The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-04
BLAINE CALLED DOWN.

Vest SDttt very opthtuhs
About the Pan American Congress.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The messages
from the president as TO the postal and
cable communication between the United
States and the Latin-American States, and
TO the celebration of the four-hundredth
centennial of the discovery of America,
were presented and referred.
Butler sarcastically suggested that I he
secretary of the interior should also re-
port IL he had any knowledge why the SEN
ate does not proceed to the consideration
of the report of the select committees on
Pacific railroads. He supposed the eau
Gus has acted on the matter. This led to
tilt between Butler and Edmunds, which
consumed some time. Edmunds said SO
far as he was concerned he would he glad
to have the resolution embrace call to
know whether the interior department is
in possession of information that AT least
one of the government aided railroads has
not ever since the passage of the Thur
man act deliberately disobeyed its
injunctions i'm respect of increas-
ing its obligations and making divi-
dentls. If il be true that
i'm spite of the law with the penalties i'm
posed there has not been force enough in
the administration, either under the DEM
ocratic or republican auspices, to compel
these companies to obey the law he did
not know that there would he any use for
passing a settlement bill at all.
The resolution was finally agreed to.
The subject OF the bill passed yesterday
as To land patents remaining undelvered
and the facilities afforded firm of WASH
ington attorneys TO take list OF them,
was brought up by Berry of Arkansas,
who had letter read which had been sent
by these attorneys TO the clerk of Colum-
bia county, Arkansas, Offering to supply
patents in kthat county for "a each, OF
which the clerk was To retain 81.
A letter from Assistant Commissioners
Stone, then acting commissioner, to this
firm extending such facilities TO II. and a
letter from Assistant Secretary Bussey
certifying TO the reputable character OF
the firm were also read.
Berry said If any explanation could be
given of that transaction or any excuse
for that most scandalous conduct on the
part of the government officials, he would
be glad to hear IL. There were 10000 OF
these undelivered patents. and this firm
would, at the low rate mentioned in its
letter, wrench a million dollars from the
citizens unjustly and without authority.
He understood one member of the firm,
Thomas III. Mckee, was an officer OF the
house of representatives.
The matter was discussed at some
length by Teller, Paddock and Cockrell.
Paddock stated that under the present
administration the number OF undelivered
patents has been reduced 10y some IO,U0.
The senate bill TO establish q United
Sta,es land court was then discussed
until p. M, when the postal and ship
subsidy bills came up.
Vest continued his argument against
the bills. He was as anxious as Mr..
Blaine to bring back the supremacy OF
the United States on the ocean and to
open the ports OF South America To Amer
lean products. But the question was also
to be the best means to bring about that
end.
The senator from Maine lFrye) wanted
subsidies. He Vest opposed them in
toto. Vest went on to speak of the late
Pan-American conference and sent to
the clerks desk and had read a clipping
from the New York Herald OF its Buenos
| Ayres correspondence to show what
Senor Pierra, who accompanied the Ar
Rentine delegates 10 Washington. thought
| of the conference OF Blaine and OF the
United States delegates.
As soon as the clerk finished reading
| this very caustic criticism Hawley asked
| Vest whether he knew who wrote that?
Whether il was quite fair and decorous
| to have printed such mess OF irrespon-
sible blackguartlism.
Vest replied, "the gentleman,s name
| was given in the communication
| Hawley said-"l reafiirm what l SAID
| that the man who speaks as he does OF
honorable gentlemen and who says OF
| American colleges that degrees can be
| obtained for $50 says wilfully that which
| ia fal