The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-01
THE SUNDRy CIVIL BILL
Passes the Senate With Nearly
All Amendments.
PATRIOTISM AT POSTOFFlCES
The Declaration OF independence to
be Posted There. The House
Refuses to Concur With the
Hawaiian Gable APP
preparation.
BY Southern Associated Press.

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ATE.-The Sundry Civil Appropria.
tion bill was passed by the senate
to-day, its consideration having oo-
cupied the large share of four Iegis-
iatire days. All of the amendments
that were adopted in committee of
the whole were concurred in after
tho bill wns reported back to the
Senate-almOst all of them in bulk.
An effort was made by MIR. Stew.
art to have Mr.. Wolcott's amend.
ment Tor the appointment of dele.
gates to nn international monetary
| conference, modified 80 rs to pro.
| hibit the delegates from agreeing to
any higher ratio between gold aud
silver than 16 to L; but he was not
| able to muster more than IL votes
on his side.
The bill now goes to conference.
The conferees on the part of the
Senate are Senators Cockrell Dem y
OF Missouri, German (Dem.), of
Maryland, and Allison (Rep.J, OF
Iowa.
The amendment offered last even
ing by Mr.. Bate, appointing Slo5.
600 to aid the exposition at Nash.
An amendment instructing the
Commissioner of Fisheries to nuke
speclnl investigation as TO the exter.
mlnatlon OF migratory fishes In In
dIan river, Fla, was offered by MIR,
Quay (Rcp.), of Pennsylvania. and
agreed to,
The Naval Appropriation bill and
General deficiency bill were report
ed from the Appropriatlon's Com
mlttee, both with amendments. and
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Gallinger presented the me.
mortal of the Daughters of the Rev.
oiutlon, to have posted in conspic.
nous place IN every postotlice in the
United States the Declaration of
independence, as au educational
means. lie gave the proposition his
unqualified approval and had it re
ferred to the Postoflice Committee.
y resolution was offered by Mr..
Hawley (Rep.), OF Connecticut, and
| agreed to, requesting tho President
to call tie attention Of the govern.
ment OF Nicaragua to the proper ad-
Justment and settlement OF claims of
| private citizens Of the United States
uS ulHsl tuaI TepuDllc.
The Legislative, Executive and
Judicial APPROXIMATION bill was
taken up and by $40 p. m, when
| there was IA short executive session.
followed by recess till s u. m.
ninety-two pages OF the bill-over
two-thirds OF the whole-had been
completed.
HousE.-Although this day had
been set apart by unaulmous con.
sent OF the House, for the considera.
ton ami disposition of measures
relating to the affairs of the District
of Columbia, 1t was quarter after j
O'Clock before the first bill went
before the House. First came the
report of the conference on the
Diplomatic and Consular Appro
priatlon bill; that they were still
unable to agree upon the item in.
serted by the Senate, authorizing
the construction of cable to
liawail and nppropriatlDg $5UO, 600
to begin the work. BY II vote of
100 to llj, the House voted to still
insist upon its disagreement to that
amendment, and the same confer
ces were appointed for further
conference. Tho Republicans and
PopulIsts voted to concur, the Dem
ocrats generally dIsagreeing.
koli-chil was had on the question
of disposing of the contested cleo
tion case of Williams vs. Settle.
from the Fifth District of North
Carolina. Mr.. Brown Dem. of
Indiann, chairman OF the Eleetjons
Committee, asked the House to de
termine whether or not 1t would
consider the matter and the House
determined yeas, 103: nays, ID
that 1t would not consider the elec.
ton case.
Mr.. Lawson (Dem.), of Georgia,
presented the report OF the Com
mittee on Elections in the contest
of Goode VS.. Epes, from the ourth
District of Virginia, in favor of
Epes. the sitting member. Leave
was given the minority to file their
views.
Senate joint resolution was passed
authorizing Second Lieut.. f.. B.
hockonbach, of the Tenth Cavalry,
to accept the position of command.
ant OF cadets ut the Virginia Mill.
tary institute, Lexington,
Senate amendments 10 the bill
making it unlawful for an unauthor.
lZeu person to wear the Insignia of
the Ked Cross. were agreed TO, nnd
1t now goes to the President for his
approval.
The bill to protect forest reserva-
tons, which the Senate amended by
the substitution OF nn entire new
proposition, was zefarred to the