Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-08
BY A DECISIVE VOTE.
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fcontinued From First Page.l California. Branch, Breckinridge, Bretse, Frederick, Bromeif. Brookshire, Brown Bryan, Bundy, Cabiness, Cannon of Ca1li fornia, Cannon of Illinois, Childs, Clark Cockrell, Coifeen, Conn, Cooper ea ford, Curtis of Kansas, Davfs' DeArmond, Denson. Dinsmore, Doekery 7, Deliver, Donovan, Doolittle, Ellis oi iken- lucky, Ellis of Oregon, E9ioe, Epes, Gpes, venor, Grow, Hager, Hainer, Hall of Ms souri, Harris, Hartman, Hatch, Heard, Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of North Carolina, Hepourn' sissippi, Hopkins of Illinois, Hopkins Hull, Hunter, Hulcheson, Ikirt, Izlar, Johnson of North Dakota, Rem, Kyle, Lace, Lane, Lattimer, Lawson, Lsyion' Lester, Little, Livingston, Loud, Louder slager, Lucas, Maddox, Mcguire, Mallory Marsh. Marshall, McCreary of Min nnesota, McCreary Of Kentucky, McCulloch, Mc- Dowell, McKeighan, McLaurin, McnliiIln' McNagny, MeRae, Meiklejohn' Mercse' Maoss Morgan Morgan, Moses, ' Neil, Now lands, Northway, Ogden, pendleton of Texas, Perkins, Pickler, hicharoson oi Michigan, Richardson of Tennessee, Koo. DlnB, hODeftSOn OI laAooStt OA Georgia, Savers, Settle, She'll, Sibley' Simpson, Snodgrass. Springer, staiiings' Stephenson, Stockdale, Strait, Strong, Swanson, 1albert of South Carolina, Tate, Tawney, Taylor Of Indiana, Taylor or Ten nessee. Terry, Thomas, Tyler, VanVoor-. his of Ohio, Walker. Waugh, Wheeler of Alabama, Wheeler of Illinois, White, Whiting, Williams of Illinois, Williams of Mississippi, Wilson of Ohio ana Woodward-162.
 Edmnnds, Jones and Kilgore. Total, 4.
 Adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Arctic weather was experienced in Wash ington today and at noon snow had been steadily falling for couple Of hours. ance of senators when the chaplain deliv- cred the morning prayer, and It wes so dark that 1t was found necessary to light the gas above the glass roof of the cham- Der.
 Mir. Mitchell, republican,, of Oregon, said that he was instructed by the commit- tee of claims to report an amendment to an appropriation and to make a brief state- ment The amendment related, he said, to the claims for sugar bounty.
 One part of the claim, he said, was for the bounty which should have been paid prior to August 28 1893, when the Mo- Knley act became law. And part of it was for half the bounty on the sugar pro- QuCeO d1ier tQdb udtc. luc CoinmittCc oh claims, he said, was divided on both propositions. The majority of the con- mittee believed that the first part of the claim should be paid in full (about S227,- 000), but the committee was not Willing to recommend favorable action on the second part, but left it for the action of the con- mittee on appropriations and the senate. Individually he believed that the bounty should be paid on all the sugar actually produced prior to the passage of the repeal oot ta hat thera a legal obligation and ap equitable obligation to pay the other part of the claim.
 In answer to an inquiry as to the total amount involved, MT. Mitchell said that the estimate for the full bounty WAS Sl5,- 0C0, eco, the half of that being S7 7,750, ,000, which, added to the other sum, would make the whole amount about so, ,000 ,0oo.
 In the course of long discussion Mr. Cockrell, democrat, of Missouri, chairman of the committee on appropriations, pro tested vigorously against that committee being made the dumping ground for other committees, and be criticised severely the committee on claims for not presenting written report with precise reeommenda- tions.
 No action being necessary in the matter the senate proceeded lo other business.
 resolution offered by MT. Call on the 18th of December for the appointment of select committee 10 investigate the Louis- jana or Honduras Lottery company and other corporations in Florida Gas to con- trolling or influencing newspapers or elec- tions in the state of FIorida) was called up by Mir. Call who proceeded to address the senate in explanation and advocacy of the resolution.
 Mr. Calls remarks were cut off by Mir. Blackb kburn's motion to take up the diplo- matic and consular appropriation bili--a motion which MT. Call alluded to in au undertone as bolstering up the lottery company.'
 The diplomatic bill was before the senate up 10 the hour of adjournment when it weut over without action on the item for the construction of q telegraph cable be- tween the United States and the Hawaiian islands. Speeches were made by Mir. Higgins, republican, of Delaware, in favor of the item, and by Messrs. Palmer, demt crat, of Illinois, and Caffery, demo- crat, of Louisiana, against 1t.
 MT. Palmer, reciting a sentence from Mir. Telier's (republican, of Colorado) speech of the previous day, 'Oh, for an hour of Marcy, Clay and Websier,' ex- claimed, "Ob, for an hour of Charles sum- ner, who would not consent to the ni- bilation of the negro republic of San Domingo.'
 ''Is there no one who will speak for the helpless people of the Flaw allan islands, who have been robbed and who are now governed by agencies that are as despotic as can be imagined?''
 The senate, at 5:30 D. m., adjourned un- iii tomorrow.
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