Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-28
SENATORS WERE SCARCE.
Quorum Lacking ut Opening of the Upper
Branch of Compress.

Quorum Lacking Mt Opening of the Upper |
Branch of Congress.
Washington, April 25.-There We're so
few senators in the chamber at morning
prayer that Senator Chandler (rep., N.
H.), one of the few, called attention to
the absence of a quorum. A call of the
senate then took place, when only 40
senators--two less than quorum-re-
sponded. The sergeant-at-arlns was
ordered to request the attendance of
absent members, and soon afterwards
the attendance of the requisite number
was obtained, and the secretary pro-
ceeded to read the journal of Friday.
On n yea and nay vote the senate de-
cided, yeas %, nays ~, not to take up the
house bill as to the distillation OF
brandy from fruits with the finance
committee amendment repeating the
section of the tariff law for rebate of
the tax on alcohol used in the arts. The
vote was very closely political one.
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was then proceeded
with.
Washington, April 25.-Nir. Bingham
(rep., Pa.) submitted the report of the
conferees on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. 1t
made the following settlement of dis.
puted points:
Salary of assistant comptroller of the
treasury, $4,000.
A board of ten examiners of survey
at $4,000 each, to be appointed in the
general land office,
The appropriation of $4,000 for a
classification division of the patent Of
fee is stricken out.
The increase of $66,5oO made by the
senate over the house provision for
.alaries of district attorneys was re-
duced to $4,000, and the increase of
500 in marshals' salaries was re-
| duced to $4,000.
| Several subjects were still in dis
agreement, including provision for SEN
ators' personal clerks; and as to these
further conference was asked. The
| report was agreed to and the additional
conference ordered.
A bit of presidential politics was I'M
eXpectedly injected into the discussion
by an apparently innocent inquiry by
Mr.. Grosvenor (rep., o.. He wanted to
know if there was anything in the bill
relating to the capitol of Oklahoma in
tended to prevent the people of that
| territory from expressing an opinion as
to its location.
Mr.. Bingham replied that a provision
forbidding the legislator to entertain
proposition to change the location of
the capitol had been agreed upon at
the first conference and was not now
before the house.
Mr.. Grosvenor-It is proposition
that ought to destroy any man who was
a party to it.
Mr.. Flynn (rep., Okla.) said that
probably he was responsible as much
as anyone for the insertion of the pro.
vision in the bill. "If the gentleman
from Ohio" he continued, were MOI
ranking nuder other matters, he would
not have made this onslaught. That
provision, or n similar one, has been
in every bill since the establishment OF
Oklahoma as territory
Mr.. Grosvenor responded to Mr.
Flynn, saying that he was not crank
ing under talnSs, ana d1d not know
what the enormously distinguished
gentleman from Oklahoma meant by
these words" He had spoken because
he happened to be the recipient of sew
eral letters from prominent resident!
of the territory protesting against the
provision referred to-one of which hi
had read-and he had done what he
,oocniyeI fo l,e his Il,ty
Mr.. Flynn replied that he was i'll
duced to speak at all only by the state
ment which Mr.. Grossenor had mad,
that the provision should destroy an!
man connected with it. 81 am Willing
to be destroyed by the people, but an
not willing to be destroyed by the gen
tleman from Ohio"