Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-03-03

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session OF the senator2' asked Logan.
Into the possession of the senate, y
replied Van Wyck.
Senator Logan Does the senator
intend to refer them to committee
Senator VsnWyok-I intend to dc
30.
Senator Logsn-But the senator
takes the opportunity of maklnga gen.
eral attack on the attorney generals
department without reference to anv
report or anything whatever, except
to get this hsrspgue before the coun.
try.
, Continuing, Senator Logan said the
course OF the senator from Nebraska
Was SO dlsgraceful snd 30 wide a de
partnre from the usual method of pro-
ceeding that, without desiring to en-
ter the merits of the case, he felt JUS
tilted In saying that If such speech
was made by any man out of doors
while trial of these men charged
with robbing the government was go
Ing on, the country would understand
the speaker was an attorney for the
defendants.
Senator Van Wyck said he had felt
1t his duty to ascertain whether the
charges made against the department
of justice were true, and when the
treasury department had sent vouch-
ers bearing the attorney generals own
sign manual (Brewster), showing that
$3.50 day was paid one of these at.
torneys, there was no need to wait
for report from any committee. He
felt 1t to be his duty to make this
"harrapgue" and get the facts before
the people. TIE senator from Illinois
had said that If q man "out doors"
made such a speech he would be re.
garded as an attorney for the defend
ants. els 1t possible" said Van
Wych, that that Ia the way
the gentleman, or the attorney.
general would seek to make these
charges. 1t what / have read Is true,
and 1t is true, surely 1t demands other
answer than that. l do not want to
see the treasury plundered, as plum
dered 1t Is, by conspiratorr, star
reuters or In any other way. Ia no
country where justice Is decently ad.
ministered would 1t be possible to
have an ordinary criminal prosecuted
as this star route trial has been, not
once but twice The treasury has
been robbed. What has been saved
through the efforts of former post.
master general Is now being spent by
common lawyers getting $3.50 per day.
l want this extravaganza stopped. I
moye these papers be printed and re.
ferred to the judiciary committee.
The motion was agreed to and the
senate then took a recess until 8:15.
When the senate reassembled Sen.
ator Allison presented a conference
report on the Legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. Agreed
to.
The conference report on the naval
appropriation bill was agreed to.
Senator Morrill, presented and ex-
planned the conference report on the
1 iternal revenue and tariff bill. He
said the entire reduction resulting
from the passage Of the bill is esti-
matsd at $75, 600, 900.
Senator Beck made q fiery speech
In opposition to the adoption Of the
report. He said, in part This report
appears to be simply increasing the
duty npon every article the COMMITTEES
attempted to touch of rates in the bill
passed in the senate. I knew from
the beginning that we would get
worse bill than either house or senate
desired. I knew the bill would 90 by
he ok or crook land 1t has gone by
BOTH to conference committee, who
would pick out Just what they pleased,
in defiance of the will of both houses,
and make tariff to suit themselves,
and force 1t on the American people.
Mr.. Hale reported the deficiency
bill. Ordered printed.
Senator Beck continued: The seua-
tor from Ohio went into this so-cslled
conference committee and restored
every provision upon which the senate
voted him down. The senator's was
the brains of that committee In regard
to capacity, audacity and intellect.
He was the driving wheel of the con.
ference. 1t required an audacIty which
few men had, to come back and
insert into the conference re-
port every defeated amendment. The
change In the sugar schedule gave the
sugar refner an absolute monopoly
and was the worst outrage In the bill,
If the senate adopted the report there
would be such lobby brought to
bear on the house by the WOODEN, iron
and sugar men as would force 1t
through there.
Senator Bsysrd characterized the
report as the most lame and impotent
conclusion of winter spent in framioeI
tariff law.
The conference report was adopted,
ayes 81, noes 81. Adjourned.
HOUSE PRoCEEnr~ss'
Mr.. Carpenter, under Instructions
from the committee on education and
labor, called up the senate bill amend
Ing the act granting public lands to
several states and territories which
may provide colleges for the benefit
of agriculture and mechanic arts.
Passed. g
At the conclusion of the morning
hour, tho senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill were
now concurred In.
Mr.. Butterworth moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill to authorize
the Southern Pacific and other railsoad
companies to unite and consolidate so
as to form a continuous line of rail-
road from "the tidal waters of the
Pacific ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. "
Mr.. Butterworth explained the bill
simply authorized the consolidation of
nine roads to form continuous line
from the Pacific to the Gulf. In order
to meet every objection to the bill II
had been amended In many parti.
culara. No authority was given the
consolidated road to operate branches