The record-union., 1896-03-19
They call us to deliver
Their land from errors chains

we are told upon high ecclesiastical
authority that his excellency has lately
laid down his honors at the feet of
Jesus. | am glad to know it. 1t has
been the general impression of Demo-
Gratis that the mugwumps and incense
burners had got those honors, and in
tended to keep them. / have got re-
spect for the Christian religion, and for
missions at home and abroad, but this
was slander upon the men who, with
rifle in one hand and ak in the other,
have gone out and blazed that pathway
of civilization in the Western wilds.
This, Mr.. President, is what we have
come to at last, that the President of
the United States in his official capacity
says to the people of the whole world
that in one portion of this country the
surroundings are such that missions
home missions-are necessary in order
to bring the people to the proper knowl-
edge of what is right and true
AT this point the Vice-President asked
Vest to suspend his speech until mes
sage should be received from the Pres
ident of the United States. Vest stopped
and the message was delivered, general
laughter being excited at the incident,
and when Vest continued he remarked
with assumed gravity that he would
be glad if the presiding officer woulo
examine the message and see If it was
in response to anything which had oc-
Cured in the Senate to-day.
Villas Dem) of Wisconsin offered as
an amendment to Cannons joint reso-
luton proviso that any lands contain
ing asphalt or gilsining or like sub
stance shall be reserved for further dis
position by Congress. He went on to
argue the matter suggesting that per-
haps the Secretary of the Interior did
not know certain fact.
There is no fact Wo1cott (Rep) of
Colorado broke in, that the present in
cumbent of the Interior Department
does not consider he knows" Gaugh-
ter)
At another point Villas suggested-in
connection with Vests missionary re-
marks-that he was not very certain
that the first missionary ought not to be
sent very near to the place where the
Senators were now sitting.
At o'clock the Vice-President an
nounced the unfinished business, which
was a Senate bill to approve a compro
mise and settlement between the United
States and the State of Arkansas. After
some colloquy it was arranged that the
Arkansas bill should not be pressed un
til after the Cuban resolutions and the
Dupont case were disposed Of and that
it should be succeeded as unfinished
business by the JOINT resolution as to
the Uncompahgre Reservation.
The Dupont election case was then
taken up, and Thurston (Rep) of Ne
braska addressed the Senate in an ar
gument supporting Dupont's claim to
the seat
Thurston closed his speech at ) p. M,
and Chandler (Rep.) of New Hampshire
took the floor to speak on the same side
OF the question.
The following bills were taken from
the calendar and passed;
Senate bill for the relief of settlers on
the Northern Pacific indemnity lands
(allowing them to take UP quantities of
land in Minnesota equal to the can
celled patents).
House bill for the reconstruction of
the Rock Island bridge.
House bill authorizing the Rock ISL
and, Muscatine and Southwest Railroad
Company to build a bridge across the
Illinois and Mississippi Canal.
Senate bill to authorize the leasing
Of lands for educational purposes in
Arizona (reported in place of a similar
bill vetoed by the PresdenD.
Senate bill fixing the salary of the
Chief Justice of the Court of Claims at
$4,000 and of the Justices at $4,000.
Senate bill granting a pension of $50
a month to the widow of Brevet Major
General Sam A Duncan.
Senate joint resolution for the dispo-
sition of the real estate rents, etc, now
in the hands of the receiver of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints-to be delivered to the Presi-
dency of the church
Senate bill granting to the State of
California ) per cent. of the net pro-
ceeds of the cash sales of public lands
in that State for school purposes.
Senate resolution authorizing the
Committee on Indian Affairs to con-
tinue Investigations during the recesses
of Congress, and to visit the several In
dian reservations.
After short executive session the
Senate, at 800 o'clock. adjourned until
tomorrow.