The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-01
SENATE pRocEEpINGs.
Blair and Teller Make Personal Ex-
planations-I1O Pension Bills Passed.


WASHINGTON Cry. Jan. 3l.-The vice
president laid before the Senate the Gre
dentials of Cameron for his new term, and
they were placed on hle.
Among the bills reported from commit
tee and placed on the calendar was one for
the exploration and survey of the interior
of Alaska.
Sherman introduced bill appropriating
1000 for a monument TO Chief Justice
Chase in Washington City; referred
The House resolution for the appoint
ment of committee of nine to attend the
funeral of Secretary Window was laid be-
fore the Senate, and Morrill, offered reso-
luton for the appointment of a committee
OF senators TO join the Honse commit
tee in attending the funeral and take such
other action as would be appropriate in the
Senate. The resolution was agreed to,
and Messrs. Morrill,, Washburn, Sherman,
Allison, Harris, Payne and German were
appointed. Morrill, also offered a resou-
ton which was agreed to for the adjourn
ment of the Senate Monday, at p. M, to
allow the senators to attend Secretary
WINDOWS funeral.
\ Joint resolution for the appointment
of William Posten Johnson, of Louisiana,
on the board of regents OF the Smithsonian
Institute in place OF Noah Porter, of Con-
necticut resigned, was taken from the cal
endar and passed.
Blair, rising to a personal explanation,
sad he had observed circulating in the
newspapers of the country what pur-
por<fd to be a copy of an agreement al
legged To have been entered into by Repub-
Hcan senators with reference TO the CON
i. sideration of the force" bill so-caIled. or
oil ~ nxlv laI f1
names of certain senator's being given as
having violated the agreement, and the
allegation was made that all the other Re-
publican senators had signed the agree
ment without condition. As to that allie
cation, SO broad and SO general as to in
clude himself among those who had
signed that agreement without condition.
he desired to say he never signed such
agreement except with the clear qualifica-
tions that ii should not interfere with his
efforts for the consideration of education
Teller said he did not intend TO pay
attention TO newspaper reports, and as q
general rule he never gave any attention
to statements made by newspaper CORE
spordents. He only desired TO say that
the new statement, pretty generally eircrl-
lated, that he had been in favor of the
force" bill. so-called, or 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 statement he had ever agreed
TO support the bill directly or indirectly
was Incorrect. Hewouid say now, lest he
might have no other opportunity
that his opposition to the elections bill has
never grown out of his attitude ON the silver
question. He entertained the hope that it
would be so amended that he should be
able 10 vote for it, because that would in
voive such radical change i'll the bill that
its friends would not then care about its
passage. He said now and ii was all he
proposed TO say on the matter, whatever
might be said about his attitude or his re-
lations 10 the bill, that he had never prom
ised to support it, and that he had never
intended to support it, and that he had not
supported IT,
The army appropriation bill was then
taken up. The amendment of the COM
mittee on appropriations. to strike out the
provision that government transportation
on land grant roads shall not exceed 80 per
cent. OF the charges 10 private parties, was
agreed to. On the amendment to insert a
provision that such transportation be paid
for on such d basis as the secretary of war
deems just and reasonable. not to exceed
40 per cent. of the charges to private par
ties, there was long discussion but il was
agreed to, and the bill passed.
Quay presented resolutions of the Penn
- iNtAitid iNSloadAuiC tiS lfDtIdl
election bill
The foriification bill was taken up but
laid aside informally, and lI0 pension bills
passed. including one giving pension of
$50 a month To the widow Of General
Noyes, and the House bill granting 800
month to General Siegel.
Senate bills granting the Umatilla Irri-
cation Company right-of-way through the
Umatilla reservation III Oregon, and grant
ing right-of-way for an irrigation ditch
and railroad track across Quartermaster's
Department reservation, Yuma, Ariz.
passed.
The bill to pension Mary Ann Doherty
was objected to.and went over
The House amendment to the bill for
the relief OF Sarah f. Perine was agreed TO.
Edmunds gave notice of an amendment
To the diplomatic appropriation bill. to
enable the president 10 make arrange
ments DOR telegraphic communication be-
tween the United States and the Hawaiian
islands for period of not less than four
teen years, and appropriating 5000, 900
therefor, not more than $4,000 10 be ex-
pended III any one year. Adjourned.
Confirmation p. Charles Haywood, 10
be colonel commandant of the marine
corf1S