The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-04
GOING, GOING,
This Is The Last Day OF The 5srd
Congress.
THE NUMBER OF PROPOSED
BATTLE SHIPS REDUCED.

And the Senate Also Withdrew the Amend
ment to the Consular Bill Providing for
the Hawaiian Cable-A Long SUNDAY
Session Held in Both House and Senate.
Washington. March, 3.--The Senate at 8
a. m., took a recess until p. M, leaving
four Appropriation bills, the diplomatic,
Indian, sundry civil and deficiency. in
conference, and one, the naval, unfirl-
ished in the Senate.
When the Senate re-assembIed. at d D.
m., fair attendance of senators was
present, and the galleries were comforta-
bly, filed. The second conference report
on the Indian appropriation bill was con-
CURED in, and further conference or
dered on the amendments, which thad
not been arranged.
A motion to take up the anti-lottery
bill was defeated, and the effect is to
tie up the anti-lottery bill. The naval
appropriation bill was taken up. the
pending question being the amendment
OF the appropriation committee to yeduce
the number of sea-goipg coast line bat
tleshlps to be constructed, from three
to two.
Mr.. German addressed ethe Senate in
explanation and defense of the amend
meht to have two battleships construct
ed instead of three.
AT this point message was received
from the House with concurrent reso-i
luton for the participation of both
houses in the dedication of Chickanlau-
ga and Chattanooga National Park, and.
it was conourred in by the. Senate. A
third conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was laid before thsa
Senate and concurred in, leaving tive
amendments undecided.
At this point full conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
was presented and explained by Mf.
Cockrell. III said the Senate conferees
were compelled to recede from the
amendments for the purchase of the
Blaine property and as to the Tennessee
centennial. The amendment as to the
officers of the revenue cutter service,
was modified, and officers disa bled for
active service were to be allowed half
pay. AS to the nine delegates TO any
international conference on monetary
questions, the amendmentswas modified
so that three delegates are to be MEM
bers of the House, to be M embers of the
54th Congress, and appointed by the
Speaker of the present House. AS to
the survey of the route of the Nicaragua
canal, the amendment was modified by
requiring a report to be made on or bf-
fore November 1st next. A 8 to the trassa-
fer OF the military prison at Fort LeaV-s
enworth to the Department OF Justice.
the House conferees insisted ON it and
the Senate conferees had to yield.
The sundry civil conference report was
concurred i'll.
The House joint resolution appropria
ting S50,000 for the salaries of judges,
district attorneys and marshals of the
United States in the Indian Territory,
passed with an amendment.
The Senate at 6. took recess until
$50, with the agreement that the vote
on the naval appropriation bill should
be taken before Up. m. House bills
unobjected to and House amendments
to Senate bills may be brought up and
The naval. appropriation bill WIS
taken up when the Senate resumed Its
sssion at $50, Mr.. Chandler addressing
the Senate i'll support of the committee
mendmentlreducing the mum ber of bat
tleships to be- contracted for from three
After a elong discussion the Senate
reduced bheanumber of battleships from
three to two.oalt was agreed TO. Tile
vote was devoid of party significance as
was the preceding discussion. The hial
passed. Lai@
Mr.. Black burn (Dem.) of Kentucky.
brought before the Senate great point
of difference between the two houses
namely, the Senate amendment inserting
in the diplomatic and consular bill, APP
propriating $500. 900 for the initial work
of laying the cable to Hawaii. The
Hawaiian cable provision was stricken
out of the bill, and Mr.. Wolcott moved
an executive ssesion at 1910 p. m. and
the Senate doors were closed at that
hour.