Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-12
N THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
Tho Work Of the Nations S0lOns Still
Steadily Going on In
Washington.
The Edmunds Anti olygalny Bill Re-
ported on by the Commute
on the Judiciary.
Rejection OF Posey s. Wilson, to be AS
sayer Of the Mint at Denver,
Colorado.

w,sH,yeroN, June 1O.-The Chair lait
,o,ors the Senate a message from the Presi
aso, with a letter from the Secretary @
o,ots in relation to the dis! ributlon OF thu
,,nd ;or the relief OF the officers and crew
~. h,st General AT m-trong.' REFER
-, Among the memorials presented was
Nv Mr. Miller, from the Congress OF the
workinsmen's clubs OF the United states
,rav wing for the passage OF a bill estao'is
mo install savings banks. Referred.
,,ar tbe routine morning business, MT
Rock called up his bill to prohibit members
tron.-ess from accepting retaiBers or en-
nEoymsat from railroad companies which
nave recei we'd land grants or ~pecuniary AID
from Congress. Mr.. Beck stated he had no
remarks to make on it, and asked for its
Immediate consideration.
Mr.. Fdmunds moved its CT ference to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Bect said it would be as we'll to vote
tie bill down at once as to refer it to that
committee. =,
Mr., Edmunds remarked that he would
move its reference to g COMMITTEE on
Finance if that would suit Mr.. Beck better.
This didn't suit Mr.. Beck any better. Then
Nr. Edlnunds repeated his motion to refer
It to Committee on the Judiciary. On this
The yeas and nays were called II the
motion was rejected twenty to twcnty-four.
The bill then came TO a vote and it Was
passed without any reference TO any COM
,ujttea. On the passage OF the bill the vote
Was yeas 81, nays IL.
w. A.-1-a,al fsa~ Hi .n,
then taken up and Mr.. Miller, in the course
Of some remarks On the bill referred to the
rsyasss OF Rice birds, which, he said, caused
a loss equal tn 81 per acre Of all the rice
crop OF the United States. The ravag = OF
the English sparrow, he added, were very
much worse than those OF the Rice bird
and amounted to many millions OF dollars
ner year, and the eparrows were rapidly Oh
ihe increase. 1t "a believed by the Orno-
thological Association OF the United States
that steps should be taken t. e~xternirate
these sparrows. This Association, Mr..
Miller said, which va composed of anna
teur scientists all over the United States.
WAS doing most excellent work in the in
yesti2ation OF the food habits OF birds that
were injurious to agriculture. Mr.. Dolph
moved an amendment reported from the
Committee on Public Lands appropriating
SO,UUp 10 alu u tlc IcClH ! Clt'l III Illt
srid region in Washington Territory by
sinking artesian wells. Mr.. Beck said
no good had ever come from experiments
in sinking artesian wells. He opposed the
amendment. Mr.. Dolpb said the Terri
torial Legislature Of Washington had ap-
propriated Sc 900 to aid in boring a well
in the arid region to see whether water
cannot b. got there. This amendment was
intended, he said, "a a contribution by us
to that appropriation. Private individ-
uals would also contribute to it. The
whole question was one of great interest to
the Northwest.
Mr.. Teller advocated the amendment.
He spoke OF the great advantages to accrue
from n discovery that water might be got
in the arid region by artesian wells. Lands
we're absolutely worthless without water.
Mr. Chase thought the amendment should
be called IAN amendment authorizing men
to bore into the Treasury of the United
States |
Mr.. Mitchell said it was all error to sup
pose there was any Job in the proposed
appropriation. He advocated the amend
ment as OF great Importance to the Terri
tory Of Washington.
Mr.. George while favoring the amend.
ment WAS struck by the objections OF Mr..
Beck and Mr.. Chase, and therefore moved
an amendment providing that the
well should be sunk on Government land
and that such land shall be reserved from
sale until further provid d ny law. The
amendment was agreed TO and the 5000
provision as amended was agreed to. Mr..
Beck read to the Senate an amendment
limiting to American manufacturers and
material the machinery contemplated by
the House appropriation, OF $4,000 for
experiments in the manufacture of sugar.
After debate the amendment as agreed To
yeas 32, nays IL. The bill was then
passed substantially MS reported from the
Senate Committee.
Mr.. MCPHERSON introduced a bin to in
crease the naval establishment 1T is
identical in terms with the bill introduced
by representative Herbert in the House.
1t appropriates $6,42b, OOO.]
Mr.. Dolph moved that the Senate resume
me consideration OF the Northern Pacific
Forfeiture bill, and that bill aslaid before
the Senate. Pending consideration OF this
bill Mr. Riddleberger called attention to
bis resolution providing for open executive
sessions. 1t was Ave months, he said, since
We began the consideration OF the question
this body was the House OF Lords
or the United States Senate, but nc decis-
ion had been arrived at yet. Mr.. Morrill,
there was a mutual understanding
that tn, subject would be brought up and
voted on after the railway bills were dis.
posed OF.
Mr.. Riddlebprger insisted on Il vote On
the question OF taking up his re solution.
The Senate refused to taxi it ,ip-yeas, 8:
30.
Mr.. Plumb wished to call up the bill re-
the Presumption, Timber Culture and
Desert Land acts. bat the Senate preferred
10 go on with the Forfeiture bill.
Mr.. Cockrell submitted an amendment,
the effect Of which would be to forfeit all
lands which had not been earned within
The time required by the Granting act. The
bill and amendments were then ordered re-
printed md went over till o.morrow.
Mr.. Hawley entered a motion to recon
sl'ier the bill passed earlier in the day, pro-
members OF Congress from acting
BY attorneys or employees OF railway COM
panys that had received land grants or
p~ecuniary aid from the United States. Mr..
said that. with a number of other
Senator's, he had voted for the passage OF
the bill, but since voting he had given the
bill some consideration, and hence his
motion TO reconsider. The motion was
agreed to, aud after an executive session
h.