The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-02
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Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The senate |
deficiency agriculture appropriation bills
and the last of the general appropriation
bills were reported to the senate this
morning.
The senate defeated the free ship
amendment offered by Vest by party
vote. The house amendment for postal
subsidies was agreed to-.
In the house the senate amendments
to the Indian appropriation bill was non
considered and the bill was sent back to
the conferees. The conference reported
was agreed to.
Manderson, of Nebraska, has been
elected presiding officer pro TEN of the
senate, succeeding Ingalls,.
Some misunderstanding has developed
as to the fate of the Pacific cable vote.
The house did not indicate any antag-
onism toward the cable bill itself, but
simply to the senate's amendment raising
the subsidy from $150,000 for fifteen
years to $250,00O for fourteen years.
Conference report will be made and the
amount undoubtedly will be agreed
upon at $50, 600 as originally passed by
the house.
The senate bill passed granting the
Missoula and Northern railroad COM
pany right-of-way through the Flathead
Indian reservation in Montana.
The most important change made by
the senate committee in the general
deficiency appropriation bill, reported
today, was an addition to the French
spoilation claims carrying an appropria-
ton of 81 ,304 900 with provision in case
of bankruptcy of the original sufferers,
| awards shall be made on behalf of next
of kin instead of assignees.
The conference committee on the copy
right bill have reached an agreement
andExpset to fepoft a bill today on the
measure. AS it comes from the confer
ence it will contain the Sherman amend
ment Gall owing persons to import for
eign books at ordinary rate duty with
a slight amendment. The changes has
also been made in the ''Lithographer
amendment so as to confine operations
cf this section to lithographers of chromos
and photographs.
Just as it appeared that the final
agreement had been reached by the con-
ference committee on the copyright bill,
a new complication arose and the fate of
the measure is still uncertain. The
amendment proposed by senate con-
ferees was found to be unacceptable to
the house managers, who now insist up
on abandonment of the entire provision.
/ The post office subsidy bill received
its final action i'll congress and now goes
to the president for his signature. The
provisions of the bill are in substance
as follows: The post master general is
authorized to contract with the lowest
responsible bidder for term of not less
than five or more than ten years with
American citizens for conveying the
mail on American steamships between
parts of the United States and foreign
points excluding Canada. Vessels are
be American .built-ship, owned and
officered by American citizens and crew
to be composed of Am erican citizens as
far as possible.
The vessels are to be constructed after
the latest and most approved types
divided into four classes. Vessels of the
first, second and third classes to be con-
structed with particular reference to
prompt and economical conversion into
auxiliary naval cruisers. Compensation
to be paid for mail service as follows
First class $4 per mile, second class s.
per mile by the shortest practicable
route for each outward voyage; third
class 81 per mile; fourth class two-thirds
dollars per mile.