Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-01
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Interesting Proceedings in
the Senate.
A Committee Of Seven to At
tend Windows Funeral.
Senator Teller's Firm Stand Against
the Force Bill.
The Barrundia Affair and the Bering
Sea Question Incidentally Dis
cussed in the House.
Associased Press Dispascnss.

Associased Press DISPATCHES.
WAsAINGToN, Jan. 81. lin the senate
today the vice president laid before the
senate the credentials Of Cameron for
his new term. and they were placed on
file.
Among the bills reported from COM
mittees and placed on the calendar was
one for the exploration and survey OF
the interior of Alaska.
Dolph reported favorably from the
naval committee an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, providing
1000 for soundings to be made be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu, to
determine the practicability Of laying a
cable between those points. He also
reported favorably from the same COM
mittee his amendment for establishing
coaling and repair station at Pearl
river, Hawaiian islands.
Sherman introduced bill appropri-
ating $25, 900 for monument to Chief
Justice Chase in the city of Washing
ton. Referred.
The house resolution for the appoint
ment OF committee of nine to attend
the funeral of Secretary Window was
laid before the senate, and Morrill, Of
fered resolution for the appointment
of committee of seven senators to at
tend the funeral. and attend to such
other action as may be appropriate in
honor of the memory of the deceased.
The resolution was agreed to, and
Messrs. Morrill,, Washburn, Sherman,
Allison, Harris, Payne and German
were appointed.
Morrill, also offered a resolution
(Which was agreed toy for an adjourn
ment of the senate Monday at p. N. to
enable the senators to attend Windom's
funeral.
The joint resolution for the appoint
ment of William Preston Johnston of
Louisiana on the board CT regents of the
Smithsonian institution, in, place OF
Noah Porter of onnecticut, resigned,
was taken from the calendar and passed.
Blair, rising to q personal explanation,
said he had observed circulating in the
newspapers Of the country, what pur-
ported to be copy OF an agreement
alleged to have been entered into by
Republican senators with reference to
consideration of the force bill, so called,
or elections bill, more properly called.
The names of certain senators were
given as having violated the agreement,
and the allegation was made that all the
other Republican senators had signed
the agreement without condition. As
that allegation was so broad as to in
c!ude himself among those who had
signed that agreement, without condi-
hn m hot kn
signed such agreement, except with the
clear qualification that it should not in
terfere with his efforts for consideration
of the education bill.
Teller said he did not intend to pay
attention to newspaper reports, and as
general rule never gave any attention to
statements made by newspaper cores
pondents. He only desired to say now
that the statement pretty generally cir
culated, that he had been in favor OF the
force bill, SO called, or the elections bill,
at any time, was incorrect; that the
further statement that amendments
were made to that bill in committee
whenever he asked to have them made,
was also incorrect, and that the state
ment that he had ever agreed to support
the bill, directly or indirectly, was in
correct. He would cay now, lest he
might have no other opportunity, that
his opposition to the elections bill, had
never grown out of his attitude on the
silver question. He entertained no idea
that it would be 80 amended that he
should be able to vote for it, because
that would involve such a radical change
in the bill that it's friends would not
then care about its passage. He said
now, and it was all that he proposed to
say on the matter or what might be said
about his attitude or his relations to the
bill, that he had never promised to sup
port it; that he had never intended to
support it, and that he had not sup
ported it..
The army appropriation bill was then
taken up.
The amendment OF the committee on
appropriations, to strike out the provis-
ion that government transportation on
land-grant roads shall not exceed fifty
per cent. of the charges to private par
ties, was agreed to-.
On the amendment to insert a provis-
ion that such transportation shall be
paid for on such basis as the secretary of
war deems just and reasonable, not to
exceed seventy per cent. of the charges
to private parties, there was long dis
cnssion, but it was agreed to, and the
bill passed.
Quay presented resolution from the
Pennsylvania legislature, favoring the
federal elections bill.
The Notifications bill was taken up,
but laid aside informally, and 110 pen
sion bills were passed, including one
giving pension of $50 a month to the
widow of General Moves, and the house
bill granting a pension of 500 month
to General Sigel.
The bill to pension Mary Ann Doherty
was objected to, and went over.
The house amendment to the bill for
the relief OF Sarah L. Perine was agreed
TO.
Edmunds gave notice of an amend
ment to the diplomatic appropriation
bill to enable the president to make ar
rangements for teiegraphic communica-
tion between the United States and the
Hawaiian islands for period of not less
than fourteen years, and appropriating
5000, 900 therefor, not more than $780,
200 to be expended in any one year.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUsR.