The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-05
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 27.-Hale
called up the naval appropriation bill,
but objection was made to Its consideFa-
ton until the completion Of tie morning
business.
Hale said he wanted the senators to
realize the condition in which the SEN
ate finds itself with the great appropri-
stion bills tumblIng on II the last week
| OF the session. Ia order to avoid an
extra session 1t was necessary 70 give the
appropriation bills every possible sd-
vancement. The naval bill was then
| taken up and the reading proceeded
with.
| Att O'Clock the unfinished business,
| belng the aDti-silver coinage bill, was
/ LAID before the senate, but was tempo
rarily laid aside and the consideration
| of the naval bill continued. In dis
cussion on the bill, Mcpherson favored
the building of larger cruisers than pro
| Yided tor, and on the suggestion OF MIL
Ter of California, without objection by
Hale, the limit for the maximum ton
| mage tor the two new cruisers
! recommended by the senate committee,
was made five instead of four thousand
tons.
The amendment offered by Hale
agreed to appTopristing $112 600 for the
| purchase of Ericsson's torpedo boat
| destroyer" W it'll this exception the bill
passed substantially as reported from
the senate committee on appropriations.
Van Wyck called up the bill provid-
| ing for the sale of the Sac and Fox H.
dian reservations in Nebraska and Kan
sas After a short discussion the Dill
passed, and the senate went into execu-
! tive session.
! Reagan asked unanimous consent to
| take from the Speakers table the inter
stste commerce bill tor the purpose OF
non-concurrlng In the senate amend
ments thereto, but Kean objected.
| Rosencrans from the committee on
military affairs reported bill for the re-
tirement OF Gen. h. NJ. Wight with the
rank of msior general.
AS the regular order of business the
house proceeded to the further consider
alton of the sundry civil BILL
HOrr Offered an amendment providing
that the money appropriated to aid the
| New Orleans Exposition shall be issued,
first, IL paying the Indebtedness now
outstanding and Tue persons outside OF
| Louisiana, including the debt TO foreign
| ers or foreign natIons and such as are
due the United States and territories
and second, In payment of all premiums
| awarded by the exposition.
The amendment was adopted; ayes,
206; nays, 50.
PStter then moved 70 strike out the en-
tire clause; lost; ayes, 1923; nays. 49,
james, Thomas and McComas severe
| ly criticised the sundry civil oil fer
provisions which il contained relative
to public buildings and asserted that.
while the districts represented in the
| appropriation had been we'll looked
after the districts of ordinary members
in the house were d sregarded. Payson
said that as he was the only member of
the appropriation committee who had
not been provided for $4,000 should
be given him TO be expended in his dis
| trIct.
Randall replied that the remark was
unjust. There was not dollar in the
bin that went TO his (RandaIl's) district.
Other members of the committees on ap-
Preparations in tWominute speeches JUS
| titled their actions and attributed the
cnmplaints. NOT 10 what Is in the bill, but
T. Whist was not In IT, as
one gentleman ceased and an
oiher rose there were shouts of
| next" with satiric suggestions that