Show C On the consideration of thb Indian EOVeraltz bill Teller moved to add A proviso to section 6 which provides that allottees upon lands fading patented to them shall be subject to i the laws of the state or territory in which they reside so as to prohibit the punishment of an Indian for polygamy who at the time of the allotment was practising the same in accordance with the usages and customs cus-toms of the tribe to which ho belonged be-longed Agreed to The following amendments rfer6 adopted By Kirkwood alllzog tbe purchase by government of small parcels ofzesezatIOn9 not alloted By Toiler authorizing tho education educa-tion in primary branches in agriculture agricul-ture and irrigation of fifty Indian boys at the Acricultural Colleee at FoiL Collins Colorado By Vest applying the statutes of Kansas in regard to descent alienation aliena-tion distribution and partition as far as practicable to the lands taken in severally By Morgan adding to the agricultural agricul-tural lands set apart for tbe head of a family one section for grazing purposes pur-poses Morgan then moved to strike out the ninth section requiring the consent con-sent to the act of twotbirds of the members of the tribe before it fball extend to them Ingalls I I in some general observations observa-tions upon the Indian problem and the difficulties of its solution criticized criti-cized the course of the opponents of the bill as embarrassing the Senate in its effort to pass a bill of some character upon the subject As a member of the committee which reported re-ported the bill he appealed to Mor I gap and Teller to cease further opposition oppo-sition Morgan replied that he did not want it put into the power of the secretary of the interior when he could bribe or otherwise cajole a lot of Indians to go with him to compel a tribe to dispose of their property as this bill did The prospect of dieposing of the bill being very remote Cope asked unanimous consent to an agreement for a vote upon it oa Monday morning morn-ing Edmunds objected Adjourned HOUSE The North Carolina case was considered con-sidered Jones said the greenback party if it voted with the republicans on this question did so because nobody no-body could outstrip it in the support of a free ballot and fair count A vote was then taken on tbe minority reportdeclaring Martin con testee democrat entitled to tbe seat Rejected 117 to 110 Felton Stephens and the Greenback Green-back era except Ladd voted with the republicans Martin was then declared not entitled en-titled to the set by a vote of 115 to 103 Yentes was declared entitled to the seat and he took the oath De Li Matyr presented a petition with 2200 names urging steps against white mena encroachment on Indian reservations Adjourned |