Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-05
MONDAYS SENATE.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill
Passed.
TIE CHANGES MADE BUT FEW.
Paddock Pure Food Bill and COnger Lard
Bm Both Meet with RebufE-A Private
Bill VetOed-The Deficiency
Bill.


ed to the consideration Of the agr1cult-
ural appropriation bill, when Mr.. Car
isle made point Of order against the
committee amendment allowing the
sorghum sugar manufacturers TO make
distilled spirits free of tax. The point
was submitted to the senate by the vice
president, and as the amendment was
moved to be in order-yeas 29, nays %
the amendment was agreed to with
out division. Messrs Cockrell, Coke
and German voted with the republicans
tn the affirmative and Messrs- Edmunds,
Evarts, Hawley, Hiscock, Morrill,, Platt'
Sherman and Wilson with the democrats
in the negative.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment
sppropriating S2O 600 for the collection
and publication of information as to
the best method of cultivating the soil
By irrigation and extending the limit Of
time from July 1, 1891, to January l,
1922. 1t was agreed to.
Mr.. Paddock moved TO amend by in
Serting the pure food bill 1t was ex-
cluded on point Of order.
The bill was then passed. The
changes made were few in number.
The most important was the addition OF
q provision allowing manufacturers Of
sorghum sugar to remove from bond
distilled spirits of not less than 100 per
cent. strength free Of tax when used in
the manufacture of sorghum sugar and
10 receive the spirits by Redistribution un-
der suitable bonds and regulations.
Other new items are: To enable
the secretary of agriculture to
continue the investigations concern
ing the feasibility of extending
tbe demands of foreign markets
70 United States agricultural products,
s., 800; to enable the secretary to collect
and disseminate information regarding
silk culture, TO purchase and distribute
eggs and mulberry trees and to conduct
experiments in silk reeling in the Dis
trict of Columbia, s25, 900; purchase and
distribution of seeds to drought suffer
ers west of the Missouri river, Sl50,OO0.
The committee increased from ST63, 900
to ss2s. 600 the appropriation for agri-
cultural experimental stations and from
cas-. 900 70 $780, 900 the appropriation for
experimental sugar manufacture.
The senate then proceeded to cOnsid-
Grafton of the general deficiency bill.
This. was temporarily suspended and
resolution authorizing the committee on
rules to sit during the recess was re-
ported and agreed to.
A message from the president, re-
turning without his approval the senate
bill conferring jurisdiction on the court
of claims to inquire into and determine
how much the hull of the United
States double enders Agawam and
PontOonsuc cost the contractor, George
w. Lawrence, above the contract price
and allowance for extra work and to
enter Judgment for the same in favor
of the administrators of Mr.. Lawrence.
The presidents objection was that it
would establish a dangerous precedent
for the government to declare that it
would make up to 4 contractor for
loss he had sustained on account of his
low bid and subsequence advance in
the material
In the evening the vote 10y which the
senate last week passed the house bill
to pay judgments of the court of claims
for army supplies (under the Bowman
act) was, on motion of Mr.. Harris, re-
considered and all the senate amend
ments which had then been agreed to
.were disagreed to (including the Chou
teau claim Of ST49, 0O0), and the bill was
again passed without any amendment.
The reason assigned by Mr.. Harris for
this course was that the amendments
could not possibly be acted ON in the
house, and that if this course were not
followed the whole bill would fail.
The consideration of the deficiency
q bill was then proceeded with. The two
items to pay to the widows of Chief
Justice Waite and Justice Miller. one
years salary, so, 500 and SO, 900, were
opposed by Mr. Berry as an unauthOr-
lied gift Of the peoples money and
were advocated by Mr.. Blackburn, who
said.it was the settled practice of con-
Rress 70 give years salary to the
family of every senator and representa-
tive and every official of congress who
died in active service. Finally the vote
was taken and the items were agreed
to-yeas, 40; nays, 10. The negative
. votes were given by Messrs- Bate, Ber-
~, Carlisle, Cockre1, Coke, George,
Jones, of Arkansas; Plumb, Reagan and
= Vest, .-..-- s.--... ...
The next subject that provoked dis
cussion- was the proposition of the
house TO give months extra pay to the
officers and employees of the house. Mr..
Plumb spoke of the unconscionable eX-
travaRance. of the two houses, and said
that while the pay of senators amounted
to s4oO, 900 a year, the pay. of those who
waited on them amounted to 5000, 600.
The house~item was struck cut of the
bill-yeas 81, nays 81.
Before the senate had got away from
tbs subject of the extra pay Mr.. Pad
dock introduced into the discussion a
new subjeot-the Conger lard bill-and
read one Of many kilograms which he
had received praying him to vote for
Mr.. Hoar's motion to lay aside all the
appropriation bills and pass the Conge1
lard bill without delay. The discussion
xAs wound mp by the declaration OF
the part of Mr.. Vance that the CongeI
lard bill was dead. -.......
All the committee amendments hav.
2 ing been disposed of, Mr.. Spoonel
moved an amendment to increase the
= appropriation for the public building al
Dallas, Tex. to S15o,0 900. 1t was agreed
J. to. The bill was reported to the sen
ate, but final action was reserved OF
= the bill and amendments till this morn
ing. ..--.-... --- . ..- --.--.
The conference report on the legisla
Uve 1Pproprlatlon OH was presTn met
and agreed to and further conference