Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-02
CONGRESS NEAR AN END
Millions of Dollars Appropriated
 Tn d Few Hours.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL WAS PASSED

The Bering Sea Affair Provokes a sharT
 Debate In the senate-House Spends 6
 Quiet Day-DemOcrats Issue Silver Man ifesto.
 WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Boring ses differences between the United States and Great Britain provoked an animated de. bate in the senate. MT. Cockrell had of. fered an amendment to the pending def. ciency bill appropriating $50, 900 for the expenses of another commission of arbi. tration to adjust the claims of Canadian sealers seized by the United States. IL was in line with the suggestions of let. ter just received from Secretary Gresham.
 Mir. Sherman opposed this second arbi tration, saying 1t was dishonorable and unwise-that the United States had not paid these claims through the compromise of $425, 900 heretofore urged by the presi. dent. Mir. Sherman prophesied much trou. ble as a result of reopening the subject. Mir. Hoar also stated that this foreshadow. ed another such reverse as the United States received at the Halifax award
 MT Morgan, chairman of the commit tee on foreign relations and one of the commissioners at the Paris court of arbi tration, declared that this plan to pay Great Britain lump sum for the Cana dian seizures was in violation of the honol of the United States. It had been proposed by the president and had been properly re jected
 Mir. Morgan asserted that Great Britain, through its emissaries here, was syste matically violating the Paris award. With great vehemence he declared that the pay. ment of $425, 900 would be a disgrace tc the United States and to the administra- tion. The contest was so effective that MT. Cockrell withdrew tho proposition fol another Boring sea arbitration commis sion.
 Millions Scattered Lavishly.
 The deficiency appropriation bill was kept steadily before the senate throughout the day and was passed after a struggle oi three hours to add various claims to it. The claims of California, Oregon and Ne. vada against the government aggregating about S5, GOO, 900 were passed without thG formality of yea and nay vote. The appropriation of S1, s09, 900 to the South. ern Pacific railroad and another of about sl,000, 900 for French spOliation claims and war claims were also passed.
 There was strong opposition and several pointed speeches against these claims, but on @ vote the senate adopted them by an ample majority. Another amendment adopted provides $250. 900 for a govern mont printing office on the site known Q. the Malone lot
 Eulogies were pronounced on the late Representatives Lisle of Kentucky, Wright of Pennsylvania, Post of Illinois and Houl of Ohio.
 In the House.
 Tho house is approaching the close O the session with unusual calnness anC equanimity. Not a sensational incident occurred on the last legislative day of tn, session but one. The entire day was de voted to the consideration of bills on mo tions to pass them under suspension of th' | rules.
 Five recognitions for this purpose were made by the speaker, of which three pass cd and two failed to secure the necessar! two-thirds.
 Those which passed were: A substitute for Mir. Dingley,s bill to authorize tn, I president to arrange for Q joint commis | sion, to consist of three representatives 0 | this government, Great Britain, RussiI | and Japan. to investigate the condition o the fur seals and the regulations neceSsar. to their preservation, and, pending the re 1 port of the commission, to negotiate for modus vivendi to protect the seals during the approaching season. and in case sucl | o DS ncSOGldtSu V 1 give the secretary of the treasury author | ity to kill all seals found on the Pribylof islands: the senate antilottery bill ant the bill to pay to tho state of West Virgin ia its share of the direct tax refunded b. 1 the act of 1891.
 The attempt to pass the senate bill t impose penalties upon corporations am railroad companies for violation of the in terstate commerce law exposed an allege scheme to secure action on the pooling bil in tho senate, 1t being claimed that tn senate would attach tho pooling bill as rider. So effective was this alleged ex posture that, although the bill itself wa 1 given nothing but commendation on tn floor, it was defeated.
 MT. Hatch of Missouri attempted to pas his bill to publish the dairy tests made a the Columbia cxposition but, 1t bein claimed that the publication was in tn interest of a particular breed of cattle, 1t too. was defeated. The sundry civil, leg islative and deficiency appropriation bill were sent to conference without debate The evenings session was devoted to pr vate pension bills.