The herald., 1897-04-24
THE DAY in
THE HOUSE
Given to Affairs of the
Nations Wards
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
NON CONQUERED IN AND SENT
TO CONFERENCE
Committee Appointed to Attend the
Dedication Of Grants Tomb.
Program for Next Week
INDIAN APPROPRIATION Bill
NoN-CoNCURRED IN AND SENT
TO CONFERENCE

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON April 2S.-The mouse
today completed the consideration of the
senate amendments to the Indian ap-
propriation bill and sent the bill to con-
ference. The main contention. as on yes
terday, centered about the senate propo-
sition to open the Uncompahgre Indian
reservation under the mineral land laws
Finally an amendment was recommend
ed to the effect that no corporation
should be allowed to obtain possession
of these giIsonite deposits, but that the
government should lease the lands In
limited areas and for limited terms OF
wears. The senate amendment striking
from the house bill the provision for the
ratification of the oil and gas leases
made by the council Of the Seneca In
dians last December, after a sharp de-
bate, was disagreed to.
Bland Of Missouri attempted early IN
the session to secure action on reeolu-
ton relating to the Union Pacific mort
cages which he tried to offer last week,
but the speaker ruled that the resolution
was not privileged.
A resolution was adopted by which
committee of twenty-five was appointed
to attend the dedication Of the Grant
tomb in New York on Tuesday and the
house agreed to a program Of three-day
adjournments for the next week.
The deck of the late Judge Holman to-
day was covered with a black pail OF
mourning upon which were strewn lilies
Of the valley and hyacinths. Immediate
ly after reading the journal the house
adopted q resolution for the appoint
ment Of committee OF members, ol
which, the speaker will be chairman. tc
attend the Grant tomb exercises next
Tuesday.
Representative Mcguire of California
introduced a resolution declaring the
war between Turkey and Greece was a
war between the Moslem and Christian
civilizations and directing the sympathy
OF the United States to be extended to
Greece with a hope that her struggle
may be successful The resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign af-
fairs, but as that committee Is not ap-
pointed. no action will be taken at pres
ent.
Representative Dorr of West Virginia
introduced a bill to repeal the civil SER
vice law.
Bland, Democrat Of Missouri. offered
a resolution relative to the suits to fore
close the first mortgage on the Union
Pacific railway and calling on the attor-
ney-generai for information as to what
steps had been taken to protect the in
terests of the government, SO modified
ae to strike out the clause directing the
speaker to appoint Immediately a COM
mittee on Pacific railroads.
He presented the resolution for a
privileged question on the ground that
as there was no committee to which
the resolution could be referred, this
was the only way It could be brought
before the house. The speaker ruled
that it was not privileged. whereupon
Bland appealed, and DingIey promptly
moved to lay the appeal on the table.
The chair ruled the motion was not
debatable, but brief debate neverthe-
less was INDUCED in, Bland saying:
We want to know whether the liens on
the Union Pacific are to be liquidated as
the law requires, that the government
may take possession of the road. We
desire to ascertain the policy Of the
government.
Dingley pointed out that all the in
formation which the attorney general
could furnish on the subject had al
ready been transmitted to the senate.
The attorney general could by law only
give his legal opinion to the president.
Bailey supported Bland. contending
that the attorney general might go fur
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resolution. The debate was brought
to an abrupt close by the interposition
of point Of order that the motion to
lay the appeal on the table was not
debatable.
Richardson of Tennessee, Democrat,
sharply contended that an appeal was
always debatable, and it could not be
cut of unless the floor was yielded for
the motion to lay It on the table, but
the speaker resolutely reaffirmed his
decision. The house could not, he de-
clared, be placed at the mercy of one
member If there was a desire to hear
the appeal debated, the house had 1t in
it's power to vote down the motion. The
appeal was laid on the table-S7 to 75;
% present and not voting.
On motion of Robinson of Indiana,
Bland of Missouri was added to the
committee to attend the Holman obse-
quies.
The house then went into committee
of the whole and resumed consideration
Of the senate amendments to the Indian
appropriation bill. The pending amend
ment was that relating to the opening
of the Uncompahgre reservation.
Cooper of Wisconsin, Republican,
contended that members Of congress sat
here as trustees of the interests Of the
government and they would be dere-
lict to their duty II they gave away
these deposits. worth millions Of dollars,
for practically nothing. Cooper read
letter from an Indian agent in Utah.
who said the governor Of Utah, the Sec
retary of state, the state treasurer. Sem