Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

lobbies by those who are eager to press
through measures they are retained to
advocate. The lobby is very active
and is in measure successful. though
all that was expected in the way of get
ting little measures through will not be
accomplished. The prospect of an
economical congress after next Decem-
Der makes the lobby particularly eager
at this time, and the fact that the ag-
gregate of appropriations during the
session amounts to about $3.50, 900, 900
more than the aggregate of the last ses-
, sion of the Fiftieth congress indicates
that efforts to get money from the treas
ury have been fairly successful. The
obligations which this congress has in
Cured, over and above the actual ap-
preparations Of money made, will be
apt to perplex the next congress, and
perhaps several succeeding congresses.
Senate.
During the night session of the senate,
house bill was passed to supply artificial
limbs to pensioners every three years in
stead of five.
At 800 a. m, Mr.. Hale moved that
the senate recede from the Hawaiian
cable amendment to the diplomatic bill,
the only question between the two
houses on the bill The motion was
agreed to, and the bill now goes to the
president.
The conference report on the bill for
reorganization of the artillery and in
fantry forces of the army, was presented
and agreed to. Mr.. Hawley explained
that the report provided merely for a
change of organization, and did not in
crease the army bV one man
At 4 o'clock Mr.. Allison presented the
conference report on the legislative BILL
the senate receding from the amend
ment as to senators's clerks and session
committee CLERKS, and leaving them still
at per diem pension. The report was
agreed to.
The conference report on the de-
ficiency bill was presented and read
The conference report on the agricul-
tural appropriation bill was agreed to-
and partial conference report ON the
deficiency bill agreed to. A further
conference was ordered.
At 6:15 the senate took a recess until
8 a. IN.
The senate spent more than half an
hour considering the African slave
treaty After discussion of some gen.
eral features of the treaty the senate re-
jected it by large majority.
During the secret session Mr.. Farwell
who had objected Tuesday to the con-
firmation of the nomination of Mr..
Beatty to be district judge of Idaho, was
importuned by several senator's to with
draw his antagonism, but he declined to
do so. The objection of any one senator
has the effect of causing a nomination
to lie over twenty four hours, and as
this is the last day of the congress Mr..
Beatty will be prevented from filling
the Office.
The senate confirmed the nomination
Of A. A. Anderson to be postmaster at
Cleveland, O.
The nomination of r. S. Berlin, of Ne
braska, to be member of the Missouri
river commission, vice w. j. Roach, re-
signed, was confirmed. The nomina-
ton was made by the president Wednes-
day morning.
The first matter of any consequence
was Mr., Pascos motion made at night
session to reconsider the vote agreeing
to the conference report ON the copy
right bill The vote on the motion was
yeas, q; nays, 80. Before the vote was
announced Mr.. Hale asked unanimous
consent to present the conference re-
port on the deficiency bill, but objection
was made to any interruption of the roll
call The result of the call of the roll
was highly satisfactory to the friends
of the copyright measure.
The further conference report on the
deficiency bill was presented and read.
The house amendment to the bill for
a public building at Clarksville,
Tenn, reducing the amount from $780,
=, ,.,l
On motion of Mr.. Sherman the senate
went into executive session. When the
doors were re-opened the clerk of the
house appeared and announced that the
house had agreed to the conference re-
port on the general deficiency bill. I'm
mediately afterwards Mr.. Hale pre-
sented the same conference report to the
senate and moved its adoption. The re-
port was agreed to.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, applied to
be excused from further service on the
committee on foreign relations, but it
was refused.
A committee of two senators was ap-
pointed to join like committee on the
part of the house to inform the presi-
dent that congress was ready to adjourn
Messrs. Edmunds and Morgan were
appointed on the part of the senate.
Mr.. Ransom offered a resolution which
was agreed to, rendering the thanks of
congress to the vice president for the
courteous, dignifed and able manner in
which he had presided over the delibera-
tions of the senate.
House bill for the protection of the
lives of the miners in the territories was
taken from the calendar and passed
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Mitchell instructing the judiciary COM
mittee to inquire and report as to the
date when the laws relating to Chinese
restriction expired, whether in 1892 or
1894; also when the Chinese exclusion
act Of 1888 shall expire. He explained
that the object was to have new legisla-
ton on that subject before existing laws
ceased to operate. The resolution was
agreed to.
AT 1880 Mr.. Mcpherson, the clerk of
the house, presented to the senate the
deficiency bill enrolled and signed by
the speaker, and it was Immediately
transferred to the vice president for his
signature. The vice president resumed
the chair, which Mr. Manderson had
been occupying as president pro tempore,
and announced his signature to the
bill and the bill was then carried to the
president
Much amusement was afforded to SEN
ators by the depositing on Mr.. Mander-
sons desk of a very large floral orna-
ment in the shape of gavel-that gift
Of some of his admirers who took this
unique method of expressing their graft
fication at is election as president pro
tempore of the senate.
Messrs. Blair, Evarts, Hampton, In
gals, Payne and Spooner, six of the
senator's whose terms expired at noon,
were in the chamber to the last
Within ten minutes of noon Mr. Alli-