Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
The National soions.

The Natioual .soIons.
On Monday Senator Pettigrew of Soutl
Dakota. at the head of the Senate con
ferees on the Indian appropriation bill
announced, his. intention to present tn
report of the 'conferees about 3 o'clock
but Nj. Mprgan's Cuban debate held tn
hoor until after 3 and then the Senat,
went into executive session and. adjourn
ed. The amendment to the Indian appro
priation bill as proposed by Mr.. Allei
| (Pop.) from Nebraska and adopted by tn,
Senate was as follows: THAT the Secre
tary of the Interior shall, within sixty
days after the passage of this act. estab
hsh and thereafter maintain at the city
OF Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, q
warehouse for Indian supplies, from
which distribution shall be made TO such
Indian tribes of the West and Northwest
as the Secretary Of the Interior may d.
rect" The House nonconcurred in this
proposition and appointed Sherman OF
New York, Curtis of Kansas. and Allen
OF Mississippi conferees. They, after
comforting with Mr.. Pettigrew and his
Senate associates, agreed upon an amend.
ment to the amendment which extended
from sixty days to one year the time
within which the Secretary of the Int
rior was TO transfer the Indian distrib-
uting warehouse from Chicago to Omaha
and adding proviso that the city of Oma-
ha should furnish suitable building for
the purpose, free of cost, to the United
States.
The Morgan resolution favoring recog-
milton of Cuba was up in the Senate Tues
day Senators Morrill, and Caffery spoke
in opposition. Senators Lodge and For
aker advocated deferring the question
until further information could be secured
from the State Department, and Sena-
tors Mills and Allen urged the immedi-
ate passage of the resolutions. The de-
bate went over. During the day Senator
AYE, rising TO a question of privilege,
oisclaimed having sought committee
places from Republican Senators. A par
tal conference report on the Indian ap-
preparation bill was agreed to. The con-
sideration of the Senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill was fin
ished by the House and the bill sent to a
conference. President Clevelands forest
reservation order was the subject of much
debate, and the House voted not to con-
cur in the Senate amendment TO annuI
the order with the understanding that the
conferees should arrange an amendment
which would have the same effect.
In the Senate Wednesday the sugar in
vestigation of 1894 was recalled by the
introduction of resolution by Mr.. Allen
OF Nebraska reciting the circumstances of
the investigation, fhe refusal of Elverton
X Chapman to testify his conviction in
the courts as contumacious witness and
the present efforts toward his pardon.
Inc resolution proposes that Chapman be
brought to the bar Of the Senate to purge
nimsel1 OF contumacy as a prerequisite
70 pardon. Dir. Allen sought to secure
action on the resolution but it
went over on objections from Mr.. Gal
hnger Of New Hampshire and Mr.. Hoar
OF Massachusetts,. Mr.. Morgan of Ala
bama made statement relative to his
resolution on Cuba. He said the Commit
lee on Foreign Relations had considered
the question of referring the resolution
10 the committee and had not reached an
agreement. The committee desired. how
ever, that the resolution 90 overs with n
view to having a statement of facts laid
)efore the Senate; the resolution went
'ver. A resolution by Mr.. Butler of
North Carolina requesting the President |
or information relative to the sale of the |
Union Pacific Railroad was presented (
md went over. The Senate bills for a |
'ublic building at Deadwood, s. D.. to |
'ost S2OO,OOO and one at Indianapolis.
nd, to cost $1,GO0,OOO were passed The
and the kinetoscope bills
we're reached. but went over on objection.
The House did nothing.
The Indian appropriation bill was dis
osed of by the House Thursday, with
he exception of the provision for opening
he Utah glsonite lands. The conference
eport, which establishes an Indian ware
ouse at Omaha, ratifes the lease of the
eneca oil lands and adds one Judge to the
indian territory courts, was adopted by
vote of "a to AZ. After long period of
aim fhe Senate was agitated, first by
iscussion of the Senate sugar investiga-
on and then by preliminary skfrmish
the tariff bill. But nothing definite
'as accomplished. A lot of postoffice
ominatons were confirmed.