The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-01
WILSON CONFIRMED.
Senate Wasting Time in a
Wrangle Over a Petty
Nomination.
SECOND RATE BUSINESS DONE
Reliance Now on a Sunday Rush
House Rejects Senate Appropri-
alton Bill Excrescences.

hours of Congress will be marked by
a stubborn fight on the part of both
Houses over the amendments which have
been inserted in several of the appropri-
alton bills. The Sundry Civil Appropri-
alton bill. which will be reported back
to the House today, contains 200 Senate
amendments, and it was characterized
by one of the Democratic leaders of the
House this morning as .sthe most shame
full exhibition of profiigacy that Con-
gress has known for thirty years.
While the members of the House APP
preparations Committee, who will be
upon the Committee of Conference, ad-
NIT that they may make many conces-
sions, yet they insist on the other hand,
that they will allow the bill to fail rather
than to agree to all the amendments
which have been inserted since the meas
ure went to the Senate.
The item in the Consular and Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill for the Ha-
waian cable is still in dispute and is
serving as a fruitful source of discus
sion between its friends and opponents
at the two wings of the Capitol. So
pronounced are some of the House lead
ers in their opposition to this item that
they insist that this bill shall also be
permitted to fail before they will agree
to the appropriation.
A spirited though brief contest is an
tieipated over the Naval bill. 1t is be-
Eeved in the House that the Senate
will strike out the appropriation for at
least one of the battleships and, if this
be done, vigorous effort will be made
to have the appropriation reinserted in
conference.
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the House would probably be in session
until midnight on Saturday, and that
continuous session would be held from
Sunday evening until the hour of ad-
jourlinent at noon on the following Mon
day. He did not believe that session
on Sunday would be necessary, but he
ADDED that one would be held if it were
necessary to close up the unfinished busi-
ness.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
The President today sent to the Senate
the following nominations
George H. Small, Assistant United
States Treasurer at St. Louis, Mo.
The Senate went into executive session
about noon for the purpose of clearing
I'D the executive calendar as much as
z9osss sle Soon after the doors were clos
ed Mr. Faulkner (Dem., w. Va.,) asked
that the nomination of VIM. L. Wilson
of West Virginia, to be Postmaster Gem
era1, be considered. There was no OBJ
lection, and the nomination was con-
fir1,.ed without opposition and the Presi-
dent notified.
The case of Alfred T. Insley, nominated
to be postmaster at Sioux Falls. s. D.,
which stands at the head of the executive
calendar, was then called up, and Mr..
Kyle (Pop., S. DID, at once made the
point of no quorum against it. The call
of the Senate showed the presence of 63
Senators, and Mr.. Kyle then began to
address the Senate on the case. Mr.. Kyle
was preparing for a speech of at least
an hours duration.
The committees report was unanimous
against confirmation
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
The House bill to amend the acts for
feiting certain railroad grants so as to
extend till January l, 1897, the time with
in which persons entitled to purchase
any of the forfeited lands shall be per-
mitted to do SO, and With proviso that
actual residence on the part of the pur-
chaser shall not be required, if the land
be fenced or cultivated, was. on motion
Of Mr.. Berry Dem., Ark), taken up,
and was explained by him and by Mr..
Mitchell (Rep., Ore). The propriety of
passing such bill without it being un-
derstood by Senators was questioned by
Senators Platt Rep., Comm, Manderson
Oep, Neb.) and Hale (Rep., Me.). The
latter predicted that the bill would come
back to plague Congress. After con-
siderable discussion the bill was passed.
BEHRING SEA CLAIMS.
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resolution referring to the Committee on
Foreign Relations the message of the
President of February 13, relating to the
payment by the United States of the
claims of Great Britain arising out of
the Behring Sea controversy, with in
structions to examine into the question
of the liability of the United States to
Great Britain and the amount thereof
If any, and as to any liability of Great
Britain or Canada out of such contro-
versy.-
Mr. Sherman Rep., Ohio) questioned
the wisdom of offering the resolution
while the question was pending between
now in conference. On that point he
was corrected by Mr.. Hale Rep., Me..)
who said that the Appropriation of $425.-
600 had been struck out by the House
and had not been inserted by the Senate.
Mr. Morgan. who had been one of the
American delegates to the Paris confer
ence, said:-The British Parliament ac-
cording to the morning papers, seems to
be acting on this subject now by antic-
ipation. Sir George Haden-Powell says
that they want to pay the Canadians and
the recalcitrant and rascally Americans
who hired themselves out under the Brit
ish flag to ROB the Government of the
United States. violate its laws and dis
honor the country-and to pay them in
advance, go as to have q moral claim
against the United States for this s425, 900
not one shilling of which is due-not a
shilling. propose that the Committee
on Foreign Relations shall investigate
that matter There has been enough
OF falsehood and Misrepresentation about
this in official documents and in the
newspapers to require. for the Wind la
ton of the honor of the country. that
this investigation shall be made.
II have no objection ITO it,. said Mr..
Sherman.
Mr. Turpie Dem., Ind.) asked Mr.. Nor
gan whether the text of the resolution
did not propose revision of the Behring
Sea arbitration. and was told by Mr..
Morgan that it did not. The purpose was
merely to ascertain what were the obli-.
rations of the respective Governments
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