The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-14
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
4 Bill TO Put Sleeping Cars Under
the Interstate Act.

Amendment of the Arbitration Act
Proposed-Hale's Resolution in Ref
erence to the Conference on the Tar
III Bill Discussed and Laid Aside.
The River and Harbor Appropria-
ton Bill Passed.
Washington, July 13.-In the Senate TO-
day a bill to place sleeping and dining
room cars under the provisions Of the in
terstate commerce act was introduced by
Mr.. Davis. rep. of Minnesota, by request,
and was referred.
A bill to amend the arbitration act Of
Oct !. ISSS, was introduced by Mr.. George,
and referred.
The resolution Of Senator Hale, rep, Of
Maine. directing the chairman of the
Senate conferees on the tariff bill TO re-
port why a fun and free conference has
not yet been held was then taken up, dis
cussed for an hour and half and then,
by common consent, placed on the calen-
dar. MIR. Hale, in justifying the resolu-
ton said no one could tell what had be
come of the tariff bill and that so far as
the Senate and the country were con-
cerned it was lost bill.
"a
disrespect or lack of courtesy to the re-
publican conferees, defended the course
pursued by the democratic conferees, in
excluding the republicans from the con-
ferences as being in the interest of speedy
action on the bill. They desired to per-
feet it., he said, ION their own lines of
action" before submitting it to the full
conference committee.
The three republican conferees, Messrs.
Allison, Sherman and Aldrich, spoke of
the course pursued by the majority con-
ferees as unusual; and MIR. Allison said
that if the minority conferees were 10 be
mere bystanders at the formal confer
ence, it would be better to have the con-
ference committee Dissolved without de-
lay.
Mr.. Sherman thought that the majority
conferees should confne themselves to
such portions of the bill as presented po-
litical questions
RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
After this matter was laid aside the
river and harbor bill was taken up The
first half of it had been gone through at
yesterdays session, and the half that re-
manned (forty-nine printed pages was
disposed of in a little less than two hours.
The bill was passed and conference
with the House was asked.
Then the Legislative executive and Judi
cial appropriation bill was rushed at the
same rapid pace; only the paragraphs
providing for reorganization of the ex-
ecutive departments being reserved.
Twenty pages of the bill now remain to
be acted on besides the reserved sections.
The following bills were passed:
The House bill 10 change the bounda-
ries of the judicial district of Florida.
The Senate bill authorizing the con-
struction of a bridge over the Buck river,
in Humphreys county, Tennessee.
A concurrent resolution was introduced
by Mr. Faulkner of West Virginia, and
agreed to, for the correction of an error
in the bill for the admission of Utah as a
state. The correction is to change Eff
ty-third" to Fifty-iourth" as the designa-
ton of the congress TO which the repre-
sentative from the new state are TO be
elected. Within less than an hour the
concurrent resolution had been passed by
the House and the error corrected in the
enrolment of the bill.
The Senate adjourned at $40 o'clock.