The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-09

committee Is undecided whether to put, the
appropriation In the sundry civil bill or
make IL separate bill
The committee on rivers and harbors of
the House to-day decided TO report a reso-
luton TO use a part of the appropriation
for the upper Mississippi river to stop
cut from the Mississippi to the Ohio river
north Of Cairo. ILL., Representative Smith.
OF Illinois. Hon. isaac Clements and Cap
tain Thomas w. Shields described the con-
ditionS at Cairo TO the committee. The
city, and the cut threatens to widen and
wash away part Of the city. Resolu-
tons were also agreed upon 10 divert suf-
for the upper Mississippi 10 cut away sand
bars that are forming In the river at Mus
catine and Dubuque. Ia The committee
will at its next meeting consider the ques-
ton OF appropriations for the filling of Pass
LOutre. near New Orleans. the inVestiga-
ton OF which was the principal purpose Of
its recent trip South.
The House committee on banking and
currency spent the day discussing with
Controller Eekels the banking bill intro
duced by Representative Cox. OF Tennes-
see. Incidentally there was a discussion
over the bond issue contemplated by Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Foster near the end
OF the Harrison administration. Mr.. Eek
els said the plates for printing the bonds
had been prepared. and added that Secre-
tary Foster had called attention to the
drain on the governments gold. caused by
the addition of the Sherman notes to the
volume of the governments fedeemabie
money. Representative Johnson. of In
diana contended that the falling OFF in rev.
enues, which had forced Secretary Foster
20 consider a bond issue had been caused
by the result OF the election of 1892
the subcommittee of the committee on
Indian affairs. appointed at the last meet
Ing Of the committee TO consider and re-
port upon the bill for reorganization of
the Indian Territory, agreed to-day TO re-
port the bill as an amendment to the Indian
appropriation bill. The bill provides for
the allotment of the Indian lands in sever
atty among the Indians of the various
tribes, and for the substitution of federal
courts for the various Indian tribunals ex-
listing In the territory. Five federal judges
are provided for in the amendment
The secretary of the treasury to-day
transmitted to Congress a draft of a bill
providing that the secretary of the treas
ury after plans for public building have
been approved. may have them changed
If deemed necessary. Buildings at Racine,
Wis, Bloomington, ILL.,, and Mankato,
Mimi. are mentioned as ones which will
De acted upon under the proposed law
The Republican members of the ways
and means committee to-day considered
the iron and steel schedule of the new
tarif bill and made considerable progress.
Tin plate was put at 1 5-10 cents pound
which is compromise rate. as the Wilson
duty was IL cents and the Mckinley duty
p cents. Steel rails, iron ore and manu-
featured iron I'm some FORMS including pig
iron, bar iron. the committee decided to
leave at the present rates. The Senate
placed these articles in the Wilson law at
considerably higher rates than they were
listed in the original bill passed by the
House, and the present duties have proven
satisfactory to the manufacturers, few of
whom have asked any increase. Cotton
ties, which the Wilson law placed on the
free list will be returned 10 the dutiable
class. The committee decided TO put duty
on them of one-tenth of a cent a pound in
addition TO the rate on the iron of which
they are made.
Representative Gillett. of Massachusetts.
to-day introduced a bill making a misde-
meanor TO conduct pool selling, lotteries,
ETC., by means of telegraph, telephone and
other means Of transmitting messages. 1t
Is made unlawful to seek to have such a
message sent. and also for a corporation
or Individual to transmit it.