The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-20
BEER IS THE STUFF
Senator Hill Says a Glass of 1t Tastes
Good Occasionally.
ABOUT go PENSION BILLS
Congressman Bowers Charges Sol
diers With SIaugfftering Game
I'm the National Park-Busi-
ness In the House.
ABOUT 90 PENSION BILLS

req. lS.-ln tne senate
to-day Carter of Montana, offered a
resolution to recommit the tariff bill to
the finance committee for further con-
sideration. This move by one of the
four republican senators who voted
against taking up the tariff bill caused
much interesting comment. Carter did
not press the resolution, but said he
would ask to take it up next Monday,
when he would address the senate on
it's adoption. The announcement was
accepted as foreshadowing a statement
of the attitude and purposes of the
silver senators who voted against con-
siderating the tariff bill.
1t was definitely arranged that the
Cuban question would be taken up at
2 o'clock tomorrow, all appropriation
bills thus far reported to the senate be-
ing cleared from the calendar. The
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill was passed during the day. The
close of the day was marked by an
amusing controversy between Allen and
Call, which kept the senator's and spec
tators in roars of laughter for half an
hour.
About so private pension bills were
passed during the day. The bill pen
sioning the widow of the late Secretary
Gresham, as brigadier general. at 5000
monthly, with an amendment making
the amount 800 monthly. went over
without action in order to permit Voor
hees to speak against this amendment.
Soon after the senate session opened.
Hill spoke concerning the hundreds of
petitions he has received from all parts
of the country as to the prohibition of
the sale of beer at Ellis Island where
immigrants arrive. The senator said
he could not see why the sale of beer
TO immigrants was a serious matter.
"I am inclined to believe" said Hill,
that a glass of beer would be very
| welcome to these immigrants when
landing in this country This vast pc
titioning effort by well-meaning. but
misguided people, was evidence of the
extreme puritanism. extreme Roose-
veltism in progress in Now York. 1t
was part of crusade now going on"
| Lodge presented a senate resolution
directing the finance committee to in
| vestigate and report on circumstances
| attending the sale of United States
| bonds during 1S94-5-6, and disposition
| of the proceeds of such sales. The res
| olution went over. 1t is substantially
| the same as the resolution which lost
| its parliamentary status yesterday by
Hills speech carrying the debate up to
o'clock, except that it directs the fin
ance committee instead of the special
committee to make the investigation
At O'Clock the senate adjourned.
"
Strictly business in the House.
Washington, Feb 19.-The house to-
| day devoted itself strictly to business.
| s23, ,275, ,902, was passed; the conference
| report on the urgent deficiency bill was
| adopted and the bill to extend for five
years the time in which the govern
| ment can bring suits to annul patents
TO public lands under railroad and
| wagon roads grants was passed. An
| amendment was adopted limiting the
application of the act to railroad and
wagon road grants" The following
| proviso was also added to the bill:
That no suit shall be brought nor
shall recovery be had for lands that
| We're patented in lieu Of other lands
covered by grants which were lost and
| relinquished by the grant in conse-
| quence of the failure of the govern
| ment to withdraw the same from sale
| or entry" The substitute for the bill
| offered by McRae. democrat, Arkan-
sas, TO repeal outright the limitation OF
the act of 1891. was defeated, 72-149.
Pickler, republican, South Dakota,
| offered an amendment to the army ap-
preparation bill, providing that no off,
Ger of the army should be detailed TO
| duty as an Indian agent. 1t was ruled
| out on a point of order, as was an
amendment offered by Powers, republi-
can, California; against the guarding
| or policing of forest reservations or
national parks with the troops.
Soldiers. Bowers said, prevented Wis
itors to the Yellowstone park from
hunting or fishing without permits, yet
on recent visit to the park he ascer-
| tained that the soldiers themselves had
slaughtered hundreds of deer. Most of
the new provisions in the bill, includ-
ing those for the appointment of pay
masters from the line of the army and
for communication of quarters to officers
doing duty at stations where the quar-
| tiers are inadequate. were stricken out
on points of order.
Ait 4:55 o'clock the house adjourned.
Ihe err.tt rIgs.
Washington. Feb. 19.-The house COM
mittee on territories voted to-day TO re-