Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-07

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success had been delayed and retarded
by the plumbers aud mistakes of those
who had it i'll charge. IT bad been a
| mistake to appoint all the United States
| delegates from those who were in sym
patty with the present administration
| and not in sympathy with more than
one-half Of the people OF the country
| who desired that taxation should be re-
duced. 1t had been a mistake not to
| appoint one United States delega who
| was identified with the people of the
Southern states. 1t had been a serious
blunder that the Pan-American dele
gates were not sent to the Southern
| states. But in spite Of blunders and
mistakes, he believed that the, inter
national conference would be re-
corded in history as a success. 1t
would be remembered rs the first step
| in the social and commercial union
among the American republics. APP
| plau. e. The com mittee then rose and
| the bill was passed. A joint resolution
| was passed appropriating ST. 100000 for
Improvement of the Mississippi river
| from the head of the passes to the
mouth Of the Ohio riyer-such sum to be
Immediately available. Conference re-
ports on public building bills for build
ings at Ashland, Wis. Qimit $100,000)
and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (limit $l50,000)
were agreed to.
Senate.
MONDAY, April 28.-In the Senate to-
day, in connection with the presente
ton of a memorial in relation to the
Mississippi River, discussion sprung
| UP and was participated in by many
senators, the point turning on the ques-
ton whether the levee system or the
outlet system was the correct one, or
whether there should not be a combina-
ton of the two. The land forfeiture
bill WAS discussed, the pending question
being Mr.. Calls amendment in relation
to railroad lands in Florida, but the bill
went over without action. On motion
Of Mr.. Evarts, the Senate bill to incor-
porate the society of the Sons of Amer
lean Revolution, reported by him from
the library committee, was taken from
the calendar and read. Mr.. Plumb
made some sat1rical remarks about eff
forts to encourage the patriotism that
was Lying around loose in the coun-
try" and the Senate adjourned without
action.
TUESDAY. April 29.-The Senate to.
day passed the land forfeiture bill,
with some changes. The Eause amend.
ment to the Senate concurrent resoiu-
arid lands III the valley of the Rio
Grando was concurred in. The House
bill to simplify the laws in relation to
the collection ofssthe revenue was read
and the amendments recommended by
he committee agreed to. Other amend
ments were offered. and the Senate ad-
iourned during the discussion.
WEDNESDAY, April 3O.-The Senate re-
sumed consideration of the customs ad-
ministration bill. Mr.. Vests amend
ment that the general appraiser who
originally acte d on a care shall be ex-
Guided from the board of three general
appraisers to which an appeal may be
made, was defeated after long deb ate.
Several other amendments were offered
and discussed, but the bill was finally
laid aside without action. Mr.. Dolph,
from the committee on foreign relations,
reported concurrent resolution re-
questing the President to negotiate with
the governments of Great Britain and
Mexico with view of securing treaty
sipulations for the prevention of the
entry into the United States OF Chinese
from Canada and Mexico.
THURSDAY, May Senator Vest, of
the select committee on meat products,
made report Of the result of his COM
mittee's investigation. In making his
report to the Senate be said that the
committee had investigated the subject
very fully, and had now reported four
measures for the consideration of the
Senate. The first was q concurrent
resolution asking the President of
the United States to inaugurate
diplomatic correspondence with the a,.-
thOritles Of Great Britain to bring about
r repeal or modification of the existing
quarantine regulations of the United
Kingdom. The next measure was one
providing for national inspection law
inspected when exported, and also that
cattle intended for expectation, Co the
meat of which is intended for exporta-
ton, Dhall be subject to inspection at the
places where killed. The next
measure was intended to prohibit
the monopoly now p1acticed as to the
storage capacity Of steamships carrying
cattle to foreign countries. The ev-
idence had shown very conclusively-
no dispute about it-that in the port of
New York the practice lad obtained
among the steamship ompanies belong
ing to foreign nations, (there being no
American lines) of leasing or contract
ing sometimes single vessel, some
tines all the vessels of the line for
number of months in advance, to one
person, and the result was that the
shipper who was not the favored con-
tractor had no opportunity of putting
his cattle in the foreign market at ali.
Another of the bills reported was one
intended to prevent the discrimination
which now existed on all tie railroads
belonging to the trunk lines association
(and that en- oraced all the roads rum
ming from Chicago east under which no
mileage is given to any of the improved
cattle cars carrying live cattle from the
West to the East. The evidence showed
that on the lines west of Chicago belong
ing to the Central Traffic Association
mileage of from l to / / cents mile was
piven to cattle cars. Whether improved
or unimproved that belonged to
private individuals. AS between rail
road companies a custom has OBJ
tanned, and was generally observed,
by which company using the cars of
another corporation paid mileage of
three-quarters OF a cent each way for the
use Of the cars. The customs admins
tration bill was then taken up, the ques-
ton being on Mr.. Gray's amendment
securing to al aggrieved importer the
right to bring common law suit against
the collector. After rejecting the