The record-union., 1892-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
The McGarrahan Bill Again Before the
Senate.

The McGarrahan Bill Again Before the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.--In the Senate
to-day the bill authorizing the removal of
the Pima and ella Indians from their
reservation in Arizona to another reserva-
ton was reported and placed on the
calendar.
The Presidents veto of last sessions
bill to submit to the Court Of Private
Land Claims the title of William McGar-
rahan to certain lands in California was
laid before the Senate as a special order.
and vote was about being taken on the
question, shall the bill pass?" when
Sanders demanded an explanation on tie
part of the friends of the bill Of the rea-
sons why it should pass.
He explained his own understanding
OF the matter, one of his objections to the
bill being that it rested on the innuta
ton that the judicial and executive de-
partments OF Government had been for
many years past guilty of wrong doing
in the premises. His own propOsition
was that even if the executive and iudi-
cial departments of the Government had
declared the original grant valid it still
would not have found the remotest
foundation for such provisions as were
contained i'll the pending bill. He
thought, therefore, that the Senators
should be grateful to the President for
having recalled their attention to the bill.
The bill was debated up to O'Clock. at
which time the morning hour expired
and the bill went over till tomorrow.
The anti-option bill was then taken up.
and George resumed the argument IN
support OF his own substitute for it, In
opening his remarks George called atten-
ton to the fall of four or five points in the
price of cotton at the New York Cotton
Exchange yesterday, ana said that the
fall was in the nature OF menace be-
cause the United States Senate had uu-
dertaken to perform a constitutional
duty. He assumed that the Senators
would treat such threats with that degree
of contempt to which they were entitled.
George said he saw in one of the New
York papers that dealers in futures in
that city had undertaken to punish peo-
pie because the Senate was CONSIDERING
this bill. Cotton had been made to fail
three, four or five points, dealers in fu-
lures thereby undertaking to force the
Senate to cease the performance of a great
constitutional duty. To show that the
fall in cotton was purely fictitious. he
called attention TO the fact that while cot
ton mad gone down in New York. corn
and provisions had gone up in CHICAGO.
George spoke over TWO hours. and did
not finish. The bill then went over
without action.
Daniels resolution calling for informa-
ton on the subject of civil service was
agreed to, and the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. LIN the House
Cobb of Missouri reported a bill from the
Committee on War Claims for reference
to the private calendar for relief of the
heirs Of Mary and Randolph Curtiss Lee
of Virginia, amounting to S2l7, 900.
The publication of 10000 copies of the
Presidents annual message was ordered
After business of minor Importance the
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the army appropriation bill
The appropriations carried by the bill
are s24. .202, 140, against appropriations for
the current year of 81, IS, $50, and "a es-
innate of s25, 90, ,956 for the coming year.
The bill having been read for amend