The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-02
POWER MADE A WINNING
10 Got Tho. Ssllts 10 lgfss to Look
litNP Fort Harrison
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Helena 10 Booked for That Many
Dollars Out OF the Federal
Funds = Washington
Gossip.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The main quss-
ton before the senate to-day Was the sun.
dry civil bill, which was discussed at odd
moments throughout tho day, with tho
result that . great many important
amendments wero adopted. Final action
on the bill was not reached, however, ow.
ing to tho largo number Of amendments
proposed. A number Of bills wero passed
for tho purchases Of the land Of tho
Omaha tribe OF Indians In Nebraska. The
consideration Of the sundry civil apprc-
priation bill was resumed and many i'm
portant amendments werc adopted.
Chandler offered an amendment provid-
ing that tho decision Of the commissioners
of immigration In regard to tho admission
Of aliens should be final, and also tho
commissioners of immigration at tho sew.
cral ports should bc appointed by the
president, "by the advice and consent Of
the senate" and that they should hold
Office four years. The amendment was
adopted.
Berry presented the conference report
ON tho house bill requiring the railroad
companies operating the lines In tho ter
ritorics over the rights Of way granted by
the government to locate dep0ts. etc.. at
certain points located by the interior do
partmsnt. Berry announced after long
confeseuce the conferees had been unable
to asrse and moved that the senate ~
cede from its amendments. The provision
applies to the Rock Island railroad In
Omaha. the towns Of Round Pond and
South Enid.
A lively discussion followed in which
Platt. Teller and Bers4 took part, % to
the lawless acts which had bsen perpe.
tratcd.
Berry stated the people had been law.
abiding until the railroad continually vio-
lated the law. A vote was then taken on
Berry's motion and II was agreed to "a to
20. At the request OF Harris the house
bill to exempt articles Of foreign exhibit.
ore ct the interstate fair at Tacoma,
WASH, from tariff duties. was passed.
Consideration Of the sundry civil bill
was then resumed.
On motion of Power. an amendment
was incorporated In the bill appropria.
ting S3OO, 900 for tho construction Of Fort
Harrison, Mont.
The committee amendment striking out
the paragraph authorizing the secretary
Of war to designate confederate Of the
battle of Chattanooga or Chickamauga to
assist In preparing historical tablets to bs
erected ON these battle fields, was no
scinded.
An appropriation Of u, 900 to protect the
salmon fisheries Of Alaska was added to
the bill ut the instance Of Teller.
Dubois offered an amendment increas-
ing the appropriation for surveying public
lands from S275,00c to Sl00,0 900. and to this
Allen sought to add . provision for the
irrigation and survey Of arid and semi'
arid lands and appropriatins 100000
for that purpose. The former amendment
was agreed TO and the latter was left
pending adjournment.
The report Of the conference COMMITTEES
on the agricultural bill, In which tho con.
fsrsss agreed to rscsds from the amend
ment appropriatina 100000 for the ex'
termination Of the Russian thistle was
agreed 10. At5:G o'clock the senate ad.
iournod.