The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-02
THE sUNpRY civil BILL


NAsafNeFuS. AssE. l. - In the sessxss
Ffamk. from the eoFn fssfsfee On agriculture
reported hack The house hsls ~ enlarge the
I s-sNsr aud duties 81 the department oi
+ agriculture. and create IA executive de
psrfmeifg te be known a. the depeEtraan;
z Of agriculture IN the tsli as rssytsiEss,i
Z the pToy issans 81 the hoase hiA Tor tra8s
fer u The weather hslresn sron The sar
sieEarsraeEs; ~ ,he department Of asEieaa.
sure arr s;sua I Vtgs
EYarfs. from the casamllies 90 farsign
rcIzsfauS, reported hack tlsr ss2ese sssBs
resolution authorizing aud s,uz pawesfs4S tbs
!. President os the United States 80 iake such
/ measures as in tais Judgment may hs seers-
! ssFs 10 ohiAin Indemnity promptly for IN
9sfrlcs. lossseS asad ssasr6sss Safieged eg sas
Venezuelan Sfe&snsAip Company et New
YORK. IS reason Of tie wrongful seiassc
ard astensioM os the cosapAuys taree
steamers. aud 10 eEatlay sacD means af
exercise saeh powers as Ray he neCesssTy.
The sehs'a resumed consideration of the
sIsaGty clsA appropriation bill. the pegld-
ing question being ON the amendment
offered yesterday hy CALI appropgiasinS
$la.assa Tor the recosesy Of property Of tne
late Confederate states uoW held in al
verse possession Ia the government
EamRaes said he had been on eemmif-
iss 4 few years ago which had Investigated
that whole suiseef. and he as satisfied
the appropriation would he useless Tnc
Eisest thing Ia ee done With the assets of
the late D0niedeTaeg. aS with The iete nn-
pleasantscss itself. wss - forget all about
them-let them 60.
Gibson opposed the amendment he sub
asltgsa that il was Dot proper ~ this late
hoHr % call Ia question tho validity OF ia
tesf5fs 81 surrender which was made hy
officers Of the CcufcdcFacy on lard OF sea-
TIE Confederate states bad died q noble
death il the iielaxi battle many years ago,
S, z. ma, s srSised esag I'M. ,has se1i,ins, g
Of the men who Represented that fallen
power. For one. DC would have engraved
on rs tombstone the spitapii engraved GA
Shakespeare tomb;
Good friend. for Iesas sake f0fbeas
To touch the dust enclosed here;
Blessed be he who spares these bones
And cursed be be who moves these
stones
Call said he did nos sysnpa,hize with
Gibson Ia the opinion that the dust Of the
Ceafederaey should be buried and It's good
friends iet II alone. The confederation
would live in history. for the eraa; aud
heroic characters which they had dc
feiaped, There was no need 70 have iheis
dust tndisiurbed. Their fame was written
IN the immortal pages 81 history by such
iliHstgous characters as Iae and Jackson. /
and he was glad 10 know that the loyal
sponded 10 that sentiment He was not
ashbfacd Of the Gontrdesary 10 hid lis
dust 20 remain undisturbed II could aot
be shouted down or uTogicoked, the Con
iesleyacy had no dust, hut ii bad thc im-
mortal glory Of the heroic character Of
nohle self sacrifice.
Allison moved 10 lay Calls resolution Oh
the table Agreed to-
The bili was then reported back 20 the
senate, aud ali the amen ments coBcnrred
ia except fhai appTeprisfilis S0,ooa for the
widow 81 Professor kairsi. on which Rea
gan demanded the yeas and Hays. Tie
amendment was eoncuEred in-yess 2S I,
nays H.
sherman explained thai be had not voted /
for the amendment because be thought
slss appropriation loo iGrge. He would be /
willing ia se,fe soF an Appropriation of So
90. and be suggested jhst this amount 1
would be reduced ~ the conference cosa- |
n1isfee.
3tie bili was then passed.
Allison stated, in response IA query, 4
that there nuss regiaiaea unasspo,ea uf I
Eve Of The regular appropriation b.iis, The
array bin. navy Bin. saudFy civil b,l. gen
efai t.eiicleufg bill aud the fortaca,iaus
hiB lie iheEsht Is might be safely a.
,uaod that all the appropriation biiis euulG I
be disposed 81 next week. he could u.E /
say ehen the tariff biii would bo pns /
.ented Adjourned