The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
OF BOTH HOUSES
Important Measures Presented and rass
ed Upon.

July IL The Senate resumed consider,.
ton Of the sundry civil approximation bill
this morning, the pending question being on
| the amendment 10 add TO the appropriation
| OF 5000 for Topographic surveys provis
son that one-half Of that sum should be ex.
pended west of the one hundred and first me.
ridian and that the act of Oct. 1888, resery-
ing irrigable lands be repealed Mr. Call con.
tlnued his argument Of Yesterday against
the amendment. He argued in favor Of
continuation of the irrigation surveys The
repeal of the irrigation law would. Mr. Call
said, open that vast area of arid lands
l,2O,OJO square miles-to the opera.
tons OF foreign syndicatcs, who
would seize much OF 1t under
the desert land and tie timber land laws.
and the people would be deprived of its use
occupation.
Mr. Moody argued in favor of the
amendment The region was as fine an
agricultural country as the sun ever shone
upon. There was not an acre of desert land
In ii. He denied these lands were with.
drawn from settlement under the cunstruc.
ton given to the ir igation act.
Mr.. Allis, n offered a resolution, which he
said he would not ask immediate action on,
making 1t In order at any time to move that
debate on any amendment. or on all amend.
ments, To appropriation bills be limited to
five minutes for each senator After an ex.
ecutive session the senate adjourned.
July ls.-fn the senate this morning the
consideration OF the sundry civil appropria.
tion bill was resumed, the pending question
being the amendment repeating the irriga.
tion provision in the like bill of October 2,
lSSS. excepting that reservoir and canal site,
heretofore located or selected shall remain
segregated and reserved from entry or settle.
meut Mr. Reagan continued his argu.
ment against the amendment and in
favor of the irrigation scheme initiated In
Rafprrinp fa Mui.r Mr
said that If he ever knew AN honest man.
the director Of the geological survey was one
IL that gentleman could have been used by
land syndicates not a word would ever have
been heard of the attacks now made upon
him. IL was because he could not be used
by re.ulato.s In the public lands that war
had been made upon h m.
A!er further discussion the question was
put and the amendment was agreed TO-
The Original package bill was taken up
in the house to day, and Mr. l.. H. Taylor
IN advocating the measure, said never had
such "A blow been given To state sovereignty
aud state rights ~ has been given by the
asccItainment that under the constitution of
the United states the citizens OF foreign
State might take into another state any
property that ives suhiec; Of commerce
and there sell il without liability of the bur
den oftaxatiun. He did not advocate the
bill IN the interest o: any Prohibition party
or any Prohiul'ionists. The best interests
Of the people demanded its passage
While he infinitely preferred the house
substitute, he feared that its adoption world
endarRer the legislation; and consequently
he advised the adoption of the Senate bill.
Mr.. Cube. SON, of Texas, said the effect
of the Senate bill woIld be To- transfer "A
power vested exclusively ia congress tn the
tates and the States themselves would
execute power which they haI parted with
when the constitution was adopted. There
was no power in congress to Substitute an
agent To do its constitutions duties.
Pending fur,hCy debate. the house took a
recess, the evening session To be Tor the con.
sideration of private pension bills, hut moth
ing was done at the evening session, MIR
Enloe raising the point of no quorum.