The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-21
SESSION OF The SENATE.
Senator Hale Calls Attention {
Errors in the Naval Bill.

{ o6udLOE I1dA6 O1ll5 ALLcublOh "
Errors in the Naval Bill.
! WASHINGTON, March 20.-The third week
OF the extraordinary session Of the Senate
/ opened With large attendance OF senators
and spectators.
The first action taken was to fix the next
| day Of meeting for Wednesday.
Then came the presentation Of the Gre
! dentials Of Senator Allen, appointed by the
! governor Of the state Of Washington. They
! were read and laid on the table.
Senator Mcpherson offered a resolution,
| which was referred 10 the committee on
education and labor, directing the commits
/ sioner Of labor to make a report at the
| opening Of the Fifty-third congress, COM
pretending the facts as TO the total cost in
! producing various iron and steel products,
such as bar iron, steel rails, ETC., and OF
leading articles Of the textile industry and
of other articles, the cost Of which may be
approximately obtained.
Mr.. Butler offered a resolution, which
was referred to the committee on rules, TO
| amend the rules by referring TO the COM
| mittee on appropriations appropriation
bills for legislative, executive and Judicial
expenses, sundry civil expenses, pensions
and deficiencies, and TO the committee on
military affairs, naval affairs, foreign re-
lations and agriculture the bills relating to
those departments, and the Notifications
bill TO the committee on coast defenses.
Mr.. Call offered resolution, which went
over without action. increasing to fifteen
senators each the committees on naval
affairs military affairs, judiciary foreign
relations. appropriations, commerce and
interstate commerce..
The resolution which was introduced by
Mr. Cockrell for the reprint of the Indian
appropriation BILL and which was finally
agreed to, led to a pretty long discussion of
mn hos harz he rs.I
in the enrolment of the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Halle said that be had found more
than eight errors in the naval appropriation
bills. They we're mainly errors III punctua-
ton and spelling. bat some of them we're
important. The subject was discussed for
an hour, the senators concurring in testify
ing to the accuracy Of the Senate enrolling
clerks and laying the blame for the errors
upon the House clerks.
When this discussion closed, the Senate
on motion Of MIR. Vest, proceeded to execu-
tive business, and at % o'clock adjourned
till Wednesday at noon.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
In an executive session lasting a little
more than an hour and a half this after
noon, the Senate disposed of a great deal of
the work that has accumulated pending the
reorganization Of the committees. All of
the earlier batch Of nominations were con-
ftrmed except here and there postmaster
and the nominations Of ex-Senators Eustis
and Hampton made to-day, were con
firmed without the formRlity of reference to
the appropriate committees. When the re-
ports of the various committees were made,
all of them favorable, there was not a word
OF dissent, and the utmost harmony pre-
vailed, so far as any word of opposition
was concerned at least. The nominations
were confirmed 10 the ordinary way with
out vote, there being no objection offered.
THE REORGANIZATION TILT
During the session there was short dis
cusslon relating to the proposed reOrganza-
tion of the elective officers OF the Senate,
the repu blicans taking occasion to let the
democrats know the determi nation of their
caucus. In a casual way, the republican
leaders referred to the precedents and stated
that there was no authority for the reor-
ganization of the Senate at an extraordinary
session, and they warned the democrats
with due regard 20 parliamentary courtesy
that they would not sit idly by and SEQ the
work Of reorganization prosecuted without
attempting to Illustrate it. The matter was
held in allegiance, however, pending the
scIor Of the caucus of democrats, which is
70 be held tomorrow morning.
DISCUSSION DELAYED.
Its understood that nothing bearing upon
! the proposed reorganization will be dis
cussso IN open session until after another
executive session shall have been held
This viii probably be Wednesday OF this
week for by that time the action of the
democratic caucus will be known. At that
executive session the republicans will I'M
fold % their opponents the course they in
tend to pursue and if the democrats then see
fit to undertake the task of reorganizing
the elective officers, the contest will be trans
ferred to the open session. IL is understood
that certain prominent democrats have said
that rather than remain here and engage in
any unseemly squabbe they would be in
favor Of permitting the present organiza-
ton TO remain until congress meets in regu-
lar session. If there Is to be struggle
over this matter it will, no doubt, be pre-
cipltate1 before the end of this week.