The morning call., 1891-02-01
CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
Blair and Teller Make an Explanation-Ap-
preparation Bills

Blair and Teller Make an Explanation APP
preparation Bills.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-In the Senate
this NOR ming the Vice-President laid before
the Sc mate the credentials of Cameron for
the new term, and they were placed on file.
Among the bills reported from the COM
mitteeS and placed on the calendar was one
for the exploration and survey of the in
terror Of Alaska.
Sherman introduced a bill appropria ting
S25.0 GOO for monument to Chief Justice
Chase in lie city of Washington. Referred.
The House resolutit for the appoin tment
OF committee of nine TO attend the funeral
OF Secretary Window was laid before the
Senate, and Morrill, offered resolution for
the appolntmon OF committee of seven
Senators 20 join the House committee ale
tending the funeral, ana to take such other
action as may be appropriate in honor of
the memory Of the deceased The resolu-
tion was agreed To, and Messr5. Morrill,.
Na'hburn, S erman, All son, Harris, Paynel
and German were appointed.
Morrill, also offered resolution, which
was agreed to, for the adjournment of the
Senate on Monday at o'clock to enable the
Senators 10 attend Windom's funeral
A Joint resolution for the appointment of
William Preston Johnston of Louisiana on
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Ins ttution in place of Noah Porter, re-
signed, was taken from the calendar and
passed.
Dolph reported favorably from the Naval
COMMITTEES the amendment proposed to the
Naval Appropriation Bill, appropriating
$4,000 TO enable the President to cause
seundings to be made between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu to determine the practi-
cability OF laying cable between those
points.
Dolph also reported favorably from the
same committee his proposed amendment
appropriating $500, COO for the establishment
pnQti IN aarl
River. Hawaiian Islands, for the use of naval
vessels.
Allen reported favorably the amendment
to the Naval Appropriation Bill, appropri-
atiDg $1,000 for dry-dock at Port Or
chard, on Puget Sound.
Blair, rising to a personal explanation,
| said he had observed circulating in the
newspapers of the country what purported
to be the copy OF an agreement alleged to
| have been entered into by Republican Sem
| ators with reference to the consideration of
| the Force Bill, so-called, or the Elections
Bill. more properly called. The names of
certain Senators are given as having violated
| this agreement, and the allegation was made
! that all the other Republican Senators had
| signed the agreement without condition. As
that allegation is SO broad as to include him.
! Sc If along with those who had signed that
| agreement without condition, he desired to
say that he never signed such an agreement
except with the clear qualification that it
should not interfere with his efforts for the
consideration of the Education Bill.
Teller said he did not intend to pay atten-
ton TO the newspaper reports. and as a gen.
eral rule never gave any attention to the
statements made by newspaper correspon-
dents, but he only desired to say now that
tie statement pretty generally circulated
| that he had been i'll favor of the Force Bill,
| so called, or the Elections Bill. at any time,
was incorrect; further, that the statement
that amendments were made TO the bill in
committee whenever he asked TO have them
made was also incorrect, and that the state
ment tnat he had ever agreed To support the
bill, directly or indirectly, was incorrect.
he would say now, lest he might have no
other opportunity, that his opposition to the
Elections Bill had never grown out of his
attitude on the silver question He enter
taiDed the idea that it would be so amended
that he should be able to vote for it. because
that would involve such radical change in
the bill that its friends would not then care
about its passage. He said now, and it was
all that he proposed 10 say on the matter
whatever might be said about his attitude
or his relations TO the bill, that he had never
promised to support ii; that he had never
intended to support 1t, and that he had not
supported it.
The Army Appropriation Bill was then
taken up.
The amendment of the Committee on APP
propriatiuns 10 strike out the provision that
government Transportation on land-grant
roads should net exceed 90 per cent of the
charges to private parties was agreed to.
On the amendment t. insert provision
that such transportation be paid for on such
basis as the Secretary of War deems just
and reasonable, not to exceed 20 per cent of
tie charges to private parties, there was
long discussion, but it was agreed to and
the bill was passed.
Quay presented resolution Of the Penn
sylvania Legislature favoring the Federal
Elections Bill.
The Fortitcations Bill was taken up, but
laid aside informally, and 110 pension bills
were passed, including one giving pension
of $50 month to the widow of General
Moves and the House bill granting pension
of 500 month to General Sigel.
Senate bills granting the Unatilla Irriga-
ton Company the right of way through the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. and grant
ing the right of way for an irrigation ditch
| and railroad side track across the Quarter
masters Department Reservation at Yuma
Ariz, were passed.
The bill to pension Mary Ann Doherty
was obj cted to and went over.
| The House amendment to the bill for the
| relief of Sarah L. Perme was agreed to.
Edmunds gave notice of an amendment to
| the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill to enable
| the President to make arrangements for
| Geographic communication between the
| United States and Hawaiian Islands for a
! period of not less than fourteen years and
| appropriatng $4,000, ,O00 therefor, not more
| than S250,000 to be expended in any one
| year. Adjourned.