Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
SECTARIAN AID.
The District of Columbia Appropri.
alton Bill Passes the Senate.
THE HOUSE DEBATES IMMIGRATION
The Oklahoma Divorce Bill Placed Before
the PresIdent-Jobn &. Tarsney Con-
frmed for Justice of the Okla
homa Supreme Court

yesterday passed the District of Colum-
bia appropriation bill, carrying APP
proximatelv $1,000, 600. A debate on
the question of appropriations for sec
tartan purposes cropped out on the
paragraph making appropriations for
charities in the district On vote the
+ senate sustained the committee in pro-
viding specific appropriations for
numerous private charitable institu-
tions, some of them of a sectarian
character. A further provision was
adopted for an investigation into the
charity system of the district. with a
view to ascertaining what if any of
the public appropriations are used for
church purposes
The house yesterday entered upon a
two days debate of the immigration
bills reported from the immigration
committee Mr.. Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Mr.. Tracewell, of Indiana,
argued for a restrictive measure; Mr..
Corliss, of Michigan, for his bill, de-
signed to put an end to Canadian COM
petition with American labor; Mr..
Morse, of Massachusetts,, and Mr.. Bar
tho1dt, of Missouri, for the educational
test bill The feature of the debate
was the plea of Mr.. Buck. of Louisi-
ana, against any sort of restrictive leg
islation beyond that now on the stat
ute books, which excluded paupers
and criminals. Before the debate be-
gan resolution was adopted instruct
ing the sergeant-at-arms to summon
the clerks of the counties in the Six
teenth district of Illinois for the pur-
pose of recounting this ballots in the
Rinaker-Downing contest. The title
of Mr. Owens, of Kentucky, to his seat
was confirmed, and Messrs- Steele, of
Indiana; Cousins, of Iowa, and McCle1-
land, of New York, were appointed on
the board of visitors to West Point
RESTORED TO THE CALENDAR
WASHINGTON, May 2O-The house
committee on commerce yesterday con-
sidered again the Sherman bill to re-
peal the imprisonment clause of the
interstate commerce act Recently the
bill, which had been placed on the cal
endar of the house, was withdrawn
by the committee because of belief
held by some mem bers that the recent
decision by Justice Brown that rail-
road men can testify regarding infrac-
tons of the law by their corporations
without discriminating themselves
made the law unnecessary and mad
visable. Last week there was a some
what stormy meeting over the bill, in
which charges of railroad influence
were made and yesterday it was de-
ciUeu ON d vote OF ten 10 lOur 10
store it TO its place ON the house calen-
endar.
THE OKLAHOMA DIVORCE BILL
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The accep-
lance of the senate amendments by
the house placed the Oklahoma divorce
bill before the president Yesterday.
There is little doubt that it will be-
come law. 1t will require residence
in Oklahoma one year before divorce
proceedings can be instituted, instead
of 90 days, as under the existing law.
Delegate Flynn received 10 messages
from Oklahoma yesterday, protesting
against the bill. Nine of the messages
had something to say about the bust
ness interests of Oklahoma demand
ing the defeat of the bill
DILLEY MAY SUCCEED SCOTT
WASHINGTON May 2O.-Col Di1ley, of
Albany, Mo-, who for two years has
been registrar of the land office at Ok
tohoma City, is booked for appoint
ment as Judge, to succeed Judge Scott,
of the Oklahoma City district This
is the intim ton given out by the
president, who has been urged to make
the appoin tment by Mr.. Dockery.
MR. TARsNEY CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, May e0.-The senate,
in executive session yesterday, con-
frmed the nomination of Hon. John
c. Tarsney, of Missouri, to be associate
justice of the supreme court of the
territory of Oklahoma