The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-11

Washington. March 3.-The house oi
| representatives was still on the leglslii,
| tive day of March hen Speaker Reeo
cracked his gayel at 1O:3O this morning
after a recess of seven hours. liner,
were crowded galleries, with many UNI
| forms of the military organizations Whlcl
are to participate in the Inauguration pa
radc conspicuous therein, but down on the
| floor were many vacant chairs, and the
members early in the arena wore Jaded
air The chairmen of the committees
whose appropriations bills are being con
siJrred in conference between the mouse
and senate were marshaling their forces
with conference reports on the Indian and
s,lndry civil bills ready for consideration
Several cnterprising Legislators clamorGu
to have private bnlS taFen up. lral.icaii!
waving the documents over thelf neaus
but the successive shouts OF OBJECT
moved down these attempts wnlch re-
0uircd unanimous consent for their read
ing ,. In
First in order came the Indian Dill.
The action of the house cOnferees IN ac-
cepting senate amendment TO detach
from Oklahoma the Usage Indian reser-
walton and attach it to 'he indaI territory
aroused fierce opposition from Mr.. flyhh
of Oklahoma. A..
Mr.. Curtis (rep) of Kansas said the
change was desired by the Usage INDIANS
on account of unjust taxation anu lihrSn
treatment by the Deope of Oklahoma. Mr.
Curtis said that in the act creating Okla
homa, congress had reserved the right to
change the boundary az any time.
IF there is any place on this continent
where organized hell is in force II Is
among the five civilized tribes of the In.
dian Territory" shouted Mr.. Cannon OF
Illinois, and demanded that this unheard
of Caesarian opposition, clumsily per-
formed, should not be successful.
Referring to the bill. Mr. Pendleton
(hcm.) of Texas agreed with Mr.. cannon;
but insisted that if there was a hotter heli
than that which existed in the Indian Ter
ritory it was situated in Oklahoma. -
The conference report was defeated, 81
to- 100.
This was the first serious setback TO
the appropriation bills III the house. The
house ordered the bill back to the confer
encp.
Mr.. Cannon sought to put the general
deficiency bill into conference under sls-
pension of the rules, but the friends OF
the Bowman act claims, amounting TO
$500. 900, resisted for the purpose OF fore
ing an agreement for q separate vote on
the claims.
Mr.. Cannon said the senate had unmer-
cl1lllN W ultuNn thN p'i'i
of congress. but he insisted, nevertheless
that $4,000 of the alleged Bowman
claims. including Choteau claims, were
inserted fraudulently and with intent TO
deceive in the dying hours of congress.
The rules were suspended. lS2 to -,
and the bill went to conference.
A partial conference report on the l)is-
trct of Columbia bill was adopted with
out debate.
The immigration hill was passed over
the veto hy n vote of 1873 to D..
Mr.. Sherman then reported that the
senate had receded from its amendment
to the Indian bill dctaching the Usage
reservation from Oklahoma.
The conference report on the postollce
appropriation bill was presented ana
agreed to.
For several hours there was IL continu-
Gus routine grind on conference reports
on minor bills.
Shortly after , o'clock the first confer
rnce report on the naval bill. reporting Il
partial agreement, was agreed to.
Mr.. Hopkins Ucp.) Of Illinois moved
in the senate amendments
still in dispute to Fix the price OF armor
plate at $500 per ton. the house provision
having fixed the price IT 500. The mo-
tion carried by vote of 90 to II.
Mr.. Robinson rep.) of Pennsylvania
made the point of no quorum, and after
some wrangling it was decided to take
A vote mt 8 o'clock. when more members
were present.
The fortitication bills report was pre-
Sentcd and agreed to. and ut d;3O Il recess
was taken until 8 O'Clock
After the recess the senate amendmeGt
10 reduce the price of arm0r plate at N'iOu
per ton was accepted by vote OF lo2
TO -. The house then accepted 'hc
other senate amendments. including thrC"
boats and practice vessel ior
the naval cadets, and sent the bill back
to conference.
Then the Indian appropriation bill re-
port was made by Mr. Sherman, who
stated that the senate amendments mad
been accepted. except those referring to
mineral lands in Montana and the Usage
Indians. The report was accepted, and
this settled the bill so far rs the house
was concerned.
Then the District of Columbia bill CON
ference report was made. After Il ';hOrt
skirmish over the amendment extending
sectarian school appropriations for one
year. the report was agreed to-. This left
but two appropriation bills, the sundry
civil and the deficiency, to be tinisn~u.
so far as the house can act, and ut 9:2O
p. m. the house took Il recess until 10
o'clock
Inc conference on the sundry civil Az
preparation bill was presented.
The senate amendment reducing by -
per cent the amendments of the house
for river and harbor contract works was
changed in conference so as to make
such reduction II IL per cent.
Alter agreeing to the conference re-
port the house, at 300 n. NJ. took II re-
cess for one hour
The appropriations for the harhors
and soldiers home ut Hot Springs. Ark.
were stricken ont in conference. 4 pro-
vision under which the action of the
president setting aside lands in the west
ern states as forest reservations may he
reversed. was also one of the important
changes in conference.
QUAY DID THE RIGHT THING.
Washington, March AT 1925 n. M
Senator Quay said that as the naval bill
had passed no good could he accomplish.
ed by fighting the other bills. and he
would not make any opposition to them.
DURRANT MUST HANG.
San Francisco. March 3.-The supreme
court this afternoon affirmed the decision
of the lower court in the case of Thco.
dore Durrant found guilty of the murder
of Blanche Lamont in Emmanuel church
almost two years ago The superior court
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