Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-30
Features of the Debate in the House
Today.
IDAHO BILL In THE SENATE.
Set Aside to Take Up the Agri-
cultural Appropriation Bill.
THE BILL AMENDED AND PASSED.
SENATE.

Senate bill opening to settlement a portion
Of the Fort Randall military reservation in
South Dakota was reported and placed on the
calendar
Mr.. Edmunds offered resolution (Which
was agreed to- calling on the Secretary Of the
Treasury for information as to the relative and
actual cost Of steam-printing and hand-print-
ing presses in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing.
Mr. Eyarts gave notice that on account Of
the absence (from illness( of Mr.. Voorhees,,
who desired to take part in the commemora-
tive services in respect to the late Mr.. s. 3.
Cox (N.Y), those services, which had been
fixed for tomorrow, would be still further post
poned till Tuesday of next week.
The House bill in relation to oaths in PEN
sion and other cases was taken from the cal
endar and passed
FOR THE ADMISSION OF IDAHO.
The House bill for the admission of Idaho as
a stat was taken up for consideration.
The bill having been read. Mr.. Morrill, gave
notice that he would. at the earliest practicable
moment, move to take up the tariff bill.
Mr.. Platt said that he could not consent to
any suggestion that interfered with the Idaho
bill. Much as he believed i'll the tariff bill, and
anxious as he was to see it passed, he would not
consent to its being taken up until the Idaho
bill was disposed of.
Mr.. German said that there had been no
understanding arrived at (as was usuai) as to
the order of business, and that he thought
business would be very much facilitated if the
Senator from Vermont would fix a time when
the tariff bill could be considered-the latter
part of this week or the beginning Of next
week.
Mr.. Morrill, said that it was not his purpose
to Interfere with appropriation bills or with
conference reports; but he repeated that at as
early a moment as practicable the tariff bill
would be calledup.
Mr.. Teller remarked that the tariff bill could
not possibly be taken up this week. The Senate
would probably adjou from Thursday till
Monday. and probably the Idaho bill would not
be concluded this week.
Mr.. Platt-We ought to get through with the
Idaho bill tomorrow.
The report having been read, the bill was
temporarily laid over.
Senate bill to authorize the leasing OF school
lands in Oklahoma was reported by Mr.. Plumb,
who gave notice that he would ask action on it
today.
THB AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL
was taken up. There are but few amendments
reported from the committee on appropriations,
the only one Of any interest being the striking
out of an Item of s25.000 for the use of portions
of the Arlington estate as an experimental sta
tion and farm.
All the committee amendments having been
agreed to Mr.. Reagan moved to amend the
item appropriating $4,000 for sugar culture
experiments by requiring S25,OOO Of that
amout to be expended in Texas.
Mr.. Allison suggested to Mr. Reagan that il
Texas we're to get one-half of the appropria-
tion the other half ought to go to Iowa, as
those two states represented about the two ex-
tremes of climate where sorghum can be cui-
tivated successfully. Mr.. Gibson spoke Of the
successful r-sults that have attended sugar
culture experiments i'll Louisiana with the aid
of the Agricultural Department. After some
discussion MIR. Reagan's amendment was re-
jected.
Mr.. Coke moved to amend the paragraph ap-
propriating S25, 900 for investigating the his
tory and habits of insects by increasing the
appropriation $4,000 and directing that
amount to be expended in Investigations
into the natural history and remedies for the
cotton bali worm. Agreed to.
Mr.. Mitchell moved an amendment requiring
$4,000 of the S25,000 appropriated for expert
ments in sericulture to be expended in collect
ing further information relative to the wild
native silk worm Of California and developing
the use and value of its silk product. Rejected.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then passed.
THE LEGISLATIVE, ETC, APPROPRIATION BILL.
A further conference was ordered on the
legislative appropriation bill, after a state
ment by Mr.. Dawes that one of the matters
on which tine committee had not been able
to agree was the amendment to pay Senator'S
clerks 81, 500 year instead of Sc day for the
aassion