Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-23
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. June %.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
at the opening of to days session CT
the Senate MIR. White reported from
the committee on commerce bill for
the protection of American seamen and
for the promotion of commerce.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Jones (Ark. directing the commit
tee on public lauds to investigate the
official conduct of Special Agent G. A.
M. Schlierholz, who is charged with
unlawfully seizing timber, was again
considered.
Mr.. Hansbrough, chairman of the
committee on public lands, did not be-
lieve the slightest necessity existed for
such an investigation as was provided
for by the resolution. He said no par
tisan politics could be injected into the
subject Notwithstanding the effort Of
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. jones'
MIR. Hansbrough presented the official
| reports received by the Interior Depart.
ment. One of these was in the form OF
q letter from Jacob Trieber, United
States district attorney at Batesyille,
ark. Trieber is republican and
Schlierholz is q democrat.
In the course Of heated reply MIR.
Berry declared that the people OF
Batesville were not timber thieves or
in sympathy with such and that any
| insinuation that they were was Islander
upon many of the best peopl3 of the
South.
Mr.. Jones charged that Schlierholz
and his friends, clothed with little au'
thority, were tyrants and oppressors
and he demanded that the outrages
psrpetrated by them be Investigated.
Mr.. Wilson maintained that the Sen
ate could not enter upon an investiga-
ton of every special agent agairs
whom complaint might be lodged and
that the investigation ought TO be. made
by the Interior Department.
Finally the resolution was referred,
without action, to the committee Oh
contingent expenses.
The Hawaiian annexation resolutions
were then laid before the Senate and
Mr.. Pettigrew was recognized to con-
tinue his speech begun yesterday. He
yielded the floor to Mr.. Rawlins who
discussed the provision embodied by
the conierees in the Indian appropria-
ton bill enabling the Indians 10 lease
the mineral lands of their reservations
under certain conditions. He said in
the case of Hawaii, 1--WE obtain four
or five million acres of land, but in
this case we cede to $4,000 or 10000
Indians an amount of territory exceed
ing fifty million acres, embraced prin-
cipally in the States and territories CT
the west, not including the territory Ct
! Alaska The reason he thought, was
i that spectators had already obtained
the consent of the Indians to lease to
them the mineral lands and powerful in.
huences were being brought to bear to
! secure the action they desired which
would involve loss to the government
of tens of millions Of dollars.
In resuming his speech upon the Ha-
waian resolutions. Mr.. Pettierew said
that annexation was DIT Tended by the
sentiment that it was the manifest des
tiny CT the United States to extend its
territory. il was manifest destiny, he
said, that had committed more crime
and had done more to Cypress the peo-
pie than any other thing in the history
of the world.
HOUSE.
The House TO day passed bills ex-
tending the time for the construction
of bridges across the st. Louis river by
St. Louis county, Minnesota; the Co
lumbia river by the Oregon & Wash
ington bridge company and the Mis-
souri, river at Yankton, S. D.
The Senate bill was passed relieving
owners of mining claims who shall en-
list in the army or navy for the present
war from doing the required assess
ment work upon their claims during
the period of their service.
Mr.. Hull from the committee or
military affairs, made an unsuccessful
effort to have next Tuesday set apart
for consideration OF certain bills from
that committee, among them being
some suggested by the war emergency
One, however, proposed permanent
increase in the ordnance department
and objection was made.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Dipgley tn
House agreed to adjourn to-day until
Monday.
The supplemental conference report
upon the sundry civil appropriation
bill was adopted. With the exception
of two disagreements, the House voted
10 insist further upon its disagreemefts
to the Senate amendments and request
further conference.