The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-06
FLYNN HAS BEEN BUSY
House Passes Five Territory
Bills in a Bunch.
ONE TO OPEN INDIAN LANDS
Ell Reno and Langston Special
Benefciaries.
ONE TO OPEN INDIAN LANDS

Washington, March sAConsiderable mis-
ceHaneous business, much of it of a minor
character, was transacted in the house
today. During the consideration Of a bill
TO incorporate the Frederick Douglass
Memorial and Historical association, the
speaker sad Mr. Bailey CT Texas ex-
changed sharp words, and the latter fill
clustered and ultimately prevented the
final passage of the bill, by demanding
the reading Of the engrossed bill. The
bill proposes no collect at the residence
Of the late Frederick Douglass in this city
a record of the antf-slavery movement
Mr.. Underwood Demo, AIa) was ap-
pointed to the vacancy on the committee
on ways and means which It was under,
stood was originally reserved for General
Wheeler had he returned to congress.
The early part Of the session was de-
voted to District Of Columbia business.
A bill 90 incorporate the Frederick Doug
lass Memorial association caused Mr..
Bailey Of Texas to oppose one section
which authorized the association to es-
tablish branches ip the Various states and
territories for the purb6se of soliciting
funds in behalf Of the memorial. He said
ne would not oppose the oil if it was
confined TO the District Of Columbia, and
while asking its sponsor, Mr. Mudd, to
amend it in this respect a ruling by the
chair that Representative Babcock.
chairman Of the district committee, had
the floor. caused bad blood and some
warm words between the Texas member
end the chair, resulting IN Mr.. Bailey
starting a flfbuster that prevented the
final passage Of the bill after it reached
the engrossed stage 1t went over until
tomorrow as the unfinished business.
The following bills were passed: To
authorize a re-survey OF township s, sec
tion 90, Frontier county, Nebraska; to
authorize the state Of Wyoming to re-
hnquish to the United States about 500
acres Of land granted the state at the
time Of admission, for university pur-
poses, and select other land In lieu there
of; to issue a patent to tract Of land
at Il Reno, Oklahoma. for cemetery pur-
poses: to prevent forest fires; to ratify q
treaty with the Comanche. Kiowa ami
Apache Indians and open their lands for
settlement; to adjust the rights Of Ger
walton; to authorize white persons who
have interma rried with Cherokee Indians
to bring suits in the court of claims; to
authorize the secretary of the interior
to negotiate with the Kiowas and Co
naanches for neutral strip IN Oklahoma,
ana TO ratify the action Of the Oklahoma
legislature appr0priating money out of the
Morrill, fund for university at Langsten,
Oklahoma
bill TO create a commission consisting
Of the secretary of the treatury, the sec
rotary of the interior and the attorney
general. to settle the Indebtedness of the
Sioux City and Pacific railroad. develop
ed opposition and was not acted upon.
Al $50 p. m. the house adjourned.
The house committee on rules decided
today On a runle giving two Fridays OF
each month for private pension bills, in
pace Of night sessions, and will report
Che new rule unless a definite ana GU
ChOrltative understanding on both sides
OF the house can be held that the night
session viii not be, made ineffective by
hte point Of no quorum"