The record-union., 1894-03-15
sneoiaI TO the REcoRp-UNIoN.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-In the Senate
to-day, with Mr.. Gallinger in the chair,
Mr.. Harris asked the Senate to resume
consideration of the seigniorage bill. AS
vote was to be taken at P. III. on MT.
Allison's motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill was ordered to a third read
ing, and possibly after that on the motlon
of Mr.. Manderson to commit the bill TO
the Finance Committee, the motlon Oh
Mr.. Harris was agreed to.
It was expected that Mr.. Dolph would
read the extract which he was about TO
read yesterday when the Senate ad-
iourned. Mr.. Doiph, however, said the
objection to its printing without reading
had been withdrawn, so he had nothing
further to say.
AIlison's motion was then defeated by
the following vote:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Brice, Caffery,
Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Dolph, Davis,
Frye, Gallinger. Hale, Hawley, Hoar'
Lodge, McMiIlin, Mcpherson, Mander-
son. Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Morrill,,
Palmer, Proctor, Quay, Smith, Stock
bridge. Villas, Washburn, Wilson'S.
Navs-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blan-
chard, Butler. Call. Camden, CockrelI,
Cook, Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Fa1kner,
Gibson, Gordon, Hansbrough, Harris,
Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Ore
gon. Morgan. Murphy, Pasco. Peter,
Perkins, Pettigrew, Power, Pugh. Ran
som, Roach, Shoup, Squire, Stewart,
Teller, Turpie, Vest, VOORHEES,, White,
Wolcott-45.
According to a prior agreement, Mr..
Manderson was then permitted TO move
that the bill be recommltted to the FL
nance Committee, where 1t would be per-
1ected. Defeated by relatively the same
vote as the preceding question: yeas
to A nays.
MIR. Quay changed from yea to nay,
and Messrs. Daniel and Squire, VINO
voted before, did not vote.
Mr.. George continued his speech in
favor of the bill. and when he finished
Mr.. Mills tried to obtain an executive
session, but Senator Carey of Wyoming,
who had secured the floor, refused to
yield for this purpose. Carey had not
finished in opposition to the bill, when,
at 4:45 o'clock, the Senate went into eX-
ecutive session, and at 5:25 o'clock, ad-
Journeo.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March A. Chairman
Sayers, of the Appropriation Commit
Tee. is making wonderful progress
with the sundry civil bill. To-day forty
Dages Of the bill were disposed of, leaving
only sixteen pages more. No amend
ments of importance were adopted to-
day, although the Northwestern MEM
bers made vigorous effort to increase
the amount for the survey of public
lands.
The appropriation for the geological
survey, which usually encounters bitter
opposition, to-day passed unchallenged,
the amount appropriated being $4,000.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the sundry civil bill.
ON motion of Holman the following
amendment was added, providing for ex-
nenses of hearings in land entries:
Nothing in this section shall be construed
10 apply to a contest pending prior to the
passage of this Act, and any person who
initiated a contest prior thereto shall have
the right upon the cancellation of prior
entry, to enter the tract involved under
any of the land laws prior to the date of
this Act, had he been quallned II this ACT
had not passed.
sweet (Rep.) of Idaho offered an amend
ment to increase the appropriation for
surveying public lands from $4,000 to
$50 Defeated.
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment to
hermit the State of Washington to select
from lands in that State as they surveyed
the land granted the State for educational
purposes. Agreed to.
on motion of Coffein of Wyoming, his
State was included in the list of States
where additional compensation for sur
yeys should be allowed on account of the
heavily timbered or mountainous coun-
try.
Hartman (Rep.) of Montana again tried
to have the total sum for these surveys
Increased, this time to 100000 His
amendment was lost
When the items were reached making
the appropriation for river and harbor
improvements under the continuing con-
tract system, Wilson (Rep.l of Washing
ton created a sensation by severe de-
nunciation of the system and various
river commissions.
After short debate the House ad-
journed at 4:30.