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States army, was again taken up on mo

sideration because he believed the bill
should not pass, he did not believe this
was the proper time to legislate on the
subject; he thought the judgment and
reason Of Congress, not its sympathies,
should be appealed to in legislation. 1t
appeared to him the only object Of the
bill was to give $4,000 more pay to the
Lieutenant General than he was now
receiving. He demanded the yeas and
nays on it's passage.
Henderson replied rather sharply to
Berry and then the bill passed yeas "a,
nays z the negative votes being given
by Senators Berry, Coke, Harris, Reagan,
Salisbury, Vance and Wilson Of Mary
land.
Frye then resumed his argument
against the Fisheries treaty, dwelling at
some length on the headlands theory,
and arguing that it was never more than
theory. That it never was reduced to
practice, except in two cases, when it
was overruled, and that it would have
remained settled had not Secretary Ba-
yard re-opened it.
Beck, having undertaken to controvert
some of Frye's statements, the latter re-
piled that II Great Britain commended that
she owned the United States of America,
he supposed that the Senator from Ken
lucky would say there should be q treaty
to settle the difficulty.
Beck-I mean to say it is better to set
tie difficulties between friendly nations
by other negotiations than by war.
Frye-H you yield everything and the
other Nation yields nothing, deny it.
l say great Republic like ours ought
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[Applause in the gallery.l
In conclusion Frye said: "a year
ago in the United States Senate and the
House of Representatives, we were all
for the rights of the American citizens.
We were united to man. Nobody
dreamed of raising political issue in
this matter. Nobody talked as party
man in relation to it, and where are we
to-day? The President of the United
States is taking practically the Canadian
side of this controversy. The great
Democratic party Of the Nation is arrayed
on the side of Canada and against the
American fishermen. say to you, Mr..
President, that most grevious wrong
has been wrought by this treaty-mak-
ing"
Frye added, "the steps which have
been taken cannot he retracted," and
once more characterized the treaty, as Q
dishonorable cowardly surrender.
Gray obtained the floor to make q
speech upon the treaty, but it's further
consideration was, on motion Of Beck
who said he and other Senators desired
to attend the st. Louis Convention, post
pcned till Monday, June 11th.
A motion to postpone till December
next was entered by Morgan and is now
pending. A motion to publish. the pro-
ceedings in executive session (past and
future). in the Congressional Record,
were also made and agreed to. Ad.
journed.
The House.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Immediately
after the reading of the Journal the House
went into Committee of the Whole on
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
appropriation bill.
An amendment was adopted appropri-
.ating. $22, 900 to meet the expenses of the
twelfth 6,ienuial session of the Legisla-
ture Of Washington Territory.
Carey, of Wyomine offered and advo'
Gated an amendment prof. iding that the
Governor and other officers 6t Wyoming
shall be appointed from aHong
residents of that Territory, but the
amendment was ruled out on { point Of
order.
Perkins, Of Kansas offered an amend
ment requiring ten inspectors Of land
claimsto be appointed from the clerks in
late Andrew jackson Sparks, Commits
of 49, T~,,l n4t--tr. L.
orders suspending all entries in large
sections of the country and had de voted
his official life to harassinE and embar-
RAISING the poor settlersm their efforts
10 secure homes. He was all right as
long as he confined himself to striking
down the poor settlers, INT when he at
tempted to use the same methods against
The railway companies he was ordered
by the Administration to step down and
but The amendment was ruled out on
! point Of order.
The committee finally rose and re-
ported the bill and amendments to the
House.
Holman, of Indiana, demanded
separate vote on the amendment in
,reasing the clerical force Of the Civil
Service Commission. The vote resulted
50 to 81, not q quorum. e
The House then adjourned until
Thursday.
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The House Committee on Agriculture
aas finished consideration of the Agri-
cultural appropriation bill. As COM
pleted it appropriates for the fiscal year
If 1889 81 ,591 $3.50, an increase over the
for the current year Of
1892, ,235.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Chairman Holman has been instructed
oy the House Committee on Public
Lands to report substitute for the Sem
ate bill, declaring the forfeitures of un-
,arned railroad land grants. The sub
,titute declares the forfeiture Of all lands,
granted to aid in the construction of
opposite to and co-terminus
with the portion OF any such road not
and completed within the
lime specified in the granting acts, and
provides for the restoration of forfeited
and to the public domain. The substi-
ute, it is believed. will work the forfei-
ure of several times as much land as
vas covered by the Senate bill, which
imply declared the forfeiture of lands
opposite the uncompleted portions of the
Dads, without regard to time or COM
,letion.
WAYS AND MRANs.
The Democratic members of the Com
nittee on Ways and Means have had
lnder consideration the amendment pro-
,osed by Springer, of Illinois. to place
lpon the free list such articles on the
iutiable list as are controlled, as to their
production and price, by ''trusts" and
but did not report upon
he subject to the caucus. 1t is under
tood that the committee is averse to the
although it recognizes the
necessity of legislation which win pre-
,ent perpetuation of the pool system.
The argument against the Springer
is that it will be prejudicial
0 the interests of manufacturers of ar
iClea who have nof nntarad into strl,atu D, |