Telegram-herald., 1890-06-29
GIVEN A LIFT.
WyoE1n2 Helped Toward State
hood by the Senzrs.
BILL FOR HER ADHESION PASSED.
Ths House Eln DoabIlsss consar IA Tie
Ms.s4re. aaa II will CO - the Prsst-
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the Hozs@


- RAclteEtN tN8f JUS - ~ ~ yo-A4l- .
a. most a the UAiea. b. party vote
the House admission bill passed the Sea
srs Friday ultb several amend nenrs,
which wiIl d0u btleSs bS eoacurred IN,
and The measure viii thea be- signed
BY the President The bill Is expected
70 reach the White House by Tuesday.
When the senate met Friday nora
ing the consideration OF the bill
Was resumed ana Senator Morgan
(AlA addressed the senate in opPosi-
ton 70 L. Senators Payne lO.) aad
Gray Del arg gued against the bill and
Senator Platt Coma favored II.
The question was taken on Senator
Jsnes' (Ark.l substitute tan enabling
act for Wyoming, Idaho. Arizona and
New Mexicol and il vas rejected by
strict party yote-yeas, IS; nays, 90.
Senator Jones then moved as . substi-
tute an enabling act for Wyoming
alone, and il Was rejected by exactly
the same vote.
The bill was then passed by strict
party vOte-yeas, %. nays, Is.
The first section Of the bill is as fol-
I lows:
'"fhat the Territory Of Wyoming Is hereby
/ declared 20 De- a State OF tde United states Of
/ Americs. Is hereby declared admitted into the
/ TnlOn ca ~ equal footing with the original
/ States In ali respects whatever, and that the
/ constitution which the people OF Wyoming
1 have formed toE themselves be and the same IS
hereby accepted ratified and confirmed"
The second section gives the bound
aries The third declares the State en-
titled 20 one Representative in the
/ Fifty first Congress The other sections
refer TO public lands and to provisions
for schools. an agricultural college,
| penitentlary, an insane asylum, etc;
also 10 circuit and district courts OF the
United States.
The bill for the admission of Idaho
was then taken up and went over as
unfinished business" till Monday next
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned.
/ WAsHSGToE, June 2s.-In the Senate
today message was received from the
House asking a conference on the sill
yer bill 1t was Immediately laid be-
fore the Senate, and on motion OF Sena-
| tor Morrell (Vt), the conference was
agreed TO, and Senators Sherman (O)
| Jones New and Harris Tenn were
appointed conferrees on the part of the
Senate.
| THE PENSION BILL APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, Juno 25.-The Presi-
dent received the dependent pension
bill from Congress yesterday morning
and referred il 70 the Secretary of the
| Interior for examination AID report.
Later on the bill was returned 20 the
President. who at once signed it
Under the law not less than 500, 900
survivors Of the war not now on the
pension rolls are likely to take advan-
tage of its provisions, exclusive OF SOL
diers' widows, who are also provided
for The lowest estimate of the cost is
$40, OO0. 600 per year, though some ex-
perts think the amount Will not be less
than s6O, 600. 600.
THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE QUESTION.
! WAsHINGToE. June 2S. - Mr. Reed
0a.) has prepared on behalf of the Judi
ciary committee of the House a report
on the bill agreed upon by the commit
tee as a substitute for the original
package bill. 1t first points out the
differences between the two bills, the
Senate bill being applicable TO a single
subject of commerce-viz.: intoxicat-
ing liquors, and the House bill being
applicable TO all articles of COM
merce The report says in the
opinion Of the committee all
property which has been imported
into the State and kept for sale there
ought 20 be subject for all purposes TO
the jurisdiction Of the State, and all
persons who engage in traffic within a
State ought 70 be subject to such rules
As IL may enact for the regulation of
that traffic.
LARGE CONSCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS.
WASHINGTON, June cs.-A conscience
contribution Of s.. 900 in 81. coo gold
certificates was received by the Post
Office Department yesterday morn
ing in an ordinary letter. IN the let
ter accompanying the sender stated ne
had recently sent another contribution
-of 81, 500, that being interest on the
sun no had defrauded the Govern
ment Of
HOUSE
WAsuINGroS, June 2s.-The debate
on the election bill WAS resumed in the
House yesterday.
Mr.. Flower n. " denounced the
bill "a un-Ropu blican. un-DemocTatic
and un-American 1t was a meas
ure constructed upon the idea that
the small Repu blican aj3rity now in
Congress could better legislate for the
people than the people themselves Any
court teat would lend itself 70 the exc.