The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-01-14
THE PROGRAMME.
The Free Homestead Bill EXP eotcd
to Pass the Senate
PACIFIC ROAD BILL IN THE HOUSE.
The NJ. X. D T. Railway Calls Attention to
Its Interests In tho Indian Territory
Tho Cuban Question Wanted
Left In Allegiance.

WA6HlNdIONs O6us IL h0 iSO Va
the senate this week will depend large
ly upon whether the Pacific road fund
ing bill passes the house and whether
Senator Cameron will call up his Gu.
ban resolutions II he desires to press
the resolutions there will be deter
mined effort to aid him in this direc-
tion, but in any event there are likely
to be few speeches on Cuba Senator
Mills has announced his purpose to ad-
dress the senate on the question and it
is understood that Senator Davis is
preparing Cuban speech. The Petit
grew free homestead bill is expected
to reach vote to-day or tomorrow,
and it is to be followed by the Pacific
railroad bill If the latter passes the
house. Senator Cullom, who will have
charge of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, said yester-
day that he expected to be able to re-
port that measure by the middle of the
week, and that he would ask the sem
ate to consider it as soou as reported.
The fate of the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill, which was debated three days
in the house last week, will be known
to-day, when the measure with the
pending amendments will come to
vote under the special order under
which the house is proceeding. The
bill involves the settlement of the
$ll2, 900, 600 of Indebtedness of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific on
the basis of an extension of over 80
years at two per cent. with an annual
cXtinguishment payment on the prin.
cipal at the rate of $365, 900 for the first
ten years, $3.50, 600 for the second ten
years and $3.50, for the remaining
years. 1t involves as the alternative
of it's defeat the probable immediate
foreclosure of the governments lien
and the sale of the property. 1t
is the elimination of the strug-
gle which has gone on in congress
for a dozen years to secure some
sort of an adjustment of the Pacific
railroad indebtedness on the basis of
an extension, rs IL has been apparent
for long period that the roads would
default when the bonds were matured.
After the funding bill is disposed of
the house will proceed with the con-
sideration of appropriation bills until
Saturday, which will be given up to
eulogies on the life and public services
of the late ex-Speaker Crisp. The In
dian and military appropriation bills
are on the calendar, and before they
are disposed of the agricultural bill
will be brought on.
CONFER WITH THE DAWES COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE confer
ence OF the Dawes commission at the
office Of the secretary of the interior
Saturday was marked by an incident
of more than ordinary interest. Be-
side j. s. Standley. N. B. Ainsworth
and Wesley Anderson, representing
the Choctaws, there was present Mr..
Simon Wolf, q Washington attorney.
who represents the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway Co. Mr.. Wolf was
there in his capacity as the attorney
for that road. He called the attention
of the secretary, the commission and
the Indian delegates, to the fact that
tie road has an interest in the ques.
tion, of which the Dawes commission
has apparently taken no notice. In the
grant which the company has through
the Indian territory is provision
that when the land now held by the
Indians is relinquished to the govern
ment and the Indian title is extin-
guished, the road is then to have the
same concessions as in the state Of
Kansas. This means that the railroad
claims alternate sections for ten miles
on each side along its line, amounting,
it has been figured, to over 100000
acres of valuable land, whose title is
to pass to it upon the extinguishment
of the Indians title. The agreement
keeps the title to the Indians The
road claims that, having constructed
and operated its road, it had performed
its part of the stipulations. and its
charter, therefore, should not be vio-
lated, and the land should become the
property of the road on the extinguish-
ment of communal title.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lit has gen.
orally become known about the capitol
that President-elect Mckinley prefers
that the Cuban question should be left
where it is until he shall come into
Office and TO this fact more than any
other may be attributed the failure Of
the senate to take up the question on
the basis of the resolution presented
by Senator Cameron and reported by
the committee on foreign relations
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Saturdays House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house on
Saturday vacated the order Of arrest
by the sergeant-at-arms of those mem
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