The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-30
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
SENATE MANAGES TO TRANSACT
A LITTLE BUSINESS.
Concurrent Resolution to Adjourn Tues
day Agreed To-Comparison of
Earnings and Wages of Govern
ment Railroads With Those
OF Other Corporations.
THE SENATE

THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24,-It possible
the senate wore a more deserted APP
pearance than TN yesterday and the
day before, despite the fact that one
Republican, Mr.. Higgins, and two
Democrats, Messrs. Camden and But
Ter, had returned. Senator Camden
tried to get up his resolution instruct
ing the committee on rules to sit dur
ing the recess for the purpose of re-
visipg rules. Senator Blanchard OBJ
jected, and single objection kills any
motion. Mr.. Blanchard fears that the
rules may be so revised that debate
will be cut off and free sugar bill
passed at the next session.
MI. George asked and obtained in
definite leace of absence for his COL
league, Mr.. McLaurin, on account of
serious illness in his family, and then
MIR. Harris, without testing the pres
ence of quorum, moved that the SEN
ate proceed to consideration of eXecu-
tive business. This was agreed to and
at 1905 the senate went into executive
session.
After the executive session some
legislative business WAS done. The
following bills were passed: House
EilI to provide for the collection of in-
ternal revenue, carrying into effect
the provisions of the convention be-
tween the United States and VeneZu-
ella relating to the arbitration and set
Element OF the claim of the Venezuela
Steamship company; fixing the salary
OF the United states commissioner in
the Venezuelan claim arbitration a t
$4,000, and the senate bill authorizing
the secretary of the interior to correct
errors where double allotments of land
have been enormously made to an In
dian; to correct errors in patents.
The following house bills were
passed: Authorizing the construction
of bridfies across the Missouri river at
Dewitt, Mo; across the Usage in
Missouri. The bill tor bridge across
the Mississippi river at or near st,
Louis was called up, but Mr.. Cockrell
adopted providing that the bridge
should not be built within Two miles
above and two miles below the two
bridges constructed-Ihe Eads and the
Merchants bridges, and as this was
not acceptable to the friends of the
bill it went over.
The house concurrent resolution for
final adjournment of congress on
tuesday at 2 o'clock was laid before
the senate at the request OF Mr..
Cockrell. 1t was agreed to. The
senate also agreed that when it
adjourned it be until Monday next.
A solution was offered by Mr.. Lind.
say, and agreed to, providing for the
printing in the diplomas of the
Worlds Colum biaD exposition of the
names to whom the diplomat were
awarded, the work to be done by the
bureau of engraving and printing and
the cost to be paid from the appropri'
alton of $103, 900 already made.
A resolution was offered by Mr.
Pettigrew directing the interstate
commerce commission to furnish in
formation concerning the ownership
of railroads by foreign governments,
the rates charged for carrying the
passengers and freight as compared
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the United States for like service and
the cost of operating railroads operat.
ed by the government and the reve-
nues as compared with the United
States, also as to the wages paid to
employees by government railroads az
compared with wares in the United
States. The resolution was agreed to.
THE uOTSE
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a - Imme.
diately after the reading of the jour-
nal in the house today, Mr.. Catchings,
Democrat, Mississippi, for the COM
mittee on rules offered joint resolu.
ton for sine die adjournment next
Tuesday, the 2Sth inst, at 2 O'Clock.
1t was adopted without division. Mr..
Catchings moved that when the house
adjourned today it would be to meet
on Monday next. This was also
agreed to.
Mr.. Catchings asked unanimous
consent to publish in the Record the
titles of the bills passed by the house
at this session, together with a list of
those which passed the house but
failed in the senate. Mr.. English,
Democrat, New Jersey, objected.
Mr.. Terry, Democrat, Arkansas,
from the committee on judiciary, ask
ed unanimous consent to consider
Senator Hill's bill providing for the
exclusion and deportation of alien an~
archists. With it he offered an
amendment, which he said was de-