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Without reaching a conclusion the Committee
rose and the House adjourned.
FRIDay APRIL

/ friday, APRIL Il.
After the transaction of the regular morning
business of the Senate, the Indian approprla
| tion bill was taken up and discussion sprane
up on the clause allottng lands in severalty t.
Indians, and Mr.. Dawes, Chairman of the
| Committee on Indian Affairs, expressed views
| antagonstc to that policy. He said allotment
was one thing, but inducing an Indian TO be-
| come farmer was an entirely different thinR
| He knew absolutely nothing about work. aud
had nothing to work with; no seed to put III
the ground, and no one to show him how to DC
| it if he had.
Mr.. Dolph. who had offered the amendment
that led to the discussion, expressed his sur.
prise at hearing such doctrines from the author
of the Dawes bill. bill on the subject of the
allotment of lands TO Indians in severalty. II
| those views were correct Mr.. Dolph 50 :gested
| that Congress had better repeal the Dawes bill
and say that the Government would take care
OF the Indians as tribes, not as individual land
| owners.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Villas to in
crease the appropriation for an Indian school
| led to discussion, in which Mr.. Allison, Chair
man of the Committee on Appropriations,
| criticized the Indian Commissioner for writing
long supplementary letters TO Senators iavoring
| increased appropriations, instead OF recon-
mending them to the Committee. The school
| at Lawrence, Kan was case in point the
! Commissioner having written letter to Mr..
| Perkins fRvoring an increase from SSS,00o TO
! S12o 900. 1t has been discovered by the Com
mittee on Appropriations that $4,000 of that
amount Expressed in the estimate as for out
houses" W was actually for the erection of a
residence for the Superintendent and some
| teachers, and that $1,000 was for an electric
plant.
Mr.. George wanted to know IL any Senator
could tell him whether the Indians were in
creasing or decreasing and Mr.. Villas answered
by saying that Historian Bancroft had esti-
mated that when the whites first came to this
country there were $4,000 Indians, and the
last census showed something over 250000. At
which Mr.. George said he presumed the tax
payers would be generally glad to know that
the Indians were rapidly decreasing, if we
have to keep on appropriating millions of dol
lars for their support.
Without reaching a conclusion on the bill,
the Senate went into Executive session, and
when the doors were opened adjourned until
Monday.
There was a slim attendance of members at
the House to-day, which fact was emphasized by
Mr.. Bailey Tex, D. who Immediately made
the point of order that no quorum was present
when an attempt was made to transact bust
ness
Mr.. Catching Miss. d. from the Commit
tee on Rules. reported back a resolution for the
appointment Of special committee to investi-
gate the Census Bureau. Objection was made
to the appointment of special committee. it
being claimed that the investigation could be
conducted by the Committee on the Eleventh
Census more properly. Mr.. Catchings de-
manded the previous question on the resou-
ton. and those opposed to the resolution COM
MERGED TO fillibustcr. The resolution, after be-
ing amended by substituting the Census Com
mittee for special committee, was adopted.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the free wool bill. At 5 o'clock the
House took a recess until D. m, ut which
time they reassembled, aud continued in ses-
sion until 1920 p. M, the session being for the
consideration of private pension bills. No
quorum was present and no business was trans
acted, although several attempts were made to
obtain o quorum. The House finally ad-
journed.
SATURDAY, APRIL g
The Senate was not in session to-day.
After the routine morning business was
transacted, the House went into Committee of
the Whole on the free-wool bill. Without
reaching conclusion, the Committee rose, aud
the House adjourned.
MONDAY, APRIL 4.
In the Senate, the resolutions on the silver
question intro6 uced by Mr.. Morgan were
taken up, and the Senator said he was willing
to let the resolutions 20 over, so as not to come
in contact with the Indian appropriation bill.
Mr.. Sherman said that il the resolutions
went over, they would under the rules have
to go TO the calendar Ii they went over as
the Senator from Alabama desired them to go,
they could be brought up by any Senator who
desired TO speak upon the prolific subject of
silver, to the exclusion of other business to
which he seriously objected.
Dir. Morgan then made an argument in favor
of his resolutions, consuming three hours of
sapaA h.. ~, r >
remarks, Mr.. Sherman said he did not wish to
enter on the silver discussion at this time, but
wishing to obtain the sense of the Senate
whether Senators were to have silver debate,
he moved to lay the resolutions on the table
This stirred up the silver men, and Mr..
Teller wanted to know if Senator Sherman
proposed to take an unfair advantage of the
silver men. Dir. Sherman said he did not pro-
pose to take any advantage.
Mr.. Teller then made short fiery speech
to which Senator Sherman replied at some
length, and at the close Of his remarks the SUBJ
ject went over and was placed on the calendar
under the rules, and can be taken up whenever
any Senator desires to speak on the subject.
After a short Executive session the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Geary (Cal., d. moved to
suspend the rules and pass bill TO absolutely
prohibit the coming of Chinese to this country.
An earnest effort was made by Mr. Hooker
miss, ID TO secure longer time for debate
than 10 minutes for either side, but could not
Dir. Geary Gal, d. and Mr.. Cutting Gal,
r. argued in favor of the bill, and Mr. II ooker
Miss, d. and Mr. Hit OIL, r. argued in OPP
position to the measure. The bill was passed
by yeas 179, nays AZ.
The bill is the most drastic measure of ex-
clusion Of Chinese ever before passed, as it
allows no one but the Chinese Minister and his
suite to come to the country. The Secretary
of the Treasury is empowered to make a regu-
lstion, however, by which some merchants can
be admitted.
The free.wool bill was then taken up, and
general debate was closed by Mr.. Springer Il
d., who was too weak to speak himself, al
though present, and his remarks were read by
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska. Without reaching q
vote the House adjourned
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