Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-17
proposed amendments 10 ip wss referred
10 the Finance Committee.
CoAr, AND IRON.


70 the Finance Committee.
COAL AND IRON.
The frce-coal bill was then taken up,
and Mr. Harris moved to refer II to the
Finance Committee. Agreed to-yeas, -;
NAYS ~ The vote was the same a. be-
fore with the addition OF Messrs Dolph,
Jonc. OF Nevada. and Mitchell OF Oregon
| to the affirmative list. -
The next was the bill Tor free IRON
| ore: and the like motion to refer 10
| tho Finance Committee was made and
Yeas-MeEsrs. Aidrich. Allison, Bianch-
| ard Brice. Butler. Caffery. Camden,
| Carey, Chandler. Culiom, Davis. Faulkner,
GaIlinger. Gibson. German. Hansbrough,
| Harris, Higgins. Jones OF Arkansas. Jones
OF Nevada, Kyle. Mandcrson. Mitchell OF
oregon, Murphy. Patton. PETER. Perkins,
Pettigrew. Platt, Pueh. Quay, Roach.
sherman. shoup. Smith. Stewart and
Walsh~S7
Nays-Messrs. Bates, Berry. Blackburn,
Cockrell, Coke. George. Gray. Hunton.
Jarvis, Lindsay. McLaurin. Mitchell OF
Wisconsin. Palmer. Turpie. Vest, Villas,
and White-i'.
The next bill was the barbed-wlre bill,
and that was referred to the Finance
Committee without division.
The Senate then, by unanimous consent,
and passed eighteen Of them. az well as
the House bill. empowering fourth-class
pOstmasters to administer oaths to PEN
sioners.
a Joint resolution was reported from the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. and was passed.
After a brief executive session the Sen
ate. at $40. adjourned until tomorrow.
House OF Representatives
The large unoccupied spaces on the
floor OF the han OF the House OF Repre-
sentativcs to-day demonstrated more
thoroughly than any other fact showed
proba bly, that the end Of the session
Is near at hand. The attendince was
| about the same as at Friday-night pen
| sion sessions. and the presence OF quo
| rum. II is believed. could not have been
| obtained. All business transacted from
| this time forward will have 70 be done
| by unanimous consent. a number OF
| representatives were granted leaves of
| absence for an indefinite period. ION ac-
| count OF sickness" An epidemic seems
! to have broken out among members since
| the tariff bill was disposed IF.
Most OF the day was spent in discussing
| the item in the general deficiency appro-
| priation bill. added by the Senate. and
| providing for the payment Of "A Judgment
| In favor OF the Southern Pacific Railroad
| Company for the transportation Of troops.
malls, and merchandise for Me United
States The payment OF the money was
bitterly opposed by numerous representa-
| tives and strongly urged by others. and
| by n vote Of 90 to IL the House refused
| 10 concur In the amendment few
minutes later. on recommendation OF the
| conferrees. II was agreed 10 pass the bill.
with a reduction of this amount of this
| item 10 Sl2l5,Vo
An effort was made to secure immediate
consideration of the bill TO prohibit the
immigration OF Anarchists to the United
States. passed to-day In the Senate. but
objection was made by Messrs. Tracy,
Warner, and others. and the measure was
sent TO the Committee on Judiciary.
The McMilln bill to amend the tarin
hin so as 10 take alcohol for use In the
arts off the free list was reported from
the Committee on Ways and Means, and
after brief debate passed-lb 10 3.
Mr. Savers chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations. made the following
statement touching the appropriation bills,
for the majority Of the COMMITTEES: The
aruropriations made at the present ana
the extraordinary session Of Congress, In
Guiding regular annual appropriations ana
permanent annual appropriations. amount
10 $500 sss. 369 They are less than the es-
tiuates -ubmitted by $685.. Al: less than
the appropriations made at the last ses-
sion of the last Congress by s2SSS5.ses:
| less than the appropriations made at the
| frs, session Of the last Congress by sio,-
! ggl9ls less than the appropriations at
| the last session Of the Fifty-tirst Congress
| by SO. 555. 4Sl, ard less than the approprla-
| lions made al the first session or the
| Flfty-arst Congress by $3,1S7S7s.
The Speaker announced the enrolment
| and signing Of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, and the House, at A:io ad-
| iourned unit. Monday.