Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-09
Made by the House on Legislative
 and Judicial Appropriations.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Announcing the Issue of Bonds and the Pending Death Sen-
 tences in Hawaii Referred

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The houge today entered upon the consideration of the leg islative. executive and judicial appropria- tion bill for the year ending June 30, 1896, but made little progress. An amendment to the paragraph providing for the pay- ment of clerks to members, offered by Mir. Bartlett, democrat, of New York, and to make them annual instead of session employees, led to an animated debate upon the economy and wisdom of giving mem- bers the assistance of clerks. Considerable bitterness was displayed and various propositions were made to amend or to substitute MT. Bartlett's motion. These were all rejected, but upon the adoption of MT. Bartlett's proposition quorum did not vote. All efforts to secure a quorum proved futile, and finally they were aban- doned and the further consideration or the bill postponed.
 The message from the president, an-. nouncing the sale of bonds and the protest of this government against the execution Of the court martial sentences upon citizens of the United States who engaged in the re- cent revolt in Hawaii were received and re- ferred, the former to the committee on ways and means, the latter to the commit tee on foreign affairs. MT. Boutelle, re- publican, of Maine, endeavored to secure
 
 to the committee of the whole on the state of the union, but the speaker held that motion to that effect would not be in order.
 A senate bill was passed appropriating S10, 900 for the relief of the poor of the Dis trict of Columbia, also fourteen private pension bills. The usual Friday night session, for the consideration of private pension bills, was omitted by unanimous consent.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Two very important communications from the president were presented to the senate today and were referred to the ap- propriater committees. The first notified congress that as precaution against it's failure to give legislative aid to tue treas ury arrangements had been made for a per cent "coinb bond, to run thirty years, at premium which would make the actual interest 3A per cent, but coupled with the condition that If per cent ''gold'' were authorized by congress within ten days they would be substituted for the per cent bonds, thus saving S539,t 159 in annual interest and $16, TIA ,770 in interest for the full term of thirty years.
 Without any comment, but with an apr parent sense of the importance of the pres- ident's representations, the message was referred to the committee on finance.
 The other message of the president att tracted equal attention, and gave rise to considerable discussion, after which it was referred to the committee on foreign rela- tions. It had reference to the death sem tences imposed on the prisoners convicted of engaging in revolutionary movement in Hawaii. The general tone of the debate indicated the depth of feeling which ex- isted against such a sanguinary measure, the only expression to the contrary coming from MT. Morgan : democrat, of Alabama, who said that he had no advice to give to the Hawaiian government, but that if it yielded to the reEIonstrances of any other government in~ such @ matter 1t might as well turn over it's power again to Queen LilioukaIani.
 The diplomatic appropriation bill, with the amer dment as to the telegraph cable to Hawaii, went over without action.
 At 5:45 D. m. the senate adjourned.