The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-12-13

ana PROBABLY cr1t1clSm. Inere was the
usual deluge of bills and petitions in
cident to the opening days Of ses-
sion, none of them, however, being of
public Importance.
The session of the house was ex-
ceedingly dull and uninteresting. The
attendance was small and there was
no clash of any kind. A bill provid-
ing for the dedication of the Chicka-
magua and Chattanooga military park
Sept. 10 and 20, 1895, and one for the
establishment Of military park on
the site of the battle CT Shiloh were
passed and the remainder of the day
was devoted to a fruitless discussion
of the printing bills.
Washington, Dec. Tin the senate
Senator Quay proposed substitute
for the sugar bill now pending in the
senate, in the shape of an amendment
1t strikes out all of the bill after the
enacting clause and inserts the fol-
lowing: "That SO much of the act en-
titled AN act to reduce taxation to
provide revenue for the government
and for other purposes as provides
that upon all sugars above No. IL
Dutch standard in color, and upon all
sugars which have been discolored
there shall be levied and paid duty
Of 1-8 of per cent per pound in addi-
ton to due Of 40 per cent al valorem
shall be and the same Is hereby re-
pealed." Senator Power introduced
q bill providing for the free coinage
of silver, making the silver dollars to
consist of 412 1-2 grains of standard
fineness and these dollars to be legal
tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate. A feature of the day was a.
sharp debate on the China-Japan
questions, brought out by Mr.. Lodges
resolution calling for information as
to the torturing of two Japanese stu
dents who were under American pro-
lection. Mr.. PETER made the first
formal speech of the session, CRITICS.
ing from Populistic point the recent
issue of bonds and giving his views on
finance.
Representative Picker presented a
resolution in the house requesting the
secretary of the treasury to furnish
the house the names of the soldiers
of the late war discharged from his
department since the beginning of his
administration, and the cause Of dis
missal in each case. The house passed
three bills-the printing bill, a bill to
prevent the free use of timber on
public lands and prevent granting of
permits In the future and another to
autnvrrze tfIe SeCreIHry or the interior
to receive unsatisfied military bounty
land warrants nnder the act of 1853
at the rate of $1.25 per acre in pay
ment for land located under subse.
quent acts.
Washington, Dec Representative
Bryan Dem., Neb.) introduced in the
house joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution making
the president ineligible to second
term. Representative Sickles has in
troduced bill appropriating $100,0O0
to enable the government to acquire
title to the Gettysburg battlefield and
transform 1t into a public park. Rep
resentative Outhwaite of Ohio intro
duoed bill changing the duty on
lithograpbic and Photographic prints.
ETC., not forming parts of books, to 25
per cent ad yalorenl. The present duty,
Mr.. Outhwaite says, Is almost prohibi-
tive, and that proposed by him is the
same as that originally proposed by
the Wilson BILL Representative Dra-
per of Massachusetts, has introduced
a bill making compulsory the use of
automatic couplers and arrangements
for steam heating.
A bill passed the senate providing
for a national dedication of the Chick
amagua aid Chattanooga Military
Parks. The senate adjourned until
Monday
Warrington, Dec. 9..-In the house
Mr. McRae, from the committee on
public lands, called up the bill to pro-
tect forest reservations. Mr.. Wells
(Iem., Wis., opposed the bill in every
feature. The attempt to drive this bill
through under the whip and spur,
smelled, he would say SAVIOR, If he did
not have such high respect for the
chairman of the public land commit
tee, of Doodle. 1t was said that the
forestry association was behind the
bill. There was another association
behind 1t, which had its origin in
Maine fifty years ago, and had now
extended to the Pacific slope. 1t was
an association of timber thieves and
lard sharks. That association was be-
hind the bill If these timber thieves
We're allowed to go into the public
forests they would bribe the agent of
the interior department and destroy
them. The pine land thieves of Mich
igan and wisconsin, he declared ex-
citedly, had grown rich on ttieir plum
der, and had then bought seats both
in this house and the other. lie
would not permit the people of this
country to be plundered Of millions OF
dollars worth of timber He 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 matured tilnber
He challenged any advocate of the
bill to show a line in 1t designed to
protect and preserve the forests.
When Mr.. Wells took his seat Chair
man McRae arose and Indignantly de.
MED that there was any land ring OF
association behind this bill. He had
assumed the responsibility for the bill
and IL the gentleman from Wisconsin
knew of any hidden power behind 1t
he would yield time to him to make
k1 own its nature.
II said before" said Mr.. Wells hotly
tthat / believed In your honesty, but
the gentleman is green in the lumber
buslress, and 1 believe the gentleman
Is being deceived and made tool Of. y
II may be green n the lumber bust
ness" said Mr.. McRae, "but take
pride In the fact that represent one
of the largest timber sections of this
col btry. My state, however, Is moi
affected by this bill. There is 10 in.
terest behind this bill; save such us
ought to inspire every patriotic citi'
zen-the protection of the forests from
devastating fires and timber thieves ,
After some further debate by Mr.
Wilson Osep.. Washl. Pickler (Rep
8 u nnl fyocfc.an Ilnna Wa y thc