Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-31
The Appropriation Bill Passes the
Senate,
AND TARIFF TALK GOES ON.
The National Economist" Charges
Discussed in the House;
BUT WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED.
BUT WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED.
SENATE.

present curing the prayer, and after the chap
lain retired Mr.. German suggested the fact
that there was no quorum present The roll
was called and thirty-two Senators answered to
their names-eleven less than q quorum
whereupon the sergeant-at-arms was directed
to request the attendance of absent Senators.
THE JOKE ON MR. SHERMAN.
By 1920 quorum had appeared, one Of the
latest to arrive being Mr.. Sherman, who offered
the resolution by which the time of meeting
had been advanced an hour. and this circum-
stance was tocularly commented on by some Of
the democratic Senators.
1t was suggested by Mr. Edmunds and others
that the journal should give the names Of the
absentees when the roll call was completed and
the names Of those subsequently reporting in
the order in which they arrived.
Mr.. Hale thought, however, that the rule
under which the Senate was now operating
should not be made any more obnoxious than
it now was.
Mr.. Harris gave it as his opinion that if the
sentees would have the effect of bringing q
quorum at the hour Of meeting, it ought to be
done. If 80 early an hour was found incon-
venient the Senate should
FIX AN HOUR THAT WOULD BE CONVENIENT.
1t was grossly unjust to the members Of the
minority to be compelled to be present and
waste their time until it suited the convenienc
OF other Senator's to appear and make quorum
to discharge the business of the body He
would favor any measure that would tend to
bring quorum (at least) of the Senate at the
hour fixed for meeting, whatever that hour
may be.
No action was taken on the suggestion, but
all further proceedings under the call were
dispensed with.
The journal Of yesterdays proceedings was
read and agreed to.
A communication from the Secretary Of the
Interior, with letter from the director of tho
geological survey, In answer to a resolution
calling for information as to the sites for irri-
cation surveys, canals, &C., was presented.
While the letter was being read Mr.. Aldrich
suggested that in order to save time the read
ing ought to be dispensed with and the letter
printed, but Mr.. German said that he wished
to hear the letter, as the matter to which it
referred was now under discussion by the
House and might be before the Senate today
or tomorrow.
After the reading had been resumed /. was
again interrupted by Mr.. Sherman, who did
not wish the business delayed by ii.
Mr.. German repeated his statement Of the
object he had in view. He wished to have the
document read in full, SO that it might appear
in the Record.
To that
MR.. SHERMAN OBJECTED
and said that the letter would be printed in
document form.
Mr.. German remarked that if the Senator
from Ohio had been in the chamber in time
this morning under his own resolution the doc
ument could have been read and the public
business facilitated. The document would
throw light on subject that had been dis
cussed in the Senate for three days, and il
might save millions Of acres of the pu bic land
Notwithstanding the importance Of the tariff
and OF all the other matters that came behind
1t he said to the Senator from Ohio and the
Senator from Rhode Island that the desire for
haste manifested by them, the attempt to 20
through business at an inconside rate speed
was ill-timed, and that that course ought not
to be continued
MR.. SHERMAN GENTLY SCORED.
He had come to the chamber at 10 o'clock, in
compliance with the resolution offered by the
Senator from Ohio, but that Senator and q
good many others who insisted on the adop-
ton OF the resolution were not present. He
would not submit to have any Senator intimate
that because he wanted public document read
in order to get information from it his object
was to delay the public business.
MR.. SHERMAN EXPLAINS HIS ABSENCE.
Mr.. Sherman resented the emphasizing of
the fact that he had come into the chamber
this morning fifteen minutes after the hour
fixed for meeting. He had been engaged dur
ing these fifteen minutes on public business.
which he considered as OF more importance
than listening to the reading OF the journal.
He was probably present in the Senate four
days for the one that the Senator from Mary
land was.
The question whether the document should
be read was put to the Senate and was decided
in the negative.
Mr.. aoaMAS SAID
that as he could not have the document read
he would ask to be permitted to read it in
before it went to the printer. As
to Mr.. Sherman's statement that he was present
four days to his (Mr. Gormans) one he asserted
that he had not missed day in the Senate
during the entire session except when he was
too ill, and that was only during the winter.
He thought the Record would show that he had
never been absent during morning roll call
At all events he had never been and never ex-
pected to be the author Of a resolution COM
pelling the Senate to meet at an extraordinary
hour and then fail to put in an appearance,
But
WHAT HE PARTICULARLY RESENTED
was the intimation {rather by manner than By
speech) that his object was delay. There was
no foundation for it.
In the course Of discussion allusion was made
by Mr.. German to the delay in printing the
Behring sea correspondence, and Mr.. Sher-
man, while expressing his own disappointment
fact that some maps essential to the proper
understanding Of the matter had to lie en-
grave dan operation which required consid-
cradle time.
The presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls) said that
the letter from the Secretary Of the Interior,
with the accompanying documents, would be
printed in q public document
THE M'GARRAHAN CLAIM.
Mr.. Teller reported bill authorizing the
Court Of Claims to take Jurisdiction of the Nc
Garrahsn claim to the Rancho Panoche Grande
in California, and it was placed on the calen-
dar.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Mr.. Frye made statement in relation to the
river and harbor bill. He said that the COM
mittee on commerce, not wishing TO antagonize
or to seem to antagonize the tariff bill, had in
structed him to consult the finance committee
as to the time when the river and harbor bill
could be considered; that such consultation
had taken place and that IL had been agreed,
70 the entire satisfaction OF both committees,
that the river and harbor bill would be taken |
up ON Friday Of next week.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.
Tho conference report ON the District of !
Columbia appropriation bill was taken up, dis |
cussed Tor an hour and Q half (chieay on the |
subject OF the street railroad companies and |
sneT shortcomings) and agreed TO.
THE TARIFF BILL
vas then taken mp and it, reading BY para
graphs was continued beginning st paragraph