The sun., 1897-01-15
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
vrU pH1sE or THE PACIFIC
pIJLROID QUESTION.

,-,.,,, Free I.rnd Homeste BiIl
,..... the senate. and the Oieomnrgn-
~ Rm 4. Passed In the House-The
s,n,to Adlourns Until Monday Next.
,,..,,xnroy. Jan. IA new phase OF ihs
ia, railroad problem was presented In tho
80. to-day in the form of resolution. Of
.,.ad bv Mr.. Morgan Dcm.. Ala.). instructine
J,,,,iary Committee to inquire whether,
~, ,ho very fact that certain OF the bonds OF
w. w. In,on and Central Pacific Railroad com
It. had fallen duo and wero not paid, the
.,ncr,y of those companies had not become
..d ,yas not now the property OF the United
s,a,c.. The resolution went over without ac-
ticn. , ,, r,,,
ran y. H. and was agreed TO. instructing
,bs committee on Interstate Commerce to
,n,,r,r, into the agreement recently made by
49, MANAGERS OF tho lines Of steamers on the
s-c,t ,akes to malntain the rates established
iy ,te Join. Traillc Association.
,rhe uouie bill for free bomesteads on tho
,,nlIo ,nnds In Oklahoma Territory. which
w., beeu the"unflnished business" In the Sen
80 .lnes the arst week Of tho present session.
s,rs 10 A vote today after three hours de-
h,,e and was PASSED: Yeas, 50; nays, IL. II
vas ar.t amended Ia very important partio-
rlor hy striking out tho w,rds I'm tho Terri
,,rv OF Oklahoma" thus making 10 apply TO
.I ,pbl,c lands acquired from tho various In
JIan tribes. II provides that all settlers on
,h,se'l land, shall I've entitled to patents on pay
n.nt or .he usual and customary fees. and that
NO further charge OF any kind shall be required
II also provides. by lnother Senate amend
cent tlat all sums OF money 50 released.
Win II not released would belong TO any In
dian tribe. shall be paid to such tribe by the
House for action on the Senate amendments.
An effort was then made by Mr.. Morgan
Dem AS a. 70 RIs he Tp pnsnishsd SSsnsss aS but
there vas no quorum voting on his N otion-
yeas, 93 nays. sand the Senate adjourned
V'lsr The 0lScmsrsarino bill was passed In the
House to-day. Much Opposition was developed.
tut IL did net prove formidable on a yea and
nav vote on tho third reading. which the op-
ponen;s OF tho measure accepted as nnal
The yeas were l2d and the nays 08. Somo
amendments TO perfect the % measure wsro
oieonlarrnrlne and other imitation dairy pro-
duets subject to the laws OF the State or Ter
ritory into which they are transported.
The remainder of the day was spent by the
i.,usc in transactlng routine business under the
unanimous consent rule. -
Mr. Sayers Dem.. TeIasl introduced bill
providing for the esta blishment of perma-
rent census service under the charge OF tho
Director OF Census, who shall have q salary
Of $4,000 per year. The necessary clerical
force Is provided for.
Mr.. Fitzgerald Dem. Mass.l secured tho
passage OF aresolution calling on the Secre-
tAry OF the Navy for an estimate on the cost
Of putting tho friGnte Constitution in condl-
ilon TO make thc journey from Portsmouth, n.
H., to Washington. TO DO used as naval
museum.
A bill increasing TO $50 the pension of
Martha C1stis Carter. widow OF Pear Admiral
objection. hut later on Mr.. Loud IDem.. Cal. j
said that IL his attention had not been dis.
tractsl at the time the bill WAS read he wonld
have objected 70 Il. as he had consistently
done with regard to al measures making ex-
traordinary Increases OF pensions TO widows
Of officers. He trusted that In future gen.
at such times.
A bill was passed granting pension to Mary
S Hlgg nseof Johnstown. Pa, widow OF Col.
JACOB S. Higgins. veteran OF the Mexican
and civil wars.