Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-31
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
Appropriation Bills Being Considered
in Both Houses.
SOME PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS.
Senators Blair and Teller Both
Have Something to Say.
MONEY FOR THE DIPLOMATS
SENATE.


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s".N,s ~ I 'aiu oe'o'e ,ne 'enA'e 'ne
@feueh"ais vi nr. oaineron ior ms new sefm
commencing on March next and they we're
Pisoeo on me-
~ l S9Aon, ~ presen.eo .Wo resoiuuon on tne
ture. He said that thew instrnctad ths sens-
tors from that state to vote for the free coinage
bill and against the force biIr'-so termed in
the resolution. He regarded those resolutions
he said. as in the nature of petitions, and asked
that they be filed on the records of the Senate.
So ordered.
BILLS PLACED ON THE CALENDAR
Among tbe b;,ls r.,o-,oa e., ,ho ,o,v,,;,-
Do DA' po''ou i,"N' tie eon"ni
'ees anu piaoeo on 'ne caiehosr were 'ne ioi-
owing
lou nouse = oNl 70 auihorize 'ne cons,rueuon on
Sta,a, Island ana ~ r,ra"et 1nn, islsmd
Senate bill 10 amend the law relating 10 the
residence abroad of the owners Of American
vessels in the foreign trade.
Senate joint resolution for the use of the ap-
preparation for improving the Apalachicola
river. Fla.
Senate bill establishing port of delivery at
Des Moines, Iowa.
Senate bill for the exploration and survey of
the interior of Alaska.
Senate bill granting to the state of Wyoming
certain lands for agricultural fair and in
dustrial exhibition.
Senate bill for the establishment OF a fish
hatchery in the state Of New York near the St.
Lawrence river.
A MONUMENT To CHIEF yrsr,cr CHASE
Mr. sherman introduced :, hin .rrrorr;.,,no
.o- 90 :. mon ii'i ouu.eu on
w Sn'ei 'ussi'e Nn"'e
IT. u:,, ..,.... IN
comm;t,ss Of r;ns 80 at,.,d , spur.i =. "
Secretary Window was laid before the Senate
and Mr.. Morrill, offered a resolution for the APP
pointment of a committee of seven Senators TO
join the House committee in attending the
funeral and to take such other action as may be
appropriate in honor of the memory of the
deceased and to manifest the respect and ap-
probation of Congress for his public services.
TO ATTEND MR.. WINDOWS FUNERAL.
The rasolrt;or was aor.aa a. "a No.
- Nv ".S $500 w. nm"
1norrhi "asnpurn, Snerman, Aiilson, nafris'
fayne and Gorman were appointed
Mr.. Morrill, also offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, for the adjournment Of the Sem
ate on Monday at pm. to enable Senators to
attend Mr.. WINDOWS funeral.
The joint resolution for the appointment Of
Mm. rresuon Johnston OF Louisiana on the
in rIaca ot Hr por,sr OF Cnnnsc,icm, r"s,ansd
was taken from the calendar and passed.
On motion of MIR. Henderson House bill au-
thorizing the construction Of a railway street
railroad, motor, wagon and pedestrian bridge
over the Missouri river near Council Bluffs,
Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., was taken from the
calendar. amended and passed. A conference
was asked. and Messrs. Vest, Sawyer and WASH
burn were appointed conferees on the part OF
the Senate.
THAT ALLEGED AGREEMENT.
NJ, p,a;r r;s;u,, o. ,,.,.o..I a-,,,.;,,
D,"h' ,i'ins !" peieohaa eAPian"'oii'
said that he had observed circulating in the
newspapers Of the country what purported to
be a copy of an agreement alleged to have been
entered into by the republican, Senators with
reference to the consideration OF the
force hill so called or the elections
of certain Senator'S we're given as having yio-
lated tbe agreemen,. and the aIlag.t;on was
made that ali the other renublican n Senators had
signed the agreement without Condition.
As that allegation WAS so broad and 40 general
as to include himself among those who had
signed that agreement withou. condition. he
desired to say that he had never signed such an
agreement except with the clear quallhcation
the cnns;Sero,;nn Of ,ha adu..,;nn III hi; i'f
,,n rv,,vn,s rxn, .v,ro~
Mr.. Teller said that be did not intend to pay
attention to newspaper reports, and, as gen.
eral rule, never gave any attention to state
He only desired TO say now, that
the statement, pretty generally circu-
,atea, s ina. ne ,,Ia naa oeen zen % IN lavor oi tne
any time vas incorrect. that the fnrtber s,.,a'
ment that amendments were made to that bill
in committee whenever he asked to have them
made was also incorrect, and that the state
niH uient Una. ne nau Ever asreeu 70 SUPPORT tne
Hs wonid s.x now itst he nigh, bsv. M
other opportunity. that his opposition to the
elections bill had never grown out of his stti-
tude on the silver question. If the silver ques-
ton had been disposed Of early last year. in
accordance with his wishes, his course
on the elections bill would not have
been changed. He had been opposed to that
bill on principle. and he had never, for a
moment, entertained the idea that it would be
SO amended that he should be able to vote for
it, because that would involve such a
radical change in the bill that its friends