Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-14
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its report and finds the United StateS%
has absolutely no authority In the MAJ.
ter.
Senator Warner raised a point oil or
der against the amendment authoriz-
ing the Eastern C%herokees to submit
to the court of claims the question OF
whether the fee awarded a st. Louis
law firm was paid out OF the proper
fund. The point of order was sus.
tanned.
mo tipping of walters and porters'
was the loudest cry from the house
district committee. That body, with
an unexpected promptness. reported
to the house for passage the bif( OF
Representative Murphy of Missouri
abolishing the practice of giving tips
to walters and hotel p%orters. Mr..
Murphy, who has been determined i0
forcing his bill to the front, Addressed
the committee briefly in favor OF 1t.
The committee then reported 1t, and
it will be voted on in the house next
Monday.
Democratic senate leaders decided
that the republican senators must take
the entire responsibility If a treaty
with Santo Domingo continuing the
present financial relations, is ratified.
This means that as long as the n
ity Is strong enough to prevent ratifi
cation 1t will stand together, which
would necessitate the calling OF q spe
cial session of the senate after March
4, when the republicans will have tina
necessary two-thirds of the senate.
After practically two days debate
the proposition in the Indian appropri'
alton bill to remove restrictions to the
alienation OF the surplus lands OF full
blood Indians in the Indian Territory
was defeated in the senate Thursday
by a vote OF 81 to 22.
Five witnesses were examined
Thursday in the Brownsville inquiry
before the senate committee on mill
tary affairs. Former Sergeant Luther
T. Thornton, of Company b, testified
that when aroused by the firing on
the night Of August - he was under
the impression that the barracks were
being fired upon by people Of the town.
He told of the call to arms and OF
the inspections. He was cross-exam-
ined sharply about the possibility Of
a soldier getting out of the reserva-
ton in the night without being detect.
ed. He said this could have been
done but he did not think the man
could get his arms and get out. 1t
was pointed out that he men already
had ammunition, and the witness re-
piled that this ammunition had to be
accounted for at inspections, and il
any were used the loss would be dis
covered.
The story of the wrongs done Mrs.
Yellow Cat, a Cherokee Indian, was a
potent factor in inducing the senate
to eliminate the claims in the Indian
appropriation bill removing the re-
stricti0ns upon all the surplus lands OF
Indians in the Indian Territory.
The house on Monday passed a
number of important bills, includ-
Ing the McCumber pension bill. The
house, by a vote of 40 to 50, con-
Cured in the senate amendments to
the urgent deficiency bill, lOaning the
jamestown exposition 81, 900, 900, and
safeguarding the loan by a lien ON the
gross receipts. Resolutions were
passed calling for an investigation by
the secretary of commerce and labor
of cotton exchanges and the fiuctua.
tons in cotton prices, giving a privi.
legged statutes to the bill cOdifying and
. consolidating the patent and copyright
laws, directing a report by the secre.
tary Of the interior of the number of
existing patents granted to officers and
employees of the United States. Bills
providing for the protection OF game
in Alaska and authorizing a refund
OF certain taxes collected under the
war G act OF 1898 were also
passed.
The senate occupied the first
two hours Of its session Monday
: in perfecting the house bill per
: hitting the government Il take an up
9 peal on points Of Law in certain Grim
Z inal cases. The bill Is intended tc
reach cases similar to that agains,
the meat packers. The bill was lait
aside to permit further discussion o.
s Senator Carter's resolution aimed a
the recent order Of the secretary O.
s the interior, preventing the issuance
Of land patents to entrymen until aft
err an examination of the ground by