The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-06-27
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS

The committee on Indian affairs. through
Chairman Peel, reported the kickapoo bill
favorably. 1t provides Tor the opening OF aOOOO
acres Of land for S6iOOp. This land is gwen to
the settlers at Sl.1O per acre and on conditions
practically the same as provided for the opening
OF the Cherokee strip. OF the money paid the
Indians $4,000 remains in the treasury drawing
per cent In favor of the Indians. and $4,a'o u
d,vloed among the Indians per capita.
The most striking feature in support OF the
the one John L. Hill. The report says the In
dian commission could do nothing with those
Indians. as they were wild and afraid to deal
with the government agents. that Hill personally
went among them persuaded them to sell To tho
government, got a contract out of them and
turned it over to the commissioners for services
In this line.
The committee recommends payment of over
Hill. by the way. was one of Quantrelrs band at
The Chicka.aw and Choctaw lobbyists sue
seeded In getting their resolution up In the
house and it passed The resolution states
that in the Judgment of the house there is no
good and suffice nt reason why the president
should not pay the $SOIO.OJo allowed the Indians
for supposed rights in the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe lands.
In the house the conference committee on the
river and harbor bill reported failure to come to
an agreement, and further conference was Or
Representative Tarsney secured unanimous
vote fO- the consideration of the bill authorizing
the Denison i Northern Railway company to
dian territory.
The anticipation bill was taken up in thesenate
and referred. after short discussion to the SEN
ate judiciary committee.
The house havirg dlspos of all the app.opr:-
alton bills except the general deficiency bill, de-
cided to adjourn to meet on Weine day.
The senate Join, resolution authorizing the
president to issue proclamation recommending
the observation Of the 4Nsh anniversary OF the
discovery of America was then passed.
The house conside. Ell: IN committee of the
whole. the tin plate bill. Mr. Bowers, of Califor
mia. making gs neral tariff speech ~ common
cation and defense of the act
The house appropriations CO mmittee has com
pleted the last OF the appropriation bills the
general deficiency, and reported II to the house
The whole amount appropriated by the bill Is
N.SIO,oj3, of which amount $1,000 IL for the
census bur eau during the next fiscal year.
While the tin plate hill was being discussed in
the house a telegra m to Representative Payne,
of Indiana was read. which stated that an order
for improved machinery for making tin plate
had been received in Chicago to go to TIN manu-
facturers in Wales.
The house has now finished initial work on all
the regular appropriation bills except one. and
they are now before the senate in hands of sem
ate committees or being worked upOn by con-
ference committees. 1t il expected that. after
the Chicago ccnvcntion. congrss' will rapidly
finish the work on all appropriation bills and
get ready to ad ourn.
Senator Call addressed the senate in support
of a resolution heretofore offered by him for an
investigation of railroad corporations and their
interference in politics and elections. He spoke
Iopr ana One-halI nOurs.
Senators Chandler and Gallinger expressed
their & atifcation that the investigation II an.
thorzed at all tas they hopsd it would tei would
take in the state o New Hampshire. the former
asserting that it WOULD prove that Florida was
not the only state where evil existed. ara the
latter expressing the conviction that 1T would
only prove the ia sity of thu representations
made by certain po rsons in that regard. No ac-
ton was taken on the reSo'uton
The subcommittee of the senate cor mittee on
heard some of the department
officials Among other Subjects the free delivery
department was discussed. The senate had
passed the appropriation giving per cent adfl-
tional, and the house had changed this by cut
ting the amount d per cent below last year The
commercial growth of the west, it was argucd
demanded greater expenditures while the ser
vice in the east is much better than the west ever
had
The postOtice appropriation bill As completed
and reported to the senate appropriateS SS>O'.-
ST. or an inc. ease of 81. 22nI.s over the amount
as the bill came from the house. To the agricul-
tural appropriation bill the committed has made
aggregating $500. 81 that IT carries
IN appropriation of SL2ll,9
For two or three days during and after the
'hicago Convention the house could do nothing
Tor want of quorum.