Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-02
PRoCEEDinG
The l60th Day.

bill as passed by the Sehate. he caueu uPo
Me.srs Jones and Harris TO prove that til
bill had also been submitted to Prcsidcn
Cleveland and that he had asseuted to It.
They both said that such was the case. II
President was not satisfied with the Dill b,'
seemed to think that It was the best that cou'
be passed under the circumstances. Nj
German then proceeded to arraign the Pres'
dent for bad faith and gross IMPROPERLY
attacking the Senate. These charges m
been 'foulIy made from distinguish
sources" and they must be met and reluteh
The charges were echoed by men "~ir
chlrped when he talked" The senators wii
had been summoned had fought for tariff r.
form, when "cowards In high places wouI'
not show their heads"
The whole discussion was sensational IN IN
extreme. The Senate went Into executiv.
session without taking avote.
The I87th bay.
SENArn.-senhtot Hill took the floor an6
proceeded to defend President CleVclan
against the attacks made yesterday. u
scored German, Vest and Harris, spenRili
with much irony and sarcasin OF their attitud'
'.Whcn Mr.. Cleveland saw the Senate bii
place n duty on coal and iron ore. the proper
ty Of the rich," said MIR. Hill. "and remo'
the duty from wool, the product OF tho farm
er, he would have been false to his party ha'
he not called attention to the discriminate
and Inconsistency. He spoke too candidly
too earnestly. That was why he was crit
clsed. Did not these very senators who crit!
cised Mr.. Cleveland Yesterday go to tho Presi
dent and plead and badger and tmplore hin
to stand by the bill they framcdi Did the!
not realize how tame and weak any bill woul'
be that did not have the approval OF Dem"
cratic presidentF
Mr.. Gallery followed and also defended til,
President. lie detailed the work done l.
framing the sugar schedule.
The Senate then adjourned so mat III
Democrats might hold caucus.
HoUsR-Blils were passed to confirm title
TO lands where citizens made homesteads o!
pre-empiion or desert lands and afterwar
discovered them to be within railroad Ian
grants, and one permitting settlers on pub Il
lands to secure surveys by depositing Ill
amount Of probable expense with the land ol
flee.
The bill providing for examination and
class sifcatIon OF lands in the grants oil tn
Northern Pacific road In Montana and ldnh'
with regard TO mineral deposits, passed Gite'
q running debate led by Its autnor, MT. Hart
man of Montana.
A bill authorizing the secretary OF the in
terror TO sell TO railroads operating In publ'
lands, necessary lands for reservoirs ah'
gravel pits, passed. -,
The House passed by a party vote the b!l
for the reinstatement of clerks dismissed irol
the railway mail service between. March !.
and May i, 1889. The vote was: Yeas, 1i1
nays, b3.
The 1ssth Day.
sEsArE.-1n the morning hour In the Sen
ate the conference report OF the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill wa
agreed TO.
Mr.. Allen presented n resolution directing
the attorney general to transmit 10 the Ser
ate full copies Of all correspondence whic'
passed between the department OF justice ant
the railroads centerlng In Chicago from Jun
/ TO the present time. He asked immediate
consideration, but Mr.. Plat objected and /
went over
Mr. Coke OF Texas secured the passage h,
unanimous consent of q bill granting 10 th'
ny right OF way through Indian territory.
At :05 Mr. Gallery took the floor and RI
sumed his speech of yesterday afternoon, hu
his remarks did not arouse much interest
He spoke principally as to the justice OF lii
duty on sugar.
At 2:;3 the Senate went into executive scs
sion and an houf later adjourned
HoUsE-The conference report on the leg
islative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was laid before the House aud gave ri-'
to considerable discussion, principally on III
clause giving the commissioner OF pension
$3.50, 600 Ia compromise between the 20O,OG,
Of the House and the $500, 900 OF the Senate
for making special examinations. Thcrcpur
was agreed to, and at 5:05 the House al
journed.
The 1SOth lay.
sENATK.-Senator Villas replied to-day II
Senator Gorman's attack upon the President
For two hours he held tho floor amid I'll
wrapt attention of the Senate and galleries
delivering his scathing rebuke of the Mary
land senator. lie denounced Mr.. Gormin'
assault rs wanton, reckless and unjustiflablc
and though he declared Mr.. Cleveland needed
no defense at his hands, he took up seriatiH
the charges made by Mr.. German and me
them with mastery skill and logic. Ill
made his statement, lie said, in the intercs
of the truth of history. Mr.. German was no
in the Senate at the time and 10 this fact th
Wisconsin senator called attention Win r.
gret. In conclusion he withdrew the amend
ment he had offered concerning the sugar
schedule as did Mr.. Gallery. The nmcnc
ment of Mr. Hill to put coal on the free lis
was voted down, 9 to 10.
Mr. Stewart addressed the Senate upon tht
prerogatives OF the President and Congress.
Mr.. Washburn (Republcan, Mnnc-oia)
then submitted motion to instruct the Sen
ate conferrces to recede from that portion .
the sugar schedule placing the Is OF cen
differential on sugars above l6 Dutch stand
ard. Mr. Gray made the point or orde
against the motion which was not deci.-et
before adjournment.
HousE.-The conference report on thu
fortifications bill was agreed TO. The dnI
had been assigned to the committee on inter
state and foreign commerce and SOM; twenty
or thirty bills reported from this committee
were passed, among them the bill maxim;
This 1OOth Day.
sENATE.-The conference report on thu
army appropriation bill was agreed TO-
Mr.. Harris, who was In the chair. ruled GU
of order the motion to instruct the con'erchc'
committee on the tariff bill to recedc from
the Il diiferential on sugar.
motion to sustain the chair was defeated
by tic vote The vote was then taken OF
this motion to instruct This vote also re
suited in tie and the motion was declared
lost. The excitement on the vote was intense
Messrs. Allen, Hill, Kyle and Peffcr vote
with the Republicans. Mr.. Stewart did no
vote, The motion to send to conference wa
then agreed to without division. The Demo
Gratis showed great satisfaction with The re
suit.
The Senate then proceeded to consider an
pass some unobj bjectionable bills on the calcn
dar.
Then at 3:46 p. m. the Senate, on motion
Of Mr. Gorman, adjourned until Monday
HoUsE.-There was but small attendance
and little business was done.
The 19Ist Day.
HoUsE.-The only thing Of Importance o.
the days proceedings was the discus. iui
without action of n bill to amend the rcN!S@t
statutes so as to give federal courts a'liiiicna
powers in dealing with violations of iii" copy
right law as It applies to plays and operas.
A Joint resolution was adopted still fur he.
extending the appropriations for 1881 until
August A.
1t is officially announced that In accorian &c