Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-17
LIE fEpsaAL LEGISLATURE.
Objection Ia the senate 20 the wipinE Out
of War Scores.
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W~aeUvgrov. ID. @, July ~1G-SgRiTE.-
Mr.. Teller. from the Committee on the
Judiciary. reported tho Senate bill re-
leyiug from all political disabilities under
the fourteenth Amendments OF the COnstl-
fulton William y. Walker, of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr.. Daniel moved as al amendment 70
f1I the words land ell other persons. "
lie thought that after twenty-five years It
was tine 10 have p general amnesty and q
wipiuc ont Of oil the old scores.
Mr.. Teller thought II best not to have
that amendment offered, rs II wonld pro-
badly bring up some discussion and endan-
ger the bill.
Mr. Daniel II any senator objects TO 1t l
do not wish 10 press 1t.
Mr.. Teller; / thInk the amendment had
u .tcr come as o separate bill. IL the Sena-
g.. VIII introduce a bill OF that KIND l am
plllag 10 support 1t.
Nlr. Daniel; | have already introduced
lnli of that kind, and have heard such
general expressions of favor about IL that
ar.cipated that there would be no OBJ
i..,.ou 10 the adoption of that principle
o. .ly time. II there rs any objection 10
90 lv any senator | shall not insist
Nr. Ilatt remarked that such cases pre-
f..fa1 different states OK facts and should
te acted upon separately. He should be
l.ry sorry TO havethe question brought no
t.v. l. should be done BY a general bill,
i,t by an amendment 10 q private bill.
tir. DANIEL Withdrew the amendment
ald the bii vas passed.
Aftes Opposing Of considerable routine
business aud bills 20 which no objection
was raised, the general deficiency bill was
taken up a. 2 p. NJ. and tho committee
amendments were acted upon.
M~DIcULoUsLy SNAIL APPROXIMATIONS.
Toe bill contains several items appro-
pr a ing ridiculously small amounts. For
Instance there Is an item Of p cents for
improving tho harbor az san Francisco,
C,l." one of IS cents for the Marine
Ilosptal Service -; one Of q cents for
improving the Missouri river" and one
of so cents Tor repairs and preservation
90 public buildlngs.n The "Signal Ser
sioc" gets Al cents for clothing. and
registers and receivers of the Land
DHhcc" a.etOnave 60 cents Cor salariesa and
Ooumis-ions. Tho Baltimore ana OHIO
Railroad Company i TO have It's treasury
increased by ~ cents in n item and S4.47
g. another; while the Atlantic aud Pacific
I.lioad is to DO made richer by $3.50.
sPoLrATIoS-CLAIM PAYMENTS.
The last Of the committee amendments
ul. the insertion of "a new section cover
Dag forty printed pages 10 pay the findings
O TIE Court OF Claims for indemnity for
trench spoliatlons prior TO July 81, 1901.
These items aggregated S9S2, 0Gi. All the
stems for insurance companies were struck
one II the bill with the consent OF MIR.
Nlc who has charge OF IT., and action on
ed the items on the last twenty-three
i4trs was suspended on motion of Mr..
Mitchell, on the ground that they had
been referred 30 the Committed on Claims
uui had not yot been reported upon by
t4lt committee. Mr.. Mitchell, however,
stipulated that his committee would ex-
.uiue aud report upon them Monday.
AI "a tl0 committee amendments
having been acted upon the bill was opeu
3D. general amendment. Several were Oh
.rr.l. some adopted. and others will come
up G.ain. by general consent tho bill
veu over tn Monday, and the Senate ad-
.o.rned.
House OF Representatives.
The Senate amendments to the fortihca-
r.u8 appropriation bill were nOn-cOn-
cCIfed lu aud q conference was ordered.
lle House proceeded to the consideration
g auIuber Of private pension bills which
came over from last night With the pre-
h.uUs question ordered.
0NiY-iour private pension bills were
passed GId then tire House went into Com
'toe Of the Whole (AIr. Lester. Of
Dt. RIA, in the chair on the Senate
.ioentmcnts tothe sundry civil appropria-
r.l BAL.
THE IMPOSITION MATTER.
SIR. Taylor. Of Illinois, offered an amend-
l.nt 60 the Chicago Exposition paragraph,
Waloh De SAID ue would hereafter call up,
pf.Nihng That II the exposition be kept
.pHu uu sunday no machii ery shall be
'un nor any labor not absolutely neccs-
aN performed, and that a hall shall he
4|NLItN .IU fLl conduct ~ rlIfVs,rta cor
Cos ~ m.n STEERS of all denomiI ATOMS.
eiI' wheeler, OF Alabama, resumed his
,'u'"its ~ Yesterday. lie was against tho
proposed appropriation tfor the Chicago
~. iluhl, bus spent most Of his time in
al'tcAiAg tic neuOnal-bank system, and
A',oehAuS The grant 10 the States OF the
hbnl 70 issue money. SIR. Burrows. of
~ '.an l~nterrnptiag bun. he retorted
'uAt mo gentleman hved ia a wildcat
v'.u'fy' but that the whole COUNTS was
am New York. South Carolina. and
n'soauia had better State banking systens
'"-N 'N' iivsent natOnal-b bank system.
nlENDANcE SPARSE,
Most II the other speahars sad,es.od
themselves 20 the Senate Suu.esseu
the olll, bur. a. usual when II - kncvN
that no MAI vote will be- reached tha
speakers were not compime~tcn 10
large attendance. AZ no time dnrins III.
day were more than 100 fnemlers 80
Gad the galleries could nor M, ,En'
number Of spectators. Ghe mr. %.sllnrs
mas deserted. and the press geller9 -
thermometer Of the House. 'Wbegs ISn,sS,o
ness is brisk the press gallery 4, rowasd
When II IS dull the printers. y NJ NJ,
Culbers0r. OF Texas, terms iheta. ara al,
sem. They were absent to-day.
IN the course OF the dsy another urohi
bition amendment was offered. No vo,a
was reached upon anything connected
With the sundry civil bill.
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