The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-04


the amendment would be of enormous
value to the Western country.
Bate of Tennessee was of the opinion
that the present proposition was simply
the first step IN 2 mammoth scheme TO
reclaim the arid lands of the country.
1t was a beautiful idea, he said, but the
| finances of the country We're not at pres
ent in such condition to enter upon the
| proposed scheme. In addition, he main
| tanned, the proposition was wrong, be-
cause it looked to the performance Of the
work by the Federal Government that
ought to be done by State or industrial,
| enterprise.
| Gear of Iowa called attention to the
| fact that so per cent. of the arid land
| was Government land.
| Pate contended, however, that the
| time was not opportune to enter upon
| the scheme proposed.
| Carter of Montana took issue with
some of the statements of the Senator
from Tennessee Bate. He pointed out
| that there was not a plat of 100 acres
| OF Government land in this country upon
which settlement had not been made,
except arid lands. He depicted the re-
suits of irrigation in various parts of
| the world, and maintained that the Gov
eminent must either cede to the States
| the arid lands, or take up some proper
and adequate plan for the irrigation of
these lands He maintained that it was
| the business of the Government to care
| for the interests of the people to the ex
tent at least which he outlined.
| Cullom proposed as a substitute for
| Warren's amendment, the following:
| For the purpose of collecting from ag-
ricultural colleges agricultural expert
ment stations and other sources, includ
/ ing practical agents and engineers, prac-
| teal information and data upon the sub
| iect of irrigation and publishing the
same in bulletin form, $4,000
| The amendment was adopted. and the
bill, carrying So 251, 022. was passed.
The Senate then, at 5:25 p M, went
into executive session. AT 5:2S p. m.
the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The House
spent the day ostensibly considering the
Notifications appropriation bill. In re-
ality the major portion of the time was
| consumed in the discussion of political
topics. The existence of prosperity in
this country was again the main ques-
ton of dispute. The feature of the day
was the discovery by Simpson the
| Kansas Populist, and the exploitation
4! of the alleged fact that Dingley, Chair
| man of the Ways and Means Committee,
wore a London made pot hat. Dingley
explained that the hat was made in
| New York. The London trade mark was
simply placed there to please the anglo
maniacs, who always prererred things
| because they We're English All at
tempts to increase the appropriations in
| the Notifications appropriation bill or 20
amend it in any respect Were voted down
| to-day.
bill was passed appropriating S10.
600 for survey and report on the prac-
| ticability of securing a 35-foot channel
| in the Southwest Pass of the MISSISSIPPI
Di River.
| The House then resumed considera-
| ton of the fertilization appropriation
| bin. The debate drifted into politics,
and Burk CD of Texas, and Grosve
nor R) of Ohio Joined issue on the
subject OF Mckinley prosperity.
Simpson Pop) of Kansas followed,
| and again took up the controversy he
had a few days ago with Pitney (R) Of
New Jersey over the trusts, which, he
said. were organized in New Jersey 10
prey on Kansas and other States In a
| humorous vein he said the people Of
New Jersey We're not to blame that leg
islation in that State was knocked down
to the highest bidders, as they We're de-
scendants of the Hessians.
| When asked by Smith (R) of Michi-
| gan, why he had done nothing to ex-
| terminate thsa cirpncnn rpn1ie6
| that he was helpless.
I'm this House. said he, "the Speak
er is the whole thing. l had as we'll
file a bill in the Potomac River as in
| this House.
Pitney, in reply to Simpson, referred
| indirectly to the fact that Simpson was
! born in New Brunswick. He remem-
| bered, he said, that after the war of
the revolution many of the Tories and
| traitors in New England were deported
to the neighborhood province of New
Brunswick. He did. not mean to i'm
ply. he said, that Simpsons ancestry
was necessarily tainted by that fact,
| but he asserted his pride in his own
ancestry He also paid a glowing tri
butte to his State.
| Foote (R.) of New York then de-
| Notifications bill At the rate of APP
preparations provided in this bill, he
said, it would require fifteen years to
carry out the plans of the Endicott
Board. He asserted that on the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts there was not
a gun that could be fired in defense Of
| the harbors.
| Hemenway (R) cf Indiana deried that
| dafauSaIaSc -
| Charleston there were three S-inch
guns, one 10-inch gun and eight NOR
| tars II the coast was in the condi-
ton represented by the gentleman from
New York, he said, he would be will
ing to appropriate $40.000G0O. Hem
enway declared that the coast was fair
! ly wen protected, not as well as he
would like to see it--as it would be- The
pending bill! carried every dollar which
| the country could afford TO appropri-
ate at this time.
| Livingston CD of Georgia read from
statements from Southern papers
charging that in the distribution of mu-
nitions of war New Orleans and other
! Southern ports had been neglected.
Livingston said he had no knowledge
| on this point. but he proposed to make
] inquiry VI tDt ptOpEi ssoliioitties, anu
| if the allegations should prove true,
The warned the House that provisions
would have to be made for Southern
ports.
| At o'clock the general debate closed
and the bin was taken UP for amend
ment under the five-minute rule.
| Mcclellan CD of New York offered
an amendment to increase the appropri-
atoms for guns and mortars from one to