Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
WASHINGTON NOTES
SENATE.


spect to the late John s. Cox. of New
York, which bad been fixeI for tomor.
row, were postponed until Tuesday oi
next week.
The house bill in relation to oaths in
pension and other cases was passed.
The house bill for the admission oi
Idaho as state was then taken up 70,
consideration. The bill having been
read Mr.. Morril gave notice that he
would ut the earliest practical moment
move to take up the tariff bill. Mr.
Teller remarked that the tariff bill
could not possibly De taken ur this
week, as the senate would probably ad.
iourn from Thursday till Monday and
probably the Idaho bill will not be dis
posed of this week.
The report having been read the Ida
ho bill was temporarily laid aside.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was taken up. There are few amend
ments.
Coke moved to add to the paragraph
for investigating the history and habits
of insects, $500 for investigating the
history of and remedies for the coC5ca
ball worm. Agreed to. The bill then
passed.
Further conference was ordered on
the legislative appropriation bill on the
amendment to increase the pay of SEN
ator's clerks.
The Idaho bill was resumed and Cul-
lom addressed the senate in it's favor.
He said that Idaho and Wyoming bills
were reported from the committee on
territories out of sense o: duty to the
people of these territories and of the
United States. The committee was
charged with seeking political advant-
ages because it had not also reported
bill for the admission of Arizona and
New Mexico. He assured the senate
that the committee was entirely inno-
cent il the matter. The fact was the
committee had scarcely been asked to
report bill for the admission of either
of these territories. Neither of them
presented itself in such manner rs to
justify the committee in placing them
alongside of Wyoming and Idaho. The
bill having been laid aside, the house
Joint resolution continuing the annual
appropriation bills for thirty days after
the close of the fiscal year if the appro-
priation bills had rot then become a law
was reported by Allison and passed.
Adjourned.
Morgan introduced bill providing
that no person ehall enter any
public lands IN Wyoming under the
homestead or other laws who is biga-
INST or poiygamist, or who teaches
counsels, aids Or encourages others to
enter into bigamy or polygamy, or who
|. member of any association that
teaches polygamy. The bill was re-
fcrrcd to the committee on public lands.
The conference committee on the leg
islative appropriation bill reported that
It was unable to agree on the pay of
senator's clerks and the committee
CLERKS.
A new conference was appointed.
The conference report on the district
of Columbia bill was disagreed d to and u
new conference ordered.
conference was also ordered on the
agricultural appropriation bill.
Discussion on the Idaho admission
bill was resumed and Vance spoke in
opposition to it. The bill then passed
without division.
A message from the house announcing
that it had resolved to adhere to its dis
agreements to the legislative appropri-
alton bill was presented by Dawes of the
conference committee, who stated that
tf house declined to confer further.
After long discussion the senate re-
fused 20 recede from it's amendments b.
vote of "a to 10. AS result OF this
disagreement unless either senate or
house backs down the legislative appro-
priation bill fails, and new bill will
have to be reported and 60 through the
mill.