Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-04
Extraordinary Caimncss About The Pro.
ceedlngs Of Congress; Rush IN
the Hobbies.
NO EXTRA or SPECIAL SESSION
NECESSARY.
The Hawaiian Cable Proposition Re.
Jecied.--Bllls Signed by the
Presidcni.-O,hcr Items.
The Hast uonr- ot Congress said 60
he Devoid Of tntercst.

h.ss about the proceedings which con.
sumo the closing twenty -four hours Of
Congress, aud they are almost devoid
OF Interest. There u perhaps morn
than Tie usual rush In the lobDics 10y
Those who arc eager 10 press through
measures. The "lobhy" IA very active
aud Is Ia n measure successful, though
NIL thnt was expected In the way ~
getting little measures through" VIII
not bc accomplished.
The work done today was chiefly In
conference committees, the two Houses
merely netting ON the reports. The
ifienuh OF the copyright bill arc work
lug hard to have the sherman nmend-
incnt given up by tue Senate, ~ they
f,ci, II the Senate does not recedc, the
bill viii fall.
Tho rsult Of the struggle 10 put
miscellaneous Items on the nppropfin.
ton bills Is still In d,ub,. Therefore II
i not possible NJ this time 10 tell Just
what the aggregate Of the nppFopria-
Tons Tor the session viii he. These
miscellaneous Items count up cnorm.
ously during the uisb OF the closing
hours Ol the session. At tho close OF
tho iastses-iOn VERY libcrHn cstim-
ate was made by the committees, liking
tito sum OF those itifms at 5000, 900,
but u turned out thht the aggregate
was slO,OO0,O01. IL IL safe 20 say that
the aggregate Of nll appropriations will
eAceei sb25, 900, 900 aud possibly Will bc
considerably more.
Ancvening paper says the President
said 10 callers Yesterday that the report
that ho Intended b. send a special
message urging tho passage OF Fed
crnl Elections bill was not true. 10
would he, he said, both aupcriluou-
and useless.
The President said TO these gentle.
men That he had no Idea that
AN EXTRA SESSION
OF Congress would be necessary. As
TO tho t,liSed.of spocial session OF the
SENATE, the President said he had no
Intention of calling one. There waa,
he said, nothing IN tho present out
look Of public busineis WHICH required
Il. Tho President then told his callers
that he was going on shooting trip
about week after the adjournment ~
Congress, TO he gone fow days.
MILLtogs FOR PENSIONS.
The Treasury Department today paid
out - 800, 900 Tor pensions, completing
the $50, OJeOOO required on that nc-
count Tot tho quarter ending tomor.
row. Thc treasury surplus has accord
ingly been reduced 10 sl5, 900, 900.
ARCHITECT wIsDRSI INDICATED.
Senator Spooncr, from the committee
on public buildings, today submitted 10
| thr5enaie the RESULT OF the cOmmlttce's
investigation OF allegations nYis By n
citizen Of springfield, NO., concerning
the selection Of a site for "a public
building, aud making certain inslnun.
lions against Supervising Architect Of
the Treasury Windrim In connection
with tho matter. The report states
that tho committee, after hearing a
large amount % testimony, are unani-
mOUsly Of tho opinion that there il
nothing whatever In tho evidence
which impcaoh,s In any way the Ca.
raciiy or integrity Of Windrim.
THE uAwAIIAS CABLE.
The conferees Oh the diplomatic APP
preparation bill settled the only remain.
ing point In dispute by striking out
the proposition for a cable between tho
United states and Hawaii.
NoMISATIoHs CONFIRMED.
Tho Senate this morning confirmed
the following nominations: w. ID. Til
lotson, Of Washington, consul 10 Kan
ogwa; IA. &. Idc, Of Vermont, land
commissioner, Samoa; II. II. Clewell,
postmaster at Helena, Montana.
The \ enatc confirmed Joseph Pink.
ham, United States marshal for IDAHO.
a nuMoR ~ CURRENT
TO the effect that from Information
cabled by the Chimes. minister here,
the Chinese government entered objrc.
tions 10 Senator Blair Us minister 10
that country. Tho iChln,s,y minister
being Ia Peru, Mr.. 70, on. Of the at
tachc- Of the legation, today said there
was sbiolu ely no truth In the report,
aud added: "a cablcgmm was, OF
course, sent, but II was q mere an.
nouncement, aud no word has been re-.
ceived from the Chinese government
IN answer 10 II. Any action hostile
10 the appointment would bo taken
presumably on Information sent from
here, and nothing against Mr.. Blair la,
been sent, or Ii likely to be sent. We
have, Of course, made an Investigation,
hut all we have found out II favorable
10 the appointment rather than against.
have been In this country long
enough 10 know fake even II | do |
not use the word myself, and | should |
call the whole story about MIR. Blair a |
'mke.'"
Blaine said, no far as lie knew, there |
was aothiug whatever In the story.
Hills APPROVED.
The President has signed the Direct
Tax bill; the act 10 prevent ,bookmak.
Ing and poOlsolllng In tho District OF |
Columbia; the Joint resolution author. |
izinR Nice-C onSnl- General Scidmore 10 |
accept medal conferred upon him by |
the Emperor VI Japan; an act amend. |
lug an act for the relief Of volunteers
and regular soldiers Of the late
war, approved March Q, 1850, an acl
TO pension the widow Of General VIM.
II. HOLMAN; al act 10 establish circuit !
courts OF appeals and 10 define and
regulate In certain cases the juristlic. |
tlon courts Of the United States; the |
resolution In regard TO tho treaty OF |
reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands. |