The Washington times., 1894-04-10
NOTES FROM SENATE AND HOUSE.

Complying with resolution Of the Senate, the
Secretary of the Interior yesterday sent TO the
Senate list of Indian tribes to which lands
have been allotted in severalty.
Major ]. W. Powell, the director Of the Geo
logical Survey, was heard by the House Commit
tee on Agriculture yesterday on the bill for the
transfer Of the survey to the Department of
Agriculture.
An order was entered in the Supreme'Court of
the United States yesterday advancing the sugar
TRUST case to the third Monday in October The
tiffsof the ease is the United States the E C.
Knight Company.
Mr. Carroll McKenney argued in the Supreme
Court yesterday to advance the Mckane case on
the docket The court granted Robert II. Griffin,
counsel for McKane, until Thursday to argue
against the motion.
In the House yesterday Representative Rich
ards, of Ohio introduced a bill making it unlaw-
ful to stpulnte in any contract or in any instru-
ment of writing that any Indebtedness thereby
created or evidenced shall be paid in gold only
Representatives Raynor, of Maryland: Everett,
and O'Nefl Of Massachusetts; Lockwood, of New
York, and about forty other Democratic mem-
bers from eastern and northern districts, have
concluded not to go into the Democratic House
caucus called for tonight to consider the repeal
OF the state bank tax.
Mr. De Armond, of Missouri, has introduced in
the House proposed amendment to the rules of
that body concerning calls of the roll, providing
that after the roll has been once called the clerk
at the request of a member, shall call the names
of those not voting, and the names of members
called a second time and present and not voting
shall be entered uponrhe journal
Their action. yesterday indicated that the Re-
publicans will insist that the Democrats shall
furnish the quorum necessary for proceeding
with the tariff bill. Some of the Republican
Senators present in the chamber yesterday
failed to respond to their names on the voting
roll calls The Democrats accept this intima-
tion and have already begun to look up absen-
tees.
Senator Allen offered q resolution yesterday
providing that on Monday, June 4, at 2 o'clock,
general debate on the tariff bill should cease and
the Senate should begin the consideration Of the
bill and amendments under the f1ve-minute rule,
and should proceed until Thursday, June z, at
lA'clock, when the final vote the bill should be
takeo-,s 1t went over until to-norrow.
Representative Henderson, of North Carolina,
introduced bill yesterday to provide for the
maintenance Of a gold reserve and for the coin
age Of standard silver dollars. 1t authorizes the
Secretary OF the Treasury to purchase gold coin
and gold bullion with Treasury notes, silver
coin, or silver certificates and to exchange silver
coin or silver certificates for gold coin or gold
bullion.
Senator Palmer introduced bill yesterday
providing that the accrued pension to the date
Of the death Of any pensioner or to any person
having an application pending for pension
whether the certificate shall be issued before or
after death, shall be paid to his widow, or. II
there is no widow, 10 his children under 16 years
old, but shall not be considered as part Of the.
assets Of an estate nor liable for the payment Of
debtA