The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-18
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Five Appropriation Bills Are to be Acted
 Upon.

Five Appropriation Bills Are to he Acted
 Upon.
 Washington, Feb. 17.-With five ap propriation bills still unacred upon ant but two weeka more of this session be. fore it the senate will not be inclined to discuss matters others than appro- priation bills this week. There Is al ways the possibility of financial dis cussion springing up under the very lax rules of the senate, and more or less of the time of the morning hour may be consumed in this way, The hope of getting a vote in the senate on the vari- ous financial propositions has not been altogether abandoned. It is believed that some agreement may be reached after the sundry civil bill is out of the way. The coming week will be required to pass the Indian bill and the sun dry civil bill, which will be reported to the senate tomorrow.
 Tomorrow will be suspension day in the house, and arrangements have been made by which gentlemen in charge of several measures that have attracted more or less attention and occupied a greater or less amount of time will be recognized to ask that they be passed under the suspension of the rules. Among these are the following:
 The bill to increase the efficiency of the revenue marine service by estab- fishing a retired list in connection there with. This bill is earnestly advocated by the treasury and is believed to have the support of a majority of the house, but hitherto MT. Clark of Missouri has been successful in talking out of place and preventing vote; the bill to equal ize the pensions of veterans of the Mex ican war, making them SIP under the general law; the bill to equalize the duties and pay of the steamboat inspec- ton service; the bill to authorize the of dams across the St. Lou is and Cloquet rivers, Minnesota, by the Altamonte Water company.
 This proposition involves the largest project ever undertaken in the west the construction of a dam 100 feet high, 700 feet in thickness at the base and 100 feet wide at the top. Primarily, it is to supply the city of Duluth with water; incidentally, power esti- mated at soc, 900 horsepower will be de- yeloped that may be used for manufact- lring and commercial purposes Be tween the city and source of supply is ]. range of low hills about 100 feet high and the dam is necessary to carry the water over that. The passage of the pill has been recommended by the com nittee on Indian affairs, which has jur- sdiction, because the building of the Ia m would flood the Fon du Lac rcser- yation, but a minority of the committee nterpose a vigorous dissent, because hey are not satisfied with the financial lbility of the water company to carry ut the project and think it has many if the unstable features of boom which, if carried qua, would end in de- itroying confidence in that section and would materially retard its progress.
 Speaker Crisp has notified the gentle nen in charge of these measures that 1 hey must have a quorum on hand to promptly dispose of them, or they will | ,e required to give way to other busi- ,ess. The consideration of the naval 1 ill and of the general deficiency bill 1 will occupy the rest of the week save | which has been set apart for | he delivery of eulogies upon the late | enator Vance of North Carolina,