The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
Omnibus Statehood Bill Reported as
an Agricultural Bill Rider, but
Forced TO Go Over.
ACCEPTANCE OF STATUES
Tributes To sIGNERs OF DECLARE
TION OF INDEPENDENCE.
Payne Successful In His Fight Against
Certain Private Claims Bills
The Canal Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The greater
part of the time of the Senate to-day was
devoted to exercises in connection with the
acceptance from the State of Maryland of
statues OF Charles Carroll and John Han
sen. which will henceforth stand in Statu-
airy Hall at the national Capitol. num-
Der OF bills were passed. including the House
bill pending for the creation of a general
staff OF the army. The Senate added as an
amendment the bill providing for the retire
ment with increased rank of officers who
served in the civil war. The amendment is
in the words OF the retirement bill as it
was recently reported by the Senate COM
mittee on military affairs. The text of the
staff bill proper was not changed except
that an amendment was added providing
that it shall not go into effect until Aug. 10
next. That is the date of General Miles's
retirement, and the amendment is made in
Difference to his opposition to the meas
ure. The bill has already passed the
Berry that he would ask to have the vote
by which the bill was passed reconsidered
II would now go to conference.
The Senate committee on agriculture to-
day agreed to place the omnibus statehood
Di4A Oit olli
as a rider. The proposition was strongly
antagonized but it carried by two-thirds
vote, Hansbrough, Foster and Quay, Re-
publicans, and Bate, Heitfed and Sim
mons, Democrats, voting in the affirma tive,
and Proctor, Dolliver and Quarles, Repub-
lfcans, In the negative. When Mr.. Quay
favorably reported his amendment MIR.
Beveridge Immediately called attention TO
the rule requiring the reports OF commit
tees TO lie over for day, and asked that
the report in this case go over for day.
The chair sustained Mr. Beverage and the
report went over. Similar action was taken
on the amendment 70 the sundry civil bill.
Bills were passed appropriating $4,000 to
establish hsh hatchery and fish station
IN Indiana: appropriating S2S2, 943 for the
riers; exclude from judgment as barred by
the limitation TO exempt from taxation
certain property of the Daughters of the
American Revolution in Washington; APP
pTopriating $500 for the relief of the Chris
tan Church. OF Henderson, Ky: providing
for the, establishment of life saving sta
ton in the vicinity of Cape Flattery or
Flattery Rocks, Washington: TO increase
the number of lighthouse districts: appro-
priating $125.0O0 for the construction of a
tender for the twelfth lighthouse district:
authorizing the Oklahoma & Western Rail-
road Company TO construct and operate a
railway through the Fort Sill military res
ervstion, Oklahoma. extending the provi-
sions of the genera homestead laws TO GER
tain lands segregated from Indian reServa-
fions: authorizing the President to detail
officers of the revenue cutter service as SUI
perintendents or instructors in the public
marine schools: comforting Jurisdiction on
the Court OF Claims to determine all claims
of the confederate bands of Ute Indians OF
Colorado: also a number OF private bills.