Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-03-10

leases of those lands or until author
! lied by law; cuthorizes 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 I'M
til March 4, 1907
By a vote OF to 5 the senate COM
mittee on the Philippines defeated the
Payne bill, which had passed the
house by a vote of 25S to IL The ac-
ton of the committee had been fore
Swallowed for nearly week, although
the exact vote had rot 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
SIS 900. 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
Mr.. ShackelfOrd, of Missouri. This
opposition accounted for the small
number of measures considered. The
committee reporting the bills failed in
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 a quorum at $50 p. m,
when adjournment was had.
Saturday, March 8.
Washington.-Tha 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
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 it 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, a
member of the steering committee, de
clared today that 1.-The Philippine tar
if 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
the votes of the people of New Next
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, As to
| 40, providing the entire vote of the SEN
ate was cast.
House committee on election No. 1
has decided by unanimous vote to ig-
more the charge against Representa-
tive Michales, a Republican from Il
linois, that he is not an American citi-
zen.
A hasty poll of the senate taken to-
day indicates that, if brought to a vote,
the Philippine tariff bill will be de-
feated by much larger vote than
/ 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
the senate o have the committee dis
charged from further consideration of
the measure, and thus finally dispose
! of it by test vote on such a motion.
For Relief of Russian Jews.
London, March 5. The total
amount which has passed through the
hands of the London committee for
the relief of the Russian Jews is
S2,356,3G5, including 100000 received
from America during the past week.
TO GUST GRocERs' TRUST.
! Ohio Attorney General Files Suit