Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-03
The House Orders a Committee of
Conference on the Disagreement.
AFTER THE FISH COMMISSION
Proposed Investigation by the
Senate of Its Management.
SENATOR PUCH ON THE TARIFF.
SENATE.

among the memorials and other papers pre-
sented and referred today were resolutions
from the Louisiana Legislature extending
thanks to Congress and the President for the
relief afforded to the sufferers from the recent
Mississippi floods.
DISAGREEMENT on THE DEPENDENT PENSION
ELL.
Mr.. Davis from the conference committee
on the dependent pension bill, reported that
the committee had been unable to agree Mr..
Edmunds inquired (in order to understand the
form OF doing business between the two
houses) which house had asked for the confer
ence.
The presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls,. the
conference was asked by the Senate.
Mr.. Edmunds-Then l submit that this re-
port should be made first to the House of Rep
resentatives
The presiding offcer-The Senator from
vermont is correct That is the parliamentary
proceeding. The report will be Withdrawn un-
I'll action Is taken elsewhere.
Ihe report was withdrawn.
THE PURE FOOD BILL
Ihe Senate bill for preventing the adultera-
ton of food and drugs was reported and placed
on the calendar.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FISK COMMISSIONER q
OFFICE.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Ed
munds for an investigation by the committee
on fisheries into the management of the fish
commissioners office was taken up.
MR.. PLUME OPPOSED THE RESOLUTION
as most extraordinary proposition. The
Secretary of War had been arraigned yesterday
on the floor Of the Senate as a saloon keeper
and under the theory of the resolution the
Senate might be called upon to investigate
whether he was or not The news
papers were filled every day with abuse or
of government officials and
resolutions might be offered for the purpose of
vlndlcatlng those officials ls-white washing them
He had not seen the newspaper statements
alluded to. He did not know what the charge
was or how vile it was. But he could not con-
cclve OF a more dangerous precedent than the
resolution would set.
MR.. EDMUNDs REPLIES TO MR.. PLUMB.
Mr.. Edmunds replied to Mr.. Plumb. He did
not believe that the committee on fisheries
would whitewash any one. He had known of
an investigation which had been asked for by
the official inculpated and which had not white
washed him; and be had more respect for com
imagine that they would white
wash any one. The fish commission
was not under the control of any other great
department of the government (as he thought
1t ought to be- and there was no direct author
ity anywhere, except in the houses Of Congress
to make official inquiry into its management.
There had recently appeared in q respectable
newspaper report (not a vague ac-
cusatlon) OF nepotism and misconduct,
persons who had been appointed and displaced
in the Office of the fish commissioner in order
to get up
A FAMILY RING"
to the great detriment of the government.
He had heard enough about the matter to be-
lieve that the story was partly true and partly
untrue, and he, as one Senator wished to know
the whole truth about il.
Mr.. Jones ARK said that a few days ago
there had appeared in New York paper n list
of persons appointed by MIR. Mcdonald since
he had been in the Office of fish commissioner
showing the relations between him and them
the salaries paid to them and the aggregate
amount paid to relatives and kins-
folk. Ii the statement was true
then 1T was absolutely necessary
that Mr. Mcdonald should be removed from his
position; if it wasn't true it was but fair and
just to him. as well as to the public and to
members of Congress, that the untruth should
be ascertained. He heartily agreed with Mr.
Edmunds that 1T was proper for committee
OF the Senate to inquire into the matter.
THE RESOLUTION GOES OVER.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Paddock the reso-
luton went over till tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Blair, from the committee on education
and labor. reported the Senate bill to provide
for the obligatory attendance at school of the
children in Alaska, and Senate bill without
to organize a bureau of in
relating to employment, occupation
and means of livelihood. Placed on the CAL
endar.
Mr.. Dawes said that as the Senator from Ala
bama Mr.. Pugh) desired to speak on the silver
bill he would not ask tor the consideration of
the fortifcation bill till tomorrow
MR.. PUGH CRITICIsEs THE TARIFF BILL.
The silver bill was taken up and Mr. Pugh
addressed the Senate. His speech was largely
devoted to a criticism of the tariff bill.
HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House the House
bill for the acquisition of a site tor a post
office building in Washington with Senate
thereto. The amendments were
in and a conference was or
dered, Messrs. Milliken, Lehlbach and Clunie
being appointed conferees.
On motion of Mr. Perkins (Kan.) Senate bill
was passed changing the boundaries of the res
ag h.