Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1895, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1895. ALLEN OPPOSED THE BONDS Bpeoch of the Nebraska Senator Agninsta Distriot of Columbia Job, WASHINGTON SEWER SY5TEM THE SCHEME Nebraska Senntor Objects to Alding & Loenl Hoom by the Isuance of Obliga- tions in Advanes Whieh Would Swell the Burden of Pablic Debt. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE, 1407 F Street, N, W. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, An effort was recontly made to have a n'ght gession of the senate for the purpose of pass- ing a bill authorizing an issue of bonds for the District of Columbia to the amount of $7,000,000. Senator Allen of Nebraska ob- Jected, and spoke as follows: “This question was beforo the senate only a few days ago, and it was decided adversely to the issuance of the bonds. Why there should be a persistent effort, in view of the present financial condition of the country, to fssue $7,600,000 of interest-bearing obligations for this governmen} to pay I do not under- stand. “Mr. President, this country is undergoing the throes of an industrial depression the equal of which we have never known. There 1s universal distress throughout the length and breadth of the land. There s a unl- versal cry on the part of the people for re- lief from our present financial condition; and yet, within the last four wecks, there have been introduced In this chamber alone, I think 1 can say in round numbers fully one dozen bills. all calling for the issuance of bonds. The president has told us that we should authorize the secretary of the treas- ury (o issue bonds; the secretary of the treas- ury himself has called upon congress to authorizo him to issue bonds. “I see no reason why the District of Colum- bla should be mado a pet in this Instanc 1 see no reason why the taxpayers who property is to be benefited by these improve- ments should not themselves pay for the fmprovements. A spirit has grown up here— 1 do not know how long it has existed, but it seems to be almost universal—that it is the duty of this government to improve the city of Washington, and improve the District of Columbia outside of this city. I know of no more reason why the taxpayers of the United States should improve the city of Washington than that_they should improve the city of Denver, Colo., in which my distinguished friend (Mr. Wolcott) resides. I know of no more reason why money should be taken from the treasury of the United States for the pavement of streets and the laying of sewer and water mains in the city of Washington and in the District of Columbla than it should bo taken for the same purpose to construct like improvements in the town In which I reside.” WHO OWNS THE TOWN? Mr. Hill—Will the senator allow me to interrupt him a moment? Mr. Allen—Certainly. Mr. Hill—Is there not this difference, that the government owns the District of Columbia and owns the streets, but does not own his town? Mr. Allen—Mr. President, that Is nominaily true; but the government does own my town in the sense that it taxes the people of my town. The farmer in Nebraska, the artisan in my little village, pay the taxes which are expended to improve this city; they are cit'zens of the United States, bearing thelr full share of the burdens and obligations of the government, and If this city is to be the recipient of a gratuity at the handsgcf the government, for the improvement of ter- ritory lying outside the city limits, why should it not go beyond the District of Columbia and be extended Into cther sec- tions of the country? Mr. Hill—WIll the eenator allow me again? Mr. Allen—Certainly. Mr, Hill—I simply suggest to the senator that the very point to which he Is calling the attention of the eenate now is what is pro- posed to be discussed this evening, if he will give the senate an opportunity to do it. Mr, George—I desire to suggest to the senator from New York, if the senator from Nebraska will allow me, that he labors under a very serious error when he says the government of the United States owns the District of Columbla. The government owns but a very emall portion of the distriet. Mr. Harris—If the senator will allow me, upon the very point. he has suggested, I will eay that within the limits of the city of Washington the gov- ernment owns more than half, and outside of the city limits, in the county, the United States owns much very valuable property. In the county the assessed value of such government property outside of the two citics s as follows: Agricultural lands, $5,206,889; nonagricultural lands, $4,503,695, aggregating $9,800,584 outside of the city Limits and in the county. Mr. Allen—I have heard that argument used here repeatedly. Mr. Harris—It is not merely an argument, but it is a fact. Mr. Allen—It Is a stock argument upon the part of the residents of the city of Wash- ington; it Is a stock argument upon the part of those senators and members of the house of representatives who believe in expending large sums of money in this city. There is not a city in the United States outside of Washington that would not be glad to pay the entire tax of the municipality if the seat of government were located there. If the United States will place its capital at the city of Omaha, in my state, which 1s a city fully as large as this, a city of great com- mercial importance and great financlal re- sources, and within 100 miles of the geo- graphical center of the United States, I will guarantee that the people of that city and the people of the state of Nebraska will be willing to pay every particle of taxation that may be levied upon the property of that city and not ask the government for one nickel. DO NOT BOND IN ADVANCE. No, Mr. President, with all due respect for the people of the clty of Washington and the District of Columbia, there have gath- ered within the precinets of this capital city a certain class of people who believe it to be perfectly legitimate to take every hard- earned dollar of the taxpayers of the United States out of the treasury they can get for the purpose of building up thelr own pro erty, beautifylng the city, and enhancing the value of their holdings here. I have no ob- jection to appropriating every dollar that may be necessary to legitimately improve this city. I do not propose to be parsimoni- ous in this respect; but let us take the money from the treasury as it may be needed, and nt Issue interest-bearing obli gatlons to rest on and burden the people of this country for several years yet to come. 1 was speaking, when interrupted by the distinguished senator from New York (Mr. Hill, of the fact that we seem to have become bond crazy. Everything looks toward the is- suance of bonds. The president wants bonds, the secretary of the treasury wants bonds, senators upon both sides of this chamber want bonds, Perhaps a half dozen proposi- tions have come from the republican side within the last four weeks looking to giving the secretary of the treasury unlimited au- thority to issue bonds. An equal number has come from this side of the chamber. I am pleased, however, to note that not one ot those propositions has emanated from a pop- ulist in this chamber. The time has come when we must retrace our steps flnancially; the time has come when we must cease the issuance of bonds. We have In the treasury today millions of dol- lars’ worth of silver bullion, which the sec- retary of the treasury has ample authority to coin Into money and pay out for the current nses of the government. He does not deny that this authority is conferred upon him in express language by existing statutes. There 18 Do pretense among senalors upon either side of the chamber that the secretary of the treasury does not possess ample @u- thority to coin the selgniorage, amounting to $65,000,000, and yet the secretary of the treas- ury doggedly and persistently and without reason refuses to do so. 1 shall not by my vote or by my volce in this chamber confer upon him authority to fssue the interest- bearing obligations of this government. Sir, today every bond that been lssued by the secretary of the treasury is absolutely null and vold. “There is not a provision upon the statute books any more conferring au- thority upon him to issue the bonds of this government than there Is conferring upon me Iike authority. The act of July 14, 1875, is repealed; It is a dead letter; and It is a mere pretense’ and usurpation of authority on his part to Issue obligations under that act. Every bond, if its legality were contested in a court, would be held to be vold. EXTENDING THE TIME FOR PAYMENT. Upon the request of Congressman Meikle- John, the Indian office has decided to reduce from three-fourths to a majority of the adult members of the Omaha tribe to secure thelr consent for the extension of time for the payment of purchase money on the Omaha Indian lands, The commissioner of Indian affairs will ask for another council of the Indians to vote on the consent of the tribe for the.cxtension. There is no likelihood of the passage of the measure introduced in the senate by Senator Manderson and In the house by Congressman Meiklejohn, provid- ing for the extension and omitting the con- sent, since Commissioner Browning has rec- ommended adversely thereto, Senator Pettigrew today secured the adop- tion of an amendment to the sundry civil bill providing for the erection of a public bulld- ing at Plerre, 8. 1., the cost not to exceed $76,000. Provision was included placing the limit of the cost of the site at $20,000. The secretary of war today gave his ap- proval to the bill Introduced by Senator Pettigrew providing for the location of a hospital at Fort Meade, 8. D. It was con- sidered Important to refer this measure to the War department for report, owing to the vast government interests in the project, Senator Pettigrew will call up the bill and secure Its passage before the close of this congress, as an amendment to the sundry civil bill, IN A GENERAL WAY. The secretary of the Interior today ren- dered decisions on appeals from declsions of the commissioner of the general land office in the following cases: Nebraska—James N. Prime agalnst George Mitchell, North Platte district, decision afirmed and contest di missed; Dick Green, ex-parte, McCook dis- trict, cancellation of entry ordered on ground that time for payment had expired and land restored to public domain, South Dakota— Herman Springer against John Gleeson, Chaniberlain_district, motion for new trial denied and Gleeson entry is held for can- cellation; ex-parte, Oscar Waller and others, Rapid City district, writ of certiorarl granted and case to be certified to department. Postmasters were appointed today as fol- lows: Nebraska—Grafton, Fllmore county, C. A. Fisher, vice Walter Halney, resigned; Mentonville, " Antelope county, W. H. 'Ter- williger, vice M. H. Shay, resigned; Reding- ton. Cheyenne county, Bruce Wilcox, vice B. W. Wagner, resigned. Towa—Scioto, Mont- gomery county, D. S. Damuth, vice J. A. Whitney, resigned. The comptroller of the currency has been notified of the following changes in officers in Nebraska national banks: Merchants Na- tional bank, Nebraska City, R. O. Marnell, assistant cashier, in place of H. W. Homoyer; Fremont National bank, Fremont, A. D. Sears, second assistant cashier; First Na- tional bank of Sutton, F. N. Rowley, presi- dent, in place of G. W. Clawson. The following postofices have been dis- continued: ~ Nebraska—Burress, _Fillmore county; mail will go to Geneva, S. D. Strand, Day county; mall will go to Dexter. Henry H. Markley was today commissioned postmaster at Cedar Falls and Thomas H. Studebaker at McGregor, In. D. P. Ashburn of Gibbon is here to a tend the National Dairy congress, on 'Jue day and Wednesday. Congressman Hainer is also a delegate from Nebraska to this con- ventlon. The opening exercises will be held in the library room of the Department of Ag- riculture, and Secretary Morton will deliver the address of welcome. PROMOTION FOR JUDGE SHOWALTER Nomlinated Judge of the Seventh United Siates District. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Justice—John Showalter of Tllinols to be United States circult judge of the Sev- enth judiclal district (act approved February 8, 1895); Olin Wellborn of California, to be United States district judge for the Southern district of California. War—Major Theo Swan, assistant adju- tant general, to be lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general; Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Shandle, Third artillery, to be second lieutenant of {infantry; Second Lieu- tenant Rogers F. Gardner, Sixteenth infantry, to be second licutenant of artillery (trans- ferred) Also a list of brevet appointments in the army under provisions of act ot con- gress, approved February 27, 1890, Judge Showalter is a Chicago lawyer of high standing and was recommended by Chi- cago lawyers. Senator Palmer says he knows very little about him and his appointment was entirely unexpected. Judge Wellborn, appointed district judge in California, is a resident of Los Angeles. He was formerly a resident of Texas and represented that state in congress before going to California. Senator White speaks highly of him. CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—John W. Showalter is one of the best known and ablest lawyers in Chicago. He was born in Mason county, Ky. in 1844. His paternal ancestor, Uriah Showalter, came from Germany about the middle of the Iast century and settled in Buckingham county, Va. He graduated at Yale in 1867, delivering the class oration. He came to Chicago and entered the law firm of Moore & Caulifield, of which he remained a member until the firm was dissolved by Judge Moore's elevation to the bench of the superior court. Mr. Showalter is a bachelor. He was the democratic nomi- nee for judge of the superior court in 1893, but was defeated. Senate Will Hold Night Sesions. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—There Is no longer any doubt that the senate will hold night sessions regularly from this time until final adjournment. In glving notice of his intention to move an evening session today, Senator Cockrell said he would make the motlon at 5:30 or 6 o'clock for a recess until 8, and that he would then ask the senate to sit until 10 or 11 o'clock for the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill and no other bill. Tomorrow night is to be devoted to unobjectionable bills on the calendar and the remaining nights to the appropriation bills until they shall be disposed of. Threo Nebraskn Postmastors Confirmod. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—The senate in executive session today confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: William Cranton of West Virginia, to be secretary of the United States iegation at Brazil; also the following United States consuls: Fred Elli- son of Indiana, at Belize, British Honduras Samuel W. Thom of Pennsy.vaniu, at Ascen: slon, Paraguay. Also the following post- masters: Nebraska—Mary F. Holland, at Friend; Arthur L. Maize, at Atkinson; James 'R. Hobbes, at Gothenburg, Idaho; Charles J. Kress, Lewiston Tinsley's Nom natlon Fails Again WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The senate made an effort in executive session to settle the contest between Senators Pettigrew and Kylg over (he appointment of a postmaster at’ Sioux Falls, 8. Di by confirming the nomination of A. D. Tinsley, but failed, ow- ing Lo the opposition of Mr. Pettigrew, which forced the matter over. Tinsley s now serving as postmaster, having been nomin- ated during the congressional recess. His Rame was sient to the senate on the Gth of December last, and the nomination has been held up during the session. Fon Million Drawn for Pen ns. WASHINGTON, Feb, %.—The secretary of the Interior today iued a requisition on the treasury for $10,850,000 for the quarterly ayment of pensions at various agencles, e amounts are disbursed at agencles as follows: Co'umbus, §3 00; Washington, $1,850,000; Boston, §1.500,000; Detroit, $1,700,000; Augusta, Me., 500,000, and San Francisco, $760,000, Best is always cheapest. Dr. Price's, as the purest and strongest of the baking pow- ders, is more economical than the ordinary kind. — Cam'netti's Publie Lands BUL WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Representative Caminetti of California has reported to the house from the public land committee a con- current resolution recommending action on all selections filed by the land grant rail- roads for lands situated in California until January 1, 1896. This grew out of a con ference beiween the two houses of congre on the Hartman bill, and & similar resolution has been reported to the semate from the public lands committee of that body. The committeo heartily approves it. The two houses have already passed a resolution re- questing the secretary of the treasury to withhold action until” adjournment of con- gress, and the report today is to extend it to January 1, next, 0 as to permit suitable action“by congress coucerning the lands affected. SENATE MUST WORK HARDER Better Progress Must Pe Made if Congress Completes Its Business, PROPOSITION FOR EVENING SESSIONS More Time Needed for the Appropriation Bills—Discussion of the Sundry Civil r Continued—-Conference on the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The belated ap propriation bills were before the senate with the prospect of work early and late in or- der to complete them. Mr. Cockrell, chair man of the appropriations committee, made | a statement at the outset as to the condi tion of the measures and the need for nigh wessions and rpeedy work. There was, b sald, the sundry civil bill, and the legisla tive and judiclal appropriation bills on the calendar. The naval appropriation bill would be here today or tomorrow. The deficlency the house, bill would also come over from probably today. ‘‘These bills will need at tention as fast as the senate is able to work," sald Mr. Cockrell. He asked that a reces: be taken at 6 o’clock tonight until 8, and thai the session be then continued until 10 or 1 tonight, Mr. Chandler gave notice that 1t thi agreement were reached he would object to anything outside of the appropriation bills. Mr. Cockrell said this would be the spe cific understanding. Mr. Manderson, republican of suggested that there were too few senator: present to maoke such an agreement. Th presiding officer construed this as an objec tion, and the request went over until later in the 'day. Mr. Gorman presented a partial agreemen of the conferees on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. It was confirmed on th items of agreement, and a further conferencs ordered on those on which the committee i still in question. The sundry civil bill was taken up then. The item for the examination of subsoil for the lot of the new public bullding at San Francisco was changed to make it manda. tory on the secretary of war to have two o more army englueers conduct the lnvestiga on. Mr. Perkins, republican of California, spok; incidentally of the needlessness of the in. vestigation by those more versed in politic than in sclentific engineering, and desirou of taking a pleasure trip to the coast. GORMAN SURPRISES THE SENATE. The appropriation of $75,000 for a public bullding at Annapolis, Md., was struck out There had been including Annapolis with Clieyenne, Boise City and Helena, and Mr. Gorman created some sur- prise by cutting off the committee by a on motion of Mr. Gorman. some indirect criticism as to personal request to omit Annapolis. Mr. Gorman sald he would say to th sepate that seven or eight years ago a bill passed both houses of congress for a public building at Annapolis, but it was Killed by a pocket veto, and he did not wish to place in an appropriation bill a measure which the in a president did separate bill. not wish to approve Mr. Kyle, populist of South Dakota, secured an amendment for a public building at Plerre, S. D. Mr. Wilson, republican of Washington secured $20,000 for a public Olympla, Wash. building a At this point several senate pages struggled in with an enormous floral horseshoe, which Ransom, nominated and confirmed on Saturday as was placed on the desk of Mr. minister to Mexico. Mr. Hansbrough, republican of agreed to, including Bismarck, N. D., those cities to have a public bullding. Mr. Vest, chairman of the committee on the public bulldings and grounds, notified senators of the far northwest that by “load: ing” these new amendments on the bill all new bulldings, Plerre, of the appropriations for Cheyenne, Boise City, Helena, Olympia and Bismarck, would fail. The “provision for the new bulldings are that sites shall b purchased in each city named at a cost no to exceed $20,000 each for the public build: ings. The appropriation of $25,000 for the public already authorized by a special bill, was included as building at South Omaha, Neb., an amendment. The amendment to pay $425,000 to Grea! Britaln in settlement awards carried—ayes, 95; nays, 85, PURCHASE OF BLAINE HOMESTEAD. The propcsed purchase by the govern ment of the historic property of the late James G. Blaine on Lafayette square in order to avold its use for theatrical purpose: caused somo debate. Mr. Palmer of Illinoi said some of his Chicago constituents wer interested in the proposed theater. He op- posed the government purchase, saying thers was no public requirements for the property. Ho thought the old lawyers in_the Depart ment of Justice alongside would not be in jured by a theater, and he did not believe in the sentimentality that the white house would proximity of a theater. be hurt by the Mr. Palmer made a point of order agains the amendment. Pending discussion, the vote on the join resolution suspending certain operation: through the free zone between the United States and Mexico was reconsidered gnd the resolution was sent back tc the committee. A letter was read from the theater man. agers protesting against the government pur. chase of the Blaine property afd the conse- quent interference with theater contracts. Mr. Hale opposed the George amendments, urging that Mrs. Blaine was not seeking this purchase by the government. She was will. ing to put the government in her place, bu not to add a warranty, Mr. George raised the further point tha theater managers would present claims for damages, Mr. Gallinger sald the theater people had informed him those damages would reach al most the original item of the appropriation of $150,000. The value and title of the Blaine property was discussed through the afternoon, at times becoming very animated. It was stated thal cxperts had examined the property, placing the value at $115,000. Mr. outstanding cloud on the title. Mr. “fee simple title"” was defeated by a tie vote. Mr. Whito proposed a substitute providing for the condemnation of the Blaine property instead of purchasing it. Mr. Hale urged the injustice of such action against Mrs. Blaine. feated by a vote of 23 to 22. The committee amendment for the purchase of the Blaine property was then agreed to— yeas, 31; nays, 25. Tie sundry civil bill was then proceeded with expeditiously. At 5:26 the senate held an executive ses- slon and then took a recess until 8 o'clock, ATTENDANCEH AT NIGHT SESSION. The night session question of a quorum proceeded on the sundry civil bill, The ap propriation for the chief officials of the coasi and geodetc survey occasioned much de bate. The house had reduced the number of bureau assistants from forty-two to thirty two. The senate committee restored original number. M. McLaurin of Mississipl read a letter from the superintendent of the geodetic sur- vey, showing the reduction was desirable, and it not mede the extra men will become pen- sloners. Ms. Cockrell declared that Duftield of the bureau had proposed the duction with the enthusiasm of an knew the needs of the office. Mz, Allison cald Superintendent retary Carlisle, who full corps of the bureau. mended by the commitlee, was agreed to, Committee amendments were agreed to ap- propriating $5,000 to the widow or other hejrs of each of the men killed in the Ford theater disaster, also $44,000 for an electric light plant for the capitol. The amendment increasing the appropria- tion for surveying the public Nebraska, 180 North Dakota, offered an amendment, which was , among in ‘the amendment adopted of ‘the Buring sea Lindsay, Mr. Vest and others urged that it was worth much less, in view of the Vest's amendment requiring Mrs, Blaine to give a Thoe substitute was de- | to 1 of the senate was at- tended by about twenty senators, but as the was not raised, work the Superintendent officer anxious to inaugurate reform and before he Duffield was attempting to overr.de his superior, Sec- bad estimated for the The senator said there was some secret history as to the way this reduction was recommended without the knowledge of the secretary of the treasury. The enlarged staff of forty-two, as recom- lands from Mr. Dubols of Idaho giving noties of a far- ther amendment m the appropriation $400,000. The amendment was agreed to ap. propriating §125,000 ' %he surveys of lands within the limit of feilrexd land grants, and amending the law on the subject. The amendment ¥a&’ agreed to donating the abandoned ForfoMeKinney reservation and buildings to theymate of Wyoming for ttate institutions, Altg, granting to North Dakota the Fort Mo’ military reservaiion Also appropriating $100b00 for renewing the superstructure of (bhde Rock Island, 1Il., bridge. The secretary of war s directed to expend not to excedd'$490,000 in ohanging the bridge to a doublestrack structure, under certain contract relatigns with the Chicago, Rock Tsland and Pacifie raiiroad. Mr. Cockrell offerb#'dh amendment, which was agreed to, appropriating $30,000 for com- pleting the statue .obGeneral William Te- cumseh Sherman. ENGLAND MUST WAIT AWHILE House Refuses to Appropriate Money to Pay the Paris Award, SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSES THE HOUSE Clerks and Members of the House Will Get a Month's Extra Salary - Members Will Also Receive Pay for Time They Were Docked WASHINGTON, Feb, 25. The general de- sI0UX oIty Ghrs A whACK. ficlency bill, the Tast of the regular appro- G An amendment was Jagreed to fixing the | Priation bills, passed the house today. Al- “ | Shiloh National Park commission at Pitts- [ most the entire day was spent discussing burg Landing, Tenn., and limiting the cost | the amendment to pay Great Britain $425,000, - | of lands to $20,000. The amendment trans- the amo t of da J eed upon by § ¢ | ferring the Mackinac Island, Mich, mili- | {i® &mount of damages agreed upon by tary reservation to the staté of Michigan | fetary Gresham and Sir Jullan Pauncetote, to ®| was agreed to An amendment was agreed | be due that country under the award of the to appropriating $40,000 for Fort Wayne, Mich., 1 | Other committee amendments agreed to were: For the expenditure of $40,000 by the Missourl River commission on the river at Sloux City and for the definite survey of the waterway connecting Puget Sound with lakes Unfon and Washington, s| Senator Allison of Towa t| portion of the bill 1| Leavenworth, Kan., extending the military reservation. Paris arbitration tribunal on account of the selzure of kome twenty Canadian sealers by the United States previous to tho modus vi vendi of 1892, The amenament was strongly attacked by Messrs. Cannon of Illinos, Hen- derson of Towa and Hitt of Hlinos on the ground that the amount was unreasonably large; that some vessels wero owned by citi- zens of the United States, and $375,000 was criticized that transferring the Fort military reservation to the Department of Justice, for constructive or speculative damages (the Mr. Hawley of Kentucky urged the aband- | estimated catch) Only $81,000, they con- s | onment of the entire plan of transfer. The |tended, was due Grest Britain. Mosers. amendment was temporarily passed. The | preckinrid Wi Aot ’ Sommities ‘amandments to the i were wp. | Breckinridge of Kentucky, McCreary of Ken .| proved until the concluding features were | tucky, Hooker of Mississippi and Dingley of reached, first concerning the government | Maine supported the amendment, maintaining printing office, and second concerning the 4 | government financial plan for an issue of e | $100,000,000 of certificates of indebtedness. - | These were reserved until tomorrow. Then, at 10:55 o'clock, the semate ad- Journed. that the government, no matter how bad the bargain, must carry out the awards of the British tribunal in good faith. Mr. Dingley declared that it was prefera- bla to pay Great Britain $425,000 than leave the assessment of damages to an umpire ap- pointed by a foreign power. The' amendment carried in committee, but was defeated in the house by a vote of 112 to 143. Some excitement was caused by tha at- tempt to strike out in the house the appropri- ation for an extra month's salary for the em- ployes of the house and senate and the clerks of members, but it failed, and the amendment prevailed by a vote of 143 to 108. Motions to reconsider and recommit were voted down as promptly as offered until the opposition dwindled to a point where it could not get the yeas and nays. It then sur- rendered and the il was passed. Bills were passed for the relief of James Phelan, for the relief of Michael Ryan, for the relicf of Maria S. Priest, to construct a bridge across the Tilinois river at Hennepin, to ap- point Gardner B. Hubbard of Washington on the Board of Regents of the Smithson‘an in- stituticn, to authorize the erection of a bronze statue of Prof. Samuel D. Cross in the ceme- tery of Washington. The senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill were non- concurred in and the bill was sent to confer- t TIME FOR AFPRORIATION BILLS, o o | Kverything Else to Be Shoved to One Side s n Behalf of Those Mensures. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The arrangement for dispensing with the reading of the senate Journal and crowding all the usual morning - | business aside for the appropriation bills to- r [ day was something of a surprise to all but “ | the few senators who were in their seats o | When their order was made, This program .| was arranged on the democratic side by s | Senator Cockrell and on the republican by s | Senator Platt, and was done upon the sug- gestion of the latter because of the im- portance of the appropriation bills and the | necessity, as he considered it, of securing all the time possible for them fo the exclusion | of all other business. He found Senator Cockrell quite as anxious as himself in be- half of the appropriation bills There were not to exceed twenty senators in the chamber and it required but a few |ence. : hurried conferences on both sides of the | By arrangement, Thursday was set aside e | chamber to secure their assent to the scheme, | for District of Columbia business and the As a consequence the senate plunged im- | house then went into committee of the whole medlately into the appropriation bills and | and resumed the consideration of the general was well under way when the senators ar- | deficiency bill. Tived who might have had other business to | The pending amendment was to pay $17,510 present in the morning hour. There will be [to Charlss Morgan, C. B. Payne and the a decided cffort from this time forth to |Southern Steamship company for extra com- keep one or the other of the appropriation | pensation as mail contractors before the war. bills to the front. Mr. Dockery raised a point of order against Indlin ARSTCTRNO: TuTWasIiEton: the amendment. The committee rose tempo- & rarily to agree to a partial conference report WASHINGTON, Feby. 25.—Three more In-| to the District of Columbia appropriation bill t | dian agents have (heen. summoned here by and send it to further conference, after &hich Secretary Smith | for,, consultation about lh%]nhnir sulsum(eu( the vonl :atnm“;h;r. e s he amendment to pay Great Britain $425,- reservation matters, Fhey are Major H. J.{ 009, the amount of the awards made by the Freeman of the Osages, Oklahoma; M. E.| Paris Bering sea tribunal against the United Woodson of the Cheyennes and Arapahoss, | States, precipitated quite a long debate. Mr. Oklahoma and MajorMarshal Petit of the | Breckinridge of Kentucky, in charge of the Klamaths, in Oregan. (Gaptain John L. Bullis, agent of the Pueblcs, and J. O. Canillis, New bill, explained the details of the Paris arbi- tration and the decision against the justice Mexico; Lewls Terwin of the Yakimas, Wash- ington, and Thomas ‘B. Teter of Fort Hall and the legality of the seizures the United agency, Idaho, who were here a week or ten States had made in the Bering sea. Great days ago, haye. retyrned to their reservations, Britain, through Sir Jullan Pauncefote, had demanded $500,000, and Secretary Gresham had agreed to $425,000. The government, In honor and fairness, should accept the judg- ment and pay the damages. OBJECTED TO THE PRINCIPLE. senate Ru'os' Wilt 'Not e Changed. WASHINGTON, *Feti, 25.—The movement to change the senat® rules to the extent of | 'y "Gannon of Tilinols said he cared little o | dividing the varlowsi; appropriation bm’llhuul the sum involved—whether we were t | among the different ;committees will come | cheated or not—so long as the damages were - | to naught this session. A suggestion was | assessed according to well established prin- made that such a resolution should be lnlrn-l ciples of law. The fatal defect in the judg- duced and made to take the place of the s ment of the Paris tribunal was the fact that pending bills until the consent was granted ) the citizenship of the claimants had never for a vote. This scheme has been abandoned, | been passed upon. however. The program now agreed upon is | Mr. Henderson of Towa analyzed the state- t | that notice shall be given that at the mext | ment of ex-Secretary Foster to the effect that sesslon of congress this movement for a re- | $81,000 represented the maximum damages organization will be pressed until a vote can | that could justly bo assessed against the be had. United_ States, and that ten of tho vessels 3 CRPTT selzed were owned, In whole or in part, by SaciiatofingicheiGrin, Americans, and therefore were excluded. WASHINGTON, Feb: 25.—Secretary Car-| Mr. Hitt attacked the amendment vigor- s | lisle is confined to his bed with the grip. It|ously. Of the $425,000 claimed, positive tes- s [ is not a serious attack, however, and is ex- [ timony showed that $360,000 was owned by e | pected to yield to. rest and treatment in a | Citizen3 of the United States. Roskawlz, he % | fow days, “His physicians say he must re. | claimed, owned almost all the flest, and had e [ main quietly at home today and tomorrow, in | Sent It out to Bering sea to lay the founda- Which event he may recuperate sufficlently | ton of a scoundrelly and fraudulent claim "1 to bo able to resume his official duties at the | It looked to him, Mr. Hitt said, as if the _ | department by Wednésday. Assistant Secre- | State dopartment’ were making a desperate tary Hamlin is acting secretary of the treas- | StTuggle to maintain the parity between i, claims and payments, P e After soms further debate by Mr., Hooker of ¢ Improving Chicago’s Mall fervice. Mississippi in favor of the amendment, Mr. WASHINGTON, Feb,- 25.—First Assistant | Breckinridge closed with the declaration that t | Postmaster General Jones has formulated a s | plan by which material improvement in the postal service of Chicago's outlying districts will be accomplished without additional ex- - | pense. The scheme provides for a further | The vote was then taken. and the amend- ~ | facilitation of mail collections and in most of | ment was carried, 94 to 85. the districts flve or six collections a day | Mr. Cannon gave notice that he would de- will be substituted for a former service of | mand a yea and nay vote in the house. about two a day. On motion of Mr, Bynum of Indiana, with- out debate, an amendment was adopied di- recting the speaker to certify and the ser- geant-at-arms to pay represcntatives' salarles withheld on account of absence. the conception and history of the Paris ar- bitration was an unfortunate chapter in our diplomacy, and its result a complete flasco. Yet we must keep our faith and pay the award, v Giving t! t| WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, the two houses have ag ‘The conferees of ed to strike out t | the senate amendment to the agricultural | This concluded the consideraticn of the bill appropriation bill making an appropriation | in committee, and it was reported to the for the extermination of the gypsy moth. | hoyse, Mr. Cannon demanded a roll call d A AR on the amendment to pay the Bering sea award, and it was lost, 112 to 143, Mr. Sayers then demanded the yeas and nays on the amendment to pay the employes of the house and senate and the individual clerks and members an extra month's salary. This amendment had been carried in com- mittee, 92 to 61. In the house it was also carried—yeas, 143; nays, 108. A motion to reconsider was tabled, Mr. - | That the best is always the most econ- omical is in nothing more clearly demon- strated than in the use of Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder. —— tor Armv Men. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2%.—(Special Tele- gram.)—First Licutenant Julius A. Penn, Second infantry, 18 detailed as recorder of the examining board appointed to meet at t o when Maddox of Georgia moved to recommit Omaha, vice' First Lieutenant Henry H. | the bill, with instrustions to report it back Beham, quartermuster Second infantry, | With the provision of an extra month's com- . [Beham, Couaxis 4 * [ pensation for clerks to members stricken Captain Theophilus W. Morrison, S'xteenth | out. This motion was also lost, and the bill infantry, is granted one month extended | finally passed leave of abser Mr. Henderson of North Carolina presented 1 Th fi‘xllnwhllxcml;mn;l f"f'.m;\' wn\l" Jeport | the conference report on the postoffice ap- utepant Colonel John N. Andrews, ] o Pwons N ntadtry, presdent of the ta | Dropriation bill. ‘The only polnt in - dispute amining board at Tort lLeavenworth, for | bstween the two houses was the senate examination us fo their fitncs amendment to require rallway mail clerks It Captain William M. Wate, hereatter to be appointed to reside at one A th infantry; Captain Charles I . | of the terminals of the routes to which P ARa et Reold L they were assigned. Without action the Lietenant Peter tris. Ohir houso, at 5:10, adjourned untll 11 o'clock tantry; Second Lieutenunt Munr tomorrow. Farland, Twen(ylitst _infantr, ESE Lieutenant Willlam ¥. Wilder, - Bpy MLuienong: infantry; Second ¢ IAéutenant 'William eb. 25 ay's state- Wilhelm, Tenth iifantry; Second Lieuten: [ ment of the condition of the treasury ant Willlam R. Skmiple, Fourteenth in follows: Available cash bals - | try. t . P w gold reserve, § READY TO WEAR. EVERY GARMENT GUARANTEED. FIT, FINISH, FASHION, THE BEST, Ask your Outfitter for them DOLLARS ARE DOLLARS THESE DAYS! Azzred Shirts will fit your pile ” as well as your person, WE WARRANT IT. Your addrest and well matl you our 4 Soyvenir_of Fashions. Factoris, CLUETT, COON & CO., mMakers. TROY, N.°Y, $175,000 to $300,000 was temperarily pas:ed, Try it once and you will -like thousands of other housewives - use no other SANTACLAUSSOAP THE BEST, PUREST~ MOSTECONOMICAL e THE NKFAIRBANK COMPANYeticago. 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