Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-20
.TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Proceedings OF Congress.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 20.
SENATE.

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of the State of Washington OF the re-
str;ctions upon the power of alienation
of a portion of the lands of the Puyal-
lup Indian reservation was taken up,
and a substitute for it was offered and
explained by Mr.. Allen.
Mr.. Platt, chairman, and Mr.. Villas,
member of the committee on Indian
affairs, opposed Mr.. Aliens substitute
The discussion on the Puyallup In
dian bill was carried on by Mr.. Allen in
support of his substitute for the bill and
by Messrs. Plat and Villas, members OF
the committee on Indian affairs against
it. No vote had been reached at 2 p.
NJ. when the anti-option bill was laid
before the Senate.
HOUSE.
The Senate bill was passed fixing the
time for holding the terms of the Cir
cult and District Courts fer the District
ofWest Virginia.
Mr.. Watson's demand for the regu-
lar order cut off from recognition a
number of members who were eagerly
striving to catch the Speakers eye. a
fruitless call ofcommittees followed.
Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, rising to a
question of privilege sent to the clerks
desk and had read a letter written by
Allan Rutherford, claim agent, in
Washington, to member of the hos
pital corps of the army in which Mr..
Rutherford stated that he had had intro
duced in the House and Senate bills for
the relief of the hospital corps, and
that he had aided in the passage of the
measure for the relief He asks so for
his services. Mr.. Cultivate thought
that this letter affected the dignity and
integrity OF the House proceedings.
When the bill referred to was pending
he had received letter from a member
of the hospital corps in which he stated
chat he had received q communication
from Washington informing him that
money was necessary in order to pass
the measure. He Mr. Outhwaite) had
replied that no money was necessary
and had asked his correspondent to
send him any further communication
on the subject. He had received the
letter which had just been read. BE
wished to call the attention of the
House to this piece Of knavery and
fraud. Mr. Rutherford had had moth
ing to do with the passage of the bill,
and his statement that he had had the
bill introduced in the House was I'M
qualiiedly false.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, in
quired whether this was not case of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Mr.. Cultivate thought that it was.
It was also case of fraudulent use of
the mails and he hoped that the gov
eminent would inquire into and prose
cute the case.
A resolution was adopted that from
now until the end of the session the
Speaker may, after the call of commit
tees for reports, call the committees for
one hour, when measures on any calen-
dar may be called up for action.
The Speaker then proceeded to call
the committees.
The Senate bill amending the statute
relative to the introduction of ardent
spirits into the Indian Territory was
passed.
The Senate bill amen ing the statute
relating to the District of Columbia so
as to permit persons prosecuted in the
police court of the District of Columbia
TO waive trial byjury was passed; also
that giving the Court ofClaims jurisdic-
ton over claims to establish the rights
of claimants TO patents for lands. The
q. S. District Court within whose juris-
diction the land is located shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the Court
of Claims.
A bill was passed providing that the
stockholders of national banks may
continue the receivership and close up
the affairs of the bank by means of the
receiver and comptroller of the currcn-
cy, or they may elect their own agent,
who when so elected, is vested with alb
solute power to dispose of the property; |
also the bill to require the redemption
of bank notes which may have been
lost by, or stolen from, national banks
and put in circulation before being
signed by the officers of the bank or
where they were issued upon tho forged
signatures Of such officers.
Affairs in Homestead.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 20.-The state