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Show SALE OF INDIAN LANDS OCCUPIES SENATE TIME WASHINGTON, April 1C The entire day In the Senate was given up to the consideration of a bill for the modification modifica-tion of the agreement with the Indians of the Devil's Lake reservation In North Dakota for the sale of their lands. Mr. Morgan called up his resolution for the discharge of the Committee on Inter-Oceanic Canals from consideration considera-tion of the resolution calling for information in-formation from the Attorney-General relative to the contract of tho United States with the new Panama Canal company for the transfer of the Panama Pana-ma canal. A roll call was ordered on Mr. Morgan's Mor-gan's motion and it was lost, ayes 17, noes 38, a party vote. The bill providing for a modification of the agreement with the Indians of Devil's Lake reservation in North Dakota, Da-kota, bo as to permit the yale of lands ceded at $4.50 per acre and requiring settlers to pay the aggregate sum the Indians shall receive for the entire property, was taken up. There are five other similar bills before be-fore the Senate afTectlng other reservations, reserva-tions, and all of them opposed by Mr. Dubois and other Senators on the ground lhat the policy of requiring payment pay-ment In this manner is a reversal of the settled policy of the Government. Mr. DurJbis antagonized the Devil's Lake bill and presented an amendment fixing the maximum price at $2.00 per acre and permitting entries under tho homestead law. He contended that settlers set-tlers should be encouraged to take remaining re-maining public lands. A general debate ensued. In the course of tho controversy Mr. Piatt of Connecticut expressed the opinion that the time had passed when the homestead home-stead law continued to operate beneficially, bene-ficially, because of the Impossibility of making homes without assistance from others. Mr. Teller took issue with Mr. Piatt's statement, saying that within tlie last four years 40,000 acres of land had been entered under the homestead laws and that more land was now belnc taken under that law than twenty years ago. Senator McCumber Introduced a bill providing for tho appointment by the President of a committee of three persons per-sons to revise the pension laws and report re-port to the next session of Congress. |