The herald., 1894-08-03
IN THE SENATE,
The Sundry Civil Bill Was
Passed.
Committee to Investigate Charges OF
Bribery Make Their Report.
Senate Committee to Investigate the
Dominion Coal Company of hovs
Bcotin widows Provided
For-Dcsert Lsnds.
BY the Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-But ono more
appropriation bill, the deficiency, re-
mains to be acted on by the senate, the
sundry civil bill having been passed to.
day after three days' discussion. Inc
most important amendments adopted
today were the increase of the qusran-
tine fund from s624.0o0 to sl.00O,0o
and donating 100000 acres OF desert
lands 10 the states to which the desert
land laws apply. as well as to Nebraska,
Kansas. Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma.
The report Of the conierees OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia bill was agreed to.
The Hatch anti-option bill WAS re-
portsd by Mr.. Wshhburn from the
committee on agriculture and placed on
the calendar.
Mr.. Gray, chairman Of the committee
to investigate the charges OF bri6ery
against senatore, presented the unani-
nous report OF the committee.
BY the resolution OF June 1lth, the
committee WAS also induced to investi.
gate certain charges against members OF
both houses in regard to the censtruc-
ticn and charter privileges OF street
RAILWAYS in the District OF Columbia,
but no evidence or testimony had been
submitted to the committee, and he
therefore aaksd that they be discharged
from further duty under the resolution
of May 30th.
Messrs. Lodge and Davis (Rspubli-
cans) and Mr.. Allen (Populist.) made
supplemental reports. Objection was
made by Mr.. Chandler TO the request Of
the committee to be discharged, at lsaat
until the report could bs read and ex-
amined, and accordingly the request
went ON the table for the present.
The following house bills were then
passed:
Placing James William Albert on the
retired list OF the array with the rank OF
major Of engineers; placing, Charles g.
Stivers on the retired list of the army as
captain of infantry. aud for the con-
struction of military road from Ell Paso
to Fort Blia5, Texas.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Chandler, directing special COM
mittee to investigate the Dominion Goal
company Of Nova Scotia. whether it was
organized, or ia being condusted in th g
| expectation that congress would repeal
the tariff tax ON coal. he had offered
without addressing it to anyone in
particular, dating it July Sd, es sort ol
stock In trade or a charge of dynamite
ready to be launched in some unsus.
pected purpose. 1t was accordingly
sent to Mr.. Wilson, and after due course
of time and alter an agonizing birth
(who was the accoucheur at the adven
he did not know it saw the light OF day
very much to the surprise of the senate
from Maryland (Gormsn) and the ser
ator from Tennessee (Harris). Ill
thought DIR. J. E. Russell, as the ad-
visor of the president on the removal o
the duty on coal, would bear investigs
tion, and he believed the facts which
had been submitted not only warranted
the senate in investigating the charges
but requirsd it to do so. Leaving tn,
subject of coal, he took up the question
of sugar and Rrraigned the senate in il
action in insisting on the diffsrentia
duty given to the refners; speaking OF
the one-eighth differential as the one.
eighth donation to the trust whose pres
ident, Mr.. Havemeyer, admitted havini
poured out its money like water.
The question was then put on the mo
tion by Hill to lay the Chandler resolu
rion on the table, and the vice-presiden
declared it carried, but Mr.. Chsndle
subsequently aeked that the vote be re-
considered, and this being done the mo
tion to lay on the table was defeated
16 to 80.
The resolution went to the calends
under the rulse and it will require vot
of the senate to again bring it up 70
confederation.
The eundry civil bill was then take
up. Amendments were adopted to pa
the widows of ths late Senators Vanc
North Carolina) and Steckbridge (Mich
igan), 5000 each. The appropriate
ior quarantine purposes Was then passe
by the senate 30 as to make the tots
amount 81, ,000, 600.
An amendment was then adopted I
grant 1,000,000 acres of surveyed dessl
lands to each of the states in hieh Ian
laws are applicable, and also to til
, 'ststee OF Kansas aud Nebraska and th
states which may be constrectsd fro,
| the territories of Utah, New Mexico an
Arizona, under certain stipulAtions.
An amendment appropriating $500, ,0(
for the recoining of the uncurrent fra,
, tional silver coin in the treasury WI
{ adopted; also tbs bill with its man
amendments was then presented an
passed.
The general deficiency bill was the
taken up, but was laid aside and th
senate went into executive session an
at 5 10 adjourned.