Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-06
KEN BLOCKS THE OMAHA BILL
TrEnsmisEskirpi Exposition Measure il
Held Back.
DAVE wERcF7 SECURES RECOGNITION
Effort for Unanimous Consent for Its
Passage Failed Through ohJec-
Sion of n NebrasEa Member
Left for Another Day.

! WASHINGTON. June Especial Tele-
4 gram. >-Omer KEN. in the face q a COD
I stituency undoubtedly in favur q the Omaha
exposition b.l. objected 20 that uelsurs
! being called W in the house this after
noon
Representative Mercer had enasEvuret 70
secure unanimous consent for con
Aderation uf the Omaha exposition
bin After the reading Of the bin Mr..
Payne, who was acting a. speaker, pu1 the
question. and Immediately NJ. KEN arose
and said: The gentleman from Nebraska
Nj. KEN Objects
The speakers Eavel feu and he stated that
objection had been made
Mr. Mercer then made Z motion 70 have
the house 70 into COMMITTEES ui the whole
/ Tor the cuusderEtiCu uf the hill but the
motion was ruled out Of order This dis
poses II the matter for today.
Pressure was brought 10 beH- On
KEN not 10 object but he IN
sisted upon his rights 10 oppose any and
al Legislation cut Of regular order. Ex-
Senator Paddock ana Representative HHinsr
lHhored with him. but he Was ubGurEts and
the bin goes over. Mercer SAYS ne wiz
attempt to secure consideration al another
time
There wns moment OF intense silence
Members were amazed. none however, more
SO than the other members Of the Nebraska
delegation. Then q dsrisive cheer went up
that Neb-asEHn should stand IN the way
Of d measure SO vital 10 TIE interests %
the trAnsmisEissippi country ShgfrUth u
Colorado. out Of al pa 1enCe turned To KEN
and in tones heard z dozen seafs away.
said: You have made the mistake uf your
life. You could have made friends Of
every member II this house by announcing
that you had grown tired q ctiectinE and
would allow the exposition hiu To pass In
stead, you have injured your party, which
is on record as iEvur1ng this hill. ! dis
Eusted with he whole business. Withdraw
your objection and allow the bin to 50
through A"
Ken. however. sat silent N his sent ana
the defeat Of the exposition bull for the
day was complete.
Mercer was completely dumhfuunded when
objection wRs made as he had reasons ID
believe that KEN would at least absent
himself from the chamber when rec0Eni-
riuu WIS granted Everything YVES in shape
for The passage OF the bill- All The inter
estE had been seen TO and no Obstacle would
have been met had not Kan Unexpectedly
trterppsed MS objection
KEN when seen HfterwErd. IN explanation
Of his course said be was hearrily sorry
III the defeRt Of the bin, but he could not
consistently deviate from the course he
had mapped out. He sRid he was fighting
on the floor Of the house for constituency
without represen -atiun, and would fight Until
The last When II WIS FuEEsSied inat tue
Sixth district was vitRIly Interested in the
uRssaee Of the bin he became silent
Il may be tuEt Speaker Reed VIII recog-
uize Mercer turnurrCw, q bslng personal
suSusnsiun dEr hu1 there ere scores q
men demanding recognition, some Of whom
must he placed CD thz list. and whether
the exposition bill Is 10 be favored VIII only
he known when tDmo-rOw's Legislative day
Is far along.
INDIANS AGREE TO THE REBATE.
Secretary Smith 1DdHy received a telegram
from the agent of the Otas and Missouri In
dams q their reservation IN Oklahoma, 10
the efect that the tribe Ind agreed in
council To accept the last proposition OF Sec
re-ary Smith for the settlement Of the dIter-
snces with the settlers Oh the tribe cedsd
lands in NehrE ska and Kansas. This prupD-
siti1n was TO allow ssrlsrs rebate Of
ten yeHrs' interest amounting to between
SS5 lN0 and $50 600 and the halance wRK 10
be paid within ninety days or the entries
gf those falling TO be cancelled. After de-
Quoting the rebate, there vii be due the
Indians about S21N GGB. The secretary viii
not take any steps toward presenting the
proposition 70 rnE settlers Uu-l written
report has been received, which VIII prob
ably be early next week
Comptroller ECzelg todEy gave out Gb-
srruCtE = the reports 0f the ccDdIlun 0f
the I64 national banks IN Iowa exclusive %
Deg Muines and the eleven national banks
il Wyoming The Iowa statement shows to
tai resources Of $50 -220 .5lz The loans and
discounts being So GIG sfg and the reserves
s. D34 0Sg Of which 81 Gs4 sB5 was gold. The
deposits are SO s40 $50 and the average re-
serve hsl6 was 2s TG per cent The Wyoming
statements showed total resources uf s3.2g1,-
762. loans and discounts, 81 800 ,572. reserve.
S47s O63 # which s164 g62 was gold The
deposits wsre 81 .s1s Gg7 and the average re-
ssrve held was % IS per cent
Representative Gamble from the committee
on Indian affairs reported tnvnrsby the
Hatner bin 10 provide for the sdjusrmenf of
the sales q the Otos ana Missouri reservH-
ti0n lands In The states q KHnsHs and Ne
braEka and TO confirm title under sAid sRles-
PORT OMAHA BILL NOT SIGNED
Senator Warren called on the president
this morning IN relation To the Fort Omaha
military reservation bill but the president
WIS not 10 be seen The blu has been IA
vorBbly passed upon by the War department
and SecrstHry Thurber Is authority fer the
that while many nillE have pri-
1rity be thought il would be reached eIrly
next week
board Of officers TO cnusisi 0f Culunsl
Peter o Hainaf Corps q Engineers; Cul-
lnsl George L Gillespie Corps uf Engineers,
and Captain william N Black Corps uf
Engineers, IS appointed 10 meet IN Bali-
more upon call Of the senior member, 70
snnsider Furh business as may be referred
70 n by The secretary Il war.
Leave ut absence Is granted Major John
p Baker, psyMHFtHr, three months; First
Lieutenant John Z. BRrrette Third urtIllsrv.
1ns month and seventeen DAYS; FIRST Lieu
.enRnt John Conkln. jr., Second artillery.
extended month
Additional Second Lieutenant Ed H
Schulz. Corps Of Engineers Is assigned 20
he vRcEney Of second lieutenant N that
corps
OMAHA PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED.