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were concurred in. Willis moved to
suspend the rules and put upon Its
passage the bill apprOpriating IS. .OOO.- :

| suspend the rules ana put upon III
passage the bill appropriating SIS, 600.
600 for the continuation and compile
tiOn of the works designated in thu
last river and harbor law. The bill
contains the following provisions
That work at Galveston harbor shall
be treated as if the sum of $3.50. .OOt
had been appropriated by the bill o
last year. Willis briefly explained
that it bad been thought best not tt
allow the present works of the gov
ernment to 60 to waste and ruin or
account Of lack Of appropriations. Fol
this reason, he had, after consulta
ton with a number of gentlemen
brought in the bill appropriatinq
$5, 5,O00,O 900, or, One-seventh tht
amount which the corps of engineers
had stated could be profitably
expended during the ensuing year
TIE bill was submitted as compro
mise, because he knew the diecus
sion of the regular bills would con
sumo valua' lie time and might en-.
danger the passage of other approprl-
alton bills and cause an ext, session
Hiscoek and Cannon opposed the
bill. Cannon said during the course
of his experience last fall Democrat.
ic orators had told the people at last
the Democrsts were to be at the
helm and now they had come in and
moved to pass this crude measure
under the suspension of the rules, fol
fear there might he an extra session
in March or April. In other words
they feared to trust themselves.
The bill was supported by O'NOil
Kiefer, Bayne and Others. The mo-
ton was agreed to and the bill pass
ed 19O to SO.
Townsend, from the committee on
appropriations report I'd the postoffice
appropriation bill with senate amend
ment, with report recommending
concurrence in the one and non-con-
currence in other amendments. In
order to prevent the calling of con-
tested election cases the Republicans
demanded q separate vote on each
amendment and though the recon-
mendati0ns of the appropriation
committee were in each case agreed
to. (clause relative to ocean transport
tation not reached They consumed
the time until five o'clock, when q
recess was taken until eight. The
evening session is for the. considera-
ton of pc, lsion bills.
When the doors were re-opened,
legislative business was proceeded
with. Cameron wis. moved to re-
sumo consideration of House bill
limiting the time for the presenta-
ton of claims against the United
States. Morrill, called for the regular
order, being the trade. dollar bill,
Morrell said, latter the demonstra-
tions made elsewhere, there was no
probability of the section repeating
the STANDARD dollar coinage act would
become d law. He thought, there.
fore, it would be we'll to take a vote
on that section without debate and
then the Senate could dispose of the
trade dollar bill as it might choose"
Cameron's motion was agreed to, yeas
"a. nays 81.
VanWyck obtained unanimous
consent that the claims bill be tempo
rarlly laid aside to take up pension
bills originating in the Senate and
favOrably reported from committees.
B lis favorably reported were then
taken up in order.
Bills passed granting pension of
$50 per month to the widow of Gen.
Benz. Alvord; $50 per month to the
widow of Commodore S. Dana
Greene, United States navy; $50 per
M onth to the widow of Commodore
Moreland, United States navy; in
creasing from $50 to $50 per month
the pension of General Charles H.
Morgan.
A House message announcing the
disagreement on legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill
Was laid before the Senate which in
sisted on its amendments and con-
ferees were appointed.
The House substitute for the river
and harbor bill appropriating S., ,0OO,-
900 was laid before the Senate, and
having been read once Cameron, of
Wis.,, objected to its second reading.
So the bill lies on the table, not hav-
ing been referred to committee.
SENATE.
Hale called up the naval bills, but |
objection was made to its considera-
tion until the completion of the |
business.
Hale said he wanted senator's to
realize the almost intolel able condi-
tion in which the senate finds itself
with the great appropriation bills
tumbling upon it during the last |
weeks of the session. In order to
avoid an extra session it was essen
tial to give appropriation bills every
possible advancement.
The naval bill was then taken up |
and reading proceeded with. At one |
o'clock the unfinished business, be-
ng the anti-silver colnag3 bill,
was laid before the senate, but was
laid aside and the con-
sideration OF the naval bill continued
In the discussion on the bill Nc
Pherson favored building larger
cruisers than provided for, and on
the suggestion Of Miller, (Cal. with
nut objection by Hale, the limit of
the maximum tonnage !or the two
new cruisers recommended by the
senate committee was mace 5000 in
stead OF 1000 tons. The amendment
offered by Hale was agreed to appro-
Dri. ting $1,000 for the purchase of
Ericson's torpedo boat, Destroyer.
With this exception the bill passed
as reported from the
'enate committee on appropriations.
Morgan asked unanimous consent
o take up the bill for the relief of
Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of the