| Show washington the senate Wre trestles finance fC and I 1 alair hill dill 11 KEEN SATIRE Is to Fail arcs of or con congress ress to show its consummate it THE shermana Shen Sher nang mans antitrust anti trust tra t cill bill the worlds fair B 11 THO tiati thou Thoi hand dollars lor for the lie itah utah industrial home rome ini THE march 18 the committee on finance reported a vito for the bill against trusts in re strain of production placed on the calendar immediately after the morning business consideration on the tile urgency deficiency bill was resumed an ali item of 2 00 waa was inserted in aid of the industrial home association in ut utah avi T territory e critor y an amendment wa was offered by hale authorizing the use of 50 0 for the tile relief of the tn tie tle mountain bind band of indian indians at the devils lake agency teller said when he lie was secretary of the tile interior he investing investigated invest ig ted the case of the file turtle Aroun mountain tain a indians indiana and find there were then hut of them thel lri mostly halt half br ed that number had now according to the published etaU mento swelled to over 1900 but these w were ere not american indians indiana they were Alani manitoba toba Chip and if the doors of the general d distribution were thus opened to th them emall all the tile Chippe chipperas Chip pevas wras in that country would hock flock into the united states the british chippe was should hould L be bent sent back bat k where the they Y belonged he ile wanted to pat put on r record e his denial of the tile statement whether it came from the tile pulpit or els elsewhere eliere that list those Ini indians lians had been improperly treated by the gov if the io states the amendment WAS agreed lo 10 0 o amendments were also agreed to as fol follows laws for I 1 or agricultural experiment exper imen stations in arizona new Al mexico exico and utah for preliminary in lions for artesian wella wells for irrigation purposes west of the in ind anti east of the foothills of the irocky mountains making addition al at appropriation of tor for the fish commis commission eion all tile amendments having been disposed dip posed of the bill passed tile 1 ho blair education bill was then taken up nil and I 1 haviley law ley spoke in opposition to it congress docs does not govern so well that it should under undertake tale to do everything eaid said claley there were ere not school houses in the city of Washl ngon had exclusive jurisdiction half of the children had to attend school in in the I 1 C ren ilion kin ad a d half hall in in he the afternoon con girt creps showed that not run the common of the district of Col columba uruba he ile f mud too that congress was rot not a success in in the management of the indians for ho read every day charges that the government fec robbing he the indians Indi aos and he lie had read recently an eloquent protest from the tile chief of the cherokees that they were crowded out of their heir lands land he ile found that congress was imbecile so far as the coast de fences of the country were concerned ned the government bad a few cat aroa guns but had no protection against a first clas clam or a second class iron clad three or four years ago there had hail been nothing but the ruins of a former brilliant navy some poor od 0 d broken down ragged cripples of ships now sow the country was beginning to have a navy but still it was practically defence de fenceless legs he ile found the supreme court load d down with neglected bus ness so there was practically a denial of justice all over the united slates and congress had bad not been able or willing to reorganize that court in short be he found everywhere every where proof that congress was not absolutely wise the bill was bad it abandoned abando jod the original theory oatlie of the government and launched the government on an unbounded sea of wild ac schemes klemes moody and chandler spoke briefly in in support of the tile bill which then went over the cloupe amendments to the oklahoma bill were non concurred in and a conference was ordered the following senate bills for public buildings building passed passa spokane falls washington aloo wall walla wahington VO laoma tacoma tion seattle ashington washington the senate bill to establish certain porte of delivery in in alaska terr territory t or at mary alary aland I 1 kanj wrangle I 1 land an guint Kodi passed adjourned THE HOISE WAI warmington march 17 A resolution was adopted calling upon the tile Secreta of war and the tile interior for information whether a saving of public expenditure can be made by transferring the bureau of pensions from the tile interior to the war dopart inella A re wae adopted calling upon the 8 cr creary tary of the interior lir for data relative to the tile payment of pen eions and estimates sa as to the amant of money which would be required for the payment of arrears in ca case tho the limitation of arrears act were repealed the bai b 11 to repeal he tim br r cul anre laws was taken up it provides that any who made an ent entry 0 of 1 public bile lands under the tile timber c culture u artt u re fal laws va who ho lias ilia tor for tour four years complied u illi ith the provisions of said laws shall be entitled to make final proof and acquire title by b the payment of one dollar and twenty five cents per acre pending action the house went into comm commit i te tee oi of the whole on qu the pe henrion riplon appropriation atlon bill M arow of california in charge of the tile bill which appropriates explained the provisions of the tile bill in reference to tho the general sub led t of pensions Ien it might safely be assumed that tha the number of pensioners would reach the maximum about july ISM when the ilia expenditure would be H ola on thai that date under the existing lan law tha the number of pensioners on the roll would bo be sayers discussed the pension system as affected by both the acts of congress and the administration of he ile cited statistics to show that from july 1 to january 1 1890 tho the expenditures of the th government tor for pensions were 1 that the espee expenditures for I 1 pensions were for the past fiscal year I 1 WJ S that the expenditures for I 1 pensions from march to june 1801 1861 throughout a period of seventy two years and a hilf half were ayearst and in the be excess of pension disbursements bur for the fiscal 3 year ear ending june line 30 1880 over the pensions pension I 1 from 1781 to 1801 1861 a period ol 01 seven seventy t v two years and a half waa wan he ile severely cri I 1 cased the of the pension office and cited many in instances where here ho lie claimed the deci si sir r a of the bureau burea were ere indirect and J improper pr 0 r he wished to call attention 10 it to tj the th manner man n er in which the pension system was being administered lie ile thought liere there should be a thorough investigation of the system in order that complete justice be done to the men who had I 1 light for their country that the bounty jumpers should be be stricken from the roll peters eaid said that for I 1 lie first tima time in the tile his history bafry r of the country the lie house 11 had ad before ait it a careful and concise ea dimate i f what the expenditures of the pension bureau would be during the ilia next fiscal year he lie defended the administration cf ef the bureau while wh ile he lie could not defend all the acts of commissioner tanner lie could only y say that that officer had followed in in the file wake of his predecessor general black pending further debate the tile committee rose and the tile house louse adjourned actea duty on tin tru trill other dittes U Al trell IS 18 armour lia ila petitioned congress for free tin ti it on the ground thata that a duty will ruin the canned goods business buei nesa and increate the price to consumers the dakota senators have created create d quite a sentiment in favor of a duty on tin they any say a duty of two cents per pound wilf will protect american workmen ok men and increase the cost of tanned fanned goods sherman Sher manfrom from the senate committee on finance reported today to day a sabeti tute for bis his antitrust anti trust bill sherman thinks by it he lie has overcome all ob j chiong to the measure on oil te ve ground of unconstitutionality the members of the committee reserve the ilia right to express their opinion of the bill when it comes up for consideration the tile substitute declares clares unlawful and void all combinations of two or more citizens in ns 0 fre fr e compe i on in importation transportation or kiich tends to advance the cost of articles of consumption it gives the U 8 courts jurisdiction and allows a perron 1 d damaged caged to recover double the amount 0 of f aid demire am ige with costs and attorn attorneys ays eys fees PARK A bill nil was introduced in th the e house louse today to day setting apart the Y yosemite Yoe emite valley tor for a public park fortification appropriations the appropriations committee of the house today to day completed the fortification ap sp bill and directed brewer to report it to ilie home the bill makes a total appropriation aion of being ta 3 lees less than the estimates and more loreti tt an all the last bill and more than the appropriation made at the first bession of last congress the bill carries carrie as an 11 appropriation Is ii on of f for a gun and artar in tar batteries ba teries at san 80 francisci and 1000 tor for inquiry concerning the facilities offered for gun run factories fic tories at atuck leland island and bernicia arsenals ase nals A POSTAL TELFOR TELEGRAPH ADVOCATED edward rosewater editor of the omaha dee bee and a practical telegrapher gra phar argued b before the house committee today to day in behalf of the postal telegraph he ile said he lie caire carre not to advocate any particular bill nor to antagonize any particular telegraph company he ile said he was R as convinced the time had bad arrived for the government to endeavor to secure control of the telegraphs he ile presented figu figures rest showing the expense and profits on a given wire and lat eaid d he thought a fifteen cent rate for messages ought to be remunerative mr air Kose Itose advocated the proposition that iiii government boy buy up all the telegraph lines then advertise for proposals to have a private corpor corporation operate tile postal stal telegraph a tern tem under contro control r of the government this would give the people cheaper and more efficient service chairman bingham laid before the committee a letter fr m dr green and general eckert of the tile W I 1 in which they say the executive font corn cittee has instructed them to invite the committee to visit the company comp anys a headquarters and examine their general operations the tile letter says 11 we court the roost most thorough investigation and are willing you yon should employ experts to examine our books accounts and statements AMENDMENT TO TUB THE interstate INTER STATE co COMMERCE ACT cullom today to day introduced a bill to am amend end section 12 of the interstate inter state com commerce rn re act BO so as to provide that the commission commie sion shall have authority to I 1 inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers and shall keep itself informed as to the method in which I 1 the he same is conducted upon the request of the commission the district attorney to whom it may apply may commence under the direction of the attorney attorn oy general all necessary proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions provision of the law BROTHER WANAMAKER in the house today to day norton offered tor for reference a resolution reciting that it is reported that the postmaster general has been employ employing ng post office inspectors and special agents investigating the claims of republican a applicants tor for appointment ai as pot In ma elera seters out of the ilia public funds contrary to law and calling on the postmaster ma ter general for a stat ment gest of illinois introduced a bill in the house granting a bounty of 50 to all soldiers eol diers and sailors ot of the I 1 late te war who served in the volunteer service sera a not lees less than ninety days and were honorably diac discharged barged the world worlds fair bill completed washington march marell 18 the worlds fair committee completed consideration of the bill this morning it resulted in a victory for chicago it is amended amend C d so as to provide provida that tho tile Imes president ident may iesue issue ft procla prods mation and invitation to foreign I 1 exhibitors hibi tors tore as soon as be he is satisfied the illinois corporation hs hips provided for a ten million dollar guarantee the dates for the exposition as I 1 fixed x ed yesterday were not changed bu but t brigs candler ler gave notice that he be would move in tho tile couro for holding it in 1893 it was reported to the house louse im immediately |
