The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-09
CONGRESS DIES HARD.
THE CLOSING HOURS ARE CONSUMED
IN RUSHING BUSINESS.
The Worlds Fair Appropriation Takes up
the Major Portion of the Day-hfter
Recess the House is Without
Quorum Present,
THE SENATE.

congress opened in the senate with
crowded galleries and pretty full at
tendance of senators.
The conference report on the legis.
lative appropriation bill was read.
Senator Teller, in order to prove alb.
solutely the desire of the West to help
the government, read dispatch from
the Clearing House association of Den
yer, offering to exchange 81 100000 in
gold for ST 900, 900 in legal tender notes.
He said he had shown the dispatch to
the secretary of the treasury and re-
ceived this answer: "Will receive the
gold in Denver. The amount of
the express charges on the
currency will be $50 which
the Denver parties will have to
pay. The gold will be sent through
the postotiice at no cost to the govern
ment. If should pay express
charges it will be equivalent to pay
ing premium on gold, thing L do
not like TO do.'
"reller's response to this, on his
own responsibility, was: II do not
think the Denver bank will pay the
expense you mention. L can see no
reason why they should" In view of
this correspondence Mr.. Teller
thought the pretended strait of the
treasury department. entirely I'M
founded. He was authoritatively in
formed that several millions of gold
could be had in the same way from
the extreme west if the treasury de.
partment desired it. If the west did
not get all 1t wanted in appropriation
bills it contributed more to the growth
OF the country than any other section.
The conference report on the legis.
lative bill was agreed to. The confer
ence report on the pOstotIice appropri-
alton bill was presented and agreed
to. The conference report on naval
appropriations was presented and
agreed to.
Credentials of VIM. N. Roche, Dem
ocratic senator-elect from North Da.
kOta tor six years, from March 4, 1898,
were presented and filed.
House bill to continue duties on
linen was passed with an amendment
making it take effect in 1899 instead
of 1894.
Senator Hansbrough introduced a
resolution calling upon the retary
of state to furnish the senate with all
Information obtainable concerning
the arrest and imprisonment by the
authorities OF Honduras of Capt. p. Ii
Burbaker, citizen of North Dakota.
DIV hat yn nj nj in, al.rt ipr
in Honduras, it is alleged, under the
impression that he was fighting toI
the government aud was protecting
his own property. He was arrested
and is now serving seven years SEN
tence in the prison at Omoa.
Reports of the committee on investi
cation of the census bureau finds the
charge OF Encouragement and vast.
ing OF funds, not sustained. The mi.
nority, however, believed this bureau
had been mismanaged ard recon-
mended thorough investigation by
theneXt congress.
The conference report on the defici.
ency bill was read and agreed to. The
conference report on ne sundry civil
dill was then presented, showing sew
eral points on which the conference
was unable to agree Senator
Allison explained the report and
senate conferees receded from the
item of $25 GOO for suitable entertain
ment OF special guests invited to the
Worlds tair by the president, $25, 600
for entertainments of such representa-.
tivea of foreign governments as might
be in this country during the year
There is now in controversy only five
amendments. and after the senate
should have agreed to conference re.
port he would move that the senate
in 4ist on these amendments and ask
further conference. The report was
agreed to and Senator Allison pro-
cteded to make long statement rs TO
the amendments relating to Colum.
bian exposition.
Senator Sherman said: ave gave
81 500, 600 at the last session, and now
they hesitate about the expenditure
of 81 100000. 1t would be folly, which
| trust this congress will not be guilty
of -
Senator Mcpherson said. with EN-.
phasis, that he would not vote an
other dollar for the fair
Senator LlDubdy Sdlu Judb W Teluse
now TO complete the work of the fair
would be worse than reputation. IL
would be a ehame and disgrace to
the country.
HOUSE.
In the house this morning Mr..
Sayers moved to non. concur In the
senate amendments to the general
deficiency appropriation bill; agre d
to.
Mr.. Holman submitted disogreeing
conference report on the sundry civil
appropriation bills, which was agreed
to.
Mr.. Durborow moved that the
house recede from the disagreement
to the senate Amendment providing
for the government exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. He called attention to
the fact that The appropriation was
for the exclusive support of govern
mental agencies at the Worlds expo
sition I'd had no connections with
local corporations at Chicago. MOI
one penny of the appropriation would
be used by Chicago corporations 1t
was to be dishursed by the govern.
ment agency for the purpose Of carry
ing on the government functions. The