The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
TOTTERlAG ON ITS LAST LEGS.
The Fifty-second Congress
Winding up Business.
The House Laborine With Approximation
Bills and Stubborn Conference Re-
ports-Tho Senate Calmly Clearing tho
Desks For the New vice-Pyesident.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-When the
House met at IL o'clock the galleries
were crowded with visitors. but the at.
tendance of bers on the floor was
not unusually large.
oayers' OF Texas, moved to suspend
the rules and non concur in the Senate
amendments to the general deficiency
appropriation bill. Sayers' motion was
agreed to and the bill sent to confer
ence. holman, OF Indiana, submitted
the conference report on the sundrv
civil appropriation bill and the renore
was agreed to. Durborrow, of Illinois.
moved that the House recede from its
disagreement to the Senate amendments
providing for the Governments exhib;r
at tho Worlds Fair.
After long debate Durborrow's motion
to recede was lost, yeas lea, nays 141.
Pendlng further action on sundry civil
bill, Herbert submitted the conferences
report on the naval appropriation bill.
Atter brief opposition by Holman, and
De Almond to the naval rendezvo sec-
ton Of the bill the report was agreed. 10.
Hatch submitted the conference repo-t
on the agricultural appropriation. bill
and 1t was agreed to. Henderson. of
North Carolina, submitted the confer
ence report on the pOstoffice appropria-
ZION Dill. The report was agreed to.
and consideration OF the Senate amend.
ments to the sundry civil bill resumed.
The Worlds Fair amendments were
disagreed to and tho bill was again sent
to the conference. The House then at
5:15 took recess until o'clock.
The condition of the approximation
bills to night is satisfactory. All Of
them have been agreed upon in con-
ference and adopted by both houses,
save the deficiency, sundry civil and
Indian bills. The first two named CON
tain number of items upon which the
conferees have so far been unable tn
agree and will cause some further con-
tention in tho House, notably the
Worlds Fair appropriations on the sun
dry civil bill. The proposed purchase
OF the Cherokee outlet ingrafsed on the
Indlan Dill and agreed to in conference
Will also meet with some resistance in
the House., but the outlook is for a
settlement Of all difficulties in ample
time to morrow.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate gave another illustration
to-day OF tho ease and oelerity with
which IL can transact public business.
Before it had been more than three
hours in session it had discussed, voted
on and agreed to conference reports on
four general appropriation bills, the
Legislative, postofiice and naval bills.
The paragraph in the postoflice bill re-
lating to the Sou thern fast mail appro-
priatlon was restored in conference as
it originally came from the house. an
propriating Sl96 600 for special mail
facilities by New York and Washington
to Atlanta and New Orleans.
After recess the conference report on
the deficiency bill was presented and
read. 1t showed an agreement upon all
points except the French spoliation
claims, Pacific railroad Judgments, and
clerks for senators, all these be ing re.
served for further action. The confer
enco report was agreed to, and the Sem
ate voted to insist on the amendments
not settled in conference and to have
further conference as to them. The
conference report on the sundry civil
bill was then presented, showing sew
eral points on which the conference had
been unable to agree.
Dawes presented the conference re.
port on the Indian appropriation bill
and 1T was agreed Co withou objection.
Senator Hoar then called up the mess
ago OF the House announcing that it had
passed over the Presidents veto the bill
providing for tho appointment of dis
trict attorney and marshal for the
middle district OF Alabama Messrs.
hoar and Pugh stated that the veto was
based on misapprehension of the pro-
visions OF the bill. 1t was passed over
the veto, yeas SIS, nays l, (Frye,l and
therefore became a law notwithstand.
ing the veto.