St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
Agricultural Appropriation
Bill Without the Russian
Thistle Amendment.
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.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l. - The main
question before the senate today was
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 reached,
however, owing TO the large number of
amendments proposed.
A number Of bills were passed,
among them being a 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 the
steps of the Boston court house, calling
on 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.
The demand of these worthy gentle
men, he said sarcaStically, seemed to be,
made without an understanding of the
re Quirements of the constitution.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
The following additional house bills,
were then passed: Extending the time
for constructing bridges across the
Hiawasse, the Tennessee and Clinch
rivers in Tennessee and granting an
increase nf nnSiOn n Mrc
way. Consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed, and
many important amendments were
! adopted. MIR. Quay (Rep., Pa.) secured
| the adoption of an amendment appro$
priating Sl75O00 for the purpose Of
additional land in Philadelphia, to give
better facilities for the movement of
mail wagons at the postoffice. 3 "a.
Mr.. Chandler (Rep.. N. H. offered an
amendment providing that the decision
of the commissioner of immig ration 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 and
with the advice and consent of the sem
ate" and that they should hold their
offices for four years, The amendment
was adopted.
An amendment was adopted a. the
instance of MIR. Allen pop, Neb.) ap-
propriating $4,000 for the resurvey of
Grant and Hooker counties. Nebraska;
also an amendment appropriating $1,000
Tor the purchase of a portrait of Mrs.
Dolly Madison, the work of E. T. An
drews, to be hung in the executive
mansion.
Consideration Of the bill was inter-
rupted to allow Mr.. Berry (Dem., Ark, y
10 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,
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
special grievance against it.
Mr.. Blackburn Dem., Ky.) opposed
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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 trified with.
Mr.. Harris Dem., Tenn.) spoke in the
same strain, and said the company
ought to be compelled to give those
towns passenger aud freight facilities.
The motion was also supported by Mr..
Palmer.
Mr.. Plat (Rep., Comm spoke in OPP
position to the motion, for he contended
that there were no county seats a. those
towns, and therefore it would be unjust
to compel the railroads to stop their
trains there.
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 it was agreed
to-24 to 20.
At the request of Mr.. Harris Dem.,
TENN 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
was then resumed, and Mr.. Procto,
(Rep.. VT offered an amendment call
ing on the secretary of war and the 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 gen.
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.