The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-22
lhe House Refuses to Sustain
the Amendment.
ANNEXATION SENTIMENTS.
The Deficiency BiIPs Progress. In
the Senate. The Indian Appro-
priation Bill. Effort to Cut
Off Hampton's Appro-
priation.
By Southern Associated Press.

ase amendment to tho Diplomatic
and Consular bill, which directs the
president to contract for the con-
Ftruction of q cable to the Hawaiian
Islands from the United States. But
there were not enough altogether to
adopt the motion of Mr.. HIT (Rep.)
that the House concur IN the amend
ment,lt being defeated after an hour
and half OF debate, by vote of
?52 to ia, and the matter again
went to conference.
The discussion was without nota-
ole incident, except significant
declaration by Gen. Sickles (Dem.) },
Tho, declaring himself to be an an
aexationist, said that if lie could no
longer labor for the progress oil his
country within party lines he would
break them and go where he could
do so. lie had done this before and
he would do 1t again were it neces.
sary. Tho construction Of the
cable and incidentally tho aunsxa.
ion of the islands was advocated by
Mr.. Storer (Rep.), of Ohio; Mr..
Draper (Rep.), OF Massachusetts;
Messrs. Hermann and Ryan
tDems.O, of New York; Mr.. Bartlett
tDem.), Of New York, and MIR.
blckles, and was opposed by MIR.
tlooker (Dem.) }, OF Mississippi; Mr.
Nnrtcr (Dem. of Ohio; Mr.. Tucker
,Dem.D, of Virginia. and Mr.. Nc.
Creary (Dem.), OF Kentucky.
Consideration was begnn of the
deficiency bill, the last of tho gen.
eraI appropriation bills. Amend
ments were agreed to giving the
Eield Columbian Museum, Chicago,
certain portions OF the State De-
partment exhibit ut the Worlds
Falr (mostly duplicates and nppro-
printing IS, OOU for the employment
OF temporary clerks i'll the Office of
auditor for the Postoilice Depart
ment to bring up the business to
date. An amendment was offered
ny Breckinrldge and passed over
temporarily for argument, to pay
tl20, 900 IN full of all claims on ac
count OF Berlng sen seizures, in ne
cordance with the agreement made
August q, 1894, by Secretary Gresh-
am and Sir Julian Paunceiote, the
British Ambassador.
After dlsposing OF sixteen pages
OF the bill the committee rose and 1t
House shall meet at ii O'Clock,
public business WAS suspended and
tho House listened to eulogies upon
She life and services OF the late
francis Il, Stockbridge, Senator
from Michigan.
AT the close the resolutions re.
ported IRON the Senate were agreed
TO, and as q further mark of respect,
at p. M, the House adjourned.
SENATE. The Indian Appropria.
ton bill was considered in the Sen
ate to-day for about five hours, aud
thirteen additional pages OF it were
disposed of, leaving seventeen pages
for to morrow. The reason why
greater progress was not made was
chat disputed item of $3.50 for beef
cattle furnished TO some Indians,
was talked over for almost two
hours; and that the Indian school
question which comes up inevitably
on every such appropriation bill
vas discussed Tor q still longer
Qerlod of time.
Inc COMMITTEE on Appropriation
cad reported an amendment to
etrlke out the two items for the
maintenance and education Of In
dian children at Hampton, Va, and
ct tho Lincoln Institute of Philadel.
pima, on the grounds that those
were denominatlUnal Indian schools
tprotestants), and that, rs all other
denomlnatiOnal Indian schools were
to be abandoned, there should be no
discrimination III favor of those two.
1ho result OF the struggle was, how
ever, the defeat of tho Committee
on Appropriations and the retention
In the bill for the two items for
these schools.
Al p. III. Il recess was taken for
Two hours. the evening session to be
given to tile consideration of bill
authorizing the issue of bonds to
the amount OF 81 500, 600 for the ex.
pensc of the sewer system of tho
city of Washington.
Credentials of two additions to
the Populist party in the Senate
tMossrs. Illlman, OF South Carolina.
and Butler, of North Carolina from
tho 18th of MARCH next were present.
ed, read and placed on filed.
y resolution was reported iron,
the Committee on Foreign Reln.
tlons by MIR. Turpie and ugreed to.
expressing the high appreciation by
the Senasc of The distinguished
honor accorded by the Mexican
Govern mont on the occnsior os ~