The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-08

shire, appropriating $1,000 for the purchase
of the oil painting Of Mrs. Dollie Madison,
wife of the fourth president of the United
States for the executive mansion; by
Messrs. Proctor of Vermont and Chandler
of New Hampshire, having reference to the
water supply of Washington and the title
to the water rights at the great falls OF the
Potomac. The conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill was pre-
scented and agreed to. The senate receded
from its proposition to appropriate VI, OOO,-
600 for the determination of the Russian this
tie. - The contested election case of
Moore against Funston, from the second
district of Kansas, was taken up in the
house The majority was in favor of un--
seating Funston, who is a republican, and
giving his place to the democrat, Moore,
and of course 1t was done, although 1t was
shown that Funston had plurality in his
district of eighty-one votes. Several demo-
Gratis voted with the republicans, but the
majority was against them.
THURsDAY.-Tbe senate agreed to the
conference report on the District of Column
bia appropriation. Nearly all the day was
spent in the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. 80 The house
did nothing but discuss and finally agree to
the conference report on the District Of
Columbia appropriation bill.
FRIDAY.-The house bills for the admis-
sion of New Mexico and Arizona as states
were reported back to the senate with
amendments and placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Allen, the Nebraska populist intro
duced resolution to discharge the finance
| committee from further consideration of the
bill recently introduced by him for the
| relief of the several states of the Union,
and to place that bill on the calendar. The
| resolution went over. The general def.
| cheney bill was passed after a lengthy and
! animated discussion. - The bill reClassi
! flying postal clerks aud regulating their sal
aries was discussed in the house. IL in
! Creases the number of classes from five tC
seven, the maximum salary from Sl,4O0 tC
| S1,7C0 per year, and the total annual salary
account S350,000 No final action on the
| bill was taken, and the house adjourned
till Monday,
SATURDAY. In the senate, the house bill
to subject to state taxation national banl
notes and United States treasury notes wal
taken up and passed. AS amended 1t reads
that " circulating notes of national banking
associations and United States legal tende
notes and other notes and certificates of thu
United States, payable on demand and cir
culating or intending to circulate as cur
rency and gold, silver or other coin, shall
be subject to taxation as money on hand o
on deposit under the laws of any state o
territory. Provided that such taxation
shall he exercised in the same manner ant
at the same rate that any such state or ter
ritory shall tax money or current crculatlol
as money within its jurisdiction" Thirty
seven pension bills were passed, includin
the following: To increase to 500 mont
the pension of the widow of General Abne
Doubleday; to increase to $50 month tn
pension of the widow of Commodore Eller
of the United States navy; granting per
sion of $50 month to the widow of the lat
Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, the Arcti
explorer. The house bill for the inspet
ton of immigrants by United States cor
suls, with the substitute for it for the eS
clusion of anarchists, was taken up. MI
PETER, the Kansas populist senator, aske
that ii be laid over till Monday, when ther
would be a full attendance Of senators. Tn
bill was discussed for several hours, how
ever, and finally went over as untinishe
business The house was not in SCI
sion.
MoNDAY,-in the senate, a conference Wa
ordered on the deficiency appropriate
bill Mr.. Mills of Texas offered a resoll
ton declaring that in the revision of nj
tional taxation these three principles shoul
he observed; THAT all taxes are burden
and can only be rightfully imposed to rails
revenue for the support of the government
that when taxes are imposed on impOrte
goods the rates should be so low as not mi
terially to restrict the importation of I'll
articles to be taxed, only those ready f
others imported for manufacture should
exempt from duty" The resolution wa
at Mr. Mills request, laid on the table ten
porarily. Senator Chandler introduced
resolution which provides that the doing
Of the Dominion Coal Company and I'll
great transportation companies shall be j
vestigated by a senate committee. III
: resolution provoked a long discussion, an
went over without action. - The hou'
voted to concur in the senate amendmen
to the general deficiency bill, and asked fl
a conference thereon. The Indian scho
wa nig0nggpH "a LENGTH
Blair of New Hampshire.