The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-04

An All-NIght Session. I'm which but
Little Progress Was Made.
WAsHTnGroN CRY, March 4.-The Senate
met At $50 yesterday, and Immediately
went into executive session. The doors
were roopened ct 1915. when the general
deficiency appropriation bill was taken up
and III the amendments agreed to in COM
mittee Of the whole last night were agreed
70 In bulk by the Senate, except as to four
that were reserved, including the French
opoliation claims, the Pacific railroad
claims, and the amendment providing
10000 TO afford relief to citizens of Okla
homa who were rendered destitute by the
drought.
Plumb desired to have the amendment
agreed to distributing among the various
departments of the government number
Of census Office clerks whose employment
- about to cease, but Edmunds objected,
on the ground that it was purely lcgisla-
tive subject and interfered with the opera
ton Of the civil service rules, those clerks
not having had to 60 through the forms of
civil service examination.
Plumb offered an amendment appropri-
citing sc, 600 for the relief of citizens of
Oklahoma who were rendered destitute by
dr0uth; agreed to.
The amendment providing payment to
tho Pacific roads was agreed to without
amendment.
The next reserved amendment was that
on payment of French spoliation claims.
The discussion was carried on at much
length BY stewart, Hoar, Evarts, sher-
Blair, Hale, Reagan and Hawley. Finally,
Gorman having appealed to the senator's to
atop the discussion and to pass the bill be-
fore It was too late, vote was taken and
the French spoliation claims amendment
agreed to--ayes Al. nays Ia.
The last reserved amendment was that
N fnf ISA Al
graph giving a months extra pay to Off
GERS and employees of the Senate and
House, borne on the annual or the session
rolls. The amendment was disagreed to
and the paragraph was retained. Faux
ncr moved to add to the paragraph the
words land official reporter of the Senate
and House: agreed to.
Stewart offered an amendment to re-
1mburse California, Oregon and Nevada for
moneys expended by them in the supres-
sion of the rebellion; $2.45l 900 TO Cali
tornla, 81, 900 to Oregon, $404 To Nevada.
The amendment was agreed TO without di-
vision.
Carlisle offered an amendment TO the
extra months pay paragraph, SO as TO in
Guide the employees of the law department
Of the congressional library; agreed TO.
A paragraph was inserted directing the
secretary of the treasury TO settle and paw
the claims of New York, Pennsylvania,
and the city of Baltimore on account of
advances made in the year 1872, and APP
propriating s., $685. 900 for that purpose,
The bill was passed and sent back to the
House with the Senate amendment
The conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to.
On the pension appropriation bin the
conferees reported that no agreement had
been reached. Allison explained that the
disagreement was over the amendment
! adopted by the Senate, that the provision
limiting the fees of a pension attorney to
80 in case of increased pension, should
not apply to existing valid contracts.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. which was pre-
pented and read last night, was taken up
and agreed to.
The House amendments TO the Senate
bill TO establish certain ports of delivery
IN Alaska territory, reducing the amount
from SIS, 900 to $4,000, were concurred in.
The report on the copyright bill was pre-.
scented and explained by Plat, and agreed
a.. There were two points, however. on
which no agreement was reached-the
Sherman amendment, allowing importa-
ton, on payment of tariff duties, of for
eign copies of copyright books, and Ing
als' amendment allowing importation of
newspapers and magazines, the conferees
being satisfied that no copyright bill could
become law with those two amendments
Platt moved that the Senate recede from
them.
sherman argued in support of his
amendment, and said that without il he
did not feel at liberty to vote for the bill.
He would not give the publishers of the
United States an absolute monopoly of
the production of any book; he would
give them the privilege Of protective