Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02

ported from the committee was struck
out.
Senator Vest offered an amendment
to the paragraph appropriating $40. 900
for the protection and improvement of
the Yellowstone park, providing for
superintendent at q salary of 81, 500,
and ten assistants at 5000 each be ap
pointed by the secretary of the In
terior to reside continuously In the
park and have the duty Of protecting
game, timber and other objects of In
terest, the balance to be expended In
the construction of suitable roads and
bridges, under the direction of an
engineer officer to be detailed by
the secretary of war. Adopted.
The committee having reported a
provision authorizing the secretary of
the interior to lease for not more
than ten years small tracts, not ex-
oeedlng so acres, for the erection of
hotels, etc., Senator Vest moved to
reduce the quantity Of land to be 30
leased In one tract to ton acres.
Agreed to.
Senator Vest offered another amend
nent, providing that not moro than
ten acres shall be leased to any one
person or corporation; that no tract
shall be leased within quarter of q
mile of any geyser or the Yellowstone
falls. Agreed to.
The bill, as 1t came from the com.
mittee, contains paragraph instruct
ing the public printer to employ the
highest character of workmen at the
prloes now fixed by law, and authoriz,
Ing him, in case he Is unable to obtain
a sufficient supply on these terms, to
expend portion of the appropriation
for temporary executive work outside.
Senator Voorhees, made the point Of
order that the latter provision would
change the existing law, which re.
qulres that the whole work shall be
done in the government Office.
The chair sustained the point of or
der, and the provision was stricken
out,
On motion of Senator Allison the
preceding provisison directing the
employment Of the highest character
of skilled workmen, &C., was struck
out upon the same ground.
Mr.. Oockrell made the same point
OF order on the committee amendment
making the salary of the clerk Of tn,
court Of claims $3, 500. 1t was strucl
out, and Sentor Hale asked Cockrel
to withdraw his point of order. Cock
rell declined.
Senator Hale advocated the increas
and (alluding to Chief Justice Drake
who was presently expressed his indig
nation at seeing the chief jus
tice of the court of claim
on the floor of the senate lobbyin
against an increase of this clerk
salary. Judges had no more right t
interfere with the salary of clerks tha
clerks had to interfere with the salar
of jadges. 1t was as offensive to hiI
as it WAS to other senators to SEQ tn
Justice importune senator after sem
tor, among whom he believed the Sol
ator from Missouri.
Senator Cockrell-"He did no
sir; I say he did not. "
l Senator Cockrell insisted on b
point of order and the amendme
was ruled out.
Ga motion Of Senator Harris q
item OF t25, 900 was inserted for q
national board OF health.
The bill was then reported fro
the committee to the senate and q
amendments adopted In the commits
!, agreed to and the bill passed.
The river and harbor bill havil
been received from the house, Senst
. Edmunds objected to Its second rea
. Ing and it was ordered printed. ~
, senate went into executive session al
soon after adjourned.
4 HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The conference report on the for
fication appropriation bill was agre'
20. 1t appropriates 1926. 600 INC
Q than when 1t passed the house.
i Mr.. Page moved to suspend t
i rules and adopt an order limiting q
}. bate on the river and harbor bill (e;
|. cept in regard to items for the 1
provement of the Mississippi river)
one minute. Lost-yeas 1873, ns
83-not the necessary two thirds
the affirmative.
|. The house then went into commit
d of the whole on the state of
% Union, but Hiscock objected to
river and harbor bill, and the comm
It tee rose and reported the objection
II the house.
d The house, yeas l24, nays 107,
d dered that confederation of the RI
4. and harbor bill be resumed, and
|. mediately went into committee
that bill.
l. Mr. Randall move to amend
a. proyiso which prohibits the expeu
r. ture of any appropriation until &C
mission of five, three of whom 81
a. be civilians, shall report whether
IL interest of commerce warrant conn
tion of the object. After reduc
10 the membership of the commission
or three, all of whom shall be engine
Id of the army, 1t was adopted. At
Q. point message was read from
m senate, announcing the appointm
of Senators Malone and McDill
ir conferees ON the internal revenue
CO to fill vacancies occasioned by the
ic climation Of Bayard and Beck.
announcement was received
ID laughter by the democratic side.
lis The item relative to the Mississ
he river having been reached, Mr., Il
!. inson Mass offered an amendn
mt prohibiting the further construc'
H. or repair of levees, except In the
er formance of existing contracts.
mt Mr.. Hatch, in opposing the amt
10, ment, said the west had grown
MT strong that if it were necessary
build a granite wall from st. Pau
M New Orleans in the name of the pc
TO- of the west, it would be done. A
,ot J;.n,..Io,, ON tho lauaa aVgtOm