The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-03
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
After Reconsideration II PASSES the Sen
ate as Amended by the House.

After Reconsideration II PASSES the Sem
ate as Amended by the House.
WASHINGTON, July Plumb, from the
committee on public lands, reported the
senate bill to provide for the delivery of
land patents to their rightful owners, and
asked for its immediate consideration.
Statements were made by Plumb, Pad
dock and Berry that there were some
10000 land patents accumulated I'm the
general land Office, for which those enti-
tied had not applied, and that they find
the Washington attorneys had been per-
mitted 10 have lists made of them; that
they had communicated with the persons
entitled TO them, notifying them that they
could get their patents on payment of a
certain fee; that this was an act OF collu-
sion between the assistant commissioner
lwho was then assistant secretary of the
interior, acting as commissioner and this
firm; and that this bill was designed
| To frustrate that job. The bill was then
passed. 1t directs the secretary of the in
terror to send to the recorder of deeds in
each city i'm which lands so patented lie,
| list of land patents i'm that country that
have been i'm the general land office and
uncalled for for II months.
Hiscock called up his motion TO recon-
| slider the vote by which the senate yester-
| day refused To recede from the amend
ments To the legislative appropriation bill.
| The motion was agreed to, and after a de-
bate the senate receded from the amend
ments. The bill now goes to the prcsi-
dent.
The senate proceeded to the consitlera-
| tion OF the two senate bills reported from
| the committee on commerce To place the
| American merchant marine engaged in
| foreign trade upon an equality with that
of other nations, and to provide for ocean
mail service between the United States
and foreign ports, and to promote the SER
| vice.
| Frye said the first bill was bounty on
| tonnage and the second was known as
the postal subsidy bill. He declared that
unless Congress did something To aid
| American ships. and that speedily, there
would soon not he single steamship line
| traversing the oceans carrying the Ameri-
can flag, not one. He was not going to
discuss the tariff i'm connection with these
| bills. The American carrying trade would
soon be dead body. He wanted 10 know
whether il was worth while to resurrect il
and bring life into II. He could not un;
derstand the innermost thoughts and
feelings Of the American citizen who
could listen to the statement of
facts about the foreign carrying
trade and not feel an impulse to go back
once more on the ocean, where the United
States stood in such proud conspicuous.
ness thirty years ago. The American
carrying trade was dead for want of pro.
lection. II was the only great American
industry of which the same could be said
People of the United States had paid So.
100000 a year to keep alive the sugar.
growing industry of the United States and
S6,0OWO q year would revive the dead
body of the American merchant marine
and keep IL on the ocean.
| Vest addressed the senate in opposition
to the subsidy bills. The foreign carry.
ing power was languishing and almos,
dead, but so was the cattle trade, and yet
IL he were to propose a subsidy for the
cattle trade the proposition would be
attacked as the most monstrous ever
heard. He went on TO speak OF the Pan
American congress as a "chcstnut." a
back number. IL was half made up when
the Harrison administration came into
existence, and recently the ambitious sec
retary of state rcceded upon il and con
cluded TO parade il before thu
country as great and phenomenal
lican party had always advocated the ne
cessity of doing away with foreign com
merce. But sudden and marvellous
change had come. The senator from
Maine wanted 10 give subsidies To vessel,
i'm foreign trade SO as to bring about in
creased trade not only with the Soutl
American states. but also with all Euro
pean countries and the world at large
The object. Vest said, of substituting an,
particular line was TO discourage al
others.
ing his speech, and Frye said he hoped I,
have the senate act tomorrow on boil
bills. as he intended to- call up the rive
and harbor bill Monday. The senate
then adjourned.