St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-02
THE UPPER HOUSE.
Bills and Resolutions Reported.
Status of the Various Appropria.

Bills and Resolutions Reported
Status of the Various Appropria-
ton Bills.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Among the
bills and resolutions reported from com
mittees was the following by Mr..
Evarts, from the committee on foreign
relations, senate joint resolution author
izing and empowering the president to
take such measures as may be necessary
to obtain indemnity for damages suf-
fered by the Venezuelan Steamship COM
pany, of New York, by reason of wrongful
seizure of the company'S steamers in
1871. Calendar. Bills were passed as
follows: House bill to authorize the
Winona q Southwestern Railway COM
pany to build bridge across the Mis-
sissippi at Winona, Mimi; house bill
for improving the mouth of the BraZos
river, Texas; house bill to
PROTECT THE PURCHASERS OF LAND
lying in the vicinity of Denver, Col,
heretofore withdrawn by the govern
ment as lying within the limits of Ger
tain railroad grants; house bill for a
public building at Jackson, Miss, ap-
propriating 5000; house bill to au-
thorize the Kentucky Rock Gas COM
pany to lay conduit pipes across the
Ohio and Salt rivers; senate bill appro-
priating S125, ZOO for public building at
Wilkesbarre, Pa; house bill for the
erection of appraisers warehouse in
the city of New York; house bill to pro-
vide for the disposal of the Fort Wal
lace military reservation in Kansas:
senate bill apprOpriating $4,000 for a
monument at COburn to commemorate
THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON.
The senate then resumed considera-
ton of the sundry civil appropriation
bill, the pending question being the
priating $4,000 for the recovery of prop
erty of the late confederate states be-
longing to the government. Mr.. Ed
munds opposed it as a useless waste of
money. The wiSeSt thing to be done
with the assets of the late Confederacy,
as well as with the late unpleasantnesS
Itself, kwaS to forget all about them.
Mr.. Gibson opposed the amend
ment, believing that at the close of the
war the officers OF the confederate army
and navy had delivered up all public
property under the contract. Finally,
after discussion, MI. Calls amendment,
on motion of Mr.. Allison, was
LAID ON THE TABLE.
A number of amendments involving
amounts were offered and agreed
to, and the bill was reported to the SELL
ate. All the amendments were con-
CURED in and the bill was passed. In
response to questions. Mr.. Allison gave
the present status of the various appro-
priation bills, which had not as yet be-
come laws, and stated further that it
might safely be assumed all the apprO-
priation bills could be disposed of next
week. AS to the tariff bill, he would
not say when it would be presented TO
the senate. but SO far as he had heard it
WAS THE INTENTION
of the committee Oh finance to bring
that bill into the chamber at the earliest
practicable moment, and to have it con-
sidered with all due speed consistent
with its careful consideration. Mr..
Gibson asked Mr.. Sherman whether the
tariff bill was likely to be brought in
next week or the week after. Mr.. Sher-
man said he did not know, and no one
could tell. Mr.. Pugh presented the
minority report in the jackson, Miss,
election investigation, and it was ordered
printed with the majority report. The
senate at 5:l5 p. m. adjourned.