Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-22
CONGRESSIONAL.


IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 21st.-In the Senate to-
day. among the bills placed on the calendar
was the senate BILL 10 provide tor an additional
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ari-
IONA
Reagan introduced bill to repeal all laws for
the retirement of army and navy officers from
active service on pay.
Plumb introduced a concurrent resolution d.
recting the Secretary of the Treasury to increase
the Treasury purchase and coinage of silver
bullion to the maximum amount authorized by
the Act OF February %, 1878, and gave notice
that he would ask for consideration tomorrow
The Senate then took up the House World
Fair bill. The only amendment reported by
the Senate committee is the insertion of new
section providing Tor naval review in New
York harbor in April, 1898, and the unwilling of
statue of Columbus at Washington.
Vest spoke at length in opposition to the bill
He asked whether there had been in the whole
contest for the fair anything that elevated or
dlgnified the American character at home or
abroad. II they were to assume the patriotic
standpoint. or if the idea was to illustrate ma
tional life on the four hundredth anniversary
OF America discovery, why was it not done in
the name OF the people of the United States
without contests and squaobles over location !?
Why had it been a sort of auction between
cities as to which would give the most money
and entail the smallest expense on the Govern
ment? II 1t was to be a national matter why
did not the nation ITSELF with its OVERLOOKING
treasury, take upon itself the expense The
whole matter from the beginning had been
simply all advertising scheme and the basis of
municipal rivalry between the great cities of
the United States. In this connection Vest
read extracts from magazine and newspaper
articles and commented upon them as scandal
70 the American name and American attributes
He referred to Chauncey Depew speech before
the Senate Committee and to his mention of the
town of Peekskill as his birthplace and as the
center of larger population than that Of
which st. Louis was the center, and said that
Depew's modesty had forbid him going any fur
ther to show why Peekskill DID not aspire to the
site of the Worlds Fair. He Vest suggested
That after TINS great act OF parturition the vital
energies of Peekskill were exhausted, and that
she had remained ever since in a state of in
nocuous desuetude [Laughter.l
Mr. Vest read from book gotten up in the in
terests OF New York, the nature of which was q
satire OF Chicago's wide extent of recently an
nexed territory The following verse is sam
pie of it:
The shades OF night were falling fast,
AS Ger Kansas prairie passed.
A youth OF presence gaunt and thin;
But vast the shoes he travels in,
Had driven ninety miles that day
Nor seen Shed where he could stay,
oh, where am ~ at last he groaned:
passing stranger softly moaned, Chicago ,,
The reading of these verses produced great
merriment in the Senate Mr.. Vest insipuated
gently that the poet was Mr.. Depew For elyh-
teen months he Vest had been engaged in the
humble task of attempting to discover why the
meat products OF the great States of the West
were so depressed that the cattle-raiser did not
receive pay for his corn, his grass. his oats, to
say nothing of his time and attention. If his
constituents could go to Chicago, in the great
stock-yards, amid the believing of cattle and
grunting of hogs, they would find what
had become OF their cattle, and
now their profits were lost to them, or if they
went into wheat pit at Chicago they would
there find, amid the believing of bears and
roaring bulls presided over by "Old Hutch"),
what mad become OF their wheat crops year
thlpaUO NIL
all the emergencies and perils of the coming
future; they could see the first strain on Ameri.
can institutions based on universal suffrage
He would find there restless and dangerous
foreign population. For himself he did not OBJ.
ject that foreigners should see that phenomenal
city OF the great West, but as a Senator he could
not give his vote for the bill creating an expo-
sition in any city of the United States He De-
lieved, as practical business man. that il
came too soon after the great Paris exposition.
In his honest judgment people outside of the
cities engaged III the contest did not care any
thing about the exposi' ion. Had the time
come when in this country people had to be
amused with shows in their condition of great
pecuniary distress, of unjust laws and out1apes
perpetrated upon them?
German offered all amendment to strike out
the provision for naval review and insert an
appropriation of $500 900 for memorial build
ing in Washington, as repository of antiqui-
ties OF the Western Hemisphere Rejected.
Cuilom said Chicago would make the fair
grand success and manifest her appreciation of
name of Chicago was mentioned he said the
Senator from MssouriCVe seemed to be seized
with kind of hydrophobia. He (Cullom) did
not know what harm Chicago had ever done to
the senator. The Senator had sa that his peo-
pie were in doubt as 10 whether they would go
toChicago or to hades-and this raised the cues.
ton as to which place the gentleman repre-
sented. But the people of Missouri would be at
the exposition by the tens of thousands whether
the Senator liked 1t or not.
Blair facetiously suggested that the city of
opposed 10 the proposition of holding naval
review, as fostering the spirit of war. That ac-
cursed institution. of savagery, internal war
should be abolished. He offered an amend,
ment authorizing the President to hold an exhi-
ton of public schools and review of the pub
hc-schon children of Chicago: also, an amend
ment for the erection of a statue in the memory
OF Queen Isabella of Spain. Both were re-
jected.
Hoar moved to amend by striking out the pro-
vision for Columbus statue
Plumb argued against the naval review, and
said the purpose back of this amendment was
that New York should have something to break
its fali-something that might minimize the
fair at Chicago. The naval review is essen
tally monarchial idea The United States
ought 10 show the difference between monar-
ehy based on arms and a republic based on
legitimate pursuits Of peace
After further discussion Hoars amendment
striking out the Columbus statue was agreed to
and the remainder of the amendment for
naval review" was sdopted-yeas 2S nays 81
Blair moved to add to the first section the pro-
vision that no intoxicating LIQUORS. wines or
beer shall be sold TO be used as u beverage with.
in the limits OF the exI osition grounds.
Cutter thought that the matter might be left
TO the people Of Chicago, and his motion to lay
the amendment on the table Yves agreed to by
vote OF 80 20 is. The negative votes were: AL
llson, blackburn, Blair. Chandler, Dawes
Dixon, Dolph, GeoTgs, Hampton, Hoar, Mitch,
ell, MOODY, Plat, Plumb and Sanders.
The Committee Of the Whole then arose and
reported the bill TO the Senate
A vote on the naval review amendment re-
suited IN y yeas ard 25 nays
The bill then passed by a vote of AZ to ID the
negatives being Barbour, Berry, Blackburn,
CocSrel, Coke. George. Hampton, Morgan,
Pugh, Reagan Vance, Vest and walthall.
votes was appointed.
Dawes offered a resolution (which was agreed
tol calling on the Secretary of the Interior for
OF Captain Grande and La Jolla reserves. in Cal
iiornia, for bitches aud fumes
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE
WAsHIxGToS, April 2ls,.-In the House to-day
Dorsey of Nebraska introduced a Joint resoin.
ton that the Secretary of the Treasury be d.
rected 70 increase the Treasury purchase of sill.
yer bullion to the maximum amount authorized
by the Ac; ito authorize the coinage of the
standard silver dollar and restore It's legal.
tender character" which was passed over the
veto of the President and became law FebrlI.
airy IS, 1873. Referred.
frhe bill was passed providing that soldiers
who lost limbs during the late war be entitled
to receive artificial limbs every three years.
The esent law Permits them to receive ore
every five years
The bill appropriating sSSs. $50 TO provide nee
essary vaults and safes yards for the security of
public money in the custody of the United
states Treasurer, wss passed.
Morrill, moved a suspension of the rules to
pass q bill pensioning prisoners of war but af-
ter a lengthy debate it was defeated; ayes 49,
noes 7s-not the necessary two-thirds vote.
The House then adjourned.
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