Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-10

decent" and during which Mr.. Till
man ordered Mr.. Spooner to take his
seat.
Mr. Bacon criticised the course of
Mr.. Tillman as calculated to produce
a false impression on the country and
was in turn censured by Mr.. Bailey,
who said that while the office of judge
is entitled to the greatest respect,
there should be no reverence for
judges as men.
The army appropriation bill carry
ing an appropriation of about $4,000
600 was passed.
Senator Tillman, when the tiff be-
tween him and Mr.. Spooner had drawn
to a harmless close, returned to his
structure on certain federal judges
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the
committee on finance, appointed a
subcommittee to take testimony on
the free alcohol bill as follows:
Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, Spooner,
Hale, Money and Bailey.
The chairman stated that the COM
mittee would take up the matter i'm
mediately and that as far as he knew
all the members of the committee
were in favor of the widest possible
use of alcohol in the arts and indus
tries and for the other purposes indi
Gated in the house bill, free of tax,
so far as it could be done with safety
to the revenue.
Senator Warner, introduced bill in
effect the same as one introduced in
the house by Representative Murphy,
of Missouri, providing for the remov-
al of restrictions on the alienation of
land in the Choctaw, Chickasaw,
Cherokee, Creek and Seminole ma
lions except as affecting fullbloods'
ed Indian rolls and land known to con-
tain coal, oil, gas. asphalt or other
mineral, the act to take effect Oc-
tober 1 next.
Representative Keeper, of Missouri,
asks for an appropriation of 100000
for the Improvement of the Missouri
river near Camden, Ray county, Mo-,
and at such other points on the river
in Ray and Lafayette counties as shall
be deemed necessary by the chief OF
engineers of the war department.
Friday, May q.
Washington = President Roosevelt,
Attorney General Moody and Com
missioner of Corporations Garfield
conferred at the White House on the
special message which the president
will send to congress accompanying
Commissioner Garfield's report on the
operations of the so-called oil trust.
The presidents message will contain
forceful comments on the result of
the investigation and it is expected
will contain a sharp arraignment of
the methods of the oil trust. The ma
ture of the recommendations to be
made by the president is not disclos-
ed, but it is understood they will be
direct and positive in character.
Congressman Curtis of Kansas has
introduced in the house remarkable
bill directing the secretary of the in
terror to enroll such white persons
who prior to December 16, 1895, in
| ter-married with Cherokee, Shawnee
or Delaware Indians as citizens of the
Cherokee nation by blood in accord
ance with laws of the Cherokee ma
ton and when such inter-married
white persons are enrolled they shall
| have the same status and may parti-
cipate in the division of real estate
and other property of the Cherokee
tribes or nation the same as if they
were Cherokee citizens by blood;
provided that each such intermarried
white shall first pay to the United
States treasury for the benefit of the
Cherokee tribe $325.60; provided fur
Their that such intermarried white
shall avail themselves of. the provis-
ions of this act within six months
from the date of enactment, also that
such whites shall have the right to
sell and dispose of any and all i'm
provements placed by them on their
| tentative allotments in the Cherokee
nation, as enrolled citizens thereof
and also provided that there shall be
no restrictions upon alienation of the
lands allotted to such intermarried
| whites
Dry Dock Dewey Sails.