Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-26
CAPITOL TOPICS.
The Oklahoma Admission Bill.

Ine OkI6nOma AuuhlHA1Ou
The subcommittee of the committee On
territories of the Senate having IN charge
the subject of the admission of Oklahoma
and the Indian territory as a state into
the Union held another meeting this
morning. and Mr.. r. w. McAdam CT Ard
more l. T., was heard in favor of the prop
osition. He argued that while due defer
ence should be given to the wishes of the
Indians as to whether the Indian ,erritory
should be included in state with Okla
homa, the interests and rights of the white
people were paramount, and obsolete treat
les should not be permitted to stand in the
way of civilization. The people he repre-
scented desired the admission of both terri
tories as one state or nothing.
Nominations and Combinations Both
slow.
The fact has been noted that the Presi-
dent is sending very few nominations to
the Senate these days. and that in con-
formations by the Senate haste is being
made slowly. There has been a most mark
ed falling off i'm both respects since the
rejection by the Senate of the nominations
of Judge Hornblower for justice of the
Supreme Court and of j. Scott Harrison
for surveyor of the port of Kansas City.
So far during the present week the Presi-
dent has sent to the Senate only the one
nomination of Mr.. Peckham to be asso-
ciate justice, and while the Senate has held
two or three brief executive sessions only
very few combinations have been an
nounced. 1t is also a well-known fact tina t
there is scarcely an important committee
of the Senate which has not one or more
nominations hung up there because of OBJ
jections by Senators or others. large
number of nominations from New York
state and some from Missouri, North Car
DINA, Illinois, and many other states. which
were made before the Christmas holidays,
remain still in the committees. Appraiser
Bum of New York. Collector Sim
mons of North Carolina and the To-
peka postmaster are included in the list
of appointments of long standing which
have not received attention. 1t is the gen.
eral belief about the Senate that the nomi-
nations will come in more rapidly after
the Peckham nomination is disposed Of
Pncffc Railroad Controversy.
Chairman Reilly of the House committee
on Pacific railroads has had frequent con-
ferences of late with Senator Brice, chair
man of the Senate committee on the same
subject The two have also seen Secretary
Carlisle and Attorney General Olney with
a view to determining on some line Of leg
islation which would meet the complicated
condition of affairs on the Pacific roads
Mr.. Reilly says that the great debt owed
by the roads is SO fast maturing that some
plan of legislation by the present Congress
is imperative. This view is taken by all
those with whom he has consulted, but as
vet they have reached no agreement as to
what particular line of action should be
adopted. Mr.. Reilly hopes, however, that
both committees of Congress will soon de-
termine upon common policy which will
be effective in securing the government
against loss and at the same time secure
the Pacific railroads against action which
would be harmful to them.