Show > LATEST TELEGRAMS II II FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS I D REGULAR SESSION SENATE Washington 7In the absence of the vice president Tharman was chosen to preside Eaton from the committee on ppropnaviona reported back the omular appropriation bill calaniar Saunders resolution instructing the Indian committee to inquire into the expediency of removing the Santee Indians from Nebraska to the Ponca Reservation was adopted Dawea moved to reconsider the vote and opposed the removal of Poncs to any other tribe A discussion on the Ponca question ensued Kirkwood declared that the reports n I it D n about tne suuennga ui ius JLUUU = were greatly exaggerated After the morning hour Saulsbury said that tomorrow he would call up the ETeHoggSpoflord case as a privi leged question The Ute bill was then considered Kukwocd moved to strike out the I words or until the President shall be convinced that every possible eflort to effect such surrender has been made so that no money shall be paid the Utes until the murderers shall be civen uP u Kirkwood would vote for no bill that did not provide for the surrender of the murderers and ouragers Wnytotboughtsome policy ot treating treat-ing the Indiana should bo adopted that would not change with ovary discovery dis-covery of a mine Beck opposed treaties with the Indians In-dians We could never have peace with the Indians while the interior department managed them we must treat them fairly and punish them promptly He feared the bill would encourage the Indiana to commit more crimes Ho would vote for Kirkwoode amendment Ingalls thought it inadvisable to risk a Ute war by insisting on surrender surren-der The bill was not perfect but best that could be pone under the circumstance cir-cumstance McMillan advocated Kirkwooda amendment lest the Indians be im presstd with the weakness of the government gov-ernment and bD encouraged to commit com-mit more crimes Kirkwood was willing to modify his amendment so as to provide that the agreement shall not take effect until tue guilty men are shown to be dead or surrendered to the United States He thought the clause ehould be amended so as to include the men who committed the outrages olter the I massacre I Vest wished the criminals given up but asked under what law they could I be punished The Supreme Court I baa decided that when we treat with Indian tribes as independent nations we hava no jurisdiction over the crimes committed on their reservations reserva-tions Kirkwood said that was a disputed point and EO long as it was ho preferred pre-ferred not to believe there was no law to punish Indiana for outrages on government officers Kukwooda amendment thus modified modi-fied was adopted yeas 85 nays 11 Dawns offered an amendment providing pro-viding that 25 000 set apart by the agreement of 1874 shall be expended in tee practical industrial education of the youth ot the Utes Teller Ingalla and Allison opposed tna amendment thinking the distribution distri-bution of that fund should be left as by the treaty in the discretion of the President Pendleton advocated the amendment amend-ment Pending the debate the Senate adjourned ad-journed HOUSE Washington 7Thcre was much excitement in the House this morning morn-ing over the army eurgeon bill Sparks offered an amendment earning from the committee on military mili-tary affaire which was defeated in committee of the whole He then wanted the house to vote upon it and Clymer who has charge of the army appropriation bill to promise it might be cfiered in the House Cly mer refused and denied that the military committee bad applied to have the amendment voted upon whereupon Sparks became very angry accused Clymer of having been bulldozed and then leaning over the deck shook his fh violently at Clymer telling him several times that if he insinuated that the I amendment was not from tbe mili tary committee he lied Clymer retorted that Sparks could not insult him Springer in vain tried to restore order when Conger moved that Sparks words be read and tho question was discussed whether tbe committee should rise and report tbe matter to the House Tho committee roja and the matter Was reported 3parks admitted having been excited ex-cited and had understood Cymer to insinuate that be wis trying to deceive de-ceive the Home II mistaken be would withdraw his language as unwarranted un-warranted but otherwise no power under the sun ccud get him to withdraw with-draw it Clymer disavowed any such intention inten-tion ns Sparks supposed and expressed ex-pressed contentment with Sparka reparation Sparks said he was brave enough to withdraw his wordi which were not competent under any circumstances Russell expressed Eatfcfactiou thm witb and the army appropriation bill was again considered The speaker regarded the objectionable objection-able language as withdrawn The bill authorizing the sEcretary of war to contract with the San An onio Railroad Company for a railroad rail-road to the Rio Grande was referred to tbe committee of the whole By McLane a bill from the committee com-mittee on Pacific Railroads lo amend the sinking fund act of May 7 1878 lalpndnr Aftcr the morning hour McCook asked leave to offer a resolution calling call-ing on the secretary of war for the acts in the outrage at West Point yesterday Aiken objected The House then went into committee com-mittee on tho army appropriation bill and considered the amendment barring out contract surgeons while regular surgeons are not employed Spatk under tho direction of tee military committee oflered a section providing that no money hereby appropriated propriated shall be paid for tbe U5C of the army ss a police force to keep pence at the polls in any state Keifer rose to a point of order pending which the House adjourned |