Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-26
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
ARpanEENT OF CLERKS.

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| whole house, Mr.. Cooper, of Indiana, said
he was prepared to prove the published
| charges against the pension commissioner
| and of wholesale corruption In the penson
| Office.
To this Mr.. Cannon replied: 1t might be
| that the administration of the pension bureau
was corrupt. IF so the name of no witness
| had been named to show it. But he wanted
| to say. if it be corrupt let it be shown. From
an acquaintance of twenty years with Green
| B. Paum, from his honorable career, the re-
spo IDLE positions held by him for years in
| the .-easl1ry. and his uniform good charac-
| ter, from all these things, he would say, that
| if it should be true that in these last days he
had fallen under temptation, it was rare
case, and for one he would not condemn him
until the proof was shown.
CHIcA1LAUGA.
The senate passed the bill to establish
| national military park at the battlefield OF
| Chicamauga.
IRRIGATION.
The subject of irrigation surveys was again
discussed by the senate.
Senator SpOoner said that under the con-
struction given to the act of 1888 by the inte-
rior department, lands had been Withdrawn
from settlement, covering two-ttths OF the
area of the United States comprising 1.3OO,-
600 square miles, or SO, 900. 900 acres.
Senator Plumb argued in general defense of
the desert land law the swamp land law, and
other land laws of the United States. he tav-
ored the repeal of the irrigation law; said
that Its retention meant that not single acre
of the public lands affected by it would ever
be entered by any homestead settler and
charged that that was the object contem-
plated by the shrewd men who drew up that
provision in the conference committee.
THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.
Senator Allison offered a resolution. on
which he SAID he would not ask immediate
action, making it in order at any time to
move that debate or any amendment or on
all amendments to appropriation bills be linn
tied to five minutes for each senator. The
question on such motion TO be determined
without debate. He remarked that such res
olutions had been frequently adopted by the
senate.
FORFEITURE OF LAND GRANTS.
The house in committee of the whole con-
sidered the land grant forfeiture bill.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, offered an
amendment FORGETTING railroad lands not
earned at the time limited by the granting
acts. Lost; yeas, 81; nays, SO.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, got up the same
amendment later and it was again defeated;
60 to 70.
The bill was then passed.
The bill, which is a senate bill with hous
substitute, forfeits all lands granted to aid
in the construction of a railroad opposite to
and coterminus with the portion of any such
railroad not completed.
THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE BILL
The house decided, rs to So, to consider
the original package bill and discussion en-
sued on the Wilson bill, together with the
substitute reported by house committee.
No certain progress was accomplished at the
first consideration.
REPEATING THE IRRIGATION CLAUSE.
Consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill was resumed by the senate, the
pending question beng the amendment re-
pealing the irrigation clause in the like bill
of October 2, 1888, except that the reservoir
sites heretofore located shall remain segre-
gated and reserved from entry or settlement
After discussion this amendent was agreed
TO.
OTHER AMENDMENTS.
Other amendments recommended by the
committee on appropriations were agreed to,
including the following: Striking out she
item of $4,000 for the irrigation survey,
and the item of $4,000 for engraving the
maps.
MILITARY POSTS.
The senate agreed upon an amendment to
the civil appropriation bill increasing an
appropriation for the construction of build
ings and enlargement of military posts, from
$3.50, to $4,000.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
Also an amendment to add to the appro-
priation of $500 900 for artificial limbs, "or
Communication therefor, and in cases of COM
mutation, the money shall be paid directly
to the soldier, sailor, or marine, and no fee or
compensation shall be allowed or paid to
any agent or attorney"
SOLDIERS HOMES.
Also an amendment increasing the amounts
summed up as the total of appropriations for
all the national soldiers homes from 81,
700 to $2,686, 900.
LATIN-ANERICAN LIBRARY.
The amendment as to the proposed Latin
American memorial library was taken I'D.
The question being on Senator Hawley's
motion to amend it by striking out the pro-
vision for building to cost $500, 600 and by
substituting provision for section of the
library of congress, to be known as the Latin
American library, and appropriatiag $685.
600 for the outfit. The motion was agreed
to and the amendment as amended was
agreed to.
VOORHEES, ON THE TARIFF.
Senator VOORHEES, discussed the Mckinley
tariff bill, characterizing it as a financial
monster, every claw and tooth of which had
been carefully inspected in the Hobbies and
found to be sound and reliable.
He spoke of it as an astonishing fact, that
in the fourteen schedules of dutiable articles
the only reductions made were in the sched-
ule relating to sugar and molasses (which
in the light of the proposed bounty to sugar
planters was no reduction at all, and in the
section relating to wines, spirits and other
beverages. In every one of the twelve sched-
ules the tariff taxes had been increased.
In regard to wooden goods, the increase
amounted tos$15, 0OO, 600 year.
He believed that the present wicked, GRIM
iual system of tariff protection in this coun-