Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-24
IN CONGRESS TODAY
Senators Anxious to Get Up Pet
Measures.
TEE STEERING COMMITTEES PROGRAM
A urther Conference Asked on the
District Appropriation Bill.
THE DIRECT TAX BILL.
THE SENATE.

Among the papers presented and referred
| were resolutions of the legislature of Minnesota
urging Congress, in the interest Of the COM
merce and agriculture Of the west, and in the
military and commercial interests of the whole
| country, to have a ship canal constructed
| around the falls of Niagara.
On motion of Mr.. Edmunds House bill to
establish a United States land court and to pro-
vide for Judicial investigation and settlement
of private land claims in the territories of Utah
and New Mexico and the states of Colorado,
Nevada and Wyoming was taken from the cal
endar and passed with a substitute. A
conference was asked and Messrs. Ed
munds, Wolcott and Ransom were ap-
pointed conferees on the part of the
Senate.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL
The sundry civil appropriation bill was then
taken up.
Mr.. Chandler asked Mr.. Allison Tin charge of
the biiD if he would permit the bill for the
| transfer OF the revenue marine to be brought
| up some time today or tomorrow.
Mr.. Hale remarked that that bill was almost
| at the bottom Of the list, as agreed upon in the
| order of business. If that order Of business
was to be observed that fact should be under
stood, and if it was to be broken and violated
that fact should be understood.
Mr.. Chandler supposed that Mr.. Hale did not
| mean to be understood that such an order OF
business had been made for the guidance of the
| Senate. Mr.. Hale did mean that. 1t had been
always the case that at the close of a session
| there was a general agreement about the order
| OF business; and as fast as one matter was dis
| posed of the next in order was taken up. 1t
had been fully understood and agreed that
there should be such an order of business now.
If the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Paddock was
| willing to put his two bills out of the way for
| Others of course he could do so.
Mr.. PADDOCK NOT WILLING TO WAIT.
Mr.. Paddock said that he was not willing to
wait minute longer than he could help to
take up the pure food bill. He had been over
ruled about the order of business, and the
Nicaragua canal bill had been put ahead. He
was willing and anxious to have that bill passed,
but he believed now that it could not possibly
become u law in this Congress. And so, at the
earliest possible moment, he should ask the
Senate to lay it aside and take up the pure food
| bill
Mr.. Allison took it for granted that Senators
| on both sides of the chamber desired to COM
plcte the absolutely essential business of the
| session without the necessity of an extra ses-
sion. II that were true there nothing so
important as the appropriation bill now before
! the Senate and nothing so important as the
regular appropriation bills as they came in
order. He therefore asked Senators now to
| allow that necessary business to go ON until
completed.
Nv nSNoA ooSNO sTAND b1 THE AhbANd1-
MENT.
Mr.. Spooner said that every Senator who
gave his acquiescence to the order OF business
was bound in honor to stand by it. But it was
not fair that the morning hour should be con-
sumed in the consideration of q bill tina. was on
| the order Of business (alludiug to Nh. .Edmunds'
private land court bill). The bills on that or
| der should take their regular turn.
He gave notice that he would ask the Senate
n N in tIa mn inSyh hnnr
House bill for the allowance of certain claims
for stores and supplies used by the army.
| Mr. Hale-That bill is not on the list.
Mr.. Spooner-It is not aid therefore IL ia
| pre- operly morning Lour work.
Mr.. Hale thought that the Senate should take
notice that perhaps at no time so near the
| close Of the session had so many appropriation
bills been Enacted upon. Many Of them had
not been sent to the Senate until within the
| last two weeks; and they were now accumu-
lating. He did not see considering the great
| bills that had yet to be considered and passed)
how much time of the Senate could be given to
| any other measures.
The sundry civil appropriation had only Just
been started. The legislative bill would have
| to follow. Then would come the Indian appro-
| priatiOn, the post Office bill and the general
deficiency bill. Resides much time would be
consumed in the consideration of conference
| reports and other measures in order to clean
i up the business of the session.
1t seemed to him thatSenators should bear in
mind that if they were to pass all the appro-
priation bills and it would avoid the necessitv
| Of an extra session, they would have to give
| every day and every hour to the Consideration
CT the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Vest inquired which of the great appro-
priation bills would come next and when IL
would be ready for the action of the Senate.
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Mr.. Allison said that he intended to follow
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