The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-05-28
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

appropriation bill was resumed and Mr.
Cockrell continued his argument against
lnc amendment reported by the Senate
committee on appropriations. After a
long discussion the question was taken on
the Senate amendment and it was agreed
to-yeas, 33; nays, Is. Mr Teller
ofertd amcndn entS approprIatng $50
eoo Tor the purchase OF one eight
lHch high power steel rife and
$4,000 for making trial tests of three
or more rapiG-iire twisted one-pounder
breccil-loading rtied guns and an equal
number OF three-ponnderS and three two
Founders, and II was agreed Ia. Mr..
Henderson offered an amendment appro-
FrIatlEg Slo0,W0 for the purchase of tor
pcdoes and 1t was agreed to. The bill
was then reported from the committee of
the whole 70 the Senate. The amendments
were all agreed to and the bill was passed
without division. The Senate then
adjourned.
WAsHLNGToN, May I9.-The Senate bill
authorizing the secretary of war to detail
Tor special duty In connection with the
World Columbian Exposition such army
officers as may be required was taken
from the calendar and passed. The
0ihcerS detailed are not to be subject to
loss OF pay or rank on account of
such detail. The bill eXemptlng
American coastwiSe vessels piIoted by
their licensed masters or by a United
States pilot, from the obligation to pay
taken un. Mr.. Butler offered an amend
mcnt repeating such parts of the naviga-
ton laws as prevent the purchase by cltI-
zenS of the United States OF ships in for
clTn countries and the right to registry
and to fly the American flag. Mr.. Frye
made a motion to lay the amendment
on the table, and Mr.. Butler asked
the ayes and nays on the motion. The
motion was agreed to-yeas 81; nays. g.
The bill was then passed without diyi-
SION. Mr.. Aldrich offered a resolution
(which was agreed TO- aboIiShing the of
flee OF principal executive clerk of the Sen
ate and placing the entire clerical force of
the senate IN the SecrctaryS Office. The
river and harbor appropriation bill was
then taken up and Mr.. Mcpherson
made the motion of which he had given
notice this morning) to recommit the bill,
with instructions to reduce the amount 90
per cent. Mr.. Dolph moved to lay the mo-
IlOn on the table; agreed t0-t2 to 8.
Among the amendments reported from the
committee on commerce and ncreas
ing appropriations and agreed to
are the following: Increasing the
appropriation for the harbor at
Grand Haven, Mich. from $4,000 to
-N,0.M: reducing appropriation for harbOr
at Buffalo, \. y, from s600,o20 to S225,-
0ou; striking out the item of S20.0 900 for the
harbor At FetoSkcy, Mich: increasing ap-
preparations for Green Bay, WIS. from
Slo.n0u'o 5000; for kcwaunee. Wis. from
10000 to $1,000 q: for Sheboygan Wis. from
$50, 00o to $4,000: for Duluth, Mimi, from
SS0,0c0 to Sl25.003; and for Agate Bay,
Mimi, from $4,000 to $4,000: reducing
the appropriation for Saginaw River,
Mich, from Sl0000) to $4,000; in
sertIng an item of SSl S33 for making free
to commerce the Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan ship canal: inserting an
item of $4,000 for survey for canal con-
Meeting Lake Superior with the Mississippi
care and maintenance OF the reservoirs at
the headwaterS of the Mississippi River
from $4,000 to S60,0OO; reducing the ap-
preparation for the Mississippi River from
the mouth Of the Ohio to Minneapolis from
SI.50o, 900 to 81 100000; reducing the appro-
from the head of the Passes to
the mouth of the Ohio River from
s.. 800 0j0 10 S2,20S,250 (the amount first
recommended by the committee having
been s.. 2.150.o o00l: reducing the approprIa-
ton for ship channel In the shadows of
the connecting waters of the Great Lakes
between Chicago, Duluth and Buffalo from
S50000G to S315.000. All the committee
amendments having been disposed of
the bill went over till tomorrow
twhen it will be open to general
amendment) and the Senate adjourned.
WAsHINGToN. May 20-After a little
routine business the Senate to-day re-
Sumed the consideration of the river and
harboT bill IN committee of the whole,
and various amendments of small I'M
portance We're offered and agreed to. Aft
er a long political discussion the bill was
reported back to the Senate All the
amendments agreed 10 il committee
We're conCurred IN in gross, and the bill was
passed without a division. A conference
was asked, ana MeSsrS. Frye, Doiph and
Ransom were appointed conferees on the
part of the Senate. The following bills |
were then taken from the calendar and
passed: Senate bill approprlating $780, |
00) for a public building III Joliet, Ill; |
House bill to ratlfy an agreement with |
the Indians residing on the COlvIlle reScr |
yation in the state of Washington: Sen |
ate bill authorizing the construction of a |
bridge across the Red River of the North :; |
Senate bill to increase to S125,000 the ap |
preparation for the public building at
Lansing. Mich; Senate bill to authorize |
the Illinois Il Iowa Railway II Terminal |
Company to build a bridge across the Mis- |
sisSippi River at Moline, Ill. After an |
executive session the Senate adjourned |
WASHINGTON. -. c., May 23.-Mr. Cui- |
Iom occupied the char IN the Senate to-
day. A bill was passed authorizing the |
secretary of war to procure and present |
"forlorn hope storming party of Port |
amendment offered by Mr.. War
rem to extend the account TO the |
SURVIVORS of the storm1ng party OF May q, |
1863 led to pretty long discussion. and il |
was rejected. Bills on the calendar were
disposed of as follows: Appropriating |
Sl5. 600 for the introduction of dOmcsticated |
reindeer into Alaska, passed: for commits |
sion of three 70 examine and report relative |
to the employment of the pneumatic tube |
system, OF other process for the rapid dis |
patch Of mails in large cities and appropri |
ating $4,000, passed: approprlatng Sl5,0U |
for the purchase OF the Travis oil painting |
of Abraham Lincoln TO be hung in the cap |
ltol passed. At o'clock the calendar |
was laid aside and the unfinished busl- |
ness taken up, being the bill 10 provide |
for the punishment of violations of treaty |
rights OF aliens. It makes an act which |
constitutes crime under state statutes |
crime when committed against the subject |
of n foreign country, and making 1t pun |
ishable in the United states courts. With |
out disposing of the bill the Senate ad- |
joulncd.
WAsHINGToN, May 2i.-After little |
preliminary business the calendar was |
taken. Among the bill. acted upon were |
the following: Senate bill granting 10 |
the Duluth Il Winnipeg Railroad COM |
pany a right of way across the, Fond du |
Lac Indian reservation. Passed. senate |
bill appropriatlng $500 900 for public |
building at Oakland, Cal. Passed. Sen |
ate bill appropriating $500 600 for public |
building at San Diego, Cal. PasseG. The |
CdlFnldT was ldlt dSIIt dt L. NJ hiL'i tllC |
bill to provide for the punishment OF VIOLA |
tionS of treaty rights of aliens was taken
up. Mr.. Morgan moved with me assent OF
ne committee on foreign relations that ths
,ilI should 90 over until next December. |
The matter went over without action.
The House
WAsHIA GToS, d. c.. May lS.-.After the |
transaction of routine business the House |
went into the committee of the whole Mr..
Lester Ga. Jin the chair. on the sundry civil
bill. Mr. Smith Ariz. moved to increase
from SI00,000 to 100000 the Appropriation
for surveying the public lands. After
some debate a compromise was arrived at
and the appropriation was fixed at s20y,-
40. Nh Herbert Ala. moved
strike out (under the head OF
geological survey the approprla-
ton for paleontologlc researches.
Agreed to. Mr. simpson Kas. offered an
amendment providing that s6o,ooO of the
Appropriation for topographic surveys be
extended in North and South Dakota, Ne
braska Kansas and oklahoma for the puT-