The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-20

DC DOINGs OF CONGRESS-
LAST SESSION OF THE FIFTY
.35 THIRD CONGRESS-.
A Condemned Record Of the Proceed
tngs in the senate and> House u
Matters Of Importance Dealt
With. 81
Washington, Dec. 15-The house
passed three appropriation bills-ths
urgency deficiency, fortitications, and
military academy and made fiji
progress OH the pension bill Mr..
Cochran secured 4 record making vote
OH tire appropriation of the collection
of the income tax by moving to lie,
commit the bill, with instructions to
strike it out. but his motion was de.
feated by Ego ma jority, the vote stand
ing ~ to 169. The fortift atoms bill,
as passed, carries $1,S79,O57-$5, 47S,-
GIG less than the estimates, and the
military academy bill $457 ,67S- 1921.
L
sion bill, to which the day will be de-
voted to. morrow carries $14T, 3S1 80
100000 less than the estimates, and
$10,200,0O0 less than the appropriation
for the current fiscal year.
The. serate adjourned until next
Monday.
Washington, Dec: 18.-By the close
vote Of 9 to 8 the committee, on bank
ing and currency Of the house decided
to report Secretary Carlisle's plan for
a revision of the currency. Repre-
| sentatives' Johnson of Ohio, and Ellis
! of Kentucky, Democrats voted with
the Republicans against reporting this
! plan. The committee on rules will be
asked to fix the final vote in the house
for next Friday at 3 p. m. This con-
clusion was reported after a spirited
| executive session Of the committee. It
has been in session for a week, hear
ing officials and bankers; on the pro-
posed revision. The hearings closed
and at 4 O'Clock the committee held
private session to determine on a pro-
gramme. Representative Brosius.
Rep., Pa.) endeavored to secure fur
tier time for hearings, but his motion
to this effect was voted down. Half
an hour was given for caucuses by the
! respective sides. At the Republican
| meeting it was agreed that their votes
should be cast together on all propo-
sitions. When the full committee re-
assembled Representative Hall Dem,
MOI moved that the Carlisle bill be
reported. This prevailed by the vote
of 8 to 8, as stated. ..-ats -
| Washington, Dec ID. - The bill to
protect forest reservations, Which was
a bone of contention during the last
session and which has twice been I'M
der discussion during the present ses-
sion, was finally passed by the house
under suspension of the rules. yhe
motion 20 suspend tile rules rendered
the opposition helpless to prevent a
vote, and as the bill securedl the nee
essary two-thirds it passed. The bill
provides that no public forest reserva-
ton shall be established except to i'm
prove and protect the forest within the
reser1 alton or for the purpose Of Sc
curing favorable conditions, of water
| flow. 1t gives the secretary of the in
terror authority to make regulations
for protection against fire and depre-
dalton. It also gives him authority to
prescribe regulations under which
dead or matured trees may beremoved
as may be necessary to preserve the
remaining timber Under this au-
thority he is empowered to sell such
timber in limited quantities to each
purchaser. He is also authorized to
make a detail Of troops for the protec-
ton Of reservations. The bill further
provides for the restoration of agricul-
ture and mineral lands forest reserva-
tons to the public domain. The re-
mainder Of the day was devoted to the
army appropriation bill.
More than three hours of the SEES
sion of the senate We're occupied in the
discussion Of the Nicaraguan canal
bill, and three senators made speeches
Mr.. PETER of Kansas favored the
measure under certain conditions, but
was opposed to issuing bonds payable
= in gold to raise the money required
q Mr.. Squire of Washington declared
t. unequivocally in favor Of the construc
= ton Of the canal, while Mr.. Turpie
r, (Dem., Ind.) though approving canal
expressed his decided opposition to The
q pending bill. During the mornins
e hour Mr.. Kyle of South Dakota sub
|. 1nitted some remarks in behalf Of the
IS bill establishing a national university
r at Washington.
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nj Washington, Dec. 90 The discus
sion on the Carlisle currency hill be
gan in the house, but the opening Q;
the debate was disappointment. I
lacked both spirit and interest. ans
was devoid of sensational features
Mr.. Springer, the chairman of tn,
banking and currency committee, VIII,
made the first speech in support Of tt,
measure, gave plain statement Of it
objects and gave a review of the argu
lnents in it's favor on the lines o
those contained in the report. MI
Walker the leader of the minority o
the committee, devoted almost all Q