Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-13
THE FIFTY-F1nsr CONGRESS-.
A Number Of Hills Passed by the Sen. ate-Argument Resumed on the Railroad Land Grant Forfeiture Bfll-WOrk of the Home.


 A Number Of Hills Passed by the sen- ate-Argument Resumed on the
 Railroad Land Grant Forfeiture
 Bfll-WOrk of the House.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Cept. 12.-At the suggestion of MT. Edmunds it was agreed that one hour be given each day (after the routine morning business) to bills on the calendar unobjected to.
 MT. Quay gave notice that tomorrow af- ter reading the journal he would ask the senate to consider the resolutions in re- spect to the memory of Samuel J. Randall
 The calendar was then taken up and a number of bills passed, after which the conference report on the railroad land for feiture bill was considered and MT. Morgan continued his argument is opposition to it. During the argument Mr. German pre- sented telegram received by him from Senator McPherson stating that he was in disposed and would not ls able to.act as a member of the conference committe on the tariff bill, and asking to be excused with and MT. Voorhees, was appointed a conferee in place of MT. McPherson.
 After MT. Morgan the senate was ad- dressed by MT. Sanders in favor of the con- ference report, the main point of his conten- uon being that the lands actually patented to the roads could not be taken from them because they turned out to be mineral lands.
 MT. Hearst took the contrary view and insisted that the mineral lands were speci- ally reserved by the original grants and must be kept for the use of the people at large.
 MT. Sanders said that in the courts of his own state, of the state of California, States the term mineral lands" had been held to mean lands commercially valued for mining purposes.
 Without concluding his argument Mr. Sanders yielded for motion to proceed to executive business and at six o'clock the senate adjourned till tomorrow
 After prayer by the chaplain the clerk proceeded, under instructions from the speaker, to call the roll on the question of ordering the previous question on the ap- proval of the journal of Tuesdays proceed ings.
 During the roll call a message was re- ceived from the senate announcing the passage of the tariff bill with amendments, and by direction of the speaker it was re- ferred to the committee on ways and means.
 The previous question was ordered yeas 113, nays 34-the clerk noting quo- rum, and the question recurred on the ap- proval of the journal.
 On the approval of the journal the n11Orurn dicannaarad and call of tho house was ordered.
 One hundred seventy-five members re- sponded to their names but on the ap- proval of the journal these had dwindled to 143-no quorum-and on motion of MT. Mckinley at 1:55 the house adjourned.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Tomorrow has been assigned by the house for the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator Beck of Ky, after the reading of the journal. But in the pres ence of the situation in which the house finds itself the journal can not be read and unless some agreement is arrived at by unanimous consent the day for paying tribute to the memory of the dead states man must be postponed.
 Numerous requests have already been made to Senator Aldrich of the conferees appoluteu py the senate on the tarlH Dlu for hearings before the conference com mittee, and several delegations represent ing various interests are reported to have been appointed to visit Washington and appear before the conferees. Senator Aldrich says that such 8 proceeding would be in violation of all the precedents of congress, and he has no idea that such an innovation as is thus proposed would be tolerated for moment by his colleagues As far as he is concerned he is unalterably opposed to granting hearings. If any per son or intereet desires to place before the conferees any information or argument on any subject it may be done by written briefs and the communications will receive due consideration. Senator Aldrich be- lieves the bill will be in conference about four days.
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