Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-08
,s,mANA AS A STATE.
,rssMAN M'DoNALD;s BEL FOR
.pRTTORI4E ADMISSION.

!, Dakota, Montana, Washington and
s'rH uexico-A Resolution for Electing
resident by Popular vote-senator
w. Great Anxiety TO Settle the
To- Pacific Railroad Financial Diff
'rr with the United States.
~voroN, December AIN the House
Wild, Dem.) OF Minnesota, to-day
God a petition ofthe citizens ofNorth
ga for immediate admission into the
W. Of South Dakota aud Montana, and
~, consid, ration of conventions in
~ dakota, Washington and New Mex
psterred to committee.
me speaker laid before the house the an
y raports of the secretary Of the treas
and comptroller OF currency, which
.~onuropriately referred.
,.,ya was granted the committee on an.
'n,iations to sit during the session OF the
suse.
ASsses OF real estate by the Commits
rnnsrs of the District OF Columbia were
I'D to the committee.
p.nresentative Stone. OF Kentucky, in
%D3pced u Joint resolution proposing an
|uDdment to the constitution providing
rt the President e-President be chosen
~ fourth year by a. direct vote of the
r"niIe One section OF the bill forbids
Es holding OF any local or state elections,
Dsnt for members of aongress on the day
aanart for the election of President and
Tns.P President Electors for president and
,srpresident will be chosen the first Tues
%r in November. =
AS TO ERECTING MONUMENTS.
In Kilgore's opinion Congress exceeded
AZ authority in using money taken from
me people by taxing to erect monuments
i, Maine or Texas or Colorado.
Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, said there
rep mon the calendar twelve bills for the
'Srtion Of monuments throughout the
.onntrv, the appropriations contained
gsrein aggregating $275, 900. 1t seemed
4 n him that the government was going into
| ,a monument business rather at q whole
4 ale rate.
Mcmillan. while expressing his reverence
IA, the memory Of the revolutionary
heroes, entered his protest against the gen
4 anal government going into states for the
nurpoae of erecting monuments.
%Spinola, of New York, while opposed to
~rtravagance, felt it his duty to support the
~ueasure.
On demand for the previous question.
ae vote stood: Yeas Ill, nays 46. No
onorum. The call Of the House was or
jsred and POS members responded. The
mestion recurring on a demand for the
Tevious question again, nc quorum voted.
The opponents of the measure resorted
10 ~dilatory tactics to compass its defeat.
SEVERAL Intellectual attempts were then made
tpd finally Dingley yielded to Mansur to
offer an amendment locating a. monument
N Washington. The previous question
VAS ordered on the amendment, and a
third reading OF the bill followed. On
%Nansur's amendment the vote stood:
Yeas &C, nays 90. No quorum and more
calls followed.
This procedure was continued until 8
o'clock, when, under an order adopted at
he last session, the House adjourned.
IN THE sENATE.
WASHINGTON, December AIN the Senate
This morning the finance committee briefly
,onsidered the tariff bill which Allison
announced yesterday he would call up
today, also informally had under consult
alton Shernan's bill to declare unlawful
trusts and combinations in restraint OF
trade and production, which was reported
With amendments to the Senate in Sep
Timber.
VIM. H. Heald OF Delaware has been APP
Ninted examiner of national banks for
Oregon and the territories OF Washington,
IDAHO and Montana.
Senator Allisono of Iowa denies the report
that ne has been offered the secretaryship
dthe treasury by Harrison.
The various annual reports, including
that of Secretary OF the Treasury, were
presented and approximately referred.
Numerous bills areintrOduced,and referred
including one for the construction OF two
steel ams to be armed with heavy riied
dynamite guns, and one for the construc-
ton of two steel cruisers, to be armed with
dynamite guns.
Frye, at 1890, moved to proceed TO tie
consideration of the Uni III Pacific SETTLE
ment. Mitchell opposed the motion on the
T0und that he tad no time to examine the
report. 1t war q matter that should be
looked into.
Teller also favored postponement, as he
ldu ho opportunity w ih'oooAs"'"
Pt.
Frye said the matter was a very familiar
one to the Senate. A select committee had
been appointed early last session to con-
sder if, and devoted much time to the in
restigation. The committee found
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES
control could not be connected on account
Of the difference in the conditions and ca
pcitirs. Therefore the committee upani-
nOusly reported q bill touching the Union
Pacific only. The port had been made in
sriting and has been printed as long ago as
July. The bill, he drought, could be dis
posed Of in four or five morning hours.
Plumb said there was no particular rea-
ION for haste, as the debt would not ma
ture for nine wears. In tho present tenn
per of the public mind, and in view OF some
Prophecies rather recently made, there are
some obligations resting on the Senate to
DISCHARGE PUBLIC BUSINESS
before it took up any matter OF private
concern. In his opinion the bill would re-
quire a good deal of debate without saying
what might eventually become OF the DILL
He thought it would be found one oil iatner
more Importance than the Senator ron
Maine seemed to think. He therefore
moved, if there is any spare time between
now aud 2 o'clock, the Senate utilize 1T t'y
taking up the tariff bill at once.
On motion OF Allison, the Senate sub
stitute the tariff bill was then taken up foi
consideration.
Vance said the Democratic Senator's who
had amendments to offer to the TOBACCO
section (the first in the substituted were
not nrnnared for t EN- to-day, but wouic
be tomorrow. Therefore h. post
p%Onenrent until 2 O'Clock to'morro"
Agreed TO-. Adjourned.
THE ptRNEIE INVESTTGATJON.