The Globe-republican., 1892-12-30
IN CONGRESS.

The senate voted Al to Is not to sidetrack the
| anti-option bill by giving right of way tn an
other bill which Senator Blackburn wanted to
consider.
In the opinion Of Senator Perkins the anti
option bill is strong in the senate, and. If 1t ever
reaches a vote, will pass by ten or fifteen major
ity The plain difficulty however. is to get it to
a vote. There is a determined opposition from
the grain gamblers over the country and all
rass and defeat the measure. 1t Is probable
that an all night session will be indulged In
soon. in order to force the fight. This will not
only annoy the opposition, but will emphasize
their position to the country at large.
The house committee IN appropriations have
vigorously slashed the Notifications appropria-
the bill for tho coming fiscal wear carries an
aggregate of about IS per cent. less than the
total present fiscal year.
mittee to 90 down to Cuba and Key West and
investigate the cholera question ana IT'S bearing
on the immigration question, which Is now en-
gaSine the attention Of tho committee on immi-
grafton.
In the senate Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas. spoke
favoring extension of the state. or territorial
government, over the territory. with or without
the consent of the five civilized tribes. Mr..
Perkins had no doubt, he SAID, OF the authority
of congress to confer statehood or territorial
government on the people ct the indian terri TIL
tory, and he hoped soon after the holidays tho
Cherokee outlet bill would be taken mp Tor con-
sideration. and through it some legislation
looking to the purpose which 1t had IN view
might be secured.
Senator Palmer in speaking on the anticipation
bill denied that the farmers and planters de-
manded the bin.
Senator PETER wished to emphasize the i'm
portance Of an early and favorable action on
the bill. Ninety per cent. OF the American
farmers favored the passage OF the blll. or OK
farmers did not object to buying and selling for
future delivery. That was often convenient
and at some times necessary. But the farmers
insisted that the fictitious, pretended and false
commerce in purely imaginary articles, which
continually interfered with their business to
their injury: ought to be suppressed; They did
not expect the pending measure would rid them
wholly of the evil complained of, but 1t would
open the way to more successful Legislation,
after the methods of eyadinS 1t had been dis-
covered. He doubted whether a hundred votes
could be obtained among the farmers OF Kansas
in opposition to the bill. So that, in urging its
passage, he was doing their bidding
the bill with the amendments to suspend and
prohibit immigration for year from the ISL OF
March, 1893, and he said he hoped the bill would
receive immediate consideration on the reas-
sembling of the senate in January; I'm
Senator Hill. of New York, thought bil!
could be framed that would meet the views OF
the country better than the one Just reported,
and reserved the right to submit minority re-
port at some future time.
Senator Perkin. introduced a bill to enable
the people of Oklahoma and the Indian terri.
tory to form constitution and state government
and to be admitted into the Union This Dill
includes the Five Nations in with Oklahoma
tcrrltOry.
Senator Mitchell introduced bill to make it
a crime to be punished by death to practice mes-
merizing and hypnOtising.
In the appropriations for the ordnance De.
partment the house has seemed to have dealt
generously, and has allowed even more than tho
estimates called for. this being due to the ur-
gent appeals made by the chief Of that depart
meuk TO the house committee. 1t was shown
that the ordnance department. has been sub
sistine for years upon the left over stock from
the late war and that surplus has been entirely
used up. The force of the argument was seen In
scaled other appropriations pretty close to the
bone gave the ordnance department an increase
of several thousand dollars.