The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-02
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
A VOTE TO PAY THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC's CLAIN.

The Company Wants sI.sOo.539 for
Transportation for the Govern
ment-Senator henderson springs
n Charge Of Ncpotf~m-The senate
Votes in Favor of buying the Ma
hone Lot for "a Government Print
ing Omce-No Provision for the
BerinE sea Claim.
Washington. March THE general de
fciency bill. the last but one Of the thir-
teen great appropriation bills which con
gress has TO pass every session. occupied
the attention Of the Senate to-day. There
was but one important amendment re-
ported to it from the committee on appro-
priations. and that was one appropriating
N.s0e53e to pay a judgment IN favor Of
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
for government transportation. This item
provoked very strong opposition and
would probably have experienced the fa.e
which has overtaken 1t in every session
for many years back had it not been acct
dentally fortified by an amendment TO It
for the payment of about one-half the
judgments Of the court Of claims under
the French spoliation act. and under what
is known as the Bowman act. This pro-
position Covering about $500 900. had been
carried and attached TO the other; and
then the amendment. as thus amended.
was carried by the vote of 50 TO "A.
The question of nepotism was started
by an amendment offered by Mr.. Mander-
son, 10 the effect that the wives and
daughters of senators or representatives
should not be borne on the rolls as clerks,
and Mr.. Henderson ayailcd himself Of the
opportunity Of giving his opinion on that
not very unusual practice.
The only important amendment added to
the deficiency bill was one for the ac-
QUESTION Of the Malone lot as a site for
the government printing office. 1t was
ruled out, on q point of order by the pre-
siding officer Mr. Faulkner. and the Sen
ate reversed the ruling. The Senate re-
fused 10 lay it on the table--20 to 3l-and
then the opponents Of the proposition gave
up the fight and the amendment was
adopted
The question of the Boring sea indemni-
" came up in the Senate on two oc-
casions to-day; first on a resolution Of
Tered by Mr. Morgan dem, of Alabama,
TO refer the matter to the committee on
foreign relations with instructions to in
Quirc whether there was any liability
land TO what amOunD on the part of the
United States This resolution was
briefly but pertinently discussed and then
went over, on an objection from Mr. Tur-
pie.
The second time that it came up was
in the shape of an amendment offered by
Mr.. Cockrell to the deficiency bill, appro-
priating $4,000 for the expenses OF arbf-
tration as to the indemnity That was
antagonized by Mr. sherman as an I'M
wise proposition, which would result in
much larger cost to the government and
In weakening the principle of information
al arbitration. He offered a substitute
Tor tito pay the $425,OO0 which was
agreed upon by the Secretary of State.
Mr.. Morgan, who had been a delegate
TO the original Boring sea conference at
Paris, declared that such payment would
be disgraceful to the administration and
TO the people of the United States Mr..
Cockrell, in order to avoid a long dis
cussion, withdrew the amendment, and
Mr.. Sherman's substitute fell with it.
And so the deficiency bill contains no
item on the subject of the Bering sea
indemnity
The deficiency bill was passed at 7:35
clock and the remainder of the night
session was given to private pension
bills, and to the delivery of eulogies on
the late Representatives Isle of Ken
lucky, Wright of Pennsylvania, Post of
Illinois and Houk of Ohio.
An executive session was held, lasting
from IL AS until p. m