The Princeton union., 1890-08-21
COMPRESSION All,
\ Resume Of the Proceedings
OF Congress During the.
Past Week.

senate,
: If the senate will take up and pass the river
and harbor bill it seems quite likely that the
Davis amendment for the improvement OF
the 500 will not only go through the senate,
but will find little opposition in the house,
the speaker having been brought to reaIiz-
ing sense OF the magnitude of the improy.
ment. The tariff bin now has the right OF
way over the river and harbor bill, but ii
will be laid aside in order to give this meas.
ure OF national Importance a hearing.
4 Senator Allen has secured an amendment
to the sundry civil bill now in conference re.
latlng to land surveys. 1t allows the $500,
600 to be expended for surveys of public
lands which may not be wholly agricultural,
settled upon in the new states to be selected
for the grants made in the enabling acts.
House
Ths house adopted the conference report
-l2O to 93-on the original package BILL
The report leaves the bill just as it passed
the senate, and makes its provisions appli-
cable to liquors only.
The conferrees on the sundry civil appro-
priation bill have agreed on every iteLf-of
difference except the irrigation eppropria-
ZION. Another coference will be necessary on
this point. The conference committee re.
1t now carries appropriations OF $780,.
S52, 900.
Again the river and harbor bill is post
poned by action of Republican senator's in
order that debate may continue on the tariff
Dill and that a quorum may be kept in both
houses, 1t ls fact that nearly every man
In congress has some little item in the river
and harbor bill and they will not remain
away Il Washington when it is still pend
ing.
Vandeyer of California introduced a bill to
provide for the irrigation of arid lands, the
use OF reserve sites and the protection of the
forest of the public lands and for other pur-
poses. The bill is the same as one introduced
in the senate few weeks ago.
The house decidedto give George Matthews
who was elected nearly two years ago dele.
gate from Dakota, payment in full for two
years term. The amount which he was leg.
islated out of when the territory was devided
and admitted as state was 6,679.9O, and
that amount was allowed to-day after two
hours OF vigorous debating.
SENATE.
The concurrent resolution heretofore offer
ed by Mr.. Plumb expressing the desire of cons
gress for the removal of the remains of Gen.
/ Grant to interment in the Arlington nation
al cemetery and requesting the president to
convey to the widow of that eminent man
| such desire, rendering to her. on behalf of the
nation, all necessary facilities for such remov-
al and interment, was agreed to by the sen.
ate.
| About the only new point that came out
during the hour or more of debate on irriga-
tion, which came up in tho senate was
! statement made by Senator Mitchell show.
! ing the Importance to the Western states of
repealing the law of 1888 with reference to
segregations of alleged arid lands. Senator
Mitchell showed there are in South Dakota
5000 entries by bona fda settlers, involving
! 800, 900 acres of land which cannot be per-
fected under the recent decision of the at
torney general The same number in North
Dakota, 10.0 90 entries in Montana, involv-
ing 100000 acres; Is, 900 entries in Wash
tries at four land Offices OF Oregon, involving
/ 668, ,716 acres
/ 6 The conference committee on the spndEy
/ civil bill struck out the appropriation OF
/ $4,000 to pay the salaries of registers and
/ receivers in the land Offices which have been
created at this session of congress. Two
i were in Washington State, two in Montana
i and two in South Dakota The difficulty
can be remedied by an appropriation in the
| deficiency bill.
The house finished consideration of the
general deficiency bill, and passed it
/ SENATE.
4 Senator Vest announced that the Demo-
1 Gratis proposed to debate every paragraph
in the tariff bill as long as they had any
7. thing to say, and Senator Edmunds pro-
| posed to limit debate to five minutes for
each spe aker by suspending the rules; but
as he did not care to take any technical adj
4 vantage of Senator Morgan. who was talk
ing, he allowed the matter to go over.
There is q prospect for lively times in the
senate, as any proposition to shut off de-
bate will be resisted with all the force at the
command of the Democrats It is not known
how all the Republicans will vote on the
proposition, and there is quite lively skir-
mish to bring the party into line solidly for
tho proposed change.
The senate committee on postof3ces and
post roads ordered the anti-lottery mail
bill be reported to the, senate witha recon-
mendation that it pass. The vote was prae-
tically unanimous.
/ HOUSE.
Representative Comstock called upon the
senate members Of the conference COMMITTEES
4 t. -. rxl.