Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Representatives Protest Against
Taking the Back Seats at
the Inauguration.
The Senate Working OFF the Load o,
Appropriation Bills With all
Necessary Speed.
THE SENATE.

! eeihB the correspondence
called for by Mr.. Hills resolution
heretofore offered.
Hi OF Colorado, moved to print the
papers.
ingalls, OF Kansai, hoped that as thew
were volumious they would be referred
examined.
Hill said that the papers related To
land frauds, or alleged land frauds In
New Mexico. After. the dis.
cussion Of the circumstances
inducing his offer OF the resolution he
argued that II was clear that the sen.
ale resolution had been complied with
reluctantly, and with unnecessary de-
lay by the interior department, and
that the volume OF correspondenoe
sent In had been made unnecessary In
order TO embarrsss the senate on the
question of printing.
Ingalls, motion was agreed to-
uoar OF Massachusetts submitted a
proposed amendment to the sundry
silver bill appropriating SIS, 900 for the
womsn's department OF the New Or
lesns exposition, He moved that it
might be ordered without references to
the committee to present that amend
ment in the senate bill when IL should
come TO be considered. Agreed to,
Mr.. Hosr gave notice that tomorrow
he would ask the vote OF the senate
without debate on the proposed wo-
mans suffrage constitutional amend
ment.
The fertilization bill was laid be fore
| the senate and referred.
Mr.. Allison OF Iowa from the COM
mittee on appropriations reported the
sundry civil bill and asked that IL be
taken up Mt once.
Mr.. Mcmillan OF Minnesota said that
he would object to its being taken up
If II would result In displacing the I'M
finished business, being the Sioux City
and st Paul land forfeiture bill.
Mr.. Allison said that if the sundry
civil bill were not passed to day con-
gress would have hn opportunity to
stay here several days after the h OF
March.
Mr.. Mcmillan after some discussion
withdrew his objection, and the sun.
dry civil bill was taken up and the
reading proceeded with.
The senate disagreed to the recon-
mendation OF the appropriations com.
mittee ma to the amounts for public
buildings at the following places, and
fixed the amounts as follows:
TO Columbus, Ohio. $1,000.
TO Dallas. Texas, SIS, 900.
To Fort Wayne, Ind, 500 coo,
To Jefferson City, Mo, $S2. 900.
To Hannibal, Mo $55 500.
To st. Joseph, Mo, $50 600.
To Minneapolis, Min, $4,000.
To Detroit, Mich, 500. 900.
The senate took up the sundry civil
bill. Pending the reading Of the bill
Mr.. Allison, remsrking that the COM
mittee on appropriations deemed an
evening session desir able, moved that
the senate take recess from 10 8
o'clock this evening. When the
reading was resumed debate arose In
the committee amendment reducing
from Sl60 o0O 10 S75, 800, the amount TO
be paid by the government for the FIT.
Brown reservation. Coke aud Msxey
advocated the retention OF the large
amount while Allison advo.
Gated the smaller. The senate by
vote OF Is TO "A disagreed TO the COM
mittee amendments, thus retaining
the large amount.
Mr.. Aldrich OF Rhode Island offered
the following joint resolution, which
WAS read second time and laid upon
the table to be called mp hereafter:
Resolved, that the presidon, of he United
States 10 he' eby reqnes I'd 20 enter into ne
collation. with tho states OF the Latin Uuion
and such other foreign powers as he shall
deem advisable, for the purpose OF secur-
ing such treaties with them AS shall
their respective mints TO the free image of
silver. with Q full legal tender power. NJ such
uniform ratio 10 gold rs shall bs agreed
upon.
Consideration of the sundry civil
bill was resumed. On reaching the
New Orleans exposition item some de-
bate arose. The house provision was
for the purpose OF aiding the tx-
position to the extent Of
$30O,000, the senate committee
increased the amount to 100000
but made 1t for final aid. After action
upon 1t the senate took recess until 8
O'clock and upon Resembling imme.
diately went into executive session.
When the doors reopened legisla-
tive business was proceeded with
Allison submitted confert req ort,
announcing AN agreement on the ex-
ecutlve, legislative and Judicial bill.
Allison said that every item had been
agreed on except that re-
lsting to the clerks OF the senate
IA to which the house conferres refused
TO agree The report was agreed TO.
Mr.. Plumb submitted the confer
ence report on the post Office appropri.
alton bill. He explained
that all differences had been
reconclied except three, namely: The
! provisions relating TO compensation for
the carriage Of foreign msils. that
| relating 10 the 10 cent special post
age stamps, and this provision
authorizing the postmaster general to
pay rent Tor the third class postoiiices
The senate insisted on It's amendments
and new conference was ordered.
The debate WAS resumed on the item
increasing the appropriation for the
New Orleans expedition from $500 OOt
to s4O0 900, aud at It's close the COM
mittee's amendment recommend.
ing the increase was agreed
to. yeas 40, nays 10. Those voting 10
Il the negative were, Messrs. Aldrich o
Rhode Island, Cameron OF Wisconsi q
Chace OF Rhode Island, Dawes. Of
Ma-sachusetts, Dolph of Oregon,
uS,,,nda ~ Vermont. Fry