The Globe-republican., 1893-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator Sherman again made a motion to go
into executive session. He said brief execu.
tive session was important. but that he could
not give the reason. The motion was defeated.
The senate passed the naval and agricultural
appropriation bills and the bill regulating the
sale of LIQUORS in the District of Columbia.
The house bill extending for one year the time
for filing petitions in tho court of private land
claims, was reported and passed; also the senate
Joint resolution authorizing the loan OF por-
for exhibition at the Worlds Columbian expo
sition.
The naval appropriation bill had an amend
ment giving OD01J to New York toward paying
expenses OF the international naval review. 1t
was rejected.
A bill by Mr. Springer was passed by the house
putting pig tin on the free list after July l. iS93
OF the various amendments offered in the sem
ate to the general Indian bill, and which were
referred to the senate committee, that concern
ing the opening of the Cherokee strip was taken
up. There were a number of amendments relat-
ing to this subject, but the most prominent were
those introduced by Perkins anu Plat. Some
other unimportant amendments on the same
Butler and PETER. The committee considered
at length the Perkins and Dawes amendments
and agreed upon an amendment which Is made
up of parts of both. The amendment agreed
upon. owing to the feature requiring an apprO.
priation. was sent to the committee on apprO-
priations.
consumed in the final battle over tine antiOptlOn
bill. 1t was defeated; yeas 112, nays l2:-nOt
the necessary twOthiris: which became neces.
sary, as a suspension of the rules was involved.
All alliance members voted for the bill except
Mr. Simpson OF Kansas.
The senate voted to recede from the Sherman
bond amendment to the sundry civil bill.
Senator Hill secured the taking up of the
Hudson river bridge bill, but 1t was immediately
lost again. or crowded out OF sight by confer
ence report which is always pr,vesfisd Inc me
his share in this legislative struggle.
The house pretty promptly non-concurred In
senate amendments to the Indian bill and sent
it to conference.
The conference report on the sundry civil bill
was received by the house; but 1t was dlsa
greeting report. The house then refused to con
fair and the bill was again sent to conference.
The house passed a joint resolution prOvidlns
each member 500 a month for clerk hire. Tins
The last DAYS and nights of both houses were
spent in receiving and acting upon conference
reports.
terest than any other in Oklahoma. was the one
that concerned the donation of a military reser'
vatiOn to Oklahoma City. The bill passed boil
branches or congress, but 1t was necessary 70
was made TO do this by Delegate Harvey, Gap
tain Stiles, Sidney Clarke and John Field who
will seek to pass the bill. and the opposition
consisting of Blackburn, Of Oklahoma City. and
H. e. Linn. of Topeka. did everything IN then
power to defeat the measure. The fight was
followed up closely all night. and did not end
until the bill was defeated.
RESUME.
Approximately AS house and 2S senate bill.
and Joint resolutions became laws making o6l
acts put on the statute books as the result OF
the work of congress. A majority OF these meas
ures were of interest only to individuals or local
tiles. being for the relief of citizens. for the
bridging of streams, for the District of Column
bia, for rights of way, etc. An unusual proper.
ton of the claims bills were for the relief Of
southern men.
The house passed in round numbers ss' bills
of which 200 failed of passage in the senate and
in the neighborhood of 265 bills passed by the
senate failed in the house, including the long
list of public building bills. many private pen.
sion bills and other measures involving Increased
expenditures. Three bills Were vetoed by tbs
president viz. to refer the Mctiarrahan claim t.
the court of claims Ia second McGarrahan bill
failed of action in the house,; to amend the
court of appeals act and in relation to marshals
in the United States courts III Alabama.
This last bill became n law 10y passage over
the veto. Senator Hoar stating that 1t had been
vetoed through misunderstanding Of Its provi
sions.
The president subjected three bills to a
''pocket' veto. and two other bills failed of en-.
grossment in time for presentation to him. AL
were of comparatively small Importance.