The Monticellonian., 1895-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings in . Condensed
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 THE senate had busy session on the 23d and i several senators had spats over the effort to | bring up the pooling bill which is regarded as a matter of great importance but was finally again sidetracxed which 1t is thought disposes | Of it this session. Several senators warned the | friends Of the measure that it was useless to 1 take it up 1t would be talked to death, Mir. | White (Cal) being ready to fire 1ve-days' 1 speech against it. The Indian appropriation | bill was passed and some progress made on the sundry civil bill The latter bill contains the | provision for relieving the treasury by the is- sue of excheduer certificates up to s100 600, ,000. After eulogles of the late Representative Shaw. l of Wisconsin, the senate adjourned. The pro- ceedings of the house unimportant, the fight on the proposition to pay employees months salary extra was the leading feature. It carried by a vote of 93 to 6l in committee Of the whole. The deficiency bill was read and in the afternoon eulogies were delivered upon the late Senator Vance and the house ad- journed
 THE senate put in the whole session on the 26th considering the sundry civil appropriation bill The item of st50009 for purchasing the historic property of the late James G. Blaine in order to prevent it's use for other purposes occasioned sharp debate, but finally agreed to. Among other amendments agreed to was one appropfiating &, ,0)0 to the widow or other heirs of the killed in the Fords theater
 
 bill were approved until the concluding feat ureS were reached First, concerning the gov ernment printing office, and second, concern ing the important financial plan for an issue of S100 900 of certificates of indebtedness. Those were reserved. At i0 55 p m. the senate adjourned ... When the house met there was a great pressure for the consideration of local bills. The senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill were non-concurred in and the bill was sent to conference The house took up the deficiency bill in committee of the whole, which was finally reported. The amend mont to pay Great Britain Si25,00 the Behring award was lost by 1l2 yeas to 14a nays but the proposition to pay employees Of the house months salary extra was carried by 1i3 to 108 and the bill passed. The house soon adjourned
 THE senate was busy on the 26th working on the sundry civil appropriation bill The im- portant feature of the day was q sharp contest on the sugar bounty question and the friends of the bounty succeeded In carrying it by good majority The proposed bounty aggregates s5200,00o as stated In the amendments adopted, and may reach ss o00,009. The financial section of the bill,authorizng the issuing of S1O0. 0W cXchequer certificates was not reached. The bill passed granting to the state of Kansas the abandoned Fort Hayes military reservation. .... The proceedings Of the house were of little interest. The arbitration bill under con- sideration most of the time and 1t passed. II provides for q board of conciliation and arbitra- tion between common carriers and their em- ployes. After eulogies upon the late Repre- sentative Post, of Illinois, the house adjourned.
 THE senate on the 2Tth had stormy financial debate which lasted four hours It was on MT. Germans amendment to the sundry civil bill authorizing the issue of sl00,0)0,000 exchequer certificates to relieve the treasury. It was feared the financial debate would jeopardize the appropriation bills and there was much fn- terest taken in the discussion. The question was summarily disposed Of, however, by Mir German withdrawing his amendment and the ruling out on point Of order of MT. Mills amendment declaring that more bonds should be issued. An amendment to the bill was agreed to which provides for commission of United States army officers to investigate the Nicaragua canal project, going over the route and making a report. The day was wasted in the house so far the purposes for which the day was set apart were concerned namely, to consider bills reported from the committee public buildings and grounds. Only one bill was called up-that to purchase what is known the Malone site for new public printing ofiee The house got tangled up and after long time the bill was aban- doned. The conference reports the bill to prohibit the importation of goods In bond through the United States into the Mexican free zone and on the pension and post office appropriation bills were agreed to.
 THE senate on the 2sth passed the sundfy civil appropriation bill, including the item ap- propriating over S5,000,000 for sugar bounties, and the provision for commission to repre- sent the United States at international monetary conference. The latter feature brought out the wide difference of opinion among the silver men Of the senate to the advisability of participating in interna- tional conference. The deficiency bill was then reported The conference report the Indian territory court bill was agreed to- A resolution allowing J. W. Ady S2,0lO expenses for contesting the seat Of John Martin of Kan sas and the latter 8l 200, passed. The diplomatic bill passed. At the evening session Mir. Chandler tN. H) made a bitter speech against the cleo tion of Senator Martin (kan.), to which the latter senator replied in an equally bitter man. ner amid much confusion and excitement Several other senators took part in the rum puS .... The house insisted on it's disagreement to the item in the diplomatic bill providing for the Hawaiian cable. Fifty-four senate bills were disposed Of. Many bills of minor interest passed; also several District of Columbia bills The house having disposed of appropriation bills, there was general rush to get local and private bills through before the session closed.
 THE tumultuous proceedings in the senate chamber the previous evening between Soma tors Chandler, Martin and Hill left their traces on the proceedings when the senate met on March 1. Business, however, proceeded as usual in discussing the general defioienoy bill, which passed. The Behring sea indemnify fund was omitted from the bill night ses- sion held at which private pension bills were considered =. The day in the house was uneventfuL The entire session was devoted to the passage of bills under suspension of the rules. Among the bills that passed was the senate lottery bill. Several other bills also got through under suspension of the rules. The sundry civil, legislative and deficiency bills were sent to conference, and an evening session was held to consider private pension bills.