Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-05
NO EXTRA SESSION.
The President Said to Consider
One Unnecessary,
The Direct Tax Bill Becomes a Law
Much Work Done in Both
Houses of Congress.
CAPITOL NOTES.


WASHINGTON, March At is the
gossip at the capitol that the president,
in discussing the congressional outlook,
said that there did not appear to be any
necessity for an extra session of con-
gress, and that he has no intention of
calling the senate together, as there is
nothing requiring its attention.
The president has signed the direct
tax bill; also the act in regard to the
treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian
islands; the act providing for safe and
humane transportation of cattle; the
act for the erection of United States
prisons and for the Imprisonment of
United States prisoners.
The Paddock pure-food bill and the
Conger lard bill went by the board to-
gether in the senate committee on APP
preparations. Senator Paddock (Neb. J
made desperate effort to secure the
attachment of his bill to the agricult-
ural appropriation BILL but was de-
feated by the efforts of Senator Allison
Qa.), who opposed it as likely to cause
too much discussion in the sem
ate. Monday morning Senator
Paddock proposed the pure
food bill as an amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill in
open session. Senator Washburn
Mimi. Immediately arose and pro-
posed the Conger lard bill as an amend
ment. The point of order was made
that the bill was new legislation. Vice
President Morton, prompted by Sena-
tor Edmunds, decided the amendment
not in order and Senator Paddock APP
pealed at once from the decision of the
chair. The vote was close and excit-
ing one, the decision being sustained
and the bill lost by vote of % to 26, a
majority of a single vote.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The senate
on Monday at ? p. m, proceeded to
the consideration of the agricultural
appropriation bill. The committee
amendment allowing sorghum sugar
manufacturers the use of distilled
spirits free of tax was agreed to- The
bill was then passed.
At the evening session the vote by
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 mo-
ton of Senator Harris Tenn. J, recon-
sidered. All the senate amendments
which had been then agreed to were
disagreed to Including the Chouteau
claim of S749, 000) and the bill was again
passed without any amendment The
reason assigned by Senator Harris for
this course was that the amendments
could not possibly be acted on in the
house, and that if this course was not
followed the whole bill would fail.
The consideration of the deficiency
bill was proceeded with The two
items to pay to the widows of Chief
Justice Waite and Justice Miller one
years salary-S1O, 500 and $40, 000-were
opposed by Senator Berry Ark as an
unauthorized gift of the peoples money,
and were advocated by Senator Black
burn (Ky.), who said that it was the
settled practice of congress to give
years salary to the family of every
senator and representative and every
official of congress who died in public
service. Finally vote was taken and
the items were agreed to = yeas, 40;
nays, 10.
The next subject that provoked dis
cussion was the proposition to give a
months extra pay to the officers and
employees of the house Senator Plumb
spoke of the unconscionable extrav-
agance of the two houses and said that
while the pay of the senator's amounted
to $4,000 year, the pay of those who
waited on them amounted to $500, 900.
The house item was struck out of the
bill-yeas, 81; nays, 81.
The sundry civil bill as agreed upon
in conference was reported to the sem
ate, but went over without action. 1t
appropriates S37, 500, 1868, being 1861
IT'S less than as it passed the senate,
and So 206, 1913 more than as it passed
the house, So, III, 0S1 more than the cur
rent law and $1,8O1, 719 less than the
estimates
The house amendment to the senate
bill for the inspection of live cattle,
hogs, etc, intended for expectation
was concurred in. A further confer
ence was ordered on the Indian appro-
priation bill
WASHINGTON, March Am the sem
ate after the reading of the journal the
senate went into executive session.
Half an hour afterward the doors were
reopened and the general deficiency
bill taken up. All the amendments
that had been agreed to in committee
of the whole Monday night were agreed
TO in bulk, except as to four
that were reserved, including the
French spoliation claims and the Pacific
railroad claims An amendment by
Senator Plumb (Kan.s appropriating
$4,000 for the RELIEF of the citizens of
Oklahoma who have been rendered
destitute by the drought Of the past
season. was agreed to. The reserved
amendments as to payment of Pacific
railroad claims and the French spolia-
ton claims were agreed to.
Senator Stewart New offered an
amendment to reimburse to the states
Of California Oregon and Nevada