The National tribune., 1893-01-12
CONGRESS.
An Abst act of the More Important
Proceedings of Both Houses.
WEDNESDAY,, JAN. 4.

su agreement concluded by the Cherokee
Commission with the ComaDche hlowa, ana
Apache tribes of Indians in Oklahoma Ierrl-
tory for the cession of certain lands. ~ ne res
ervation contains 296SS93 acres, and under
the agreement tie Indians will take in allot-
ments about $4,000 acres The amount OF
money agreed upon for the lands is S2,0oOo0O
The certificates of election Of Presidential
electors from the States of Pennsylvania
Rhode Island. Mississippi, Iowa, Nevada, Yer,
mont. Idaho. Virginia Massachusetts, ana
West Virginia were presented by the vice.
President and were put on file.
Mr.. Chandler moved an order that Friday
next after the rouiine of morning business
and on Saturday. if necessary, the two bills on
the calendar reported by the Committees on
Epidemic Diseases, and on Immigration, having
relation TO the danger of the introduction OF
cholera into the United States. he the special
orders, and have exclusive consideration on
those days. without otherwise dispacing the
present unfinished business agreed to.
Mr.. Stewart called up tho resolution, intro
duced by Mr. Mcpherson. to suspend all pur-
chases of silver bullion under the Sherman act,
and gave notice of an amendment which he
proposed TO make TO it so that it should read
And all silver bullion belonging to the United
States shall be coined as rapidly as possible,
without delaying coinage for depositors."
The calendar was then taken up, hut nothing
was done the first bill reached being STUN
bling block, and Senators wanted time to ex-
anime it.
The anti-option bill was taken up as I'M
finished business, and after argument went
over, after which the Senate adjourned.
in the House, Mr. Cultivate ID, o. intro
duced a resolution directing the Committee on
the Library to inquire into the use and control
of certain documents in the State Department.
A preamble to the resolution states that it has
repeatedly beena charged tsat the valuable
rsra+c tho fntQ
Department purchased by authority of Con-
gress has been held by subordinates in the De-
partment. in opposition to the direction of their
superiors, subject TO orders of certain favored
writers, while others equally entitled to the
use OF the manuscripts have been peIssfentiy
prevented from obtaining copies.
Mr.. Cultivate had taken up, and in view OF
the danger of cholera invasion will press vigor
ously at this session. a proposition for the FIRE.
quent exchange of soiied paper money for new
notes.
Mr. Clover ALLIANCE, Kan.) presented the
petition of Mrs. Nathalie Pollard, widow of the
author of 1.-The Lost Cause" in which she
says: Your petitioner, an American woman,
especially on behalf of her sex and in the cause
of morality, domestic happiness and the best
interests OF society in general, humb!y prayeth
that an act may be passed TO abolish divorces in
the District of Columbia and in all the other
Territories and places over which the Constitu-
ton has given you the legislative control"
Representative Clover introduced a bill in con-
Iornity with the petition.
Mr.. Martin 3D., Ind called up the private
pension bills on the calendar of unfinished
business
Mr. Bland ID, Mo- became a stumbling
block TO the speedy passage of the pension
measures. He made no set speech against them,
but said that in view of the fact that the laws
permitted almost any Que TO secure pension,
- fnrT ar, +nn h.1r in na
enactment of special legislation. The Treasury
was in depleted condition. mainly on ac-
count Of extraordinary squandering of money
in pensions by Congress. The disability pen
sion act should be amended, and the pensioners
under it should be compelled TO show not only
disability, but destitutiop.
One pension bill was passed, and then the
House, at o'clock, adjourned without quo
rum, being able to muster but 14S votes.
THURSDAY, JAN. 5.
In the Senate. after The morning hour, the
anti-option bill WAS taken up and Mr.. Villas
addressed the Senate at length, during which
he became engaged in controversy with Mr.
Washburn, who has charge Of the bill. With.
cut reaching conclusion on the bill, it went
over until Monday.
The House joint resolution directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to return to the
Treasury Sis.SG0 of the appropriation made
by Congress TO pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribes of Indians for their interest in lands of
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation, the
sum being the amount which was appropriated
more than was actually due the Choctaws and
Chickasaws, was taken up, discussed and passed
with an amendment.
Senate bill permitting NJ. P. Deadly, United
States Judge for the District Of Oregon, to
resign On or after March next, and thereupon
TO be entitled To draw his salary as Judge
during his life, was taken from the calendar
and passed.
A resolution was passed authorizing the Sec
rotary OF War to appoint board of three Off
GERS of the Engineer Corps to investigate the
subject of raft-towing on the great lakes and
their connecting waters, and to report to Con-
gress what restrictions, if any, should be put
upon the size and manner Of constructing the
RATS.
After short Executive session the Senate
adjourned.
In the House. the demand of Mr. Beltzhoover
ID, Pa for the regular order cut off requests
for unanimous consent and the calendar of un-
finished business. which contains about 50 pri-
waite pension bills. was in order. The first bill
passed By vote Of yeas 50. nays 72-a bare
quorum.
Mr.. Dockery 3D., No.. from the Committee
on Appropriations. reported the District Of Co.
lnmba appropriation bill. and il was referred
&c the Committee OF the Whole. The bill ap-
propriates FOR the general expenses OF the Dis
triet. exclusive Of the Water Department, $4,-
S92O6l, which is S2l3.647 less than the appro.
priation for the current fiscal year and 81 533 $50
less than the estimate submitted. As the general
Government pays one-haf the appropriation
for the District. its share for the next year viii
be 81 $4,000. The committee strongly disap-
proved the action Of the District Commissioners
IN turning over the publc-school buildings To
the Grand Army of the Republic at the time oil
the Encampmcnt last September aud TO pre-.
vent such course in The future it is provided
flat hereafter the public,school buildingsshall
be used for no purposes whatever others han
those directly connected with tie public sehoo
system Of the District.
The consideration of private pension bills
was then resumed. In speaking of ono OF the
biiis the Pension Bureau having denied the
pension asked for, Mr. Bland d.. No. said the
House should encourage every Department in
acting in strict compliance with the spirit and
letter Of the law. 1t was the habit of members
10 tax tie Departments with extreme liber.
atty. Were they now going 10 override De.
partment which was carrying out the laW2
AIR. Picker (P-, s. d. favored the bill. Mr.
Bland. he said, had advanced the proposition
that economy should begin by cutting off pen.
sioners, and had almost wept that the country
could not have the money granted in pensions
for the improvement OF rivers and harbors
The time had not yet come when the nation
would say that tho men who had saved the
country would not be pensoned unless they
were subjects for the poorhonse. While he wa
~ favor of concentrations lf