Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-11
Amendments TO Alien Land Bill Dis.
cussed i'm the Senate.
Vest Scores the Manner of Increasing
Cost of Public Buildings.
Anderson Rakes the Pacific Roads for
Their Western Union Contracts,
Further Particulars About the Subject
of Pure Lard.


reported to the Senate a bill incorporating
the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua
and said he would move to take it up early
next week. Placed on the calendar
Bills granting the right OF way through the
Crow Indian reservation to the Billings
Clark's Fork Railway, and to open up por
tions of the Sioux Indian reservation to
settlement were also reported and placed
on the calendar.
Mr.. Manderson from the Committee on
Printing reported joint resolution for the
disposition OF the undistributed copies oi
the records of the rebellion, reports of the
tenth census and reports Of the public
land commission. The resolution gave
rise to discussion in course OF which Mr..
Vest gave expression to his ideas as to the
value OF publications of the Government
Printing office. He had room in Wash.
;ngton in which there were several hundred
volumes OF public documents bound in
calf at the expense OF the Government
Enict books he could not give away-he
s1nld not trade them off. He could not
dispose OF them unless he put them in the
fire. The upper portion OF the Capitol
was crammed to the roof with books and
y5t there was continual stream of these
Publications pouring out of the Govern
ment's Printing Office. The money might
az well be taken out and thrown into the
Fotomac river.
Mr. Teller admitted there was great
waste in that direction, but his experience
Wis not like that OF the Senator from Mis-.
ssari.
Nafr. Henderson suggested Mr.. Vests
statement was the best argument he had
ht..rd for the passage OF the Blair educa-
ti,,lal bill.
+ allusion by Saulsburyto % the Presidents
Usage ard accompanying documents"
as something which people took no interest
1la created much amusement on the Repub-
iga side of the chamber. Finally the joint
resolution was passed.
sir. Riddle berger's resolution for amend
10. the rules so as to allow the British ex-
tradition treaty to be considered in open
se~ion was reached in the regular order.
NJ Riddleberger explained that the
Si. ris1, lions tail having been twisted by /.
voee Of 23 to 21, the passage OF the resolu-
.ica was no longer necessary.
Senator Hawley and others called the
Vi. ginian to order and he sat down, re-
marking as be did so that he supposed he
1a.i II right to say so much and that he did
10, ike to be called to order every time he
o.
N. Riddlebergar's motion was put to Il
-o'' in secret session laat.night, Dy which
Of that treaty was postponed
10 next December.
4 resolution offered by Mr.. Plumb calling
N sI1Ic Gov4otesror<fW Ws>, IL n iafon alton s
10 why adequate care is not taken OF the
cemetery at Mound City, Kansas.
vas adopted, as was also resolution by
dr Plumb calling on the Secretary OF the
sr fnr 1 inn 10 tn oh AHn
" registers and receivers OF land offices for
edncing testimony to writing.
The Blair bill was taken up as unhnishcd
business and laid aside.
The bill to authorize the sale to aliens
# certain mineral lands was then taken up
md after discussion hingiDg upon the Tact
hat none OF the Democratic members OF
he committee VIZ re present at the consid-
ration, Mr.. Edmunds moved to recon-
nit to the Committee on Mines and Mining.
Ir. Fdmunds suggested he could see no
ood reason why q distinction should not
,e made between mineral lands and agri-
uitural lands, saying somewhat pointedly
hat if he wanted to obtain political influ-
nee he would prefer to be mine owner,
ather than the owner nf the adjacent
ownship.
Mr.. Reagan argued there was a strong
opular sentiment to which the act OF last
essioL, the alien ownership OF land in the
territories was the response. lie would
egret an abridgenent of the provisions OF
hat act. The bill was also opposed oy
lr. Plumb.
Mr.. Stewart replied silver mine ON the
fountains, was as worthless as the desert
ithout capital; that capital SO far from
lterfering with the laborer and bearing
i'm down, brought employment to him
nd raised the price OF his labor. 1t was |
he laboring :. en- Of the Territories who |
ere dema ndiag the passage OF this bill. |
hey were asking that capital should not |
q kept on Of the mines and themselves |
eI,siys,.l of employment. The law OF the |
Is. Cong css was just restriction upon tie |
eyelopment Of the Territories, II discrimi |
alton agait st them which no State III the !
MON ad put upon its nining industries. |
he bill was recnmniitted to the Committee
II Mines and Mining and Mr.. Stewart gave
office there would be II meeting OF that
,mmittee next tuesday morning.
Ga motion OF Mr. Morrill, the Senate !
,int resolution for erecting ii statue to the |
l:e Spencer i. Baird, Secretary OF the |
Institute, ia front OF the |
at,Ona! Museum, and appropriated Sl3,-
90 for the purpose, was passed.
tie EeGate ia C'h@ tsr,OS' |
dditinral for public buildings at Persia
,la, was taken up and became the theme |
n general d scussiOa as t. the erection OF
Gbic buildings.
Mr.. Vest. from the Committee on Public |
uildngs, stated in reply to a question
ON Mr.. Edmumls AS to the aggrsga te !
mount OF the bills for that purpose no"
efnre the committee taat he was unable
} furnish the Information, but the tariff |
i'll and Blair bill would sink into insignti-
snce as compared with the esti,na res for
ubiic buildings. He mentioned the cas*s
the st. Lou postoilice, where the criei-
al imita tion oi cost IVES $3oO,OOo and
hen the actua! cost had been 81. 600, 600;
le New ork Iostoi ce where the simlta-
ons were charged and Increased three
ifferent times; the Bostou postoflice,
here the cost hail run up to three or four
iilions in the same way. Every man con-
acted with such Increases of expenditures
lould be, he said. indicted.
Mr.. Plumb gave some amusing llustra-
ons Of how the money appropriated for
lblic buildings is wasted. There has been
st year spent on the new library building
Washington over S3S. 900.
MIR. Dawes: The place where the hole is?
Mr.. Plumb: Yes, the hole is u large one,
nd will carry into it before the construc-
on is begun more than the sum q! money
riginaily appropriated for tho building.
e proceeded to read Il list OF the employees
the library building. including a ianitor
watch this hole in the ground, u sculp-
,r and four women. It was very reIIiark-
ole, he said, that women seemed (in the
port he was reading fronI) to be in charge