The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-19
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
a Number of Bills, Petitions and Me-
MORALS Put on the Calendar.

a Number of Bills, Petitions and Me-
MORALS Put on the Calendar.
WASHINGTON, June 1S-In the Senate
to-day among the petitions and memorials
presented were several by Mr.. Morrill,
against increasing the duty on tin plate.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the finance committee,
reported back the tariff bill and said it was
expected that it would be brought up for
consideration earlier than a week from next
Monday. The table required by Mr..
Plumbs resolution would be ready, prob
ably, within about four days. The bill was
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Frye. from the committee on COM
merce, reported back the river and harbor
appropriation bill with written report as
TO each item 1t was put on the calendar.
THE TREATY WITH SWEDEN.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the committee on
foreign affairs, reported the bill to give
effect to the eighth article of the treaty of
commerce and navigation with Sweden and
Norway of July 4, 1927. 1t was put ON the
calendar.
Mr.. Quay offered a resolution, which went
over till tomorrow, instructing the
sergeant-at-arms to make no change in his
subordinate appointments or employees prior
to July l without the consent of the Senate.
Mr.. Evarts gave notice that eulogies on
the late Representative Cox were postponed
till Thursday of next week. The Senate at
1880 o'clock proceeded to the consideration
of executive business.
The doors were reopened at 1880 o'clock.
The conference report on the antitrust bill
was presented and agreed to. Both houses
recede from their respective amendments
and the bill remains exactly as it was passed
by the Senate.
SENATORIAL EXTRAVAGANZA.
The Senate then proceeded to the consid-
GRAFTON of the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Mitchell to
increase the salary of twenty-six committee
clerks from 81, 500 to 81 800 gave rise to
long discussion, in the course of which Mr..
ingalls, stated that the whole committee and
clerical force of the Senate required adjust
ment. There were at least twenty stand
ing committees of the Senate that
were absolutely surperhuous and unneces-
sary. 1t had been difficult to find names
and to invent functions for them They
had been originated and established merely
for the purpose of assigning some senator
to craftsmanship and giving him a room, a
clerk, and a messenger. To pay the clerk
of a committee which had nothing to do
81, 800 year was to make him practically
private secretary TO Jno CHAIRMAN, with no
duties or functions. In his judgment the
Senate committees should be largely re-
duced, and the committee clerks ought to
do committee work and nothing else The
amendment was agreed to by vote of %
yeas to 18 nays.
A MODIFIED AMENDMENT.
A like amendment to pay clerks to
senators 81 800 year instead Of 81, 500, as
recommended by the committee on appro-
priations and of Sc per day, as provided in
the bill, was offered by Mr.. Mitchell and
was the text for a renewal of the discussion.
Mr.. Hale expressed his opinion that some
day or other great public censure would be
visited on the Senate in connection with its
expenses.
Mr.. Vest inquired as to the relative ex-
penditures of the House and of the Senate
in connection with clerks.
Mr. Allison replied that, as the bill came
from the House, the expenditures stood
1892, 900 for the House and 1925, 900 for the
Senate. Owing to the increases of the
clerical force of the Senate during the ses-
sion and the increase of pay just voted, the
Senate expenditures would be $408, 900.
The amendment was agreed to-the vote
being yeas 20, nays "a.
The Senate disposed Of seventy pages of
the bill and adjourned.