The herald., 1895-02-24
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himself and even other Senators to fill
buster the bill to death, and added he
would only like to have an opportunity to
give them chance to try to filibuster.
PETER dsclaimed any desire to fill
buster
German arose to reply to what he char
acterized as Buffers assault on him which
was uncalled for and so far as he was
aware, unjustified by any action of his.
1T is true, 4" he said that l intro
duced pooling bill that would be fair
and Just to the railroads and the people.
But introduced it as l introduce hun
dreds of bills, and | was not committed to
any single provision of it, to nothing in it
except the general idea. Early in the
present session the Democratic caucus de-
cided upon an order of business and l, as
the executive officer of that body, have
endeavored to carry out its decree, which
not only provided what measures were to
be considered, but provide for the order
in which they were to be considered. "
He then gave the order, which was:
First, the Nicaragua canal bill; second,
any financial measure which might be re-
ported from the Committee on Finance !;
third, the bankruptcy bill; fourth, the
appropriation bills over and above every
thing else, and fifth, the territorial ad-
mission bills.
The programme had he said been some
what interfered with by the Presidents
message, which had precipitated finan
ciall discussion which had consumed
fully ten days of the precious time of the
Senate. This, he declared he had struggled
to prevent in order to keep the appropria-
tion bills to the front, and thus make time
for the other general bills.
Mr.. German said many of the best friends
he had were among the railway magnates
of the country, and he then told how he
had been importuned by them in the in
terest of the bill.
Mr.. Chandler deprecated the disposition
among the Senators to impute motives to
each other in their conduct with any
measure.
"Will the Senators who do not take the
same view of this question as does the
Senator from Maryland and myself, be
kind enough to concede that we all stand
on the same plane?"
Mr.. Chandler then discussed the bill on
its merits, asserting the railway managers
had demanded that the bill should be
passed just as it came from the House.
He took especial exception to the first and
predicted it would never be passed by the
present or any Congress.
Mr.. Butler abandoned his fight with an
impassioned reply to Mr.. Chandler's as
PENSIONS about the railway lobby.
NJ 1@Il la. Co., ,ncf
man." he declared. 81 have always en-
couraged information from that or any
other source on great public question
and on this bill have been very glad to
receive suggestions from Americans in
terested in transportation.
Mr.. Butler resented Mr.. Chandler's re-
f1ections upon the integrity of the railroad
men of the country.
Mr.. Chandler, he said, proceeded upon
the assumption that every man connected
with the roads is a thief. He denounced
that view as SANDER.
After the conclusion of Mr.. Buffers re-
marks the Senate went on with the con-
sideration of the Indian bill, and Mr..
Cockrell gave notice that he would move
later to take up the sundry civil bill.-
office of Superintendent of Indian Schools
was defeated. a1nt
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Pettigrew providing for the employment
of Indian girls as matrons and Indian boys
as farmers at agencies.
Mr.. Hill offered an amendment, which
was ruled out on point of order raised
by Mr. Cockrell, and later Mr.. Hill gave
notice that he proposed to have fair play
in the discussion of all other appropria-
tions.
GAS far as 1 am concerned, propose to
have the rules administered impartially,
and l shall insist on all amendments like
these offered by the Committee on Appro-
priations shall be considered.
The Senate adopted an amendment
offered by Mr.. Pettigrew providing agency
farmers shall be appointed from the reser-
vation in which the agency is located and
shall have resided there for at least five
years.
Mr.. Hill offered an amendment appro-
priating $780, 900 to purchase from the
Ogden Land Company all the rights and
interests in the Cattaraugus and Allegheny
Indian reservations in New York.
Mr.. Hills amendment was adopted and
the Indian bill passed.
On motion of Mr.. Cockrell the sundry
civil bill was taken up and then inform
ally laid aside.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered a resolution pro-
viding that out of respect to the memory
of the late Frederick Douglass, his re-
mains be permitted to lie in state in the
Capitol rotunda tomorrow.
Pettigrew asked for the immediate con-
sideration of the resolution, but objection
was made by German and it went over.
In accordance with a special order, the
Senate then listened to eulogies on the
life of the late Representative George B.
Shaw of Wisconsin. Remarks were SUBJ
mitted by Villas, Burrows, Blanchard,
Gallinger and Mitchell of Wisconsin, and
at the conclusion the Senate at 6:46 p. m.
adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE