The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-30
OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
By Two-1hird's Vote the Senate Passe
the Des Moip.s River Lands Bill

By Two Thirds Vote the Senate Passes
the Des Moines River Lands Bill
WASHINGTON CITY, June 30-In the sen
ate Tuesday Camden made personal ex-
PLANTATION, denying recent publication in
connection with the Jayne case, in which
he was credited with having asserted that
only SIX votes were necessary to carry the
senate for Payne, and that SjO,00U would
be paid Tor each The article he
denounced as false in every detail and with
out shadow OF foundation The resolu-
tion authorizing inquiry into the cost of
public printing, binding etc, was adopted
and the senate then esumed consideration
OF the president 5 veto OF tue bill to quit
titles ul settlers GA the D-s Moines river
lands
Eyarts argued in FAY or of the veto reply
in 10 Allisons argument of Monday in
favor of the ill
Aliifon and Wilson of Iowa spoke In favor
OF the bill, and at the conclusion of their
remarks the bill was passed. over the presi
don't yeto-yeas, - nays, L., the neces-
sary U-thyrds'-as follows;
! eas-All5On, Beck, berry, Blackburn,
Blair, Gull Cameron, Chase, Cockrell, Coke,
SOhrtlg iiANtSs lAu%llsf N'tul JldiSs l1iii
risen Euur, ingalls,, Jones of Arkansas,
Mcmillan, Mahone, henderson, Ma>ey,
Mitchell OF oregon, aiiner, Plumb, bidd e
berger. Sawyer, Seweli, Sherman, Spuoner,
Teller, Walthall, Wilson oil Iowa..
Nays Brown, Butler, Colguitt, Ed
muuds, Evart4, Gray, Hampton, Hawley,
Nclherson, Miller, Platt, Ransom, Vance,
Vest, Whitthorne-l5.
The conference report on the army ap.
preparation bill was agreed to- T'rhe bill
now appropriates about S150,0o0 less than
1t did when it passed the house
On motion of Allison, the conference re-
port on the bill to amend the Pacific rail
road acts was agreed to. The legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
was then taken up for consideration.
Blair introduced bill in the senate Mon
day giving pension claimants the right of
trial by jury.
MorTow's amendment to the sundry civil
bill adopted i'll the house Monday morning
was unanimously rejected on Randalls mo-
ton later ID the day, and the salaries of re-
porters and receivers of land offices were
limited TO s.: 900 per annum.
In the house. Tuesday, Townsend of ILL
nois submitted the report OF the conference
committee on the pension appropriation
bill, and it was agreed to.
Burns of Missouri, from the committee
on appropriations, reported the general de-
ficlency bill which appropriates SG,062, 3i5,
and the house then III committee of the
whole resumed consideration OF the sundry
civil appropriation bill
Springer of Illinois moved to increase the
appropriation for protecting public lands
from fraudulent entry from SO, 600 to 500,
oOl Hiscock charged that the motion was
made with u view to increasing patronage.
This Herbert denied and said that the
amendment was i'll the interest of economy
and justice.
Springer disclaimed any thought of pa
tronage In connection with his motion Al
this point sharp colloquy tool place be
tween Reed and Springer during which tb.
former charged that Republicans were TO.
ing turned out Of tue interior department
every day. Springer had no information
IN this effect His desire was to assist Sec
reiary Lamar ard Commissioner Sparks in
their efforts to expose land frauds
Upon an amendment tellers were ordered,
when Randall and Holman were appointed,
the former walked to the bar of the house
and took his stand on the Democratic side
OF the main aisle When Holman arrived
no requested Randall to stand on the Re.
publican side to which request the Pennsyl-
vauan refused to accede. Holman also de-
clined to stand on that side and took po-
stion hac of Randall amid roars of laugh
ter Finally the gentleman from Indiana
yielded lis point and stood opposite Ran
dali
Springer finally withdrew his motion to
Increase the appropriation for protecting
public lands from fraudulent entry.
Another scene was created on the ques.
ton as to the positions which Weaver OF
Iowa and Perkins Of Kansas bore to the oc-
cupation Of public lands, cattle syndicates,
and the Oklahoma "boomers.' Perkins in
quired if Weaver was not the paid attorney
of the boomers"
Weaver Indignantly replied in the mega
tive, and inquired OF Perkins if he was not
the paid attorney of the cattle syndicate.
This imputation Perkins Indignantly 70