The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-07
IN THE SENATE.
soms Bills Agreed Upon and Passed Ia
the Presldent.

Soms Bills Agreed Upon aad Passed 10
the Prssidsnt.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The conference
report ON the river and harbor bill has
boen agreed to by the senate. This com.
pletes tho bill and II goes to the president.
The resolution offered Aug. by Chand.
Ter looking to the investigation Of the Do
minion Coal company Of Nova Scotia and
the substitute offered by Mills, providing
that special committee Of Ave should b
directed to report to the senate whether
any msmber Of congress 10 or was inter.
ested In any company engaged In mining
coal In any Of the states or any railroad
company engaged In transporting coal
which would como into competition with
the Dominion company, and whether its
removal would reduce the price Of coal to
consumers and what section Of the coun.
try would be benefited by ito reduction.
A discussion arose between Mills and
Chandler % to whether the old sugar
committee be instructed with this inves.
tlgation or whether new committee DO
appointed. Mills favored the retention
OF the old committee because, he said, It
was honest and capable and recently re.
ported that the charges made against
senators had not been sustained.
"ls that the reason the senator from
Texas favors this committee?" inquired
Chandler.
Mills denied that hs was influenced by
any such motives and expressed . willing.
mess to have new committee appointed
II Chandler preferred. '
A. e. A. kA NJ
minion Coal company went over under
the rules without action.
on POPULAR LINES.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Represcntative
Richardson, Ohio, to-day introduced bill
providing that ell sessions Of the com.
mittees and the executive sessions Of tho
senate be opsn to tho public.
The bill for the deportsRe Of anarchists
then car,e up and Hill explained its pro-
visions. Unless action 10 taken by this
government such 40 10 now before the
senate, this country, no said, would soon
be the dumping ground for the anarchists
of the world. There il no politics In the
hill and he favored IL because he believed
Il was better than the house bill.
Lodge expressed the belief that both
bills wcrc inadequate for the purpose Of
restricting immigration, but no was
anxious to see some restriction placed on
immigration, no matter how slight II
might be.
Palmer pointed out the difficulty oi
dealing with these questions and the dan.
ger Of doing injustice to harmless social.
lists while protecting ourselves against the
danger Of anarchists. He asked Hill whether
the bill was applicable to the undesirable
persons already In tho country and Hill
replied 1t was. Hill pointed out the mod
GRAFTON Of the pending bill as compared
with tho act recently passed by the Eng
lish parliament, and Mr.. Kyle asked him
moro accurately to define the term an
archist, for there were, he said, peaceablc
and learned people In Boston who hold |,
was possible for people to becomes &C
highly civilized as to live together withou,
laws, and, therefore, according to the
usual definition they were anarchists.
Hill replied they were at liberty to have
this belief, but IL thcy tried to overturr
the laws for the purpose Of putting theil
belief to the test, then the became dan
rerous. After some further debate and
the introduction Of some amendments
the bill was passed.