Show LATEST TELEGEAMS II co FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS 1 REGULAR SESSION HOUSE Washington 17The House went immediately into committee on the Indian appropriation bill the pending pend-ing question being Haskills point of order against Rockers amendment for the transfer of the Indian bureau to tho war department Tho chair decided the amendment germane as it retrenched expenditure expendi-ture but as it was the tame in substance as several bills now in the House ne therefore sustained the point of order The committee lose and reported tha bill to the House The House rejected the amendment increasing the appropriation for clothing cloth-ing for the Sioux from 130 000 to S1500CO by a vote of yeas 84 nays 104 the amendment abulishing the Indian commuion was agreed to i yeas 112 nays 65 Other amend ments were agreed to without division and the bill as amended passed i McMahon from the committee on appropriations reported back the special deficit bill with the Senate amendments The bill was referred lo the committee com-mittee of the whole on pouts of order A bill passed providing for the reapportionment re-apportionment of members of the legislatures of the territories of Montana Mon-tana Idaho and Wyoming Manning from the election committee com-mittee offered a resolution for the investigation of the anonymous letter in the DonnellyWashburn case McLane thought the resolution did not present a question of privilege and moved to table it Rejected 99 to 44 The resolution was then adoptedlOG to 55 V The House then went into committee com-mittee on the special deficiency b 11 which McMahon explained Adjourned V |