Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1887, Page 1

w SIXTEENTH YEAR A RAILROAD LOBBY VICTORY, Passage By the Bemate of the Forceless Commission Measure, FILIBUSTERERS WASTE TIME A Whole Afternoon Spent in Consid- ering the Location of the Sol- diers’ Home—House Work on Appropriations. Senate Proceedings. LiNcoLN, Neb,, March 3.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee,|—The senate first took up consideration of the Mr. Majors’ protest. Mr. Keckley moved that it be expunged from the record, Mr. Brown seconded, because the protest charged the legislature with back pay grab- bing when the people had expressed their will at the ballot box favorable to the ques- tion, Mr. Vandemark sald: “lLetit stand as a monument for his shame, ignorance and cowardice. The gentleman wants to en- cumber our journals with this protest, yet he voted for the original proposition to recount the ballots and authorize by law the proceed- ings just closed. Now he wishes this protest spread upon the records, that he may refer to it at some future day for campaign powder. Let it stand as a monument of inconsistency and shame, . Mr. Casper had opposed the amendment in joint convention beeause he had not fully looked into the matter. He had since found that his county had voted largely for the amendment and also that the committee ap- pointed to recount the ballots were prej ud\rnfi against the amendment. He was now conti- dent that the people wanted the twenty day extension and hence there was no ground for the charge of back pay grabbing. He was not opposed to protest, but lie was apposed to that charge and to the senate swallowing the dose \Vltfiuut amurmer. It was a direct insult to every member of the senate. Mr. Lindsay held that the senate had no night as a body to say that explanation of a vobe In the joint convention should go upon the records of the senate. Mr. Snell opposed the motion t» expunge, There was nothing in the protest to injure him or any one else. Mr. Majors said he had nothing further to say as to the protest. e made it because he thought it was right and proposed to stand by it. He resented the nnputation of the gentleman from Saunders impunging his motives. He had . Stood up four ears in defense of his country before just such men 5 and had never yet beén aceused of cowardice. 1t was true that he voted for the bill authorizing the recount, but the ideas ex- pressed in his protest were the result of a better umll'mlmnllnfi and a further study of the case. 1t was not in the mouth of any man who stood in a senator's place on this floor, and was charitably recognized as a senator to say that ho wasa coward. No man who had long and notorious; bodied the characteristics of an imbeciie dared stand before him with the charces of wardice, He would resent it as an individual and as & senator, ‘The protest was expunged from the record. ) hl}l appropriating 3,999 80 for the relief ns. A. Johnson was senate took a recess passed and the AFTER SSION, A communication fi zens of Milford, Seward county, was read, It offers £10 acres of land on the banks of the beautiful Blue, including springs, natural lake, timber, ete.; also £6,000 as an inducement for the soldiers home to be located there. Mr. Wright fot Seward offered a resolution agreeing to extend the session ton days in ad- dition fo the forty days without pay, and that the recount making it lawful to ' Lold sixty-day sessions bo_considered as applying to all fulure sessions: but as the recount and proclamation_enforeing the provisions of the constitutional amendment were not made until near the close of this session they should apply enly to future sessions, fr. Wrizht moved theadoption of the reso- lution, Mr. Brown—Mr, Is_eer- tainly out of order. I have pay in my pocket for the additional twenty days. Mr. Conger--So have 1. Mr. Wright said he would bo willing to work ten days without pay if the session 2ould then be closed, Mr, Colby moved that the resolution apply only tothe gentieman from Seward, Mr. Snell moved to lay on the table, President, this Car- ried. enate file 41, the forceless railway com- mission bill, s then read a third time for passage. Mr. Sterling moved that the enacting clause of the blll be stricken out, but the chair ruled him out ot order. Mr. Fuller moved to recommit the bill to committee of the whole, which was lost. ‘The bill was then put upon its passage, the vote resulting as follows: ' ens—Bonesteel, Brown, Burnham, Camp- bell, Colby, Conger, Heartwell, Holmes, Kent. Lindsay, Liun, Majors, ' McNamar, Moore, Robbins, Schminke, Shervin, Snell, ‘Vandemark—19, Nays - Casper. Duras, Fullor, Higgins of Cass, Higgins of Colfax, Keckley, Lininger, Meiklejohn, Sprick, Sterling, Tzschuek, Wolbach, Wright—15. Mr. Lindsay introduced a bill to limit the r“;"}llwr of ofticers and employes of the senate 0 fifty. Mr. Conver then moved that house roll 247, the soldiers’ home bill, be taken out of 1ts place and considered first, Mr. Colby moved that it be made a apecial order for Thursday next. Mr. Casper objected. He had been capti- vated by this special order of business at first, but he had learned a trick. There was nosuch thine as a resular order on_ general file. Some of the senators were favored and could get their bills up at will, and there no reason why house roll 347 should not considered at once, Mr. Kobbins said there was no reason why thix bill should advanced when there are half a dozen more important bills claiming consideration first. ~ Other propositions should be considered” that the state might choose the wost favorable one otfering the most money, This leglslature v roposing to pass aporopriations a nd a half in excess of those of pre- latures. 3 ndemark sald a peculiar streak of economy had come over the gentleman, Mr. Meiklejohn favored the bill as passed by the house, ‘The methods resot to were ruw to defeat the bill in the senate. He .u{ Mr. Conger’'s motion would prevail, Mr. Conger spoke of the advantages of Grand Island. There were probably no bet- ter grounds for the home in the state, and they could not be purchased for less than §30 geracre. ‘This was the soldiers’ location, They b often been there, 1t is their ¢hoice. “This bill passed the house by ninety- four votes, which showed an overwhelming sentiment for Grand Island, There was hardly a dissenting voieo, If we defeat it here it will put u cloud over it that the house will not clear away. ‘There is nothing meant in this pettifogging but delay. 1 want it dis- tinetly understood that the loeation of the soldiers’ home is not for sale. Where the veople want it it should go, Mr, Majors was sorry to see any exhidition of temper on the part of his military friend from the sand-bar district. ‘The senators, in consideration of this questiol not struck atthe merits of it. ‘The people were called hpon to lucate a homo for veteran soldiers, The taxpayers were callea upon for an avpro- priation sufficient to make that home com- fortable. ‘That is the question—uot that it be located at Grand Island, Milford or W more. It should first be determined the financial condition of the state would Justify nnaronrinnon of that kind. Ie Would favor Grand Island if that could be shown to be the best place. The oth sitions should first be considered. Ariu- ment of the {on\lsmnn from Shermau pre- supposed that Grand Island was the only place. He belleved it was proper to tako care of the old veterans who made this country & " nllnl!:{. He was not sure, however, that rund Island was the proper place. Mr. Sterling lhon‘gnl the time in the session Arrived when the claims for adhering to Fegular order should not hold. 5, Colby said that when the state offers & | home to the old soldiers and sailors and their | families, they should be permitte their views, T had not selves in f. a location. nzth upon the a peatedly interrupted with the charge of talking against time. All the opponents of the bill spoke long and often upon the question of location, al- though the question was whether the bill should be considered at once and taken out of its regular order for that purpose, Motion after motion was made, upon which the fili- busters each spoke until time s called, during which the bill was discussed to death, but when a motion for the committee to arise was earrfed the committee had no report to make, or, in other words, the whole afternoon had been spent in filibustering and talking QRIS time. without accomplishing auy- thing. Wiien the committee arose Mr, Sterling moved that house roll 247 be taken from the general file and considered by the senate. Mr, Conger called for the previons ques- tion, which wus carried, as was also that of Mr, Sterling, Mr. Lininger then moved that house roll 247 be ordered to third reading and called for thie previous question. 'The two propositions were voted on separately, that of the pre vious guestion being carried by a vote of 2 to7. The bill was then ordered to a third ding by a vote of 26 to 6, after which the ate adjourned. This is a fair sample of how six obstruc- tionists can cheat the state out of a wred deal of time and deter the expression of the will of a large majority. The outcome Is a at victory for Grand lIsland. The fight was the loni any yet fought by the at t and Lottest of NOTES, Mr. Fuller, who did not vote on the propo- sition to favorably recommend senate file 41 favorably, voted against the bill on final passage to- The galleries were ull to-day to hear the debate on the soldiers’ home bill. His excellency, the governor, listened to the soldiers’ home debate this afternoon. Dolngs in the House. LiNcoLN, b., March 8.—[Special Tele- ram to the BrE.[—On a resolution by Mr Smyth ot Dou:las, in the house, Fred. C. Erskin and Bert Conner were placed upon the pay roll, the latter having acted as page since the opening of the session. Mr. Eggleston of Lancaster moved that the Lincoln charter be referred to the Lancaster delegation. This brought Mr. Caldwell to his feet with the hope that the motion wouldn’t preyail. Their delezatiop, he was sorry to say, was divided, the three country members being In antagonism to the members from the city. It was selfishness on the part of the former. He did not want the matter sent back to the delesation because he felt the house could settle it. Mr. Jeary of Cassasked Mr. Eggleston to explain his motio Mr, Eguleston said it was tohave the delega- tion settle the difference between them which he thought could best be effected in private. Mr. Raymond of Lancaster said there was but one point of ditference, and he couldn’t see the wisdom of this delay because the Lin- coln council haa its ordinance ready to commence paving under the new charter. The charter was referred. The question at 1ssue between the two factions is section relating to the road and briage fund, all ot which the city men claim the country folks want, Mr. White of Cass ealled up the report of the special committee on employes, and moved that its recommendation that all the house employes be discharged and re-cmployed as needed be adopted., Mr. Watson of Otoe moved that minority report be accepted, Mr. Agee opposed the discharze and re-cm- ployment of elerks and assistants as foolish, lme wanted the committee to report who ought to be discharged. Mr. Cole said the majority of the house wanted to do away with useless employesand wanted the committee to state who they are, In reply to Mr. White, Mr. Wilsey said that if he had asked the membvers of the commit- tee instead of the chairman of the same, he would have learned how many useless clerks there were, Ar. Smyth of Douglas—1 eould have dis- charged II?' clerk long ago if he had not been occupled in correcting improperly drawn bills by the gentleman from Cass. Mr. White refused to actagain, and the com- mittee was authorized to report all employe not needed, and enlarged to consist of " the following: Peters, Gilmore, Dickenson, Newton, Latta, Minnix, and Underhill. On motion of Mr. Agee, Minnie Fuller was placed on the pay roll, ‘The following bills were indefinitely post- poned: 403, 457, 454, 119, 144, 103, 305, 405, 217 218, 820 and 4 The following were recommended for pas- saze: House roll 437 and 59 ‘I'he committee on privileges and elections made majority and minority reports on the Snell-McKenna contest case, the former rec- ommending Snell for the seat now held by McKenna, the latter supporting McKenna. ‘T'he subject was made special or 1 to-night. the AFTEENOON SESSION. The house went Into committee of the whole on the appropriations for charitable institutions, with Mr, Caldwell of Lancaster in the chair, Mr. Watson’s he oll 13, for the erection and furnishing of ain_building at the in- stitute for the blind at Nebraska City, and a boiler and laundry connected with the same, was called. It l]ifironrllllnn of §50,000, r. Harrison of Saunders moved to amend by substituting §20,000, Mr. Watson of Otoe hoped the amendment would not prevail because, in the opinion of the board of public lands and buildings, as also of the goyarnor, the improvements sug- gested were required. 1t would be poor policy to expend a smaller amount. Mr. Harrison said the present institute was erecled tun years ago for $12,000, when it was well known that labor and material wero more expensive than at present, and he had no doubt that $20,000 would be ample to make the improvements suggested. JTIu‘ l‘ulmmlumlt was carried by a vote of 49 to 23, Section 4,sotting the bond of the contractor at 35000, was amended by substituting provided for an $10.000. Mr, White of Cass said that the pians now on file in the office of the board of public lands and buildings were made upon tho basis of a cost of $30,000, Mr. Watson of Otoe said that snch was the case and regretted that members voted with- out understanding the merits of the case. Mr. Kenney of Webster moved to recon- sider the vote amending section 1 of the bill, Mr. McConaughy held that the blind insti- tute was one of the most deserving of state institutions, and it would be false econowmy not to allow the $50,000 sought. Mr. Knox of Douglas and Mr. Agee of Hamilton favored the reconsideration. Mr. Miller of Butler did not know how much should be appropriated, but telt more ought to be allowed than had been given, He wanted some person to advance facts to WArrant a greater appropriation, Mr. Watson then submitted a statement of the condition of the institute, which shiowed both incapacity and a number of defects, Mr. White of Cass controvertea tiis state- ment by showing that there were tut eigh- teen inmates while the hulldlllf had & ca- pacity of thirty and was in good condition. ‘The motion to reconsider was lost by a vote of 31 to 20, Mr. Keiper said he did not know how a £50,000 building could be erected with a 000 nm{mm Iation, Mr, Newton of Clay moved that when the committee rise it report the bill for passage. It was so ordered, The bill of Mr. Andrews of Buffalo pro- Viding for the erection of two family build- ings, one laundry, one bakery, three out- houses and one “coal-house at the reform school rney was called, ‘The amount asked vias §36,000, M. Andrews moved that the bill be re- ported 1or passace. Mr. White objected on the ground that two YOars ago an llilpmprhtmn bad been made for buildings at the sawe ihne and he did not feel that they should keep on erecting structures there every two years. Wilsey of Hamilton said the reform school was dului work for boys and girls, keeping them from the penitentlary. The buildings sought wers needed and some of the present structurcs were in & demoral- ized condition, Mr. Agee showed the number of inmates as 155, aud that betore the mext sessiou the school, unless enlarged, would be too small 10 accowmodate those who desired adwission, in which event they would be compelled to 80 to the penitentiary. r. Cole of Adams sald he knew the sehool was well mana ed aad that in November, 155, there was less that £500 to the credit of the institution in the state treasnry, Mr. Andrews of Buifalo said v in order to continue the o sciiool tiat the buildings proposed be because the incrense of commit- ments was in excess of the accommodations, Mr. Nicholof Antelope believed the school might need one new building, but he would rather vote for none at all than for two buildings now. ‘They did need the laundry and bakeshop, but only one of the other building: Mr. Pemberton of Jetferson favored taking a part of the money asked and putting it to taking care of young children to prevent them from going to the reform school. If the full amount were allowed he would of pose giving any to the home for the friend- ess. Mr. Slater felt from the evidence that one building was needed, A vowon Mr. White's motion, that the bill do not pass, was lost, Mr Whitmore favored an appropriation for the bakeshop beeause he knew the strue- ture was liabie fo tumble down, He favored dividing the sum foi the main buildings and giving part for a home for little wayward children. Mir. Slater felt that it was the sense of the house that one of the buildings was needed and would accommodate the commitments {Or the next two years. nd lu\\s' motion to report for passage iseloy’s bill appropriating 805 t two winizs to the main building: D for the insane at N ‘I'he items are as follows al §15,0005 barn, £4,000; boilers, ete., $10,000; White moved to amend by placing the f the smoke-stack at $500 instead of $4,000, Ar. Eisely of Madison said there were 1,000 insane people in the state. The Lincoln asylum is now full. The Norfolk asylum cunnot accommodate the remainder of tie in- sane people. The buildings asked, there- fore, are badly needed. Mr. Ballard of Filmore favored the strik- ing out ot the appropriation for the two wings, They bad already made an_appro. priation for the asylum for in curable insane at Hastings, He did not theretore, teel that the Norfolk buildings were necessary. He moved to allow §2,000 for smoke stack mstead of $4,000, This was carried Mr. Nichol's amendment to make it $3,000 suy ed. Mr. Ballard of Fillmore moved to strike LWO Wings. viper of Pierce wanted to know what they were going to do with the unprovided- forinsane.” 1t would take two years before the wines or the asylum at Hastings could be completee that time they would have 900 unprovided-for insane in this state. In fact there must be now 500 incurable insane people in the state, These wings w but 25 cents a man, and that cc.ald atforded. Mr. Slater of Wayne said the buildings as contemplated would aceommodate 300 pa- tients. They could put the money asked to no better usé than to_erect the wings pro- posed, The demand for the acconmodation of patients has been made and ought to be heeded, Mr. Pemberton made several amendments, one suggesting one wing instead of two wings. 1le did not believe there was any need for the latter number. Mr. Nichol of Antelope believed every dollar asked tor was needed, ‘The present building is the best one in the state for the ‘There are now 400 applications of insane people for admission to the asylum, and the present building ean accommodate less than one-fourth that number. Mr. eters of Boone opposed Pember- ton’s amendment on the ground that the plant was already established, and thatat this time the Improvements asked ceuld be made more economically than at any other time, Mr. Harlan did not teel thafall the people of Nebraska had yet to bo provided for in Iunatie asylums, “While the insane deseryed the sympathy of the people, yet It was the peopie, the common people, who could not v turn fals ssments, who had to pay the improvements. It T uaily raised the aggre:ate to a great amount, and he was opposed to the appropriation until he knew what was _eoing to be done with the Hastings bill. 'What had the house done for the poor peovle of this state, producers of ‘this state? There we; dreds of them who lived i were tumbling down al people could not make a a sweep of the |;nn and jump into a wmansion. ‘These ought to be considered in this matter of the expenditure of the money which they were foreed Lo furnish, Mr. Keiper of Pierce sald that the oppo- nents of the bill offered no_statisti ¢ latter were presented by its supporte building would help the poor becanse the un- fortunat insane could be supported more cheaply within its walls. He hoped in the name of humanity the appropriation would be allowed. Mr. Caldwell of Lancaster said It was false economy to try to put_1n boilers, ensine, pumps ana machinery for $6,000 when $10,000 were needed. 5o with the other items. The structures and necessaries should be pro- vided with a view to the future. Mr. Pembarton’s amendment to erect but one building was lost. Mr. Ballard’s amendment to strike ont the appropriatioa for both buildings, $49,000, also defeated. lie full appropriation of $79.000 was al- lowed by a vote of 36 to 26, Mr. Andres alone of the Douglas delegetion voted, and he in the afirmative. The bill was recommended 1o pass. ‘Che committee arose and reported. Mr. Watson moved to amend the report of the committee of the whole by makingz the on for the blind asylum $:5,000 in- § ‘This prevailed. White moved that the report of the commit! amended be not concurred in. ‘The ayes and nays were call and the motion was lost by a vote of 56 tc Mr. Watson’s motion prevailed and the riation for the blind asylum was made ut them. avpropriation w report of the committee on the appro- priation of 00 for the Norfolk asylum and 856,000 for the reform sehool was adopted, 10 objection being made. Adjourned, NOTES, ‘There is every prospect of a lively wrangle when the report of the nawly appointed special commiftee on emplos es shall be made, As above shown, it was both enlarged and strengthened by the addition of five men Mr. Peters of Boone, the ch s for his work to lead in ridding 't of a crowd of supernumeraries wha and pages and in_other disguises, have been doing nothing at the expense of the state for forty days. ‘T'he astounding assertion has been maile that some ot these eighty-five em- ployes have not dipped a pen for the house in all that time, and yet they are supposed to be “‘under pay.” ‘There are fourteen pages on the roll in the house and nobody has ever n half that number there, Chestertield some years ago “put himself on record,” as a meniber of the house would as belng ovposed on_ general priucipies ing upou the soles of another’s boots at wore especially when covering 's extremities. Some of the mewbers of the house “beg to differ” from the gentleman mentioned, and as a conse- quence the attitude of many of them, at times, foreibly suggests Mark Twain's Ne- vada ‘representative, whose lotty contempt for the chaplain’s prayers was equalled only by the height of his legs above his head when in his seat. Thayer Had Signed the Bill, Lixcory, Neb.,, March 3.—(Special Tele- gram to the BEE. |—The delegation of three from the Knights of Labor in Omaha who came to the capital to-day, bringing a petition to the governor against the conviet labor bill, had an audience, but as the governor had aflixed his signature to the biil no results in favor of the delegation could be reached. ‘The large majorities given the measure in both houses, coupled with the faet of the dis- cussion brouzht forth and that the state as- sembly of the knights had secured important amendwents to their origial bill, are under- to be the grounds largely upon which the governor acted. ‘The endorsement of the state board of public lands and buildings for the measure, and the manuer of carng for the convicts, has also been considered as a favorable influence for the bill in its passage, A pumber of Ouiaha Kuivhts of Labor are Lu the city to-night, MORN ' SENATOR HOAR CIVES NOTICE Usurpation of Rights of Congress Sub- mitted To For the Last Time, SPEAKER CARLISLE SCORED, His Keeping Back Appropriation Bills Characterizod as Mouarchial — Beck to the Defense--An All-Night Session. Senate. Wasiivaroy, Mareh 8. —I'lie senate reas: sembled as if in continuation of yesterda; session at 10 o'clock this morning. Messages from the president were laid before the sen- ate in reply to resolutions heretotore adopted, one as to the terms on which eable companies have been permitted to land their cables on American shore and as to their eontracts with each other and with the telegraph com- panies; the second as to the services of Count Pulaski in the war of the revolution. The Jatter was accompanied by a report irom the secretaries of state, treasury and war, Laid on the table and ordered printed, A message trom the house announcing non-concurrence in senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill was presented and a conference ordered. Messrs, Hale, Ale lison and Beck were appointed conferees As the committee on appropriations had re- ported very few amendments to the bill and those of but little importance, thera was no delay, and at 2:30 the bill passed with a few amendients, At a few minutes before 11 o'clock the sen- ate closed the legislative day of Wednesday by adjournment, and at 11 opened the last legislative day of the Forty-ninth congress. ‘I'he resolution offered yesterday for the ap- pointment of a select comittee of five sen- ators to examine into the b css methods of the executive departments at Washington, the causes of delay in the transaction of bus- iness and as to the necessity for additional buildings, ete., was taken up and atter some debate agreed to, At 11:30 the senate proceeded with the con- sideration of the legislative, executive and Judieial appropriation, voting on the amend- ments recommended by the committee on appropr as they were reached, "I'he Paciic railroad inquiry bill has signed the presiding offi of the se of the house and was im- ken to the president. Mr. Hoar said that he desired to call the at- tention ot the e eamed t5 him a very ve evil—one that threatened in substance reyolutionary ~change in the constituti methods — of the government. What he asked was the effect of the holding back ol the appropriation bills until the last seven or ten or fifteen days of the session of congress? The result was that, unless the house and senate both sub- wmitted to the dictation ot some three or four men who happened to be members of the committee on appriations in the house of representatives on the majority side, the great appropriation bills tail and an extra session became necessary. 1t is perfectly notorious, Mr. President, that this boay has passed bill after bill witly substantial unan- iy, haviug no political significance—Dbills wmatared by abie men ou the other side of this chamber and having thd endorsement of their wreat authority—and ¥et 9écause three or four persons, clothed with the authority of the house of Teprosentatives, ehoose to oppose these bills, they coulil net get consideration in that body, although ghere is no manner of doubt that ninc-tenths of the wmem- 8 of the house would be in heir fuvor if they were brought I'nat is a condition” of things ~ whi in the time of our fathers, would have cansed n. After referring to the action aker of the house 7"(1!. named) in to recognize eertain members be- cause he (the speaker) did not approve of the measure the member wished to move, Mr. aid: “Henry Clay was supposed to Dretty strong will. 11e would no more ve dared to assert suel an authority when was speaker of the house than he would ventured to cross the ara river ods above the falls. Blaine, under whom many of us served in another place, is generally supposed to have a pretty strong willand'a pretty strong desire to have ac- complished in the administration of the country the things which he thinks ought to be done, [ servedin the house of represen- tatives with that accomplished gentlemun for eight years, for Six { which he wu speaker, and humblest — demoerat ~ (when — we a majority of three-fourths or four- fifths ijn thiat body) was permitted to make his wotion to suspend the rules e: day and every day within the last six days of adjoarnwent.” ‘They used so put us on record with all sorts of” contrivances and all manners of ways by calling the yeas and nays on questions which they thought the ublicans would not like to commit them- veson. It is true that occasionally, when iness pressed durinz the last twenty-four or forty-eight hours of the session, Speaker Blaine would exercise his selection ct the person to be recognized, in accordance with what he believed to be the will and desire the house, and that was all. But whoev heard of Blaine, if u member desired to be recognized to move the adoption of a measure that would pass unanimously or nearly unanimously “if proposed, informing that member that the presiding ofticer had de- termined that it was not expedient to have any measure of that during that session of congres dent, this is a question which goes clear down to the fundameital rocks on which our constitutional structure is erected. I would rather have the Emperor of Russia or King Bomba to rule over me than to have, under the pretense of comstitutional form, the right denied to my representative to utter the will of the American people when con- stitutionally expressed by the voice of the majority in _each branch. We have not thought it desirable in the state of public feeling, or the condition of public business, in the prevailing sentiment of the American people, to insist upon &n extra session of congress, and I wish for one to give notice that'in ny judgment this is the last time that that usurpation will be subitted to.” Mr. Beck—1 was called out of the chamber for a while and was only in time to hear what seems to me a most remarkable tirade against the speaker of house of repre- sentatives, ‘That gentieman needs no de- fense at my hands and I had supposed that in the senate of the United States, under the rules and proprieties ot the oceasion, com- ment upon the action of the speaker would not be indulged in; T hi" only this to say— that there is no man in sachusetts or out- side of Massachusatts who will attack either the integrity, the honesty, or ability of the speaker of the present house with impunity in his presence. These are 150 partisans of the senator from Massachusetts on the floor of the other house, all of whom have the rizht to make whatever attack they please, and if they do they will receive a response bt!li'.lhl‘.’ to the gttack, > Mr. Hoar—I dsk the senator from Ken- tucky whether he donies a single assertion of fact that 1 have made—whether he does not acree with me n my opinion of this matter, and whether he does not think that it is an invasion of the constitutional power of sen- ate and house? Mr. Beck—1 have no right to know on this floor whether statements made by the sena- tor from Massachusetts are true or not. 1f they are true, and if they ave invasious of therights of the house” of representatives, there are representatives there able to take care of themselves, 1 do not believe that the distinguished speaker of the house has done any wrong intentionally, sud L do not be- lieve that any man will daie to say in his Krunncn what has been smd on this Hoor be- ind his back without having an answer which he would not lixe to hear and which would be a thorough vindieation. Al further "remarks the discussion closed, and then the question was put upon mfi!wul!&rln‘wle report, which was agreed to without division, Upon motion of Mr, Teller the house bill to arun.mw o land gln:'rllctfir an ’1‘;?“":.’.'“3‘ ireviously passed o sonate with amend- :.mnu. w{» nulhd'.nd the votes by which senate amendments were adopted were re- considered. The senate amendwents were then rejectcd and the unamended house bill Wi Pass conference report upon the bill to pro yide for the bringing of suits against the | Upited States was made and agreed to, The yetoed bill for a public building at Sioux City, Ln,, was passed over the veto— 5 to 19, Tlie vetoed bill for a public building at La- fayette, Ind,, was passcd over the veto—s I'he vetoed bill for a publie building Lynn, Mass.. was passed over the veto— to 15 Mr. Plumb submitted the conference report upon the postottice appropriation bill, the re- sult being a disagreement with respect to the sulwlll{ feature. Mr. 11 appropriations the de the last of the regular ann bills remuining 10 be acted upon by the senat Recess. | | ING EVE SESSION. Wiien the senate reissembled the con- ference report on the postofiice appropriation bill (a disagreement) was taken up, The only point of disagreement is as to the South ™ ) ved that the senate recede, d, ‘The senate nsisted on its amendment and the sume conterees (Plumb, Mahone and Beck) were appointed, Mr. Allison, from the committee on appr priations, reported back the house bill appr ting S6,600,000 for the pa; Mexican war, I’ senate then took from the calendar the house bill to amend seetions 5191 and 5102 of ed statutes with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. ‘Uhe substitute that whenever three-fourths of the ks of a city of 50,000 population pply to the comptioller of the currency ¢ the name of that city added to the list of “reserve” cities named in section 5191 and 5142 ot the revised statutes, the comptroller shall have authority to grant such reques but the banks must keep in their vaults at least 25 per cent of their deposits. in like manner and on like conditions cities with ,000 population may become, like New York, places for banks of redemption, or *central reserve” cities, as provided in sec- ol tion 5 Mr. Williams moved to add San Francisco to the Istter class of cities, Agreed to. ‘T'he biil then passed and a conference was asked, On motion of Mr. Allison of Iowa the vote of last evening by which the bill to amend the act in ref ce to the jurisdiction of the United States courts was passed was recof sidered, and the vote agreeing to Mr. Cul- lom's amendment tixing the salaries of judges 5,000 and prohibiting the appointment of atives as court officials, was also recon- sidered, and then the bill was passed and a conference asked. Mr. Plumb presented the conference report on the bill to adjust railroad land grants heretofore unadjusted. Agreed to, A message from the house nounced th age of the bill, and the presiding oflice fore the senate A Mr. Edmunds—1 obje of the bill, (The ol prevents tho consider: present session. ) At 10:50 the senate proceeded to the con- ideration of the deticiency bill, consisting inted pages. ell objected to the items allowing 1on to the Pacifie railroads for the transportion of supplies, ete., for the govern- ment on the ground that the roads owed the governinent many millions of dollars, After further _Temarks Cockreil and McPherson, these items were _extrpordinary in view of the recent action of congress, th first of the items In question was ayre Various amendments tor ihe Centra Southern Pacific___ry 5 governed. . by . tHe “a of senats on this amendment, aggrogated about $700,000. An amendment of the com- mitteo to pay to the Central and Southern Pac railroad companies about $300,000 for service to the war department in 1585 and 1856 (on the non-nided lines) was agreed to. rgent deficien r lald the bill be- t to a second reading tion, if insisted ol ion of the bill at the House. WASHINGTON, March 5-—Mr. Grosvener of Oliio called up the vetoed bill granting a pension to Sally Ann Bradley. The house ed to pass the bill over the veto—yeas, 123; nays, 122-not the constitutional two- thirds in the afirmative. Mr. Cox of North Carolina moved to sus- pend the rules and pass the senatebill repeal- ing the tenure of office act. The motion was agreed to and the bill was passed—yeas, 172; nays, 67, Mr. Adams of Illinois moved to suspend the rules and pass the senate bill authorizing the secretary of war to accept from the Comw- mercial club certain lands known as the High tract near Chicago for military pur- poses. Mr. Adams said that this project had originated with General Sheridan, wno wished to have an army post near the great railway eenter. ‘I'he motion was then agreed to and the bill passed—14 to 21, rhe house then took a recess until 8 o'clock. EVENING RESSION, ‘The senate amendments to the legislative appropriation hill were non-coneurred in, Mr. Burnes of Missouri, under instructions from the committee on appropriations, moved to suspend the rules and pass the urgent de- ficiency il The bill appropriates for de- ticiencles in the postoflice department, $493,- 000; in the treasury department for printing one and two-dollar silver certificates aud United States legal tender note: 5 in the departient ot justice, $255.000; and for )me‘mon! of certified claims, $934,255, Mr. Cannon of 1llinois thought that the presentation of this measure looked as though the gentleman from Missouri had made up his mind before the general delici- ency bill come back from the senate to dis- agree with the senate amendments ana then to save his party from disaster by falling back upon the pending bill, ‘The bill was passed, Mr. Anderson of Iowa moved to suspend the rules and pass the senate bill granting peusion of $2,000 a vear to Mary Logan, widow ot the A John A Logan, and the house in sur]lmt of Mrs, zan’s pension bill. Ile had called that bill up, he said, in obedience to the promptings of his own heart and the overwhelming sentiment of the country, ‘There were precedents for his bill, Similar pensions had been granted to the ows of Admiral Farragut and Generals and Hancock. ~General lLozan, ho died. died rich in everythin except ¥ When he left Mrs. Logan Vi he left her poor in nothing save property. To-night congress confronted with the stmple question, Will this noble woman, this widow of the republie, left to us because of the devotion ot her husband to the country, be denied the recognition demanded by the volunteer sur- vivors of the union?”’ He trusted not, Mr. Cannon of Illinois believed that it would be a good poliey to give the widow of General Logan a $2,000 pension, He did not stop to inquire whethor she was on the verge ot = poverty. He did not place this ~case on that ground, but rather on the ground of a tribute on the part Of a gratefn] country to the widow of a man who served it w and as an incentive to those who were to follow in his footsteps, Mr. Randall of Pennsylvania said he had voted to give the widows of Generals Thomas and Hancock & a year. ‘They had been exceptional cases, and he wa. ' ready here to- night to make an exceptional case on behalt of the widow of John A. Logan. |Ap- plause,] He could detect no line of difference u the heart beats or the nerve pulses of the three men as they stood in the armies of the United States in'behalf of the union except in this—that two of them had been 1n the v and that there were precedents for granting pensions to their widows. Ile proposed to make a precedent in behalf of the volunteer army ot the United States. [Applause]. He spoke the sentiments of the Iula he represented, e motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was lost—yeas, 145: navs, 1 ot the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative Mr. Blount of Georgia reported further dis- agreement of the conference committoe on the postoftice appropr.ations bill, Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania moved that the house recede from its disagreement to the senate amendment relative to compensation for the carrying of foreizn malls to South and Central America known a8 the subsidy amendment. Lost, yeas, ¥5; nld!. 137, A further conference was ordere 0 wotion of Mr, Breckeunridge of Arkan NUMBER 258 sas the senate bill was passed authorizing | the construction of a bridge ncross the Mis- sissippi tiver at Grand Tower, 1. At 1 a.m. the house is doing little business nd the passace of varions pri and the reception of conferenc reports on measires of loeal fmportance ought, Itis rather noisily awaiting the ac- tion of the conference commissioners on the appropriation hills. On motion of Mr. Andrews of Ohio the ¢ the president’s veto— the senate bill for the lic building at Dayton, O. g Bills Approved. WAsHINGTON, March 5. —The president has approved the act to authorize the presi- dent of the United States to protect and de fend the rights of American lishing vessels trading in the British dominions of North America, the Indian appropriation bills, the act to establish agricultural experi- mental stations in connection with collozes established under the act of July, 1862, the act providing for a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers west of the Rocky mountains, the act relating to the division of [llinois into judicial districts and to provide for holding terms of court of the northern districts at Peoria, the act re- Iating to contested elections, and the act cranting izl v through Indian terri- tory to the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Rail- comuany, the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, the aericultural appropri- ation bill, the act to restrict the ownersnip of real estate in the territories to American cit- {zens, the act authorizing the construetion of a bridge ncross the Missourl river between Kansas City and Sibley, Mo., and the Pacific railroad inquiry bill, to' authiorize the pi ing of the eulogies delivered in conj upon the late John A, Lo authorizing the construction of a bridize ncross the Mis- n Omaha and Council ! eal certain sections of the revised statutes relating to the appointment of civil officers (the tenure of oftice uct) ; pro- viding an additional cirenit judge in the see- ond judicial circuit, to convey to and confirm the limits of said city, and twenty-pen and relief bills, including one to pension General Speed S, I° ———— Cleveland Will Stay at Home. WAsHINGTON, Mareh 5.—The president has decided not to go to the capitol to-mor- row for the purpose of acting on measures which may be passed by congress during the last hours of the session. He advised the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of his decision 1n this respect early Iast evenine and added that the executive oftice would remain _open all night and up to the very hour of adjournment at noon to- morrow for the reception of all matters re- quiring executive action. In accordance with this plan the president and most of the members of his cabinet will remain on duty at the white house nearly all night and the consideration of a large’ number of import- ant bills which passed the senate yesterday and to-day will occupy their entire time and attention. Laws by Limitation, WasHiNGToN, March 3,—The bill for the redemption of trade dollars and the anti- polygamy bill have become laws without the president’s siznature by reason of the expir- ation to-night of the constitutional limita- tion of ten days within which he should hay returned the bills to congress in case of dis- Both bills were carefully consid- v the president, and while {llcy con- tained some Fmvlslous to which he preferred not to commit hi -he. was mwilling to defeat the objects mensure by & el ciauia, Pacific Railrond Approvriations, WASHINGTON, March 8, —Among the items added by the committee on appropriations to are the following: tion services for certain i, 135, the Central Pacific or Southern Pacifie, for transportation service, $422,497: for salaries and expenses of the Mississippi river com- mission, §15,000, 5,000; for Leading Officials of Various Lines et to Adjust Matters. NEw Yorr, March 8.—One of the most largely attended conferences of transconti- nental railroad managers ever held in this city was closed to-day. It lasted two days. The roads represented were the Central Pa- cific, Union Pacifie, Northern Pacifie, Mis- souri Pacifie, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and Southern DPacitic, The con- ference discussed questions, first, as to the requirements of the inter-state com- merce bill and, second, how the trans- continental roads can get into harmony with the law and meet the demands of public sen- timent. The result of their deliberations was that two tariffs for freight and passen- ger business should be prepared, one under the long haul clause and the other under the short haul clause, as they are understood by the roads. These tariffs are to take effect on April 5, and are to be submitted to the inter- state railroad commissioners within a reason- able time after their appointment is an- nounced. ‘The traffic committee, which concluded its Iabors on freight classification Tuesday, joined the passenger agents and_other rai road magnates to-day. ‘I'ne subject of di: cussion was the interpretation ot the inter- erce bill, Opinions in relation to ion_clause varied ng inelined tocon- ¥, ern managers favor- ing a strict interpretation, Owing to this the conference was unable to come to any definite conelusion until to-day, when a re- port was agreed upon. This will be pre sented to-morrow. The following was adopted : Resolved, Where eastward through freight rates are quoted by agrecment to any point on any railroad, no bill of lading at a higher rate can be issued to any shorter interinediate point on the same line, A Resolved, Under present conditions east- bound or west-bound throuzh biils of lading given to or from points beyond Chicago, St. Louis, or other junetion points in joint com- mittee territory to or from w associations thereot es tarifls, to or from tl junetion point, and to or from regular points east hereof, rates in hoti directions should b quoted only via suel conneeting roads as shall join in rates to intermediate points not in t')il s of rates to percentage points be- yond. ‘The joint committee will meot again to- MOrrow. ickh roads or sh their \e general managers of lines members of the Western, N ern and Southwestern Passenger ass in considering the report ot the gene senger agents, bave arrived at a deeision in " regard to i to the effect the present rebate brs 08 diserimina- tion under the new law, Accordingly orders were issued to-day by all of the western roads to hereafter discontinne the sale of re- bate tickets, but to furuish mileace tickets as heretotore Lo the general public at the rate of 2i¢ cents a mi'e, - Fisherle —ISpecial Telegram to the Brg!--Nir Chartes ‘Tupper, Mr. Thomp- son, M Forster and Mr. McClean, who represunt the inaritime proviuces in the cab- from Novi of marine ent will make no change in its attitude in reference to the fishery question, *“Weare not prepared to abandon the former ground and steps will be taken, in case no arrangement 1s fixed in the meantime, to more thoroughly and efficiently 5u:|rd our coasts and protect our fishermen during the coming season. 'The entry of Newfoundland into the confedera- is not at all unlikely, Canadian OTTAWA, March -~ Fisherman Rejoice, Grovcesrer, Mass., March 3.-/There is grest rejoicing in this eity to-day among ves- sel owners and tishermen over the passage of the Edmunds’ bill, At noon all bells were rung, colors Loisted and guns Gred. DRAWING T0 ITS DEATH. Exciting Scenes in the Houso of Repre- sentatives During the Olosing Hours. PANDEMONIUM REIGNS SUPREME The Circle in Front of the Speaker's Desk Filled With Statesmen Frantically Waving Pet Measures, The Forty-Ni Awalts Its Fate, WasmNGros, A h 8.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bre. |- Extremely exciting and boisterous are the scenes connected with the closing hours of the Forty-ninth congress, Sveaker Carlisle says that in all his twelve years of congressional life he has never seen so much clamor on the floor of the house and yet at the same time such uniform good humor, He took the bit m his mouth last Friday when the last six days of the session began, during which it has been in order at any time to suspend the rules and put bills upon their passage. But aithough hundreds of members have begged and howled for recognition, they have steadily been retused and have taken their seats to recunerate and then renew their de- mands tor recognition. Not one has shown bad blood or reflected upon the chair. At times the arena, & semi-circle 80x20 feet in front of the speaker's desk, has been filled with excited mem! , erving at the top ot their voices for recognition, flaunting bills in air and making side remarks, presenting a scene which, when taken with the contin- uous loud rapnings of the speaker's gavel, rivalled pandemonium and beggared des cription. The galleries and corridors lead- ing thereto were filled to overtlowing and areat this writing, It and is enough to tax the nerves of the most self-possessed presiding officer, but Speaker Car- lisle, in execution of his de- termination announced on Friday last, has steadily refused to recognize anybody while there were appropriotian bills, confer- ence reports or other privileged matter ready for consideration. ‘The consequence has been that very fow measures have been taken from the calen during the past week, and the six suspension of rules days have been of no practical use. Senators and representatives have been busy a good por- tion of the week ciearing out their desks and packing their eficets ready for departure to thelr homes, and within twenty-four hours a large portion of them will be on their way out of the city, many to never return to par- ticipate in the lecislative proceedings of con- gress. Those whose terms expire at noon to=morrow are the most anxious to get away In the hotels the corridors are filled with con- gressional boxes with the names of states- men or allezed statesmen upon them. On the house side of the capitol these boxes almost block the corridors near the elevator, and they look not unlike coflin boxes piled up one taboye another in an undertaker’s shop. The toxes carry along many disap- pointed hopes to their last resting place. a thue given only a de- t izl burlal in these ‘‘official” boxes. Many members will carry homie thus all the fame two years of congress has brouzht them. The prospects are that but Ittle will be done to-morrow further than to agree upon the appropriation bills still in conference. This has been an exceed- ngly busy |lxlf‘ at the white house. The resident remained seciuded as much as pos- i abinet meeting in order that ote his entire time to a large awaiting his action. The w 10 his office this norning Assistant Secretary Fairchild, whom he sent for. 'T'his faet guve rise to a report that he had been selected to succeed Secretary Manning. The president found time, how= ever, to zo down into the east room to re- ceive a delegation from the Delaware state lecislature, accompanied by Senators Sauls- bury and Gray, A number of members of congress calléd at the white house, but not being able to sce the president, they cons tented thewselves by ascertaining in the as- sistant secre s oftice the status of bills in which they were particularly interested. In order that the president might not be un- necessarily delayed in taking final action on bills, he directed that all bills which had been referred to the various departments for examination be returned to the white house by 12 o’clock to-day 1f possible. Down stairs ushers were kept busy dis| numwber ot excursionists w white house. ~ They were not allowed to ascend the stairs and had to confine thelr sight-seeing to the east room. The report that Mr, Fairchild would be the next secre- tary of the treasury spread very rapidly, and before 12 o'clock the clerks in” the treéasury department had it that his name had already been sent to the senate, and coupled with it was that of Chief Clerk Youmans to be as- sistant secretary. ‘The report about Mr. You- mans probnblfiegrew outof the knowledge that he had n seen visiting the white nouse in the evening on mo; AN ONe 0Ceh- sion lately, Assistant Fairchild and Mr. Youmans both recelved numerous congratulations upon their supposed vromo- tion two hours before it is the custom of even sending nominations to the capitel. ‘The only foundation for the report of ‘their selection was the visit of Mr, Fairchild to the white house this morning. THE ENTIRE DISTRICT UP IN ARMS, If our obese chief executive has & single friend left in the District it is not known whohe, she or it is. In trying to knock the trotters from under the colored republicans of the country by nominating Trotter he has driven away myriads of lr-*u]rlu‘ who have heretofore stood by him. The press of the district, whether democratie, repul in: dependént, mugwump, mugworm, or relig- fous, is a unit against him, and the runplu are nat only opposed to him, but they are mad, very mad, and from now on they will knite his obesity every chance they get. Once he was popular here. Now he is cold i rybody, e ls no good in the olumbia now. As a 8 ntense indignation prevailing here y be cited th L that the leading do he Distriet have i had & e ' mined to issued an address to the people in favor of home rule and de- nouncing the hmportation of outsiders to hold the best places in the Distriet. The address will talk straight out from the shonlder, Some Idea of the value and extent of the work done in the recorder’s office may be learned when it is stated that ninety-three pavers were filed there erday for record, This evening's Critic says that it is rumored that in the new colored recordership “‘eoms bine” the £12,000 per annum fees taxed on Distriet ‘Yum('rty holders are to be divided between Trotter, Matthews and an outsider. IRASKANS AND T0WANS, 1 Nebraskans to-day: Nel- (ardy; Andrew J. Ok eary, ia Martin, York; lsaac H. iun, Ainsworth, sions granted lowans: srsion, . nes, Hayward; A , widow of Georie Ibert, Charles City; iiéanor 8., mother of Casius' M. Humbleton. Marshall; Jawmes Amand, Charles City: I Hales, Florist; John H. Cook, C; s M. Lamb, Mar. tinsburg; Jam Is: Thomas G, Dripps, decea Benjamin ‘] Sowerre, S) orry, Charito Mount leasant; Erasti n, Clinton; James M. Dantels, Elgin; Birel, Bear Grove; Stewart Oxley, Minor of J. B, Ossian, RANDALL IN THE CABINET. It has becn suggested to the y & number of that it would be a fuml thing would appoint Sawel J. Randall secretary of the “treasury, The gentlemen making these suzgestions are revenue reforiners, ‘I'hey huve argued to the president that the revenue reformers will never be avle to aes complish anything as long as Randall is in the honse. T #ay therefore that the press ident would mal niaster stroke by t: Randall intothe ¢; 1. It s stated at the W ASHINGTON, March § white house that Secretary Manning's sue presideny promident demorrats it he