The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-04

! A disagreeing conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill was pre-
sented. Mr.. Flynn (Rep.. Okla) op-
posed the senate amendment which
detaches the 1000 600 acres of land be-
! longing to the Usage Indian reserva-
/ tion and transfers it to the Indian ter
ritory. He made an earnest plea
! against dismembering the territory of
Oklahoma, and read from the clerk s
desk a strong protest against the
amendment which was adopted yester-
day by the Legislature of the territory.
! Mr.. Curtis (Rep. Kan.), who de-
Tended the amendment, asserted that
all the leading chiefs of the Usage tribe
favored the transfer. They were at
tached to Oklahoma without their
consent, he said, and if made part
I of the Indian territory would secure
I that measure of justice which is now
denied them by the citizens of Okla
homa. He referred specifically to
several cases of alleged injury TO the
Indians and declared, with much
earnestness. that they were being
robbed by the settlers along the border
Mr.. Cannon (Rep.. lid said that if
there was. an organized hell on earth,
it was among the five civilized tribes
of the Indian territory. He expressed
his amazement at each insertion of the
amendment, and hoped that the house
conferees would be instructed to re-
ject it.
BY vote of 81 to 100 the house re-
jected the report of the conferees and
a further conference was agreed to.
Mr. Cannon moved TO suspend the
rules and non-concur in all the senate
amendments to the general deficiency
bill.
Mr.. Mahon (Rep., Pa.) wanted the
house to vote on the amendment max
ing payment for the Bowman act
judgments. amounting to nearly
81. 900, 600.
Mr.. wellington (Rep., Md made
forcihle plea for the payment of these
claims due the loyal men of the south
for their contributions to the cause of
the Union.
Mr.. Sayers Dem. Tex) antagonized
the payment of the claims, saying he
had no confidence in them.
Mr.. Cannon said these claims. some
OF them, dating back before the war,
and some of them purporting to be
their way through congress in the
closing hours of the session. If the
house should refuse to adopt this mo-
tion Mr.. Cannon said, in conclusion,
single point of order would throw the
bill into the committee of the whole
'and then it viii be more certainly
lost than the vilest sinner on the day
of judgment" 0aughter)
The roll call resulted-yeas, 1S2; nays,
rs; so the rules were suspended, and
the house non-concurred in the senate
amendments and conferees were aD-
pointed.
Mr.. Grout (Rep., VIZ, presented the
conference report upon the District of
Columbia appropriation bill. The SEN
the total of the bill S1,65S, ,916 Of these
amendments, recommending that the
senatel recede from amendments
amounting to S726.670, and that the
house agree to the amendments
amounting to $397.70S. leaving 80
amendments, carrying $552. .466, still un-
settled. The report was agreed to.
The house insisted on its disagree
ment 20 the amendments still unset
tied. and a further conference was or
dered.
Mr.. Danford (Rep.. o.. moved that
the house pass the immigration bill
over the veto of the president, and
without discussion the roll was called
for a vote. The announcement of the
vote-yeas, 1913, nays, 37-was received
with applause. Partial agreement of
conferees on the Indian appropriation
a further conference ordered.
The senate receded from its amend
ment to transfer the Usage Indian
lands from Oklahoma to Indian Terri
to-v.
A final agreement of the conference
on the postoffice appropriation bill was
presented and agreed to-
The bill carries total appropriation
of $95, ,632, 33S. The conference report on /
the bill to amend the tariff law so as
to authorize the sale of forfeited |
smoking opium to the highest bidder |
was agreed to.
A short recess was taken at o'clock |
and at its expiration, Mr.. Boutelle
(Rep., Me.), reported partial agree !
ment of conferees on the naval appro |
priatior bill. Fourteen of the 22 /
made by the senate were
of in the report. but the con-
ferees reported disagreement on the !
amendments relating to the |
increase of the navy proposed by the |
senate and the reduction of the price |
for armor plate from S400 to $500 per !
ton. The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., Ill), moved that |
limiting the price to be paid for srmor |
plate at $500 a ton. 1t was agreed to !
take q vote at 9 o'clock.
The house agreed to the conference
report on the fortifcations BILL dispos-
ing of all amendments. The bill car
ries a total appropriation of >a,517 143.
The house then, at $40. took recess
until $3.50 D. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The house reassembled at $50 o'clock
in the presence of galleries crowded al
most to suffocation with throrgs of
people curious or interested in the pro-
ceedings of the closing hours of con-
gress. and there was SO much disorder
both in the chamber and galleries, that
Speaker Reed was forced in his efforts
20 secure quiet and obedience to the
-ules to request the sergeant-at-arms
% enforce order.
The house then, by a vote of 1S1 to
q concurred in the senate amendment
o the naval appropriation bill, limit
ng the average price of armor plate TO
800 a ton Upon the announcement
If the vote Mr.. Boutelle, chairman of
he committee ON naval affairs stated !