Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-15
THE MAJOR POWELL CLAUSE.
Bill to Employ 636 More Clerks
Taken Up in the House.
MEMBERS PAIRED NOW NUMBER I22.
SENATE.

between the Atlantic and Pacific ports OF the
United States over the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, such merchandise on arrival at VAN
couver being there transhipped, and whether
or not such transportation and transhipment
on foreign territory is consistent with the
safety of the revenue. Also other facts in that
connection.
MR.. sHERMANs FINANCIAL BILL.
Mr.. Sherman, from the finance committee,
reported substitute for bill introduced by
him on the 10th of May to reduce the amount
OF United States bonds to be required of ma
tional banks and to restore to the channels Of
trade the excessive accumulations of lawful
money in the Treasury. Placed on the calen-
dar, with a notice by Mr.. Sherman that he
would ask the Senate to consider it very soon.
The substitute provides that the compulsory
requirement. of deposit of United States bonds
with the treasurer Of the United States by ma
tional banks shall be limited in amount to 81, 600
of bonds for each bank, provided that the vol
untary withdrawal of bonds for the retirement
OF national bank notes shall not exceed three
millions In any month, and also provided that
the act shall not apply to the deposit of bonds
to secure deposits of public moneys; also pro-
viding that national banks shall be entitled to
secure circulating notes not exceeding the
whole amount Of the par value of the bonds
deposited, and that at no time the total amount
OF such notes shall exceed the amount of capi-
tai stock actually paid in.
Senate bill granting to the state of Washing
ton section Of public land for a soldiers
home and as training ground for the state
militia was taken from the calendar and passed.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill at page 50 the
first item being one of $4,000 for surveying
the public lands, the committee on appropria-
tions recommending an increase of that
amount to 5000, 900.
Mr.. German explained the amendment stat
ing that the object of it was to throw open to
settlement the land intended (by the act of Oc-
tober, 1885, to be reserved for irrigation.
Mr. Carlisle asked whether that applied to
reservoir sites not yet surveyed or segregated.
Mr. German said that in a subsequent amend
ment 1t was provided that reservoir and canal
sites heretofore located or selected should re-
main segregated and reserved from entry or
settlement. The question, he said, had been
presented fairly and squarely
BY MAJOR POWELL,
director Of the geological survey, who claimed
that the vast territory-the arid region. COM
prising 100000 square mies-could not be
used except by the utilization of the water for
irrigation purposes and that IL those lands were
to be opened to settlement: and to pass out of
the hands OF tbs government they would
be seized by: organized companies. He
(Mr. Gorman) thought there was great danger
that that might be SO.
On the other hand he realized the injury that
would be done to those new communities by
keeping the lands closed to settlement
He had come to the conclusion. reluctantly,
and with full knowledge OF the possible abuses
that might occur, that under all the circum.
stances it was probably wiser and better for all
interests that the appropriation for the survey
OF the public lands should be increased three
fold SO as to have all the lands thrown open to
settlement.
The question gave rise to long discussion
nartlcIpatod N nv
of Arkansas and Teller. The latter declared
that the construction given to the irrigation
act OF 1889 Preserving for settlement not only
the sites for reservoirs and for bitches but the
lrrlSable lands themselves) was most harmful
and that under that construction there were
l,35O, 900 square miles of the public domain in
which
THE SETTLEMENT LAWS WERE SUSPENDED.
That might seem to some people to mean lit
tie; but it meant great hardship and suffering
and distress.
Mr.. Morgan inquired whether the act of 1888
had ever been considered by the committee on
public lands.
Mr. Teller replied in the negative. He said
that the provision had been put in the bill by a
conference committee and that nobody con-
nected with it on either side had ever dreamed
that such construction would be put upon it.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Enloe (Tenn.) }, referring to his correc-
tion Of the Record made yesterday upon an
immaterial point, stated that the manuscript of
the official reporters was absolutely cor
rect, but that the omission had occurred in
the printed Record, and the Record was
amended SO as to correspond with the report
er's transcript
SIX HUNDRED AND THIRrY-sIx MORE CLERKS
NEEDED.
Mr.. Cannon Oil. moved that the House 90
into committee of the whole for the considera-
tion of the bill appropriating $3.50, 1S9 for an
additional clerical force to carry into effect the
provisions of the dependent pension act. The
additional force provided for is 636
Pending this motion he moved that the gen.
eral debate be limited to two hours.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS
PAIRED.
Agreed to-yeas, ia; nays, 60. One hun
dred and twenty-five members were announced
as paired on this vote.
The previous motion was then agreed to-
yeas, 1856; nays Sand accordingly the House
went into committee of the whole, Mr. Bur-
rows (Mich. in the chair, on the bill stated.
ME-. DocKERY's CRITICISM.
Mr. Dockery (Mo.) criticised the majority Of
the committee on appropriations for not re-
porting bill making an appropriation to pay
the pensions which would be granted under the
dependent pension bill. and intimated that the
failure was attributable to political reasons
The appropriation would not he made before
the November elections.
Mr.. Cannon said that the money would lie
appropriated and paid just as rapidly as the
pension certificates were issued.
Mr.. Dockery charged that the majority was
anrighted by the startling appropriations which
mad been made at the present session and was
running away from the provisions of the PEN
sion laws and refusing to appropriate the nec-
essary money until after the election.
MR. cUrcHEoN's QUESTION.
Mr.. Cutcheon (Mich.) inquired whether the
gentleman had any doubt that the appropria-
aons already made would cover ell pension
claims which might be adjudicatsd before the
next session of Congress-
Mr. Dockery replied that he was not called
upon TO pass on that question. Congress ap-
propriated for the ensuing fiscal year, which
ended on the 30th Of June. He was insisting that
this rule should not be departed from, albeit
the appropriations of this session were mount
ing up.
TINE-HoNoRKD CuBroH.
Mr.. Cutcheon suggested:that IL was . time
honored custom to bring in deficiency bill
Mr.. Dockery was glad that the gentleman
had acknowledged that IL was the intention Of