Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-01
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Warm Words Over the Federal
Election Measure.
1 Southern Republicans Rsasou ief
Opposing II.
Agricultural Bill Taken Up In the
Seuats

wAsHisGros, June 30.-In the Senate
to-day the House bill. IN relation to oa.hs
II pension and other eases. vas passed.
TIE House bill for a1mlssl of Idaho
as State, vas taken up. After some de-
bate about the orde. Of business, il was
Ia d aside and the agricultural appropris-
tlon bill taken up. But few amendments
were reported from the committee on ap-
preparations, the oaiy one of any inieres,
being striking oas SIS .Ooo for the use of
portions Of the Arlington estate As an ex.
perimental station and farm.
All of the committee Amendments hav-
ing been agreed to. Reagan moved to amend
the item sppropisiing $50 .0o0 for sugar
culture experiments, by requiring SIS geo
Of that amount TO b. expended in Texs.
After discussion, the Reagan amendment
was re jected.
Coke moved TO amend the paragraph ar
propriating s25 600 for investigating the
history and habits Of insects. by inere asins
the appropriations 81 500. ard directing
that amount to be expended in investags-
ton. into the natural history OF and the
remedies for the cotton boil worm, which
vas agreed TO. and the bill passed.
Further conference WAS ordered on the
Legislative appropriation bill. after the
statement by Dawes, that one of the mat
ters on which the committee could no,
agree, was the amendment to pay Senators
clasks sIs00 a year instead of 50 a day for
the se ssion.
Hale replied that the cost Was about the
same, and gave il As his opinion that the
Senate ought to feeede from those amend
ments. as that would be the outcome of il.
The dIscussioa vas continued by Tell, r.
Morgan, Faulkner and Stewart in favor OF
the Senate insisting on its amendments. and
George and Reagan 10 opposition. Finally
as test question, Dawes moved that til.
Senate insist on its amendments. and agree
10 request of the House for further confer
ence.
The motion was agreed to, yeas 39, nay =
s, Negative votes were cast by Berry,
George, Hale, iia.iey Ingalls,, Plat, Ksa-
gan and Walthall.
The consideration OF the Idaho bill was
resumed.
Cullom addressed the Senate on his fsv-
ori,e's passage. lie declared any attempt
TO drag politics into the question hal 10
come from Washington. Ii did not come
from Idaho al all. The Idaho and Wyom-
ing bills had been reported from the CON
mittse on territories out of sense of duty TO
the people of these territories and the
United States.
The bill having been laid aside, Jones of
Arkansas, from the committee on tern
tories, reported a hill 10 authorize the
board of supervisors Of Msrcops county
Arizona, TO issue certain bonds in aid of u
railroad. (Similar to the bill recently We
toed by tie Presideut.) Bill placed on the
calendar.
The House joint resolution annual spprc-
pristions thirty DAYS after the close of the
fiscal year III appropriation bills have no,
become lswsl was passed.
The conference report on the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill was taken
up and the provisions in regard to the street
railroad companies were discussed. The
matter finally went over.
The Senate at 9 +. NJ. adjourned.