Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-04
Difference OF OPINION.
The Conference Committees of the Two
Houses Have Decidedly Agreed
to Disagree.
President Cleveland Reads Another
Lecture to Congress In an OleO.
margarine Message.
Nominations and COnflrmatiOns...R Re
fusal Of the Senate to Consider
the Treaty With England.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-Mr. Allison,
from the Conference Committee ON the Sun.
dry Civil APPROPRIATION bill, reported that
the committee had been unable to agree
The conferees had gone over every item in
the bill with great care. There were certain
points on which the House conferees were
to ask instructions from that body and in
which the Senate conferees displayed the
Guilty related to the appropriations for
the coast survey. The House provision
had reduced the appropriations for the
coast survey about 500 900 below the
appropriations of last year and made
practically q new arrangement and adjust
ment with reference to the official force Of
the survey by creating new Offices and
abolishing old ones, changing the compen-
sation of the field force by allowing it's re-
duction from sixty-four to fifty-two as
cancies should occur. The House con-
ferees insisted that the new adjust
mept should be made in the bill.
The answer of the Senate conferees
was that the coast survey had been (since
August, 1851 practically without q scien.
tifc head and that when the Office had a
responsible head with scientific knowledge,
the question could be carefully taken up
and considered. The next items of differ
ences were in relation to the enlargement
Of the new pension building, the survey OF
the public lands, to the Yellowstone Park,
to stenoeraphers for the Chief Justice and
Justices OF the Supreme Court and to an
item OF $40, 900 to be expended by the
Library Committee for works OF art.
In reference to the Yellowstone Park
was in the hands of a monopoly. Mr.. Vest
said the statement was incorrect. He had
been notified time and again that unless he
withdrew his opposition to the scheme to
build q railroad through the Park, the
Park would be broken up. This railroad
company has a lobby in Washington, COM
posed of newspaper correspondents and
others who were engaged in assailing Sena-
tors and attacking their character. After
further discussion, MI. Vest in
sisted especially on it's disagreement
to the Yellowstone Park items ION motion
Of Mr.. Allison) insisted generally on its dis
agreement to the other items; and a further
conference was ordered. The Chair pre-
sented a resolution offered by Mr.. Evarts
on Saturday last, requesting the President
to open correspondence with foreign powers
on the subject of silver. Mr.. Evarts ad.
vocated the resolution, but did not define
his position upon the silver question. The
resolution went over until tomorrow. The
Senate then took up the House bill in rela-
ton to the taxation OF fractional parts
OF a gallon OF distilled spirits, and
amended it by making the time when
it goes into effect the second Monday sue
ceeding the month in which this act is ap-
proved, and by extending the act OF March
3, 1877. relating to fruit brandy, to brandy
distilled from apples or peaches, Hassed it
and asked q conference. The Senate then
took up the bill reported from the Finance
Committee to provide for the inspection OF
tobacco, cigars and snuff, providing for
their expectation to foreign countries
without the payment OF taxes under the
rules and regulations Of the Treasury De-
partment. 1t was passed. Adjourned.