The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-17
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE.
a Snug Resting Place For the
House Bills.
Tho Senate Disposes of Them BY Refer
Financially Seyeuteen Votes A gaInst
Such Oourae-Small Attendance In
the House.

w AShhN1AONS aug IO-lu Gu0 06udt0
to day. as soon IS the reading of yester-
days journal was finished, Senate bill,
for the exclusion and deportation OF
alien anarchists, WAS, on motion OF Hill
(Dem., N. W, taken from the calendar
for consideration, and after brief dis
oussion the bill was passed without
division.
At tho close Of the morning hour, o.
M, the unfinished business (heing the
free sugar billy was laid before the Sem
ate, the pending question being on Har-
ris' motion to refer the bill to the com
mittee on finance.
Notices Of amendments were given as
follows:
By Aldrich-Adding a new section to
| repeal the tariff bill just passed.
BY Manderson-Toc continue the sugar
bounty until July /, 1905.
| Berry called for the yeas and nays on
the Item to refer. After one or two
names were called, Vest rose and ad-
dressed the chair, but there were cries
Of "too late" from the Republican side,
and Vest resumed his seat. The roll
call was continued and the vote resulted
rs follows: Yeas, 80; nays, II.
So the free sugar bill together with
the proposed amendments to it) was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
The free coal bill was then taken up,
finarce committee. Agreed to-Yeas,
| 35; nays, IT.
The next was the bill for free iron
ore, and the like motion to refer it to
the finance committee was made and
agreed to: Yeas, 81; nays. II.
The next bill was the barbed wire
bill, and that was referred to the finance
committee without division.
| The Senate then, by unanimous con-
sent, took up the pension bills on tho
calendar and passed all of them
eighteen in number-as we'll as the
House bill empowering fourth class
| postmasters to administer oaths to pen
sioners.
After brief executive session tho
Senate, at $40, adjourned until to-
morrow.
| In the House.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-The large
vacant spaces on the floor Of the House
to-day demonstrated moro thoroughly
than any other fact, probably, that the
end OF the session is near at hand. The
attendance was about the Same as on
Friday night and the presence OF a
quorum, it is believed, could not have
been obtained.
All business transacted from this
time forward will have to be done by
unanimous consent A number of rep
resentatives were granted leaves OF abb
sence for an indefinite period ION &C
count of sickness. An epidemic seems
to have broken out among members
since the tariff bill was disposed Of.
Most of the day was spent in discuss
ing the item in the general deficiency
appropriating bill, added by the Senate,
providing for the payment of iudg-
ment in favor Of the Southern Railroad
Company for the transportation OF
troops, mails and merchandise, for the
United States The payment of the
money was bitterly opposed by numer-
| GUS representatives and strongly urged
by others, and by vote OF 90 to Al, the
House refused to concur in the amend
ment. A few minutes later, however,
on recommendation Of confereos it was
| agreed to pass the bill with a reduc ton
OF amount Of this item TO 81, 275, OOO
An effort WAS made to secure i'm
mediate consideration for the bill to
prohibit the immigration Of anarchists
into the United States, passed to day by
the Senate, but objection was made by
| Tracey, Warner and others, and the
measure was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
The Mcmillan bill to amend the
tariff bill so as to 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-145
to 3.
The speaker announced the enroll
ment and signing of the sundry civil
| appropriation bill and the House at 4:45
adjourned until Monday.