Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-01
CANNOT HARMONIZE.
The Disagreements on the Legisla-
lative and District Bills.
NEW CONFERENCES ORDERED.
The Debate on the Election Bill
in the House.
VOTED DOWN TODAY
SENATE.

Mr.. Frye introduced bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to settle the in
debtedness to the government of the Sioux
City and Pacific Railway Company. Referred
to the select committee on Pacific railroads
Senate bill to authorize the leasing of school
lands in the territory of Oklahoma (for the
benefit Of the public schoos) was taken from
the calendar. explained by Mr. Plumb
ana passed. The leases not
the necessity for the bill arises out of the fact
that homesteaders have settled on the lands
not knowing that they were school lands. and
That special agents from the general land Of
nee have been serving notices on the settlers
to remove from the lands imme diately. These
notices Mr.. Plumb referred to as without
parallel as to brutality in the history of civil
government"
AGAINST PoLYaAMIsTs.
MIR. Morgan introduced bill (Which WAS re-
ferred to the committee on public lands) pro-
vlding that no person shall enter any Of the
public lands of the United States in Wyoming,
under the homestead or other laws, who is
blgamist or polygamist, or who teaches, ,coun-
sels, alds or encourages Others to enter into
blgamy or polygamy, or who is a member OF
any association that teaches polygamy.
FAILURE TO AGREE ON THE LEGISLATIVE APPRo-
PRIATIoN BILL.
Mr.. Dawes, from the conference committee
on the legislative appropriation bill, reported
that the committee had been unable to agree
The Senate, he said, was aware of the question
between the two houses to the pay of SEN
ators, clerks and OF committee clerks The
Senate conferees had sought but had not found
common ground of agreement They
had been met with the declara-
ton that it was impossible to bring
the House to an agreement different
from the text of the bill. The Senate conferees
hal hot fba cla rlu ,ho
be made annual clerks (but without increased
Compensation, but even that proposition had
been rejected. The House conferees had taken
the position that the House had gone as far as
1t would go in agreeing to the provision in the
bill as it passed the House. Nothing, there
fore, had been left to the Senate conferees ex-
cept to surrender at discretion or to report
back to the Senate. III the Senate asked fur
ther conference he desired that it should be
Entrusted to other hands. He added that
there mad been the utmost good feeling mani
tested in the conference and that he believed
that further conference would be hopeless.
Mr.. sHERMAN's PLANS.
Mr.. Sherman gave it as his opinion that the
time had come when the Senate should say po-
litely to the House: ''While we insist that we
ought to be allowed to appropriate for our own
employees reasonable compensation, vet, as
that cannot be done except by a change of the
law, and as you refuse that change. W. will
tween the two houses.
Mr.. Cockrell moved to insist on the amend
ment and said that he would follow that mo-
tion with another instructing the Senate con-
ferees to propose an annual compensation Of
81 500 instead of 81 500.
OPPOSED TO CONTINUING THE CONTEST.
The first motion having been agreed to, Mr.
Berry moved to reconsider that motion, and
said that there was no reason in continuing the
An saA,4 l..
proper place to legislate on increase of salaries
Besides. he believed that Sc a day was quite
sufficient for a Senator's clerk, and there was
no sense in insisting on that which could not
be accomplished
THE SENATE INSISTS.
The motion to reconsider was negatived-
yeas, 5; nays, AZ. The yeas were Messrs.
Berry, George, Hale, Hawley and Reagan
MIR. Cockrell then moved to instruct the
sation of l,5O0 instead of S1,SOO. Agreed to
yeas, 2S; nays, 23.
THE NEW CoNFERERs
are Messrs Dawes, Plumb and Cockrell.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL.
The conference report on the District OF Co.
lumbia bill was then taken up-the question
being on the section requiring street railroad
companies whose earnings in 1889 exceeded 10
per cent of the face value of their stock to sell
tickets for 25 cents.
Mr.. EDMUNDs' POINT OF ORDER,
Mr.. Edmunds again presented the point Of
order which he had made yesterday, and which
was then overruled, to the effect that as neither
house had passed upon the question, or any
analogous question, the conference committee
had no right to report such an amendment
He quoted from Cushing's Manual of Parlia-
mentary Law, and referred to congressional
precedent sustaining his contention.
PRESIDENT INGALLS, AGAIN ovERRULEs IT.
The presiding officer (Air. Ingalls) said that
he retained the judgment which he had ex-
pressed yesterday-that a conference report
was not subject to point of order. A commit
tee of conference, he said. was the Joint organ
of the two houses, and the difficulty would be
apparent when the suggestion was made of what
might occur if the point of order was raised
in each house and ruled differently in
each. The chair agreed with the Senator from
Vermont that the conference committee had
transcended its just powers in reporting the
amendment, but the chair believed that the
only remedy was for the Senate either to re-
ject or agree to the report of the conference
committee.
MR.. SHERMAN AGAINST THE FOURTH SECTION.
Mr.. Sherman said that, as it was apparent
that the subject had not been considered in
either touse, and that the adoption of the
amendment would entail a reduction of re-
ceipts of the Washington and Georgetown Rail-
road Company greater than its annual divi-
dend (f 1t would not entirely bankrupt the
he hoped the report would be dis
agreed to- He would then move that the CON
ference committee be requested to have the
fourth section struck out.
MR.. GoRMAN's VIEWS
Mr.. German said it was Just possible that the
fourth section might be a little Objectionable.
But il ii should turn out that it did Injustice to
one company (for it only applied to one) that
could be remedie3 at the next session. That
company was amply able to bear the tax
for the time being. Its dividends last year had
been 100000 on q capital Of $500. 900.
1t was the most valuable street railroad line
in the District. If the amendment were agreed
to the company would come next session be-
fore committees of the two houses and, for the
and fair statement of its affair. He therefore
hoped that the amendment would be adopted
THE CONFERENCE REPORT NOT AGREED TO.
The question was taken on agreeing TO the |
conference report, and the report was not
agreed to-yeas q, nays %.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL /
The vote was as follows-Yeas: Allen, Bate. |
Blackburn, Biodgstt, Casey, Chandler, Coke, |
Dawes, Frye, George, Gibson, German, GRAY.
Hale, Hampton, Kenna, Moody, Plumb. Ran.
som, Stewart and Wilson (Md.) |
Nays-Allison. Barbour, Blair, Carlisle. Cul- |
lom, Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds. Farweu, Faux |
ner, Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock ingalls,. Joues
(Nev., Mcmillan, Mitchell, Pasco, Power Rea-
gan, Sawyer, Sherman, Squire, StockbridQe, |
Teller, Vance. Washburn, Wolcott.
fConf;u..o1 or ry<a D.,