St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Conferees Reach an Agree.
ment Which Will Be Pre-
Sented Tomorrow.
CHANDLER WAKES UP.
Wants Senate to Investigate
A Canadian Tpust--Con-
tested Election Cases.

the sundry civil bill, which was dis
cussed at odd moments throughout the
day with the result that great many
important amendments were adopted.
Final action on the bill was not Preached.
however, owing TO the large number of
amendments proposed.
A number of bills were passed,
among them being house bill
extending the time for payment of
purchases of land of the Omaha
tribe of Indians in Nebraska. Among
the petitions presented was one from
Morrison l.. Swift, of Boston, who re-,
Gently made himself notorious by his
anarchistic actions and words on tile.
steps of the Boston court house, calling
OH congress to resign, presented by Mr..
Lodge. In this connection Mr.. Hoar
(Rep.. Mass.) took occasion to state that
he bad received similar petition, but
in view of the fact that his colleague
had presented one, he should withhold
his. @% CO
The demand of these worthy gentle
men. he said safcastically, seemed to be
made without an understanding of the
constitution,
--'t' 81 HOUSE BILLS PASSED. .
/ The following additional house bills
were then passed.: Extending the time.
for constructing bridges across the
HiaWasSe, the Tennessee and CIInch
rivers in Tennessee and granting an
increase of pension TO Mrs. Susie Cons
way. Consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, and
many important amendments were
adopted. Mr.. Quay (Rep., Pa.) secured
the adoption of an amendment appros
priating Sl75,000 for the purpose Of
additional land in Philadelphia, to give
better facilities for the movement of
mail wagons at the postoffice. :. 8 "a.
Mr.. Chandler tRep.. N. H. offered an
amendment providing that the decision
of the commissioner of immigration in
regard to admission OF aliens should be
final. and also the commissioners of
immigration at the several ports should
be appointed by the president, 'by aud
with the advice and consent of the SEN
ate" and that they should hold their
offices for four years, The amendment
was adopted.
An amendment was adopted az the
instance of MIR. Allen Pop, Neb.l ap-
propriating $4,000 for the resurvey of
Grant and Hooker counties, Nebraska; !;
also an amendment appropriating S3.O0O
for the purchase of portrait of Mrs.
Dolly Madison, the work of E. F. An
drews, to De hung in the executive
mansion.
Consideration Of the bill was inter-
rupted to allow Mr.. Berry (Dem., Ark. J
TO present conference report on the
house bill requiring railroad companies
operating lines in territories over rights
OF way granted by the government to
locate depots. etc, at certain seats To-
Gated by the Interior department..
Mr.. Berry announced that, after, a
long conference, the conferees had been
unable to agree, and moved that the
senate recede from its amendments.
The provision applies to the Rock Island
railroad in Oklahoma. the towns of
Round Pond and South Enid having a
special grievance against it.
Mr.. Blackburn (Dem., Ky.) opposed
the motion because he said it would be
unjust to require the Rock Island road
to eXpend $4,000 in the erection of de-
pots at these towns when they already
had stations located at older towns
within two and half or three miles.
The discussion of the conference re-
port was then resumed, and Mr.. Teller
(Rep.. COLI favored the motion of Mr..
Berry to recede from the senate amend
ment. He would like, he said. to take
the railroad company by the throat and
teach it that the senate of the United
States was not to be triffed with.
Mr.. Harris Oem., Tenn.) spoke in the
same strain, and said the company
ought to- be compelled to give those
towns passenger and freight facilities.
The motion was also supported by Mr..
Palmer.
Mr.. Platt (Rep., Conn.) spoke in. OPP
position to the motion, for he conteiided
that there were no county seats a. those
towns, and therefore it would be unjust
to compel the railroads to stop their
trains there. t
A lively discussion followed, in which
Mr.. Platt, Mr.. Teller and Mr.. Berry
took part as to the lawless acts which
had been perpetrated. Mr.. Berry stated
that the people had been law-ablding
until the railroad continually violated
the law. The vote was then taken on
Mr.. Berry's motion, and 1t was agreed
to-24 to 20. -
At the request of Mr.. Harris (Dem..
Tenn.1 the house bill to exempt the
articles of foreign exhibitors at the in
terstate fair at Tacoma, WASH, from
tariff duties was passed.
Consideration of the
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL a
was then resumed, and Mr.. Procto,
(Rep.. Vt.) offered an amendment CALI
ing on the secretary of war and Che at
torney general for information as to the
possibility Of acquiring the right to the
water power of the Great Falls of the
Potomac for increasing the water sup
ply of the city of Washington and gem
Grating electricity for lighting the
streets,
{ Mr.. Chandler offered, an amendme Mt
to that proposed by Mr.. Proctor, direct
Ing the secretary of war to negotiate
with the Great Falls Manufacturing
company and the owners of land on
both sides of the falls for the acquire.