Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-05

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episode the committee rose and the bill
was passed.
The military academy appropriation
bill was then passed without division.
Public business was then suspended to
enable the House to pay tribute 10 the
late J. w. Kendall, Of Kentucky. After
remarks by Messrs McCreary, Paynter.
Caruth, Bum. O. w. Stone OF Pennsyi-
vania, Mckinney, Smith Of Illinois,
Weaver, Wilson Of Kentucky, and
Belknap, the House, at 1856 o'clock, out
OF respect to the memory OF the de-
ceased, adjourned.
Proceedings I'm the Senate.
The Senate proceeded TO tho con-
sideration OF House bills on the calen-
dar, the first taken up being the bill to
promote the safety Of employees and
travellers upon railroads by compelling
common carriers engaged in interstate
commerce to equip their cars with auto-
matte couplers and continuous brakes
and their locomotives with driving
wheel brakes. At the suggestion OF Mr..
Harris the bill was laid aside Temporal
rily without action. Mr.. Harris stating
his belief that Its passage would put
into the hands OF receivers a majority OF
the southern railroads.
The consideration OF House bills was
interrupted to permit Mr.. Teller to re-
port from the Judiciary Committee a
new bill TO submit the McGarrahsn
claim to the court Of private land claims,
and it was placed on the calendar.
Another interruption TO the considera-
ton Of House bills on the calendar oe-
Cured when Mr.. Butler asked leave to
present some morning business, and
when Mr.. Harris objected. as he had
already done to other senators under
like circumstances. somewhat sharp
dialogue took place between the two
senator's, and the result was that when
the calendar was resumed Dir. Butler
Objected TO each case as it came up.
After that retaliatory course had been
followed in half a dozen cases, by the IN
Prevention of several senators peace was
restored and the course OF business went
on.
The hours assigned TO the consdera-
tion of House bills on the calendar
having expired, conference report on
the bill concerning testimony in crimi-
nal cases under the interstate-commerce
law was presented and agreed to.
THE QUARANTINE BILL.
Mr.. Harris said he had received tele-
gram this morning from Senator Hill
asking him to call up the quarantine bill
to-day because OF hIs necessary absence.
That bill was the next House bill on the
calendar. He asked unanimous consent
that the consideration OF House bills on
the calendar be continued in the morn
ing hour on Monday, and that the
quarantine bill shall not be subject to
objection.
Mr.. Frye suggested as en- objection
that Mr.. Hill had gwen notice that he
would move to take up the bill to repeal
the Sherman act in the morning hour OF
Monday.
After some discussion this point was
waived, and Mr.. Harris gave notice that
he would, Immediately on the conclusion
OF the routine morning business on Mon
day, move that the Senate proceed to
consideration of the quarantine bill.
The Senate then passed the Senate bill
to authorize the construction OF a rail
road bridge across the ST Mary's river
between the States Of Florida and Geor-
ga.
Memorial proceedings in memory Of
Mr. Gamble, of South Dakota ; MIR.
Ford, of Michigan, and Mr.. Stackhouse,
of South Carolina date members OF the
House of Representatives., were begun
at 4 p. NJ, and after eulogies on each OF
the dead representatives the customary
resolutions were agreed to. and the
Senate adjourned till Monday next at
IL A. III.