Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-31
THE HOUSES STILL DIFFERING.
The Senate Insists that the FOrtiflca.
ton Bill Shall Be According
10 Programme.
Rlsnd's Amendment to the Silver Ger.
tiAcate Bill Badly Defeated
in the House.
New Associate Justice for Montana
other Matters Of Interest from
the Capital City.

WAsnINGroN, July 2S.-Mr. Mcmillan
from the Conference Committee on the
River and liarbor bill reported that the
Committee had been unable to agree. The
Chair (Mr. Sherman), thereupon laid be.
the Senate message from the House to
the effect that it had instructed it's confer.
ses to insist upon striking from the bill;
the items as to the Portage Lake &
Lake Superior Canals, the Lake Michigan
* Hennipen, the Sturgeon Bay & Lake
Michigan Shipping Canal, the Mississippi
River improvements and the Potomac
River impr ovements. Mr.. Mcmillan moved
that the Senate insist upon its disagree
nlent and agree to the conference asked by
the House. A long discussion ensued as to
the right Of the House to instruct it's con-
ierees before hand what to do and what not
to do, but finally resolution was adop-
ted that the Senate insist on it's
amendments, including those mentioned
IN the House resolution and agree to the
conference asked for. Senators Mcmillan,
Conger and Ransom were reappointed con-
fres on the part OF the Senate. Mr.. Teller,
from the Committee on Public Lands, re-
ported bill to refer to the Court OF
Claims the claim OF William McGarrahan
to the Panoche Grande grant, Mr.. Ed
munds, from the Judiciary Committee, re-
ported bill to detach certain counties
from the United States Judicial District OF
California and to create the United States
Judicial District of Southern California.
Placed on the calendar. The Senate then
took up the Fertilization Bill. The bill as
it came from the House appropriates
SG2O,O00. The Senate adds $6,O1O,OOO
to that amount in accordance with the
recommendations of the Ordnance and
Gun Foundry Boards regarding the manu-
fscture Of heavy guns.
The consideration OF the bill was inter-
rupted and Mr.. Allison, from the Conference
Committee on the Legislative Appropria-
ton Bill, submitted report which was
agreed to. Mr.. Dolph opposed an amend
ment, authorizing contract with the
Southern Boston Iron Works for the con-
struction OF cast iron mortars to the
amount DISCO, 900. Mr.. German defended
the amendment. The amendment was fur
ther defended by Mr.. Plumb and was fl
nally agreed to. MIR. Dolph moved an
amendment, appropriating S2,OOO,OO0 for
the constructions OF Notifications and
other works Of coast defences in accord
ance with the recommendations Of the
Board appointed by the President under
the act OF June 2nd, 1885. lie spoke in
advocacy OF the amendments. Rejected
yeas 22, nays SO. Mr.. Plumb offered an
amendment, appropriating 100000 to
enable the Secretary OF the Navy to pro-
vide additional tools and machinery for
the finishing aud assembling OF heavy or
dnance at the Washington Navy Yard.
Adopted. The bill was then reported to
the Senate, the various amendments were
agreed to and the bill passed. The Senate
took up the surplus joint resolution and
thereupon adjourned.
House.
TheSpeaker announced the appointment
of Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and PaysOn
as conferees on the Northern Pacific For
Teiture bill. Mr.. Holman, from the Confer
ence Committee on the Legislative, Execu-
tive and judicial bill, reported a'continued
disagreement. MIR. Holman said that
substantial agreement had been reached
on the clause increasing the appropriation
for Internal Revenue employees and making
an appropriation for the collection OF sta
tistics in regard to marriage and divorce.
This narrowed the disagreement down to
the one item Of Senator'S clerks, and upon
that the Senate was firm. He moved that
the House recede from its disagreement to
The amendment. After debate, the motion
was agreed to-yeas 143, nays 81.
A further conferences was ordered on the
points OF difference. he House
then went into Committee OF the Whole on
the Senate amendments to the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. The amendments
were considered without discussion and the
OF the Committee on
Appropriations were agreed to until the
clause relating to silver certificates was
reached. Mr.. Bland offered an amendment
providing that the certificates shall be is
sued on all standard silver dollars in the
Treasury and paid out on expenditures and
obligations OF the Government and when
received in the Treasury shall be reissued.
Rejectcd-S1 to 81, and the clause was
agreed o in the shape recommended by the
Committee on Appropriate, rs. The next
question upon which hitch occurred
was the Senate amendment reducing,
from 100000 to $4,000 the appropria-
tion for the protection OF public lands
against fraudulent entries. The Commit
Tee on Appropriations recommended the
concurrence in the amendment, but Mr..
Holman moved nOn-cOncurrence, and made
a speech in which he stated the necessity OF
protecting the peoples land against fraud.
After warm debate the motion to non
concur was lost-5G to Ill, and the
amendment was concurrsd in. The other
amendments were concurred in or nom
concurred in according to the recommended
tions OF the Committee on Appropriations,
and the Committee OF the Whole rose and
reported the bill and amendments to the
House. Mr.. Bland demanded q separate
vote on concurring in the Senate amend
ment to the silver certificate clause as
amended. 1t was SO concurred in'-ll6 TO
So, Mr. Bland not being able to muster
sufficient following to order the yeas and
nays. The action OF the Committee OF the
Whole on the other amendments was then
ratified and a conference ordered. Mr..
Holman submitted conference report on
the Legislative Appropriation Bill ana IL
was agreed to. Adjourned.
Facts In tho Santos Case. -
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The Speaker to-
day laid before the House a communication
from the Secretary OF State in answer 10
"a House resolution, inclosing a mass OF
correspondence in relation to the lmpr,s'
1nent and release Of Julius Santos py the
Government of Ecuador. Alter n strong
correspondence touching Santo.' nation-
ality, Secretary Bayard, on May I, 1882
wrote to Consul General Roach that tne
Government held that Santos citizenship
WAS not in doubt and that he must have
absolute protection OF his property as
lawful citizen of the United States; that
M Ypr+ la Il ,lo1 in Ioinp iCStlce to Santos