Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-07
A LONG SESSION.
The House and Senate Do Not AL
journ Saturday.
lucu WORK ACCOMPLISHED SUNDAY
NJ Senate Rscsdss from the Hawaiian
Cable Item Many conference Re-
poPts Agreed to and Bills
Passed In the House.

WASHINGTON, March EARLY Satur
day the agricultural and Notifications
bills were finally agreed to and nadt
ready for the presidents signature A,
the outset Of the debate on the nAva
bill an effort was made TO defeat ths
plan Of reduction made by the appro
priation committee by which the houss
bill was cut about $4,000 900 and tn
number OF bsttleships reduced from
three 10 two. After sharp debate IN
which the need Of . strong navy VA
discussed, tho committee was sustained
A number Of amendments were dis
posed Of, and at 5:45 o'clock the senate
hold . brief executive session and then
took recess until s o'clock
The senate resumed work at s p. m.
The following bills were passed; 10
amend the act for the relief OF certain
volunteer and regular soldiers Of the
late war and the war Of Mexico to re-
store To the public domain certain
lands In Alabama and Mississippi not
needed for naval purposes; to amend
tho oct incorporating the American
university; TO amend the act as to liens
Of Judgments and DEGREES Of United
States courts.
Consideration Of the naval bill was
then resumed.
The senate conferees on the diplo.
matte and consular appropriation bill
reported Ut this point that they were
unsbls to agree on the appropriation
Of 100000 for beginning the Hawaiian
cable. Blackburn said the most
strenuous efforts had been made and
the struggle could be continued no
longer. Rather than clog the wheels
Of our foreign service, Blackburn said
be would move TO recede from the
cable amendment
Mr.. Pettigrew urged that the senate
rscede. he yielded for the presenta-
aion Of the conference agreement on
tho District Of Columbia appropriation
bill, which was confirmed Tho con-
ference report on the legislative, exec
utive and judicial bill was also con-
Armed.
Blackburn's motion to recede from
the $500, 900 Hawaiian amendment was
defeated--Q7 To 80 and the bill sent
back 10 conference. At 3 o'clock Sum
day morning the senate took recess
until 2 o'clock p. IN.
When the Vice presidents gayeI
called the senate to order ut 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, by an ancient legls-
lative fiction, II was still saturday,
March 2. Mr.. German called up the
pending naval appropriation bill The
pending amendment was one reducing
from three to two the number Of bat
tleships To be built, which was agreed
TO-
The provision striking out twelve
torpedo boats and inserting six light
draught composite gunboats Of absut
1000 tons displacement at Sa3O, 900 was
agreed TO- The naval appropriation
bill was then passed without division.
A concurrent resolution looking to
the participation Of congress in the
ceremonies attending the dedication
Of Chiokamauga and Chattanooga Ma
tional park, coming over from the
house was, on motion OF Mr. Palmer
concurred In by the senate
The conference report on the sunlry
civil appropriation bill was thea con
Cured In.
MIR. Blackburns motion to reccde on
the cable item In the diplomatic and
consular bill was then put to vote
and carried without division The
conference report on the bill was then
agreed to. The senate then went into
executive session, which ended with
the selection OF Senators Teller Jones
and Daniel, by the unanimous vote Of
the senate as It's representatives in the
international conference.
THE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, March 4. Saturday the
speaker made Il few recognitlons to
pass bills by unanimous consent, and
under suspension Of the rules, and sew
eral were passed, among them one to
reimburse officers and sailors of the
navy who had lost personal property in
wrecked vessels; TO grant the Fort
Hayes military reservation comprising
5000 aores) TO the state Of Kansas for
the establishment Of u western branch
Of the state agricultural college Of Kan
sas, and to reimburse Washington and
Lee University Of Virginia TO the ex-
tent Of $4,000 for injuries sustained
by It during the war. An attempt to
pay members salaries withheld for alb
senteeism, failed by n few votes.
The general deficiency bill was sent
10 conference. Messrs, Breckenridge,
Sayers and Cannon were appointed
conferees Oh the part OF the honse.
Mr.. Hatch presented the conference
report on the yricultural bill, showing
full agreement on all disputed points.
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Holman presented the confer.
snce report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill, showing partial agreement
The report was agreed to and the bill
sent TO further conference At
o'clock the house tool recess until
o'clock.
When the house reconvened Mr.
Sayers presented the conference re-
port Of the sundry civil appropriation
bill The report was agreed to. The
house receded from its disagreement
70 the amendment for the payment
Of sizes, 900 to the victims Of the Ford
thsstsr disaster. The great contest
came on the senate amendment APP
propriating 5000, 900 for the payment
Of the sugar bounties for the fiscal
year ending June 80 next Mr., Dock
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