The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-13
PROGRESS MADE
IN THE SENATE
Business Rushed Through Without the Usual
Extended Debates.
The STAR CKATBER Conference
Republican Senator's Are Excluded
from Tariff Conferences-Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill Presented.
The House Makes Its Best Record,
Passing an Even Dozen Important
Measures-Post Office Appropria-
ton Bill Awaits Presidents sigma
tura
WASHINGTON, July 12.
WASHINGTON, July IL.
0PHE progress made by the senate
today in the matter of the an
nual appropriation bills was on
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WASHINGTON, July II.
0PHE progress made by the senate
today in the matter of the an
nual appropriation bills was on
Ii par with that inGugurated by
1t at the beginning OF The present
week. Bills which in previous con.
crosses nave provoked long de-
bates and occupied the time of
the senate for days and weeks
have glided through during the
few days, meeting hardly an impedi-
ment. And If the same shall be m9in-
tanned. there is no reason why the last
of the great appropriations should not
be cleared off the senate calendar with
the close of this week or early next
week. No less than five Of them were
passed before the adjournment on
Wednesday and are now in the hands
of conference committees. These were
the naval, pensions, military academy
and diplomatic AMI consular, and one
the post Office bill-has gone to the
president.
Today the army and the Notifications
bills were passed and progress mado on
the river and hsrbor bill. Those still
on the calendar are the District of CO.
lumbia, Indian, legislative, sundry
civil, agricultural and general def.
cheney.
STAR CHAMBER CONFERENCES.
The unusual, if not unprecedented
circumstances of having the confer
ences on the tariff bill, confined, SO far,
to the Democratic managers of the
two houses, excluding the Republican
conferaes was called to the attention
of the senate in a resolution offered by
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, directing the chair
man OF the senate conference, Mr..
Voorhees,to to inform the senate whether
full and free conference is being held.
The resolution went over, under the
rule, aud will come up in the morning
hour tomorrow.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill was presented by
Mr.. Henderson, of Nebraska, and re-
ferred to the committee on appropria-
tons to pay to the families of the
twenty clerks who lost their lives
through the falling of the Fords thea
ter building s., each. The select
committee on that subject will not
Mr.. Manderson says, be able to decide
at the present session what compenss-
ton should be paid to those who were
injured or to the families Of the three
persons who died some months after
the accident
RECORD OF THE HOUSE.
The house made its best record, ex-
cept upon the passage of private pen
sion bills, today, when 1t passed an
even dozen bills Of general character
and agreed to senate amendments to
two others. These latter were the
more important, however, being the
hill to provide for the admission Of
Utah into the union, and the post Of
ice appropriation bill for the year end
ing juno 30, 1895. They now 90 TO the
president tor his signature. and if he
acts promptly tho post Office bill will
be the first to become law.
Eleven of the twelve bills were re.
ported from the committee on foreign
affairs which was given today's ses.
sion after the morning hour for their
consideration. Most of them were to
authorize naval officers to receive dec
orations and medals presented By for
eign governments in recognition of
various services, others were directing
the secretary of of state to accept for
the United States the picture, Love
and Life, " from G. F. Watts, royal
academician, and to distribute the Vir.
ginius award.