The Saint Paul globe., 1901-02-23
POSTAL AND THE DIPLOMATIC
PROVISION FOR SPECIAL MAIL FA-
CILITIES WAS RETAINED AFT
Err MUCH DEBATE
DAYS WORK IN THE HOUSE
Held Unanimous Consent Sesx.on
In Which Flood of Private
Bills Were RaiIroaded
Through.


great supply bills of the government tba
Fosto1nce and the diplomatic and con
SuIar appropriation bills were nassad b,
Ihe senate today During tha oroo+oI,
IaI. OF the session proposition to dis
(oiiC!nde the appropriations for fast ma
1oi4ilIeS from New York to New Orleans
VIA Atlanta, and from Kansas Citv No
10 Newton, Kan. were under discnscio,,' Go
Nhlle the debate was Drotracteg7 il 1,1a
"ot particularly lively. Bv \ decisive
Nole' the senate continued the anpronria-
lions. An effort was made to obtain an
app opIlallon to continue the pneumatic
Lupe service in New York. Boston and
IHHaoelphia, but it failed. An amend
hleht was agreed to authorizing +ha
dSeliiSIs'er P,S-+ie!9 general to investigate the
"ueStIoh OF establishing a postal te!a-
erIph system, and to report his findinrs
u lhe next congress. The diplomatic
anu consular appropriation bill was
passed IN record time only forty minutes
peing consumed in its consideration.
after spirited debate the conference
report on the Indian appropriation bill
ence =
Early in the day. Washington's fare
wei address, in accordance with a Gus
tom OF the senate on WASHINGTON 8 birth
Qay was read, the reader being Senator
Bacon, of Georgia.
Ihe reading of the address by Mr..
Bacon occupied fifty minutes. 1t was
accorded attention by the senators pres
eht MI Bacon's reading was in fine
resonant voice.
resolution of the legislature of Kan
sas in favor Of Legislation on to prevent un-
just mdlscrimination in interstate com
nerce was presented by Mr.. Harris
(kan.) and referred
Mr.. Depew On. V presented a resolu-
tlon of the legislature of New York in
support Of the oleomargarine hill
A bill authorizing the attorney gen
sr2l on request of the secretary of the
interior to appear in suits brought by
states relative to school lands in In
dian reservations was passed
FAST MAIL SERVICE.
Consideration of the postofHce appro-
priation bill was resumed. the pending
question being the motion by Mr.. Raw
Inns to strike out the two paragraphs
providing appropriations for fast mail
service between New York and New Or
leans and between Kansas City and New
ton, Kan.
Mr. Vest OIo) opposed the motion in
an eloquent and fOrceful speech He
challenged the statements made yester-
day by Mr.. Turley and Mr.. Bate, Demo-
cratic senators from Tennessee that
these appropriations were subsidies
The pending appropriation facilitated
the transmission of the mails and he
never had failed to vote for increased
mail facilities, because he considered the
mails one of the greatest evidences of
civilization.
Mr.. Harris (Kan) declared that the ap-
preparation was in payment for special
services rendered by the railroads In
his judgment it was by no means n
subsidy.
JOINTS AND HATCHETS.
Mr.. Thurston CNeb) in support of the
appropriation made a facetious speech
In which he said Kansas was in IAN un-
fortunate position with its irrepressible
conflict between the unlawful joint and
the illegal hatchet." Qaughter)
Il understand" he continued, that
the train leaves Kansas City at a very
early hour in the morning and carries
to the suffering people of Kansas the
consolation of the metropolitan newspa-
pers and the original package. Nothing
San do so much to save Kansas as
newspapers and original packages -
0aughter)
Mr. RawIins' motion to strike out the
appropriation proposed was rejected 10 TO
d as follows:
Yeas-Bate. Berry. Caffery, Chiffon,
Dillingham; Frye, Hale HaWley. Jones
(Ark) Kyle lodge Nelson Pettigrew,
Platt Comm, Quarles, Teller, Turley and
WOlcott-19.
Nays-Aldrich, Alien, Bacon, Bard. Bev-
eridge, Burrows Carter, Chandler, Clapp,
Clark, Clay, Daniel Deboe. Depew Ell
kins, Fairbanks, Foster. Callinger, Hans
brough. Harris, Jones (Nev.).- Keane,
Kearns, Kenny, Lindsay, McEnery Nc
MILAN, Mallory. Martin, Money, Morgan,
Perkins. Pettus, Pritchard, Proctor Sew
hafeTo, Thurston, Tillman, Vest and
WetmOre-i5.
SOME AMENDMENTS.
Mr.. Butler On. c. offered an amend
ment directing the postmaster general to
make an investigation of the question Of
q postal telegraph system and report his
findings to congress, together with the
probable cost of establishing the system.
IT was accepted by Mr.. Wolcott and
agreed TO-
Mr.. Depcw IN V offered an amend
mcnt, providing that when any publica-
ton had been accorded the privilege of
sccond-class mail matter, the privilege
should not be withdrawn without a full
hearing by the postof1ce department. It
was agreed to.
The hill was passed and then the bill
making appropriations for the diplomati :
and consular service was taken up, ana
In forty minutes was passed 1t carries
81, ,S5G 22S, an Increase over the house bill
of $47 40.
Mr-Thurstcn CNeb.) called up the con-
ference report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill He said that two matters had
been embodied in the report which were
not directly at issue between the two
branches of congress. The first was a
provision to ratify a lease made by the
Seneca Indians of New York for the dis
position of sand on the shore Of Lake
Erie and the other authorized the secre-
tary of the interior to dispose Of the pine
timber on the Red Lake and White
Earth Indian reservations in Minnesota
and to disburse the proceeds according
to law. Some points We're undisposed Of
by the conferees, one of them being the
subject of mineral lands on Indian res
eryations.
GOPHERS HEARD FROM.
Mr.. Nelson (Mmn) made a point of
order against the proposition inserted by
the conferees as to the disposal of the
timber on the Minnesota reservations.
The provision. he said, was entirely new
il never had been considered by the sen
ate or the house and neither of the sena-