St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-22
TIE SENATE.
New Measures EnIrOduced..Furth r
Discussion of the Interstate Com
n,nnrc. BILL


WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Among the
papers laid before the senate to-day were
communications from the supervising archi-
tect of the treasury as to the necessity of
additional vaults for the storage of silver
and as to the purchase of additiOna, ground
for public buildings at st. Paul. Also a
communication from the assistant secretary
of the interior with the report Of the gov
ernment directors of the Union Pacific Rail-
road company and asking attention to the
suggestions contained concerning legislation
affecting that company. Among the petit
tiOnS presented was one signed by
sixty ministers of the Nebraska
conference in favor of the Chinese indem-
nifty bill and one signed by large number
of importers and merchants of st. Louis
in favor of the immediate transportation
act. Mr.. Morrill,. from the finance COM
mittee, reported back fayorably bill to fix
the charge of passports at 81. 1t was i'm
mediately passed. Mr.. Allison, from the
committee on appropriations, reported back
the house bill making appropriations to
supply deficiencies for the public printing
with an amendment requiring the money to
be expended rateable. The amendment
was agreed to and the bill passed. Among
the
BILLS INTRODUCED
and referred were the following: BY Mr..
Pugh, regulating the proceedings i'll con-
gress on private claims. By Mr.. Salisbury
Thy reQuest), supplementary to the natural
ization act. Mr.. Sewell. from the commit
mittee on library, reported bill appointing
James B. Angel, of Michigan, member OF
the board of regents of the Smithsonian in
stitute. Passed. Mr.. ingalls, offered a res
olution discharging the committee on pen
| siOns from further consideration of the bill
| introduced by him last session to remove
| the limitation of payment of arrears of PEN
sion. He said that as the commit
tee had taken no action on it il
seemed to him there was either
an irreconcilable difference of opinion or a
diSinclinatiOn on the part of the committee
to bring the bill before the senate. Mr..
Blair. who was last session acting chairman
of the committee on pensions, said that the
| bill had been considered several times, that
| he was himself in favor of 1t, but there was
| majority of the committee against it.
| The resolution was laid over. The house
amendment to the bill for the completion
of the public building at Fort Scott, Kan,
was nOn-cOncuued in and a conference
was asked. Mr.. Morgan offered a resolu-
| ton calling on the president for the CORE
spondence with the government of Nicar-
| augua relating to the Nicaragua ship
canal or to the treaty on that subject.
which was pending i'll the senate on the
4th of March. 1885. Adopted. The resO
! luton for holiday recess from tomorrow to
Jan. was presented and agreed to. Mr..
| Cullom called up the conference report or
the
INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
He said that he did so for the purpose OF
giving the senator from Iowa (Mr. Wilson,
an opportunity of making some remarks OF
the bill, after which lin accordance with
the suggestions of many senators on botl
sides as to the impracticability of action or
it before the holidaysl he would let the bill
go over until after the holidays. He an
nOunced. however, that when the senate re-
sumed its sessions he would again call uI
the conference report and insist upon its
consideration from day to day until dis
posed of. Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa. thereupor
proceeded to address the senate in favol
of the adoption of the report
He represented the railroad system
of the country as having steadily
and unreasonably refused to recognize thu
simplest business demand, and as havins
worked out lines of acton for itself which
had excited the resentment of almost every
interest which it had been created tt
serve. 1t had made itself an intermeddle
in almost every department of business; i