The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-23

Washington, March 13.-Mr. Blanch.
ard, the newly appointed senator from
Louisiana, was presented to the senate
at the opening of that. bctly today, and
took the oath Of Office. The resolution Of
Senator PETER calling for an investiga.
ton IA to senators epecnlatins IN Wall
street was. vi motion OF Mr.. German.
laid on the table by u vote Of IS to -.
The seigniorage bill was then taken up
and Mr.. Wins resumed his speech In op-
position TO the measure. Mr.. Allison of
, Iowa made he speech which hefvps not
well enough 10 ldeltSer Inst Ffiiay. :.
The day In the house was devoted en-
titely to the consideration of bill re-
lating to the extension of the time for
allowing q stl 4et railroad company In
this city to change It's system of motive
power. r.-4 .tt..y..,4.
Washington, March 1.-THE proceed.
mgs In tho senate yosterlsy were of an
extremely unintere4 ting character. With
out the intervention of any morning b.,si-
ness, except the presentation of few
petitions and the introduction of some
LnimpoI tsnt bills, the tencte took up the
consideration # the ssigniorage bill Sen.
atOrs Stewart and Lindsay spoke in favor
and Mr.. Dolph spoke In opposition to 1t,
holding that its passage would destroy
the existing equality between gold and
silver, and the two new senator's, MIR.
McLaurin of Mississippi and Mr.. Blancl-
ryd 9f Louisiana received their committee
appointments. Mr.. Stewnrt of Nevada
t. ok the aour In support of the Bland
a w..
Il The house Yesterday began stle5 consiil-
eration Of the bill making appropriations
fog tie sundry, civil expenses of the gov-
ernmsnt. and fair progress WIS made.
Only three amendments Of any import.
'ancc were adopted-onc .ppropriating
3,5O for lighting Hay lake channel,
another of $4,000 for the public build
ing at Buffalo and alcthcr of $9O,OOO
for repairing the Iostpfiae at New York.
Washington, Mazcl 15.-The test vote
which was to bp taken to-day on III.
seigniorage bill-the vote sa Mr., ALI
sens motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed the third reading-
bad. the effect of attracting q large at
tendance to the gallery. The senate early
took up the consideration of the bill,
and Mr.. Teller Of Colorado and Mr..
tseorg. Of Mississippi spoke In favor Of
y Pftsags,3, the former; criticiAng5 scvere-
y some statements made tjy Senator
Sherman in his- recent speech against the
lill Before Mr.. George had concluded
his remarks the hour for vote arrived
rnd Mr.. Harris insisted upon the vote
being then taken on Mr.. AAison's mntion,
With the result that II .gns defeated by
2S to As. It is expected that the bill
Eill pass by about the same. vote to-
aicFroY. Mf: Henderson moved then to
commits the bt4 to ths XII pace committee,
ana this motion was 'tiso aefeSteA ky q
vote OF q to A. The, vots ii detail ii
Is follows on Mr.. Allison 's-motion:
Aye Aye.1Asdrish, a. Allison, Brlce, canery,
Carey, Che ndler, Cullo:n, Davis. Frye,
eakaiiinger, Hale, Hawlty. Hoer, Lodge,
Mcmillan McPhsrson, Manderson
Mitchell wis }. Morrill,, p. lmer, Proctor,
s1say, Smith, ,a stoekbsieas, Villas. Wilson,
,Nays-Allen. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Blanchard, Butler, Can. Csmden, Cock.
tell, Coke, Colq'hst.. PANEL, Dubois,
FaMlkner, Gibson, GQrdbn.: Han through,
i4ldsay, Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Or.),
HeEea6; M1rphy, gaseof PETER, Perkins,
t'ettirew, .Powst: Rugh. Ransom, Roach,
shoup: Squire, Stewart, :.rebler; Tnrpie,
Veat Xoofhees, White. Wolcott-l5.
The house 3s making wonderful prog
ress With the sundry civil bill. Today
t9Eiy pagf4 e. th6 ll-w@re disposed Of
thaking in aii eishty-taree .ia two days,
and leaving sixteen pages more exclusive
Of two paragraphs. those relating to til.
eoi st and geodetic surveys and the Mis-
'o,irf river commission. which were passed
over temporarily. No am .ndments of i'm.
lnrtance were adopted to-day although
TIE Northwestern members made Wig
[pfons tdort; to inHrease tbe amount for
the survey of public iGpds, Tie rppro
priatloh fot the geolosical slryey which
usually encounters bitter opposition, to-
!ay passed unchailenged, the amount ap.
probriated being f414,OOO.
Washington, March 1G.-The seIgniorage
bill has passed III senate-.44 to 81. The
following is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Allen, Bate. Berry Blaclhurn
Blanchard. Butler, Call. cockreil, Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faulkner,
George, Gordo4, Hansbrough, Harris,
Hunton, Irby, Jones iArk.), Kyle, Lind
say, McLaurin, Martin, Mills, Mitchell
!Or.l, Morgan, Pascoe, PETER, Perkins,
l'ettigrew, Power, Pugh, Quay, Turpie,
Vest. voorhees,. Wkite, WolcottA4.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Rrioe, Caffery,
Carey, Chandler. Cullom, Davis, Dolpl,
Frye. Gallinger, Gibson, German, Hale,
Hawley.. Higgins, Lodge, Mcmillan, Nc
Phefson, Aanderson, Mitchell (Wis.),
Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer, Platt, Proctor,
Smith. Stockbridge, Villas, Washburn,
tyilsan-31.
Friends q tho BIZ 10y President Ceve-
rnd VII sign II, while others ,laim that
It will ba vetoed. .
The senate slso passed the bill to amend
in act auths rizing the construction Of a
LiyA sageRR bridge over the Missouri river
the time for the censtS,i:tion sf thu
MNstslso .srsnted: dc <Iown- & .Nebraska
Pentoon Bridge coinpsny, authorixiug I.
to l'hild khte across the Missouri
river near Sioux City, lows, and then
gftcy lA4 executive session Of thirty-ave
minutes the doors were reopened and tn ,
seEpte tS99k from the :ssndar and passed
. bill slgRting II TIE Dtlutb 4 WnniReg
Itsiircad company 2 figlt Rf yay' 'fRE96gh
tie Chippewa and White Earth indian
reservations lu Minnesota, Bills to i'xr
tenl the time f.,r comph ting q bridge
acrcss the Missouri river bctween Kansas
Gi.y and the town Of SiLley, No, and
granting right Of way. to. tbs Duluth 4;
Manitoba Railroad. compsny ACROSS the
Fcrt Pembina reservation In North Da.
kota were passed, nd the senate ad-
je eurlled until Monday.
The' shodses PIT An the fdat discussing
and amending the sundry civil bill.
/ wethilstia,all Massl iii skiat4. rep. >.
ilha ifne koth It'd ipsn$& &tatis. and lse-
p, tlicen' s,des Of the senate COMMITTEES
!op Al9acs ,sxpyels$4 .ths 9plnlon' at the
close Of the committeo meeting t9-lay
that the taasF bill wauld bs reported tq
tic senate on Tuesday. Thoy stated.
however, that no agreement to this effect
had been entered into. but that the opin.
j., ~ lilgl ..l.a ~,