The San Francisco call., 1898-02-04
OVER THREE MILLIONS FOR
 AGRICULTURE An Appropriation Bill Passed by the
 Senate. Preliminary Provisions Made to Secure Needed
 Irrigation. Germany's Embargo on Amer jean Fruits to Be InveS-
 tigeted. CAFFERY ON CORBETT. w hito Introduces Resolution in Reference to the Rights of the
 People of Hawaii.
Germany's Embargo on Amer jean Fruits to Be Inves-
 tigeted.
CAFFERY ON CORBETT.
White Introduces a Resolution in Reference to the Rights of the
 People of Hawaii.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Rigs House

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 Washington, Feb. 3. One of the features of to-day's ses- ! sion of the Senate was a speech by Caf- fiery of Louisiana in support of the res- l olution reported by the Committee on Prlvlleges and Elections declaring that Henry w Corbett is not entitled to a seat In the Senate from the State of l oregon. MT. Corbett was appointed as | Senator by the Governor of Oregon after the failure of the Legislature to elect successor to Senator Mitchell. Caffery maintained the Governor of a state had no authority to appoint to fill an original vacancy-a vacancy be- ginning with new term-after the Legislature had had an opportunity to elect and had failed to do so. The agricultural appropriation bill was under consideration during the greater part of the afternoon and final " passed. After a brief executive ses- sion the Senate adjourned.
 Germany's order prohibiting the im- poftatlon of American fruits into that empire called out resolution from Davis Of Minnesota, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, calling upon the President, If not incompatible with the Sl, Sen ate the correspondence and other infor- nation bearing upon the matter in his possession or in that of the State De- partment. The resolution was agreed to.
 In accordance with notice given, Caf- fiery of Louisiana called up informally the resolution reported from the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections declaring that Hon. Henry w. Corbett is not en- titled to a seat in the Senate from the State of Oregon.
 Caffery spoke in support of the com mittee's report against seating MT. Cor bett He claimed constitutional Leg islature had failed to elect, and the United States Senate could not put a premium upon such dereliction of duty and thereby allow a Governor to appoint favorite of his to seat.
 The agricultural appropriation bill was then taken up. During the discussion of the bill Cullom yielded to White of Cali fornia for the introduction of this joint resolutions:
 nResolyed That tn,o of ri right it. it belongs Islands to establish and maintain their own form of government and domestic policy; that the United States ought in no wise to interfere herewith, and that any intervention in the political affairs of these islands by any other government will be regarded as an act unfriendly to the United States.
 The resolution was passed by the Sem ate on May 31, 1884, having been reported by Turpie of the Committee on Foreign Relations. White asked that the resolu- tion lie on the table.
 Cullom then called up the agricultural appropriation bill, the reading of which was concluded last evening. Pending the submission of certain amendments to the bill, Platt of Connecticut expressed his regret that the committee had not strick- en from the bill the appropriation for the purchase and distribution of seeds. He read a letter from a number of members of a Connecticut Grange, in which the statement was made that the seeds sent out by the Agricultural Department were not good, could not be depended upon, and were of no use to the farmers or gar deners.
 In reply to Platt's brief statement, AL len thought that the chief opposition to the Governments distribution of seeds came from those who themselves had seeds for sale.
 The amendment to the agricultural bill offered by Warren, providing for a di- vision of irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, for the investigation of meth, ods of constructing irrigation canals and of storing and distributing water in the reclamation of arid lands, the whole to cost $21 300, was discussed briefly by its was maintained that the adoption of the amendment would be of enormous value to the Western country.
 Cullom proposed as substitute for
 For the purpose of collecting from ag- ricultural colleges, agricultural experi- ment stations and other sources, includ- ing practical agents and engineers, prac- ject of irrigation. and publishing the same in bulletin form, $20008."
 The amendment was adopted and the bill, carrying s3.257 OPP, was passed. into e executive session. At 5:2s p. m. the Senate adjourned.