The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-03
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THE UPPER HOUSE on THE LAST
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.re Of the Naval Appropriation
Mill and Action on Eight Confer
.vre Reports the Only Work Alb
.oIuteiy Necessary TO Re Trans
acted.
washington. March 2.-When the Sen
s.s met this morning IT entered upon the
-.s- legislative day OF the Fifty-third con-
--s-s. because. although the congress
s-ss not expire til Monday next al noon,
ne existence till then will be continued
On, recesses, not adjournments. OF the
e,gsrv-eight members OF the present body
.,,.sen will cease 10 be senators at that
to.r and two others have merely a
chance Of survival The sixteen are
vsszrs. Butler of South Carolina, Cam
don of West Virginia. Carey of Wyoming.
rok. Of Texas. Dixon of Rhode Island.
polrh of oregon. Hunton of Virginia.
veI.aurin Of Mississippi, Mcpherson of
New Jersey. Henderson of Nebraska,
Martin Of Kansas, Power of Montana.
Ransom of North Carolina. Walsh OF
Georgia. Washburn of Minnesota, and
Wilson of Iowa.
The two whose cases were in suspense
this morning are Senators Higgins of Del
aware and shoup of Idaho.
The only real pressing work absolutely
necessary to be transacted by the Senate
before the close of the congress when the
Senate met to-day was the passage of the
naval appropriation bill and action on
the conference reports in the cases of
eight appropriation bills,
The naval bill was taken up for con-
sideration without much delay and the
discussion on various amendments to it
as reported from the committee on appro-
priations occupied almost all the time
until a recess was taken at 6 o'clock for
two hours. The discussion started on
the proposition to reduce the number of
additional seamen that the Secretary of
the Navy might enlist in the next fiscal
wear from 1000 to l,O00 That amendment
was vigorously contested, but was finally
agreed to-yeas. 81; nays %. other
amendments that were contested were
those striking out of the bill items for
dry docks and buildings at naval stations.
When the recess was taken the amend
ment had not been reached to reduce the
number of new battleships from three to
two.
The committee amendment, striking out
the item for guns for auxiliary cruisers,
was agreed to.
An amendment to strike out an item of
$4,000 for a construction and repair shop
at Port Royal, S. c., was allowed TO stand
over at the request of Mr.. Butler.
During the days session the conference
reports on the fortidcations bill, the agri-
curtural bill, and the Indian bill were pre-
scented and concurred in; but as all the
disagreements on the Indian bill had not
been arranged, a further conference was
ordered upon that bill
The arrest and Imprisonment of two
Cubans-Sanguilli and Notwithstanding
to be American citizens, for participation
in the revolutionary movement in Cuba,
was this morning called to the attention
of the Senate by Mr.. Call, who presented
telegram received by him on the sub
ject, and had it referred to the committee
on foreign relations, with a request on his
part that the committee act promptly in
the matter
The night session of the Senate began at
o'clock. A few House bills were taken
from the calendar and passed, among
them the bill for the restoration to the
public domain of lands in Alabama and
Mississippi, not needed for naval pur-
poses
The naval appropriation bill was again
taken up. When the paragraph was
reached as to the construction OF three
battle ships, the appropria ton committee
recommending that only two be provided
for, the debate on that proposition was
about starting. but it was interrupted by
the conference report on the diplomatic
and consular bill, showing a continued dis
agreement on the Hawaiian cable amend
ment. Mr.. Blackburn, who presented the
report, moved that the Senate recede from
he -~1@a
bility Of the House agreeing to it. On that
long debate sprung up, which is still
lmidnighO going on. Mr.. Pettigrew, rep,
Of South Dakota, argued against the
amendment, while Mr.. Lodge. rep. of
Massachusetts,, and Mr.. Morgan, dem.
OF Alabama, made speeches in support of
the amendment and In favor of the an
neXation of the Sandwich Islands.
Mr.. Lodge declared passionately that
rather than give it up, he would prefer
TO have ten extra sessions. Mr.. Morgan is
still speaking, and is APPARENTLY good for
several hours
The conference report on the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill and the
legislative appropriation bill, were re-
ported and concurred in.
Washington, March 8, 1 a MIR. Frye,
followed Mr.. Morgan, advocating the Ha-
walian cable proposition The Senate Their
refused by a vote of 80 to 27 to recede from
the cable amendment.
At l:30 a m. the naval appropriation.
Dill was again taken up and rapidly dis
posed of until the last most important
amendment was reached-the one to re-
ouce the number of batteships to be
constructed from three to two. Before its
oelng entered upon Mr. Aldrich suggest
ed that as the amendment could not be
disposed of tonight, the Senate should
now take a recess for an hour-to give
une for the sundry civil bill to be re-
celVed from the House-and then take
recess till Il a. m. To this proposition
Mr. German indicated his assent. but
Mt PETER preferred that he should go on
WIN the speech which he had desired to
uehVer against the proposed increase of
me navy. Mr.. Butler asked him to yield
I9r the pooling bill, but he positively de-
chned, and at AS o'clock ne began his
speech. having before him a large supply
OF material for it,
Mr PETER yielded the floor temporarily
10 permit the passage of the House joint
resolution for the payment to the state of
west Virginia her share of the sums paid
oack by the treasury, on account of the
ulrect tax collected from the states during
the civil war
When the resolution was passed, Mr..
IeHer resumed the floor, and declared that
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