Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-01

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cenferenec committees were appointed VA, an.
sunors eiVh ana legislative appropriation bin.
10 RkpFAL THE TIMnER-cULruRE Law.
a., ne conference report on the bin 10 feneai ~.
y, .'h' TT e law was presented aud sgreei
~. ans vi "a az entirely new enc. TIE MAJ
'er went ieto conference at the last session
The consideration OF tho Indian snnTosrI.,,ou
phl having been resumed. Mr.. AlIlsonia nnnnd.
,,ont 20 strike out the provision RELATING IN thn
seoyenaes and Arapahoe agreement ,was dis.
IN BEHALF OF THE FRIENDLY s,oux
VT, Reagan offered 40 amendment. witch v.,
adopted, TO Ray $4,000 to the irl"nsiy s,on.
,n9ians during tho iaio trouble for pronertv
iee' OF destroyed by obedience 20 the orders os
the Gorefnmenk VI
Slas lhe approtrla ion bill DO laid aside ana he
NvnHeI arc PHI be passed without debate.
M, navy, 81 o'clock, tho Indian appropriation
OH WAS passed without division
conference was ordered on the Indian nm.
preparation hi, and Messra Dawes. Plumb.
no Ssll were appointed cOniertees on tho part
The pos,-ofise appropriation bill was ,sten
UP ana was temporarily laid aside In order 10
pass the House bills on the calendar uhobienied
70. not including the pension bills. Thirty or
forty such bills wero passed.
TIE PosT-oFTICR BILL.
The post-ofice appropriation blll wa. then re-
eumed. Committee amendments were agreed
70 and several otbers added. Then Mr. Frye
moved 10 amend the bill by Inserting a nroyt.
sion eppropriatsng tl,2M,00O for the trAnsporta-
tion OF foreign mails, aud authorizing contracts
LOT carrying the mail on American sieamships
tbeinE the I'LL passed by tho House on the 40.
leGt with few modhchiiOnsl
ar. Danies made the point Of order that the
Amendment was general legislation, aud not In
order on an Appropriation bin.
ne presiding oflcer Mr.. Plstt overruled the
point OF order on the ground that similar amend
tnents 70 Appropriation bills had frequently
ARel1af a. Hss Ia, F.- LIT
oeisions be he a the amendment 20 be In order
Ar. Daniel appealed from the decision OF tho
CHAIR ond proceeded TO argue the question.
NOT ACTED UPON
Mr.. Reagan came 20 Mr.. Danieps support and
IS result OF their opposition, without acting on
Mr.. DaniePs appeal, and Wlthou. making any
progress with the bill, the Senate OF 1880 went
into executive session.
THE SHIPPING BILL MONDAY.
Tho doors were reopened at 1918 and IL was
then stated by The presiding oficer Ont. PLAIN
tnSt an agreement had been made TO proceed %
the consideration OF the shipping bill on Mon
DAY morning Immediately after the reading Of
the Journal.
Mr.. stanford announced the death OF Senator
Hearst and the Senate adjourned until g30 Mon
day morning.
House of Representatives.
When the House met At II o'clock this MORN
ing the Speaker stated that he had been In
formed by the CLERKS that 10 had been physically
Impossible 10 prepare the Journal OF yesterdays
proceedings, hnd In view OF this statement tho
reading Of that document was postponed and
the House Immediately proceeded 70 vote on the
motion " ask the senate for conference on the
shipping oiIl as amended by the House last
night The motion WAS agreed tO-yeas, ll3
nays "a Ar. Cannon, Of lllinois-Mr. Crisp, OF
Georgia, having objected to action being taken
BY unanimous consent-mo1ed 70 suspend tho
rules and agree 10 the motion that the House
non~cOncur in the Senate amendments TO the
sundry civil Appropriation bill and accode TO the
request Of the senate for a conference.
After q long contest between Messrs. Crisp
and CAnEoa the motion 20 suspend the rules was
rejected on a standing vote by l25 TO lI2 and i'm
medtately Mr.. RoNel was on his feet ready 70
call mp one Of the contosted-eloction cases, but
The Democrats demanded tho yeas aud nays.
The motion Was defeated-yoas, 145; nays. ~.
coNTERREEs ON THE SHIPPING BILL.
The Speaker appointed Msssrs. Farsuhsr,
Diugley, ana Springer rs conierrees on the ship
ping OH. Tho speaker laid before the House
communication from tho family Of General
sherman thanking the House for the resolutions
adopted In his honor. II is similar 10 the ono
read IN tho senate.
Mr.. CaSvsll, OF Wisconsin, submitted the con-
ference report on the bill 70 denne and regulate
the jurisdiction Of the courts Of the United
states and after short q ebate IL was adopted.
The conference report on the bin establishing
private Land-Claim Court was also agreed 10.
NO coNTEsTKD-ELEcTIoN CASES.
In the meantime there were conferences held
bttNttu htpuDilCAuh anu DtuoCIhlH, lue result
being a tsctt agreement that none OF the con-
tested-elecuon cases should be called up, and
that the Democrats should not place any OBJ
struction in the way OF tho appropriation bills.
In pursuance Of this agreement the suudry civil
ard legislative appropriation bills were sent to
conference without objection.
TIE HAWAIIAN CABLE SCHEME NO GO.
The Foreign Affairs Committee reported back
the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
with q reComm endattOn that all tho senate
ma nd mi Ia IN n
the amendment providing for cable between
san Francisco and the Hawaiian ltlands. The re-
concentrations were cOncurred in-yeas ~,
nays 0-ths roll being called In order TO en-
phssize tho opposition Of the House TO the Ha-
WAtian cable proposition. Messrs. HIT, Morrow,
and NcCresry we're appointed contsrees.
Mr., Hermann, Of Oregon, presented the sgree-
mont of the conferTees on the Indian deprejR-
tons claims bill anu Il was agreed 10.
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE BoABNlAN.
Mr. Thompson Of Ohio, from the Committee
on Judiciary, reported the following resolution
That Alreck BOarmhn, Judge OF the United
States District Court for the Western district OF
tho State OF Louisiana, be impeached for high
crimes and ms iemeancrf.
The LATE CONGRESSMAN THELAN.
Public business was suspended and the House
proceeded 10 the consideration OF resolutions
eulogistic OF the life. character, and pubic ser
vices OF the late James fbelan, OF Tennessee.
AT the close Of the addresses the House, as a
mark Of respect 10 the memory Of the deceased,
adjourned 70 n ~ at o'clock tonight
EvESING sEssIoN-TuE COPYRIGHT BILL.
The House met ats o'clock this evening and
Immediately proceeded 10 the business upon
the speakers table. After the disposal OF Few
privh measures the copyright bill, with the
senate amendments, was presented. \ motion
M concur was defeated-yeas, ca; nays, lS9.
The conference report on the unper-culLure
reUeal bill went over till Monday.
The HAWAIIAN TREATY NOT AFFECTED.
Mr. MeIIialey tnsn called up the bill proyi ling
that nothing IN toe existing tarin laws shall 90
construed as Affecting tho treaty existing be
tween the United states And the ha"auAh
Islands The bin passed without serious Oppo-
sition. -,
Tho House then proceeded 10 dispose OF the
business oa tho Speakers table. having up 70
i9.5lA A. NJ. reached no measure Of public i'm
portsuce.
ADJOURNED TILL MONDAY,