The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-08
Monday, March 8.

ate spent practlcally the enJlre DAY
In discussion of the railroad question.
4 The bill has passed both the house
| and the senate, but as the senate
amended 1t in many respects it will
now go into conference. 1t is gen.
eral bill for the adjustment Of the
affairs Of the five civilized tribes up
on their abandonment of their tribal
organizations. Following are the
important features Of the bill:
It requires the enrolment of the
members Of the five civilized tribes
| by March 4, -907; fixes the rights Of
the Indian freedmen; continues In
Office the present principal chiefs;
| provides for the examination Of tribal
deeds; transfers suits from the Indian
to the United States courts; author
ICES the secretary of the interior to
assume charge Of and sell the tribal
buildings for the benefit of the tribes;
gives him control Of the schools I'm
| til a regular state or territorial school
system is adopted; prohibits the sale
Of the coal and asphalt lands until
after the expiration of the present
leases Of those lands or until author.
lied by law; authorizes the secretary
to sell the unallotted lands for the
| benefit of the tribes; removes some
Of the restrictions placed upon allot-
tees in the matter Of alienation of
lands; authorizes sectional line roads;
gives authority to electric roads and
light and power companies to locate
canals, reservoirs and dams; extends
some Of the Oklahoma laws to Indian
Territory, and extends the present
tribal relations and government UNI
til March 4, 1907.
BY vote of to the senate COM
mittee on the Philippines defeated the
Payne bill, which had passed the
house by a vote of 25S to II. The ac-
ton of the committee had been fore
Swallowed for nearly week, although
the exact vote had not been known.
The first private claim session of
the Fifty-eighth congress occupied
the house, twenty-five bills being
passed. All the measures carried
small amounts, the total being but
$4,000, for the relief Of private indi-
viduals who are precluded under the
laws from obtaining their rights.
Opposition to many of the bills was
made by Mr.. Mann, Of Illinois, and
only one instance in securing the ia
vorable report in the committee Of
the whole necessary for favorable &C.
ton in the house. Five bills favor
ably considered in the committee fail
ed to pass the house by reason of a
failure of quorum at $3.50 p. M,
when adjournment was had.
Saturday, March 3.
Washington.-Thst the railroad rate |
bill will be passed By the senate prac-
tically as it came from the house is
an admission that the opponents of
the measure are almost ready to
make. 1t was admitted today that
they can not hope for any assistance
from the president in getting an
amendment for judicial review of ord
ers of the interstate commerce CON-
mission. The president made this
clear to Senators Crane and Spooner
today. The only hope left to the OPP
ponents of the measure is in he Demo
Gratis. They have not definitely deter
mined what the party position will be
toward such an amendment, but 1t is
admitted that more than. half of the
minority favor passing the bill exact
ly as it came from the house.
The railroad rate bill for several
days had been regarded as the one
measure standing in the way OF an
early adjournment Of congress. One
of the leading Republican senators,
member of the steering committee, de-
clared today that "the Philippine tar
liz bill, the statehood bill and the San
to Domingo treaty are all dead" He
qualified his statement concerning the
statehood bill by saying that he meant
that the friends of the bill could not
pass it without the Foraker amend
ment providing for the submission to
the votes Of the people of New Mexi-
co and Arizona separately the question
whether they should have joint state
hood. A poll of the senate today
showed that, if voted upon now, the
Foraker amendment would win, 48 to
40, providing the entire vote Of the SEN
ate was cast
House committee on election No.
has decided by unanimous vote to ig-
more the charge against Representa-
tive Michales, Republican from IL
linois, that he is not an American citi-
zen.
A hasty poll of the senate taken to-
day indicates that, IL brought to a vote,
the Philippine tariff bill will be de-
feated by much larger vote thar
was found for the Foraker amend
ment to the statehood bill In the
event the bill is defeated in the COM
mittee, the opponents have expressed
the intention Of making a motion n