The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
AID FOR AGRICULTURE.
As Usual, Secretary Morton Did
Not Escape Some
CenSure.
CUBAN RESOLUTION CORRECTED
Alien introduced a Measure "To Pro-
tect the Treasury and for
Other Purposes"

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.-The
principal subject before the Senate to-day
was the agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying appropriations to the aggregate
amount of So, ,262.652. 1t was passed with
very little opposition or discussion, and is
the sixth regular appropriation bill that
has passed both houses. The only other
appropriation bill that has been received
from the House is that for the Indian De-
partment, and it is now in the hands of the
Committee on Appropriations.
Somebody having blundered IN the for
NAL message notifying the Senate of the
passage of the Cuban resolutions in the
House-the message indicating entirely in
dependent action by the House, instead Of
the fact that the House resolutions were
passed as substitute for those of the Sen
ate-the mistake was corrected to-day by
the withdrawal of that message and the
substitution of one making the correct an
nouncement. The matter was then re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
The only important item in the proceed
ings in the Senate to-day lin addition to
the passing of several bills) was motion,
submitted by German (D.) of Maryland,
for reconsideration of the vote of yester--
day passing bill authorizing the enlist
ment of additional men in the navy. The
motion is privileged one and may be
taken up at any time.
At sis o'clock the Senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
During the business of the morning hour
bill was reported from the select COM
mittee on the International exposition
and was passed, authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to distribute medals and
diplomas awarded to exhibitors at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition not yet
distributed, and appropriating $4,000 to
defray expenses.
The conference report on the army ap-
preparation bill was presented and agreed
to.
A bill entitled 'To protect the Treasury
Department and for other purposes" was
introduced by uen (Pop. of Nebraska and
referred to the Committee on Finance. 1t
provides for the retirement of all National
bank notes and the substitution therefor
of United States legal-tender notes, to be
issued by the treasury to the banks the
bonds now deposited as security for the
redemption of National bank notes to be
retained in the treasury as security for
those legal-tender notes.
a resolution was also offered by Allen,
and went over until tomorrow, declaring
that under existing laws all United States
bonds and legal-tender notes are redeem
able in gold and silver coin.
Chandler (R.) OF New Hampshire, from
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions, reported resolution for the ap-
pointment by the President of the Senate
of select committee of five Senators to in
quire into the fact and circumstances Of
the election in the State of Alabama on
the first Monday in October, 1894. The
resolution went over without action, Gray
CD Of Delaware stating his intention to
make a minority report.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Senate passed the bill authorizing
additional enlistments in the navy was
submitted by German CD of Maryland.
and went over to be called up hereafter.
Attention was called by Sherman (R of
Ohio to blunder committed in having the
House Cuban resolutions reported to the
Senate, not as substitute for the Senate
Cuban resolutions (Which was the inten-
ton and the real fact). but as indepen dent
action on the part of the House. He asked
to have the journal corrected. After a
good deal OF colloquy Sherman adm tilted
that the proper remedy was to wait for the
House to send to the Senate an authentic
report of its action of yesterday.
The agricultural appropriation bill was
then taken up. The committee amend
ment striking out of the bill the provision
for change in the methods of supplying
tobacco to foreign countries was disagreed
to.
A committee amendment striking out
an item creating a s'division of agrostol.
ogy,'' with chief at $500 year, gave rise
to pretty long discussion, in the course
of which the whole scheme OF running the
Agricultural Department was character
lied by Hale (R.) of Maine as an abuse
Finally compromise adjustment was
made between the advocates and oppo-
nents of the division of soils and of the
division of agrostology.
The com mittee amendments having all
been disposed of, an amendment was
offered by Warren (R.) of Wyoming ap-
propriating $4,000 for an investigation,
under the Secretary of the Interior, as to
the best modes of irrigation.
After a long discussion the measure was
modified 80 as to appropriate S4500 for con-
tinuing the gauging of streams and deter
mining the water supply by the geolog-
ical Survey up to the Both of June, 1896,
and as modified it was agreed to. The bill
was then passed.
A message was received from the House
Withdrawing the House Cuban concurrent
resolutions OF yesterday and announcing
the passage OF the Senate Cuban concur
rent resolutions with a substitute-the
substitute being the House Cuban resolu-
tions. They were referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
Senate bill to withdraw from the Su-
preme Court the jurisdiction of criminal
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