Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
quire its officers to present such bills with

quire its officers to present such bills with
out unnecessary delay.
The House bill to make the Department
of Agriculture one of the Executive De
partments of the Government was taken
up, the question being on the amendment
to strike out the fifth section, which trans
fers the Weather Bureau to the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Chandler expressed himself as willing TO
vote for the bill, foreseeing, however, that
ii would result in the establishment-which
he would favor-of a Department of Ma
tional Industries.
Reagan sent to the Clerks desk and had
read a substitute which he desired to offer
for the whole bill. 1t was for the creation
of Department of Industry, and would,
he said. embrace commerce, both internal
and foreign, as well as the interests OF sgri-
culture and commerce, which are insepara-
bic and interdependent. He thought 1t
would be mistake to pass bill on the
subject that would omit either.
The discussion was continued by Call IN
favor Of the transfer of the Weather Bureau,
and by Senators Wilson of Iowa, Palmer,
Salisbury and Hale against it.
Finally, vote was taken on the amend
ment to strike out the fifth section OF the
bill, Agreed to-yeas SO, nays9. So the
proposition to transfer the Weather Bureau
TO the Department of Agriculture was de-
feated.
Reagan offered the substitute to which
be previously referred, but it was left on
the table and the bill was then passed.
II provides that the Department of Agri-
culture shall be an executive department
under the supervision of the Secretary Of
Agriculture. who shall be appointed by the
President, with the advice and consent of
the Senate. There shall be an Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, to be appointed
by the z. esident, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, who shall perform such
duties as may be required by law or
prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary
of Agriculture shall receive the same sal
ary as is paid to the Secretary OF each of
the executive departments and the salary
of the Assistant Secretary shall be the
same as is now paid to the First Assistant
Secretary of the Department Of the H.
terror.
A Committee of Conference was ordered
on disagreeing votes, and Senators Palmer,
Sabin and George were appointed conferees
or the part of the Senate.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was presented and
agreed to.
Stewart inquired what had become Of his
amendment regarding land and timber
frauds.
Allison replied that the Senate conferees
yielded on that point.
Stewart then proceeded to restate his
views on the subject.
At the conclusion of his speech, Sherman
asked Allison whether the conference re-
port covered all the matters in dispute be-
tween the two houses.
Allison replied that the question on
which the conferees had been unable TO
agree was the amendment as to the new
library building.
Sherman suggested that there was 10
sense in keeping up a controversy between
the two houses as to the library building.
The Senate could not agree to the House
proposition to break string Of contracts
and make new start. In his judgment,
the only proper course was 20 drop the
whole subject for the present.
Allison made g statement of the position
OF the House and Senate conferees and ex-
pressed the opinion that the House PROPOSE
ton involved the entire suspension of
work until the next Congress.
Mr.. Hale, one of the conferees, expressed
the belief that some plan could be agreed
upon that would embody the two funda-
House being that charge of the work shall
be taken away from the present manage
ment, and that of the Senate being that
there shall be no unreasonable delay in the
construction of the building.
Sherman moved to instruct the Senate
conferees that if the conferees of the two
houses cannot agree, the Senate conferees
shall propose that the text of the House
bill disagreed to by the Senate, be stricken
out of the bill.
This motion was agreed to, and the con-
ferees on the part OF the Senate-AillsoD,
Hale and Cockrell-were reappointed.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
The House.
WASHINGTON. September 2lst.-In the
House this forenoon, Grain of Texas asked
unanimous consent to offer a resolution
authorizing the Committee on Judiciary to
report at any time for immediate consid-
Grafton the bill providing for the suppress
sion and prevention of trusts. He asked
that the resolution be referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
Hopkins of New York objected.
The Committee on Public Lands reported
back the bill to suspend operations on the
pre-emption, timber culture aud desert
land laws bill, so amended as to strike out
all reference to the suspension Of the laws
ana as amended passed. II now simply
provided that during the pending measures
now before Congress in relation to the for
feiture OF certain lands heretofore granted
by Congress to railroad corporations, and
thereafter no act done by any such corpora
ton shall in anywise enlarge the right or
claim of such corporation to any lands
covered by any such grant or diminish any
right now existing in the United States to
declare forfeiture. This provision is not to
be construed to in any wise effect or waive
any right now existing in behalf of the
United States to declare the forfeiture Of
any lands embraced in any such grant.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the private calendar.
The committee having arisen, the House
passed a number of private bills and took
recess, the evening recess to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
At the evening session Bingham of Penn
sylvania called up the bill granting pen
sion to the widow of General Sheridan, and
on this occasion Cheald of Indiana was the
objector, and as he insisted upon his point
of no quorum the bill was Withdrawn.
Subsequently Bingham asked unanimous
consent to have the bill made the special
order for December 9th, bnt to this PROPOSE
ton Kilgore of Texas objected.
Thirty private pension bills were passed,
and the House, at 1890, adjourned until
Monday.
OUGHT TO HAVE 1T,