Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-06-21

Condensed Proceedings OF the Senate and
IIonan for the Past Week.


TVS sr44to further considered the tarin bill
| - the 18th II long-wiuded speeches might be
| called considering" OF the eight hours tho
senate was In session Mr.. Quay spoke four In
| continuation OF his speech commenced i've
/ weeks previous. and which had already taken
| up four days. Messrs pcttigrcw, Power and
/ PETER also spoke A resolution was introduced
70 bring Chapman. the Wall street broker who
! refused TO answer questions asked by the In
vestigating committee, before the senate for
| contempt and at O'Clock the senate adjourned.
After passing a bill setting aside siOOO0
| from the fund belonging to tho estates Of de-
ceased colorod soldiers for the purpose OF Greet
ing In the District Of Columbia national
home for aged colored people, the house further
considered the Indian bill.
| WHEN the senate met on the 18th Ne. Per-
kins spoke briefly In defense Of the late Sena-
tor Stanford and defended him from the charge
mado by Representative Geary in connection
with the Stanford university. A resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Morgan calling on the secretary
of the treasury for certain Information In rc-
gard to gold receipts ana bond issues wns
adopted. A resolution from Mr. noar was
adopted calling upon the pre- udent for infor-
nation as TO whether ccrtair. foreign govern
ments contemplated retaliation on account OF
the proposed imposition OF q discriminating
duty on sugar. Then the debate on the wool
schedule Of the tarin blll was resumed The
house disposed Of several bills OF local ma
tufo ana thcn iooN up tut lnulan uppfopflh-
bill which was under consideration at ad-
journment
THE senate on the i4th passed a bill TO pay
Joseph Redfern, one OF the Ford theater vic
Tins e., 5is; also a bill to authorize the ap-
pointment OF women as public school trustees
In the District Of Columbia; also bill for the
development and announcement OF silk cul-
ture, and then resumed considerat tion Of the
tariff bill. the wool schedule being discussed
until adjournment. The house had under
consideration the Indian appropriation bill in
committee OF the whole but did not complete
t.
WHEN the tarin bill was taken up in the SEN
ate on the 18th Mr.. Dolph spoke at length
again free wool The wool schedule occupied
the attention OF the senate all day. Every
amendment offered was voted down The
house had the Indian bill under consideration
all day and in the evening gave some attention
10 pension bills
THE senate on the 10Th completed the wool
schedule OF the tarin bill, all amendments be-
ing voted down. Considerable progress was
made on the bill and several private bills
passed. The senate adjourned at $50 O'Clock.
.... The house further considered the Indian
appropriation bill and reached a iinal vote at
o'clock, when the bill passed-l56 TO 81, and the
house adjourned.
THE senate entered upon the twelfth week OF
the tarin debate On the 18th. and consideration
OF the bill was resumed Immediately after dis
posing Of routine business. Some progress
was made, the silk, coal and miscellaneous
schedules being before the senate The de-
bate was continued until past o'clock 30. The
house had under consideration Mr.. Hatch's
anti-opton bill In committee OF the whole.
An adjournment was taken at o'clock without
completing the bill