourth
Wednesday in January court of chic
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