The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-12-21
DOINGS OF NGRESN.
Last SESSION Or .rnn FIFTY.
THInD CoNaREss.-
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lass In the SENATE; ana iaeass-
Matters 81 InDortaaee Dealt
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Warrington. Dec. Ola the house
Mr.. McRae, from the committee on
public lands, called up the bill to pro-
tect, forest reservations. Mr.. Wells
tEem., Wis.) opposed the bin In every
feature. The attempt to drive this bill
through under the whip and spur,
smelled, he would say SAVIOR, II he did
not have such high respect for the
chairman Of the public land commit.
tee, Of Doodle. It was said that the
forestry association vas behind the
bill. TEere was another association
behind It, which had its origin In
Maine Fifty years ago, and hal now
extended to the Pacific slope. It was
an association OF timber thieves and
land sharEs. That association was be-
hind the bin. II Observation-Disclosures
were allowed t0 10 into the. e.S6blic
forests they would bribe the agent Of
the interior department and destroy
them. Tho pine land thieves Of Mich
igan and Wisconsin, he declared cx-
cttedlv, had crown rich np their plum
der, and had then bought seats both
In this house ami the other. lie
would not permit the people of rl.is
country to be plundered Of millions Of
dollars worth of timber. lie appealed
to the members Of the house not to
permit these thieves to 60 into the
forests with the disguised purpose Of
cutting only dead and mutured tl,nber.
He challenged any advocate of the
bill to show line In it designed to
protect and preserve the forests.
Wien Mr.. Wells took Ills scat Chair.
man McRae arose and Indignantly de.
MED that there was any land ring or
association behind this bill He had
assumed the responsibility for the bill,
and IL the gentleman from Wisconsin
knew Of any hidden power behind it,
he would yield time to him to make
kt own its nature.
Il said before" said Mr.. Wells hotly,
shat I believed in your honesty, hut
the gentleman is green in the lumber
buslress, and believe the gentleman
Is being deceived and made n tool Of"
." may be green n the lumber busl-
ness." said Mr.. McRae. ''but take
pride IN the fact tlmt represent cue
of the largest timber sections of this
col Ltry. My state, however. is not
ale ctcd by this bill. There Is 10 in-
tcrest behind this hill, save such as
ought to inspire every patriotic cit.-
Een-tle protection Of the forests from
devastating fires nnd timber tii.ves.' y
After some further debate by MIR.
W,lson Olep.. Washl. PickIer tItep
g. d. und Coffeen (pcm., Wyo) the
morning hour expired. and In accord
ance with the terms Of the special Or
der the house proceeded with the
discussion of the railroad pooling bill,
under IN agreement to take up tho
bill under the five-minute rule.
Washington, Dec. II. - Representa-
tive MeCreary (Dem., Ky) has pre-.
sented bill for the appointment OF q
currency commission. 1t is to be COM
posed Of three persons appointed by
the president, three senators appoint-
ell IT, the president of the senate and
three replesel tatfves appointed by the
| speaker of the house.
The proceedings in the house were
enlivened by characteristic speech
from Mr.. Clark (Dem., MOI which
itabounded iE personal illusions and
was generally Of the sledge-hammer
variety. 1t was made in connection
with the bill to retire incapacitatsd
officers Of the revenue cutter service
with the avowed purpose Of talking
the bill to death. He succeeded In
consuming the morning hour and the
bill went over. The remainder of the
day was consumed in debate In the
railroad pooling bill. MIR. Blail (Rep.,
N. H. offered an amendment to give
the commission power at any time to
nullify pooling contracts.
Washington, Dec. 12. - Mr.. Harris
(Der., Tenn.), president pro tom,
called the senate to order in the ab-
sence Of Vice President Stevenson,
who has not yet returned from Ashe-
Vile, N. c., where be is with his fami-
~. Senators Hill, Blackburn and
Carey were In their seats for the first
time this session. Mr.. Call (Dem.,
Fla.) presented q resolution setting
forth that the independence Of the
Island Of Cuba is an object Of great
importance to the United States, and
requesting the president to commence
negotiations with Spain for the recog-
milton of the independence of the
island and for the guarantee of the
United States of the payment Of such
q sum Of money as shall be agreed on
between the United States and Spain.
The resolution went over until to.
morrow. Mr.. Call also presented
| resolution declaring that the further
prosecution of the war between ChiLn
and Japan will not be advantageous
to the peace of civilization, and tl.lt
the interests of the world require that
| all governments shall Enite in uesO-
tiating with Japan aud ChiHa cu. the
termination of the war. Without (i,s
ctlssiOn the resolution was referrai ro
the committee on foreign rclat!Grs
The senate, on motion Of Mr.. Morgan,
took up the Nicaraguan canal biz. The
bill was read at length, ond Mr.. Nor
gan made q speech in behalf of tue
bill.
The house devoted the .lay under
the rules of the business ren0rtt d
from the District Of Columbia com.aif.
tee. Several bills of purely local I'M
portance were passed and rcsou.
tfon adopted setting aside the .kird
Saturday in January for eulog.es on
the life and charactsr Of Marcus b.
I.isle, late representative fro;. the
Tenth Kentucky district. 4 Joint res.
olution was also pass ed to pay the Of
fcers and employees OF the l0usc ard
senate their salary for the prtfent
month ON Dec. 20.
Washington, Dec. 13.-The struggle
over the bill to authorize railroad
pooling was terminated by the pas
sage Of the bill by the decisive vote Of
166 to 116. The Cooper substitute,
which placed the entire control of the
conditions Of pooling in the hands Of
the interstate commerce commission,
and gave the absolute power in the
matter Of revoking pooling orders,