The record-union., 1898-03-11
Providing for the Free Entry Of Coded In
dian Lands.
The Amendment for the Rat1hca-
ton Of the Seminole Treaty
Also Meets With the Same Fate
Little Important Business
Transacted in the Senate.

debate in the House NnlcH ldsteu iioi
than five hours, the Senate amend
ment to the Indian appropriation plll
providing for the free entry OF ceoeu
Indian lands was to-day non-concurreu
in by vote of 80 to 136. The 1rlendS
of the free home clause made gal
liant struggle. but they met the oppo-
sition of some of the prominent lead
ers on the Republican side, Messrs-
DingIey CYrosyenor, Dalzell and Payne,
and they were further weakened by the
fact that many of the friends or the
proposition were alienated by the be-
lief that as drawn the amendment
would work injury to the agricultural
colleges of the country. The Senate
amendment for the ratification of the
Seminole treaty was also non-concurreo
in, after the substitute proposition Of
fered by the conferrees to rat1fy the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache treaty
had fallen under point of order. The
action of the House to-day sends the
bill back to conference with non-con-
currence on all the Senate amendments.
A FERVENT PRAYER.
Rev. ]. Manton Smith of Surgeons
Tabernacle, London, delivered the in
vocation in the House to-day.
Almighty God" he prayed, Hear
US, when we pray that Thy richest
blessings may rest upon the President
and all associated with him in the
making and enforcement of the law of
this great nation. We beseech, 0
God. that heavens divine benediction
may rest upon the honorable Speaker
and all the members of this great as
seInbiage. We thank Thee for the
past history. and We ask that all the
future may be one of unbroken sue
cess. Give to those who make the
laws clear insight. accompanied with
boldress charity and love. May the
flag of this country always spotless,
ever be unfurled and fioated by the
breeze of God. We ask this and all
other blessings to rest upon this coun-
try and all connected with it in the
name of Jesus Christ, Amen
A resolution was adopted directing
the Secretary of War to loan to the
Citizens Committee of Cincinnati tents
for use in the thirty second grand en-
campment of the CT. A r.
A bill was passed granting to the
Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Com
pany the right to construct a bridge
across the Red River at Shreveport.
La.
FREE HOMES DEFEATED.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole and resumed considera-
ton of the excepted Senate amend
ments to the Indian bill The pending
question coming over from yesterday
was the motion of Eddy (R.) of Mime
70 t.
placed in the bill by the Senate.
Two hours and a half of the four
agreed on yesterday for debating this
proposition remained.
Handy Cd of Delaware advocated an
amendment to the free home clause SC,
as to amend the Act of 1862 for the
endowment of agricultural colleges so
as TO strike out the words Arising out
OF the sales of public lands" If this
amendment was not made, he declared
that the sixty-four colleges of the
United States which now received
money from the sale of public lands
would suffer
Lacey tR) of Iowa gave notice that
he would move to concur with an
amendments to exclude from the opera
lions of the free home clause the trust
lands, aggregating about 1900. 900
acres, situated. principally in the
Sioux and Chippewa reservations
Morris CR) of Minnesota antagonized
the interposition of Lacey, referring
TO the fact that a bill embracing all
reservations in this amendment had
twice passed the Senate I'm tho
last Congress-" said he. 'sthe bin came
back here and died on the Speakers
table, because the Chairman of the
Public Lands Committee nacey) then
drew this Illogical distinction regard
ing trust lands and besause. perhaps.
the Speaker of the House opposed the
bin"
The debate was very spirited on both
sides.
Johnson (R.) of North Dakota created
something of "A sensation by charging
that Secretary Bliss in his opposition
10 the free home clause not only pro
cured his argument but actually plag-
arized his language from the MESA ce
OF James Buchanan vetoing the home
stead bill before the war. He followed
this statement with an attack upon
the Secretary, asserting that his inter
ests, sympathies and horizon were
bounded by the Allegheny Mountains
and as matter of fact he had never
been west of Buffalo