Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-05
To Congress, Coesrcil Thinks Many Of
Them Are No, Entitled 10
Consideration.
THE roHrlricArloNs uitt TAKEN
Bills Diseased IN the House. The pip.
lomailc Appropriation
plll Passed.
Telegraph 10 tho SswSi
CONGRESSIONAL.
Coiioauy Concerning petitions as "a
the Conger Lard NM.

WASH SdToS, Feb. AIN the Sen.
ate, after the transaction 81 the morn.
Ing business, there was short eNecu.
tive session, and when the doors were
reOpencd consideration Of the foTlltlca.
ton bill was resumed.
In reference 10 presentation OF Yeti.
tions as 10 the Conger lard bill, col
lOluy took place, going 10 show that all
OF these petitions cmanate from the
same source and 20 back 10 that source
before they arp forwarded 10 the sena.
tor; that they are distributed from a
central agency and seem 10 be the 70.
suit, not OF spontaneous movement,
but Of solicitation.
Apropos OF the manner Ia which
such movements are gotten up, Cock
fell read resolutions Of the PHILADELPHIA
Maritime Exchange, protesting against
tho passage, thon In the House, OF the
monthly purchase OF i,jDO, 900 ounces
Of silver. No such bill. hc said, passed
the Senate In May, 1900, aud yet these
wlseacres We're meeting and protesting
against IL. lie went on 10 severely
critlcisc the views OF Edward Akin.
son OH silver and other economic quca.
lions.
Dawes remarked that Atlsin-on's
political and economical affiliations
were with tie senators who were ira
duclng him.
The Notifications bill was ngain taken
up. The COMMITTEE. amendment APP
propriating 100000 for riiied sca-const
mortars OF east iron, hoopcd with steel,
was taken up. Chambers amends
ment, requiring thom TO he wholly Of
steel, was agreed 10, and then, Mt the
suggestion Of Dawes, the committee
amendment ~ amended, was rejected.
The committee amendment ~ reduce
the Item for the completion Of the army
gun factory nj Watervllct, New York,
from s2fs,OD0 ~ slis,OOO, was agreed
10, m was also the committee amend.
nient 10 reduce the appropriation for
machinery Mt Watervliet Arsenal from
si6s, 900 10 SOS, 900.
This committee amendment incrcas.
Ing the appropriation for the board OF
ordinance, etc, TO make purchases, ex.
periments and tests Of the most efiec.
tive guns. small arms, etc, from $780,.
600 to 500, 900 was agreed 10.
An amendment by Cockrell, re-.
| amended by Chandler, was agreed 10,
IfoNluiik Iot tut huIitiuu VI Two CIVIL
Ian members ~ the board OF ordnance
aud fertilization, not 10 10 ex.ofiiccrs
OF the army or navy,t 10 hold office four
years and receive salary Of $1,000 and
actual expenses.
The committee amendment 10 insert
a paragraph increasing TO a, $50, 900 the
appropriation Ia tho Notifications ac. for
the procurement Of heavy ordnance was
agreed to.
Dolph's amendment, appropriatlng n
million dollars for plant for heavy
ordnance at some point on the Pacific
coast, was disagreed TO. The bill was
then passed.
The military academy bill was passed
with one amendment.
Tho pension appropriation bill was
taken up and went over. Adjourned.
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WAsniNdroN, Feb. 4.-Mcttinley
asked unanimous consent that during
the remainder OF the session the House
meet at III n. M, but Rogers (Ark.)
objected.
The House then went Into COM
mlttec Of the whole on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. Dur
Ing the debate ON the bill McAd0o IN.
j., gave his hearty consent 10 the POSI-.
ton taken by hc Secretary OF State
relative 10 reciprocity with. Canada.
The United States should have un'