Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-22
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Senate Passes a Bill Great
ing a Department Of Ag-
riculture,
Whose Secretary Shall Sit in
the Cabinet.
The President NOminates ]. G. ParkhurSt
Minister to Belgium.
DiSasreeins on The Library Building.
Official Notice Received that the
Chinese Refuse to Ratlfy the Amend
ed Treaty.
The President NominateS ]. G. ParkhurSt
Minister to Belgium.
DiSasreeins on the Library Building.
Official Notice Received that the
Chinese Refuse to Ratify the Amend
ed Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
Senate

Mr.. Stewart introduced bill in the Sem
ate regulating the presentation of bills and
joint resolutions to the President of the
United States which vas referred to the
committee on rules. IL makes il the duty of
the speaker of the House and of the presi-
dent of the Senate TO have bills and joint res
olutons presented forthwith to the President
in person and to have the fact reported to
their respective houses.
Mr.. Stewart also offered a resolution recit-
ing the statements in the public press that
the presentation of bills TO the President is
frequently delayed for several days and some
times for weeks, by the House committee on
enrolled bills and resolving that the Senate
as branch of the legislative department of
the government call the attention of the
House to such delays in presenting bills to
the President of the United States and ask
the House to require its officers 10 present
such bills without unnecessary delay. He
desired to submit some remarks but deferred
them until the agricultural department bill
be disposed of.
The House bill to make the department of
agriculture one of the executive depart
ments of the government was taken up, the
question being to strike out the fifth section,
which transfers the Weather Bureau of the
Signal Service to the department of agricul
ture.
Mr. Reagan sent to the clerks desk sub
stltute for the whole bill; it was for the
creation of the department of industry, en-
bracing both internal and foreign as well as
agriculture.
The Senate decided 33 to . against trans
fer of Weather Bureau To department of
agriculture.
The Senate then passed the bill creating
the Department of Agriculture with a Sec
retary who shall hold position III the cabi-
net and be appointed as are other cabinet Of
ticers and paid the same salary also provides
for an assistant secretary to be paio the same
salary as the first assistant secretary of the
Interior.
The committee of conference was ordered
on disagreeing votes Palmer, Sabin, and
George were appointed conterees.
The conference report ON the sundry civil
appropriation bill was agreed 10.
Stewart inquired what had BECOME of his
amendment i'll regard 10 land and timber
frauds.
Allison replied that the Senate cvnferees
had yielded that point.
Stewart thereupoh proceeded to restate
his views an the subject from manuscript.
a fter half an hour Blair proposed 10 him
and proceed to the passage of private pen
sion bills
Stewart refused and proceeded with his
statement sew, rely cr,tici>ing the course of
the commissioner of the general laul office.
Cockrell replied TO Stewart.
Sherman asked Allison whether the con-
ference report covered all matters in dispute
between the two houses. Allison replied
that the only question on which the con-
ferees had been unable TO agree, was that
amendment as to the new library building.
The Senate could not agree to the House
proposition to break the existing contracts
and make a new start. In his Judgement,
the only proper course was to drop the whole
subject for the present. He moved that the
Senate Insist ON its disagreement TO the
| House proposition, but recede from its own
amendment In the way of substitute.
| Allison made detailed statement of the
position of the House and Senate conferees,
and expressed the opinion that the House
proposition involved the entire suspension of
work mil the next Congress, certainly for
| q year and half or two 5ears,
Hale, ohe of the eonfcrees, expressed be-
| lief that some plan could be agreed upon
that would embody the two fundamental
ideas of each house, that of the house being
That the charge or WORK shall De takeh away
from. the present management; ami that of
rhe Senate being that there shall be no un-
| reasonable delay iu the construction of the
building. -
| Sherman moved TO instruct the Senate 9on-
ferees that if the conferees OF the two houses
! cannot agree, the Senate conferees shall
| propose that the text of the house bill Oils
agreed to by the Senafe), be stricken out of
the bill. The motion was agreed 10, and the
conf, rees on the part of the Senate [Allison,
hale and Cockreil), were appointed. The
| Senate then adjourned until Monday.