The herald., 1897-01-15
dealing with question involving $
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SESSION NOTES
Gear Has Hopes CT His New Elll-Presi-
G5ntlal Action


WAsHINGTON. ian. Ex-senator
Gear, chairman og the COMMITTEES on Pa
citic railroads Will cali meeting of the
committee tomorrow to consider the Dill
introduced by him yesterday for the &p-
polntlnent of commission to conduct
the settlement of the Indebtedness OF the
bond-aided railroads. When asked to-
day what action he thought the senate
would take in the new proposition, sen
ator Gear said he thought il likely IL
would be disposed to delay any acton
until it should be known what the house
would 90, but Uat he should not say
until the committee should meet what
course would be advised. The senator
said he had introduced his bill after
conference with some of the members
cf his committee. but that Re had not
made sufficient inquiry TO form an In
telligent idea of its strength in the SEN
ate Nor did he know how the Pacific
railroad people would regard the bill.
Il have not conferred With any or
them said the senator, land cannot say
whether the provision of the bill viii be
acceptable to them or not, but should
suppose they would prefer treating with
a responsible corSlission to having the
roads disposed of at forced sale.
The president has approved the act
providing for the purchase of public
lands for reservoirs and the act grant
ing pension to the widow of General
II. +. Nancleve.
The president today sent to the house
his veto of bill to establish new divis-
ion of the eastern judicial district in
Texas and to provide for other courts
at beaumont.
Senator Chandler gave notice of sew
eral amendments he proposed to offer to
the Loud BILL regulating second class
mail matter. One of these strikes out.
in the second section of the bill, the pro-
vision excluding sample copies from the
one cent a pound rate. and Speclncaily
includes samples to the number of ten
when sent to actual subscribers. The
amendment also strikes out Of the same
section the provision relating to news
agents. Another amendment strikes out
the restriction against the return of un-
sold periodicals by news agents and pro-
Vides for rate of three cents pound
on Sunday newspapers. Semi-monthly,
monthly and quarterly publications are
put on a footing with weekles in be-
ing given the one cent pound raH for
delivery by letter carriers in towns
where published. The amendments en-
large the scope of matter admissible as
second class by providing that such may
be sent to persons who receive the
same under an obligation to pay there
luI, tHe plll dS IL HcisoScu tA4S itt's'~ i.AiiAt
irg it TO persons who pay for the mat
ter ordered.
A conference on the immigration bill,
which has passed the senate and house
in different forms, was held by the rep
resentatives of the two houses today.
On account Of the absence of Mr. Loud,
chairman of the senate conferees, no
agreement was reached, but it was ap-
parent there would be no difficulty in
coming to an agreement. Some men,
bers of the house manifested a dispoai
ton to hold out for the part of the bill
as it passed the house, which was known
as the "Corliss amendment" and which
made it unlawful to employ aliens in
any form of labor in this country. but the
indications from today's meeting is that
this feature of the bill will be aban-
doned. Senator Chandler suggested
substitutes for these sections OF the
house bill less stringent in character. but
they were apparently quite determined
in their opposition to the Corliss pro-
visions. At the conclusion of the con-
ference. one of the members predicted
that the present bill as it would be re-
ported would be merely bill providing
for educational qualifications for the ad-
mission of immigrants.
The secretary of the treasury has di-
rected the chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing not to use the por-
trait of Cyrus Mccormick of Chicago on
the new $40 certificates, as was contem-
plated. The proposition was opposed by
persons interested in rival harvesters OF
those manufactured by the Mccormick
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