The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL CON
CURED IN.
A Rising Vote of Thanks Rendered
Speaker Crisp-Messrs. Crisp, Gull
berson and Hilt Appointed Mem
bers of the Monetary Con-
farenpa

SreSS IN the PHEASANT SetunR In of mi
spring like weather furnished to Washin,
ton holiday in the. modern acceptatio
of the word. Throughout the afternoo
all the driveways and walks approachin
the capitol were thick with carriages an
the Sunday professions turned thei
steps from Connecticut avenue to tn
swell northwest to the other end o
town. The broad steps of the capito
had somewhat the appearance of inaugu
ration day. the great steps being crowded
with people and carriages surrounding the
great building for distance of blocks
Within the building the jam was SC
great 1t interfered with business The
doorkeepers in the galleries were kept
nghtlng to restrain the people, for whom
tnere was not room. The elevators were
loadedto the limit of their capacity every
trip, Two streams of people elbowed their
way from the house to the senate and
from the senate back to the house, while
messengers, pages and members ploWed
their way at angles through the jam. The
comparatively small detachments which
could be accommodated in the galleries
OF both houses kept up babble of chat,
ter which, combined with the rushing
back and forth and clamoring of members
like busy day in the pit of a stock ex,
change almost overwhelmed the routine
proceedings and kept the speakers gavel
hammering inceSsantly.
The house was the theater of the popu-
qace, which presented a lively scene,
while in the senate the spectators were
more orderly and fewer, though more of
the notables were to be seen in the re-
served galleries, particularly in the dip
lomatic seats, where the sky blue robes of
the Chinese minister was the center of
interest. After nightfall and until the
street cars stopped running at midnight,
the, crowds pushed in and out, hung about
the rotunda, looking at the historic paint.
ings, when they could not secure admis-
sion to the galleries, and not few spec.
tators were holding their seats into the
early hours of Monday morning.
Washingto, March 3-When the vice
presidents gavel called the senate to or.
der at 2 O'Clock this Sunday afternoon
an announcement was made that in leg.
islative. fiction it was still Saturday
March 2. .'r. H'' ,..# nm -
Business began very promptly with a
request from Mr.. Jones (Ark.) for the
consideration of bill to approve com.
promise and settlement between the United
States and the state of Arkansas.
Mr.. PETER (Kan.) offered an amend.
ment to contine the appropriation of the
bill at issue between the United States
and the state, excluding individual claims,
but before this could be disposed of, Mr..
Call (Fla.) presented the second confer
ence report on the Indian appropriation
bill, showing a disagreement upon three
amendments.
Upon his motion a further conference
was ordered, the senate insisting upon
its disagreement.
. Mr. German (Md) called up the pending
appropriation bill and an amendment
exempting the Richmond Locomotive
works from penalties incurred in connec-
ton with the construction of machines
for Texas, was concurred in.
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) interrupted the pro
ceedings with motion to table the mo-
ton made Saturday by Mr.. Brice (Ohio)
to reconsider the vote by which the SEN
ate concurred in the formal house amend
ment to the lottery bill. To do this he
was obliged to antagonize the naval ap-
preparation bill, and the yeas >and nays
being had on his motion it was lost-yeas
II, nays II, and the consideration of the
naval bill was continued.
The pending amendment was one re-
ducing from three to two the number of
the new battleships to be built.
Mr.. Hansbrough IN. d. thereupon took
the floor and argued that the United States
tions in the shape of a warlike attack.
England had already captured the United
States financially; had undersold our cot,
ton spinners and made eight millions on
one bond bill She will never make war
upon country which was producing
such revenue for her.
Mr.. German (Md,) proposed that de-
bate on the bill run until o'clock, q re-
cess being taken until 8 o'clock. Some ar
rangement of this kind, he said, was neces-
STATED by the new plan of printing, in
stead of engrossing all bills, but the propo-
sition, meeting with objection, was aban-
doned by Mr. German.
The question recurring on the battle
ship amendment, Mr.. German proceeded
to explain what he denominated the most
important provision in the bill. Although
the present appropriation for these ships
was $5,00000O, the government, he said,
would be obliged for a total debt of $14,-
100000 or SIS 100000 including the ships
the provision reported by the senate COM
mittee was the most liberal ever made for
the navy.
1t was too liberal, in his belief, having
regard to the condition of the treasury
and the fact that every business house
was economizing. Naval officers themt
selves were divided as to the propriety of
building so many battle ships. Several
such ships We're now under construction,
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their qualities. The introduction of
nickel had hardened armor, had revolu
tionized the plan of ships, and it was not
wise to go too for, for in five years some
genius might develop the art of construc-
ton to q point where these ships would
be antiquated.
There was need of some small sheath
gun boats for service in the South, YES
sells inexpensive to run and not obliged to
go into dry dock every few months. When
the treasury was overlooking we had
made liberal appropriations for q new
navy and had built some splendid ships.
Yet, with reduced revenues, the appropria-
tions for the navy had steadily increased
until this bill came to the senate with
total appropriation of about $31,000,000.
The senate committee had reduced this
to what was still liberal appropriation
and he appealed to the senate to support
the committee, for there was no posi-
billy of paying for these three ships with
out selling more bonds or using the pro-
ceeds of those already sold.d He knew,
he said, that two great firms, Carnegie
and Bethlehem, had taken great risk at
the instance of Secretaries Whitney and
Tracy to invest millions in naval steel
plants and he appreciated the fact that
they had not yet recouped. But what the
senate committee had recommended was
all that could be prudently done at this
time. - =,
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