Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-03
CARRIED THE SUGAR BOUNTY
House Finally Accepts the Amendment
Tackled on by the Senate.
CALLED FORTH A VERY lW. lY DtBATe
Pension Bills Passed Mt the Rate of Two q
Naturalization on Various Conference
Reports Occupies Most OF tho
Time of the Session.


Time of tho Session.
WASHINGTON, March 2.--The house. fig
uratvely speaking. rolled up Its sleeves today
and entered on the work OF the last legis-
lative day OF this session. 1t requires a
steady eye and swift and accurate judgment
to pilot matters legislative through the home
stretch, and tho speaker who Is as much OF
an autocrat in the closing hours of dying
| congress as the czar Of Russia, held tight
| rein. 1t was to be an all day and all night
session, and the scene was truly brilliant
| one In the afternoon the speaker made
| few recognitions to pass bills by unanimous
| consent and under suspension Of the rules
| several were passed, among them one to re-
mburse officers and sailors of the navy who
| had lost personal property in wrecked ves-
| sells: to grant the Fort Hayes military reser-
vatlon comprising 5000 acres) to the state
| Of Kansas FOR the establishment of western
branch Of the State Agricultural college and
| TO reimburse Washington and Lee universities
| Of Virginia to the extent Of $4,000 for in
juries sustained by it during the war. AT the
night session the conference report Of the
sundry civil bill, which contained the senate
| provisions for the purchase Of the Blaine site,
the payment OF the sugar bounty, this pur-
| chase Of a printing Office site, etc, had the
| right OF way. Mr.. Sayers, chairman of the
| appropriations committee was at the helm.
and although the debate on the sugar bounty
was at times almost rlotous, he held the
tiller firm, and long after midnight in the
presence of crowded galleries the debate
| went on.
About twenty-five senate bills and resolu-
| tions were laid before the house and most
OF them favorably acted upon. Among them
was the senate bill to grant to the state Of
Kansas the Fort Hays military reserva-
tion comprising 5000 acrcs) for the estab-
| lishment OF a western branch of the State
Agricultural college. Pension bills favorably
acted on at last nights session were passed
aa tie ra'e ol que every nan minute re
luests ,or % %una.iiinous consent ralnea IN put
,I,et @ Nun oplertlohs III almost every instance
| riiia,iy MI. iuChei Vi Nrsh'a was recus-
ni2ed 10 pass Dill under suspension OF the
ruies, aPpropriating slf,ooo lot washington
ana Lee university, TO reimburse II Tor IN
1urles sustained during the war After some
DEBATE, In winch Messrs. D0iliVer, Hit and
powers argued the justice oil the claim, Mr.
heed protested against considering the Dill
on sentimental grounds instead of the
grounds OF reason and wisdom. whoever
provokes war" said he, must take the
consequences-even the lawlessness which
destroys institutions of learning"
Mr. Sickles of New York, under whose
direction the repairs to Washington and Lee
university were made while he was in COM
mand of the Department of the Carolnas
in the war took issue with Mr. Reed. ''War
was war;" said he. Its cruelties are nu-
merous. But when the war is over we may
rightfully go back to the proclamation OF
Lincoln, which breathed the broadest Chris
tian symDathy and humanitarianism and full
fill the implied promise that institutions Of
learning and religion should be held sacred -
A round of applause greeted General
Sickles' appeal and the bill was passed
| The general deficiency hill was sent to
conference Messrs Rreckinrldge Savers
and Cannon were appointed conferees ON the
.n,rt of the bbuse
oJ,cI|r rJTr,, mr., .o,rpn mo
b. 1AH'iitiSS hoi'E>H BILL AZ ~
MT, Hatch presented the conference repor,
on h1he agricultural Dill, showing fuli
agreement Oh al oisputeu poihls. ihe re-
port was agreed to.
On motion OF Mr. Bland, chairman OF tne
committee on coinage, weights ana meas
. rres, resolution was adopted designating
me secretary oi the treasury superintendent
OF the coast and geodetic survey and the
director of the mint committee to investi-
gate and report to the next congress the
adyisability OF the adotpion OF the decimal
system
Mr.. Wise OF Virginia then offered a reso-
luton directing the sergeant-at,arms TO pay
!; 10 members tne amount OF tnelr salarles
withheld on account OF ABSENCE. under an
: oid statute dlscoVered carry IN the hrst ses,
sion OF this congress members were required
. 10 certliy TO thelr presence III the mousse aho
eheir salaries ior sucn Gays as .hey wert rs
tbernse,ves or fami,ies were w;tbbeld
nv naarmond domondod second which
, was ordered lax IN Ak
y Mr. visa said be would NOT have Offered
+ tho resolution ~ the law had been fa,rl,
4 eyecuted Deductions had heen made from
= ? the salaries of bnt few members The vas
5 majority had refused to certify their absenc,
f nnIer law that had not heen in force 70,
twentv Years
q Mr. Dearmond in onnosition tn the resolr
! tion called attention IN tbe fact thot tb,
+ house had already voted a Yea and nav vot,
d that section Al nj the Revised Stah,tes wa,
d In force He tainted the house with irwin,
e tn backsIide "It is much in fashion. sail
he. sarcasticalIv "durine the closing hour
of n diving congress- to make ample pro
4 vision for its members Inv its memhars.
n Mr. Bynum of Indiana and Boatner o
q Louisiana supported the resolution. AM
+ Messrs Mallory of Florida and Williams O
s Mississippi opposed It.
e The result of the vote was 14S to Ga four
n teen answering "present'' hut not voting
y The sneaker decided that two-tbirds of tbos
q nresent had moi voted for the resolution. an,
i. declared II lost
II Mr. Holman presented the conference re
g mort ON the Indian appropriation bill. show
l. ING martial apreement The report wa
n agreed 10 and The hill sent tn further con
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