The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-05
SHUTTING UP THE SENATE.
The Business of the Last Hours Nc
Marked by 2xcitem ent.

The Business of the Last Hours Not
Marked by Excitement.
WASHINGTON, March 4-As stated in
this mornings report of the proceedings Of
the Senate last night, at 2::25 Mr.. Pasco
moved to reconsider the vote agreeing to
the conference report on the copyright bill,
and also moved that the House be requested
to return the bill to the Senate.
A vote was taken on the latter motion,
and resulted-yeas Is, nays 20 mo quorum.
A call of the roll showed the presence of
forty-seven senator's.
Mr.. Allison suggested that the call for
yeas and nays be withdrawn, and that no
other business be done except action on the
conference reports.
Mr.. Platt-Where will that leave the
copyright billa
Mr.. Aliison-I do not know.
Mr.. Hale moved, at $3.50 a. m, that the
Senate recede from the Hawaiian cable
amendment to the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. the only question be-
tween the two houses being that it would
be useless to attempt any further confer
ence on the subject.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill
H6uJ W L ISolu0ut.
A LONG DISCUSSION.
Discussion upon Mr.. Pasco's motion to
reconsider the vote agreeing to the confer
ence report on the copyright bill occupied
the attention Of the Senate at intervals up
to the hour of taking recess. Mr.. Pasco
complained that, Notwithstanding his mo-
ton, the bill had been hurried to the Vice
President and had received the Vice Presl-
dents signature, and was now awaiting the
Presidents
That was an instance, in the opinion OF
Mr.. Hale, of how the bill had been 'rail-
roaded"
The idea Of the bill being "railroadedn
was angrily repealed by Mr. Platt.
Very deep regret was expressed by Mr.
Hale that the Vice President had seen fit to
sign the bill, and it was only, he thought,
because the Vice President did not know
of the serious effort to have a full vote of
the Senate on the motion to reconsider. He
hoped that the President would learn the
facts in time to withhold his signature.
Mr.. Spooner had seen the Vice President
he said, and had learned that he had, not
knowing OF the motion, signed the bill, and
there the matter stood, when the hour of
recess came.
In the meantime the conference report on
the agricultural appropriation bill had been
agreed to ana a partial conference report
on the deficiency bill was agreed to, further
conference being ordersd.
A RECESS.
AT 6:15 o'clock the Senate took a recess
till 8 o'clock. The Senate resumed its ses-
sion at 9 O'Clock, with the Vice President in
the chair. 1t was half an hour later before
the attendance of quorum was obtained
and mean while various matters of routine
came up, and were disposed of with that
railroad speed which ths senator's had COM
planned of last night in connection with the
copyright bill There was great pres ,ure
of business, and but little cremony was used
in dispatching it. The first matter of any
consequence that came up was Mr.. Pasco's
motion, made at the night session, TO
reconsider the vote agreeing TO the confer
ence report on the copyright bill and to re-
call the bill. The vote upon the latter
motion was yeas 81, nays 90. Before the
vote was annou need NJ. Hale asked uaan-
imoug consent to the present conference
report on the deficiency bill, but Mr.. Platt,
who was not In the most genial humoC,
objected to any interruption Of the roll
call. IL went on to the close, aud the result
was highly satisfactory to Mr.. Platt and
the other friends of the copyright measure.
Further conference report on the deficiency
bill was presented and read. The House
amendment to the bill for public building
at Clarksville, Tenn, reducing the amount
from $50, 900 to $35, 900, was concurred in.
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr.. Sherman made a motion to go into
executive session. The galleries were
cleared and the doors closed. 1t was 10:45
o'clock when the doors we're reopened, and
then there was rush through the corridors
up the wide marble staircase and to the
elevators, and ia a few minutes the spacious
galleries were filled with a painting. eager,
noisy, chattering crowd.
The clerk of the House appeared at the
bar with message announcing that the
House had agreed to the conference report
on the general deficiency bill.
Immediately afterward. Mr. Hale pre-
sented the same conference report to the
Senate and moved its adoption.
Mr.. Stewart asked what disposition had
been made of the amendments that were in
dispute
THE AMENDMENTS ABANDONED.
He was informed by Mr.. Hale that the
House conferees were so firm in their re-
sistance to those amendments that it bad
become question of giving up the amend
ments or giving up the bill. In considera-
tion mainly Of the large pension appropria-
tion which the bill contained. the Senate
conferees had receded from the amend
ments and the amendments were now out
of the bill. The report was agreed to.
Mr. Morgan.apphsdSsto be excused from
further survice on the committee on foreign
relations.
Dir. Hoar objected, and said that 1t would
be with great regret that the Senate and
the country would sss the distinguished
senator from Alabama withdraw from that
committee. Like sentiment was expressed
by Messrs Ransom, Cullom, Dawes,
Spooner and German, and on motion Of the
latter the Senate declined to acoede TO Mr.
Morgan's request.
a committee of two senator's, Messrs
Edmunds and German, was appointed TO
join e like committee on the part of the