Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-11
RATE BILL DISCUSSION
MAY FORESEE THE END BEFORE
THE WEEK CLOSES.

In response to a request by Mr.. Tillman
to fix a time for taking a vote on the rate
bill, Mr.. Aldrich, in the Senate this after
noon, expressed the opinion that before the
end of the week the speeches would be so
far disposed of as to enable the Senate to
foresee the end of the general discussion.
When the Senate met today the Vice
President designated Messrs. Lodge. Kean,
Burkett, Sutherland, Foster and Latimer to
represent the Senate on the occasion of the
celebration of the 200th birthday of Benja-
min Franklin at Philadelphia.
AT the instance of Mr.. Morgan, resoiu-
ton of the Illinois legislature indorsing the
permanent retention of the Isle of Pines as
American territory was read
The following bills were passed: Author
izlng the allotment of land to native; of
Alaska.
Authorizing the sale of public land to
Johnson county, Wyo., for the purpose of a
poor farm
Prohibiting the use of diving apparatus in
the taking of sponges
Authorizing the state of Montana to Sc
lect lieu lands.
Authorizing a bridge across the Mouon-
gahela river between Fayette and WASH
ington counties Pa
Mr.. NewIands was appointed a conferee
Mr.. Patterson, who is in Colorado.
Other bills passed: CCreating new
division of the southern judicial district OF
Texas with terms of court at Victoria
Prohibiting aliens from gathering sponges
in American waters
Authorizing the sale of land in Butte
county. s. D., to the Scandinavian Evan
gelical Lutheran Little Missouri River Con-
gregaton for cemetery purposes.
Appropriating 5000 for the Improvement
of the monument on the Moores creek bat
tefeld. n. c.
Authorizing the maintenance of a toll
bridge across Tugaloo river between the
states of South Carolina and Georgia.
Granting land on Morton Island in Snake
river Oregon, to that state as fish
hatchery
Affairs of the Five Tribes.
The Senate then took up the report of the
conference committee on the bill for the
settlement of the affairs of the five civil
lied tribes of Indians, and Mr.. Tiilman OPP
posed it's adoption because of the retention
of the Senate amendment ratifying the dis
bursement of S1S6,Oo0 made by A. ]. Brown
and James f. II. Jenkins to the loyal Semi
mole Indians under an act of Congress of
May 81 1900. Mr.. Tillman said this money
had been stolen from the Indians.
Mr.. Teller defended the action of the
conferees and in the course of a sharp col
loquy with Mr.. Tillman expressed appre-
posed of the South Carolina senator would
accuse him of stealing something.
THE senator expects nothing of the
kind" responded MIR. Tillman. Il contra
dict him fatty"
Retort to Tillman.
Mr.. Teller responded that Mr.. Tillman s
arraignment of the committee did not come
with good grace from a senator who CON
fesses that he knows nothing about the
question. If" he said, the senator were
even a good cornfield lawyer he would
know that the Indians lose none of their
rights by the adoption of the Senate pro
vision
Mr.. Clapp, Mr. Dubois and Mr.. MuCum-
Der also defended the action of the com
mittee.
In the course of his remarks Mr. CIapp
said that the conference report had been
only formally recommitted yesterday, and
Mr. Tilman made the point of order that
the conferees had transcribed their author
ity in proceeding when the bill was not for
nally in its possession. The chair, how
ever, sustained the action of the committee