The herald., 1895-02-22
FORTY-SEVEN RESPONDED
The Senate Did Business Yesterday, but
rlany Hembers Were Absent

Washington, Feb. 2l.-There were lust
| 16 Senators in the chamber when at /
| O'Clock the session opened today and Mr..
Wolcott, Republican of Colorado, sug-
gested the absence of a quorum but AZ
Senators responded to the call for
quorum.
Mr.. Irby Democrat of South Carolina,
presented the credentials of Mcmillan as
Senator from South Carolina for the term
beginning March next.
Mr.. Turpie offered resolution from
the Committee on Foreign Relations ex-
pressing the high appreciation of the SEN
ate as to the distinguished honors ac-
corded by the Mexican Government on
the occasion of the obsequies of the
United States Minister, Mr. Gray, and di-
recting the Secretary of State to forward
copies of the resolution to the authorities
of Mexico. The resolution was agreed to.
The House joint resolution was passed
for the suspension of certain features of
the law authorizing the transportation of
goods through the United States to the
free zone of Mexico so long as the Mexi-
can free zone law exists.
Mr.. Allen, Populist of Nebraska, in
dulged in sharp and personal criticism
of the financial situation as an incident
to Mr.. Harris resolution for a night ses-
sion to consider the bill to issue ~, 600, 600
sewer bonds for Washington, D. {.
1--WE are going crazy" said Mr.. Allen
''The President wants bonds, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury wants bonds, Sen
ators on both sides of the chamber want
bonds.
In the course of his speech Mr. Allen re-
ferred to reports that Mr.. Teller and Mr.
Vest were Populists, and he extended to
them a cordial welcome to the Populist
ranks.
The income tax question came up next
on Mr.. German s motion to reconsider the
Senate approval of the conference report
of the bill amending the law
Mr. Morgan said singular feature had
crept into this conference report that had
not been considered by either house. 1t
changed the law so far as to exempt corpo-
rations from furnishing list of the sala
ries of employees.
Mr.. Vest defended the conference change.
The employees had asked for it,
Mr.. German referred TO the remarkable
attitude of the other branch of Congress
on the question of corporations and COM
pared the course of the House on the tariff
bill to the course of the House confer
ence now.
q Mr.. Chandler said this disclosed the
serious dangers of conference committees
Legislation was enacted which neither
branch of Congress had considered. This
change was worked into conference re-
port in the interest of great corporations
On class of these corporation employees
was about the halls of Congress TODAY
laboring to secure the passage of the pool
ing bill. Undoubtedly this was a class of
employees the great railroad corporations
did not wish to report with the list of sal
aries for their work about Congress. On
motion of Mr.. Vest the motion of Mr..
German to reconsider the change was
laid on the table yeas 81, nays 10.
Consideration Of the Indian appropria
tion bill was then resumed. The confer
ence report on the pension appropriation
bill was agreed to. 1t retains the provision
making S6 the minimum for pensions.
1t also retains the repeal of the present law
suspending the pensions of persons living
outside OF the country. The amendment
concerning Cherokee Indians was changed
SO as to make January /, 1896, the time
for removing intruders.
The sectarian school question came up
when the item of Indian schools was
reached. Mr.. Cockrell explained that the
Appropriation Committee had sought to
take out of the bill everything that was
Catholic, everything that was Protestant
and thus to separate church from state
and eliminate the denominatonal oues-
tions.
Catholic schools had heretofore been
omitted from the bill and the committee
omitted the Lincoln school at PhiIadel-
phia and Hampton school, Virginia, be-
cause they were Protestant schools.