Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-18

lister TO Mexico, and also by Mr.. William
t.. Curtis, of the bureau of American
republics. The committee on foreign
relations thought it a generous aud
proper thing TO do to a friendly nation.
AZ these views In. COckrell, of Missouri,
express ed his entire concurrence, and the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Sherman reported back adversely
the resolution offered by Mr.. Quay, re-
questing the committee on foreign rela-
tions TO inquire whether it was practi-
cable to acquire certain portions of the
republic Of Mexico and the resolution
was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Morrill,, chairman of the commit
tee on finance, reported back favorably
a bill refunding 81, 1913 duties paid in the
port of San Francisco on the wreckage
OF the United States warships Trenton
and Nandalia, presented by the United
States government to the king of Samoa
in recognition of the humanity of the
Samoan people to American seamen, on
the occasion of the great cyclone which
wrecked these vessels. The bill was
passed.
A bill to repay to w. r. Wheaton,
eX-register, and Charles H. Chamberlain,
eXreceiver O. the land Office at San
Francisco, $500 money deposited in the
treasury of the United States for fees
for testimony taken by the clerks of
these officers, whose salaries We're paid
out of his private pocket, was oppos |
by Mr., Berry, of Arkansas, who stated
that this was mere donation to these
ex-olficers without any foundation in
law or justice, and that a similar bill
had been Ietoed by Mr.. Cleveland.
After considerable jangling the senate
resumed the discussion of the Idaho
case
A senate concurrent resolution, au-
thorizing the senate and house commit
tee on immigration and naturalization
to investigate the law governing immi-
grafton and importation of contract
laborers, and especially the recent adj
mission Of immigrants infested with
typhus fever into the port Of New York,
was laid before the house and its imme-
date consideration asked for. Referred
to the committee on immigration.
A resolution calling on the postmaster
general for information relative to con-
tracts made under the mail subsidy act
was passed.
A bill providing for a revenue cutter
on the coast of California was reported
from the committee on interstate COM
merce
A bill granting to the Gainesville, Nc
Callister and St Louis Railway company
right of way through Indian Territory,
was reported from the committee on In
dian affairs.
The house passed a resolution calling
on the secretary of the treasury for the
amount of salt imported into the United
States from Oct. 6, 1890, to Feb. I, 1892.
The house then went into committee
on the whole on the Indian appropria-
ton bill.
Mr. Peel, Of Arkansas, explained the
provisions of the bill. The total amount
was $7,236, 1877. The ap-
preparations made in the Indian appro-
priation bill for last year carried $l7.-
SOL 600, but of this so, 64S, S0S was to pay
for lands purchased from various Indian
tribes, the contracts for which were
ratified in that bill, and this was not
properly chargeable to the Indian APP
preparation bill last year. The amount
for the Indian service proper last year
was $S,036, 944, and this year $7,236,7S7,
being a reduction for the present year
of $780, 1877.