The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
On IT'S LAST LEGS.
CONGRESS COMES TO AN END.
All the GREAT Appropriation Bills Pas"rA-
appropriation for Hawaiian Cable
Lost-A Monetary Commission Agreed
Upon.


strain during the past two days In
their efforts to finish up lot of bust
ness before the hour for final adjourn
ment should arrive. An almost contin-
uous session began Saturday morning
and rush" has been the word ever
since.
Early IN the day the agricultural and
Notifications bills were finally agreed
to and made ready for the presidents
signature
The differences between the House
on the Indian bill were partially recon
ciIed. Five others besides the naval
bill were yet to have differences har-
moniZed.
AT the outset OF the debate on the
naval bill an effort was made to defeat
the plan Of reduction made by the APP
preparation committee by which the
House bill was cut about S2,00O,000,
and the number of battleships reduced
from three to two. After a sharp de-
bate In which the need OF a strong
navy was discussed, the committee
was sustained. The speech OF Mr.. Hill
OF New York was notable in urging
that the United States had won her
greatest achievements without a
navy. and usually by diplomacy and
reason instead of cannon balls and
force
Mr.. German took occasion during the
day TO state If the wholesale appropria-
tions stood as already made the total
for this session would exceed that of
any session since the government was
formed
The Senate was interrupted to hear
the report Of the conference commit
tee on the diplomatic and consular bill.
The Senate refused TO recede from the
provision for a cable to the Hawaiian
Islands. At o'clock Sunday morning
the Senate adjourned till 2 p. IL.
In the meantime the House was
equally busy.
About twenty-five Senate bills and
resolutions were laid before the House
and most Of them favorably acted
upon. Among them was the Senate
bill to grant to the state Of Kansas the
Fort Hayes military reservation tcom-
prIsing COCO acres for the establish
ment Of a western branch Of the Agr-
cultural College.
Pension bllsl faYoraby acted on
Friday night were passed at the
rate OF one every half minute. Re
quests for unanimous consent rained
in. but met with objections in almost
every instance.
The conference report on the agricul-
tural bill was agreed to and the bill
disposed of
A resolution to have members paid
for days when absent failed to pass,
barely lacking a two-thirds vote.
The report Of a disagreement from
the conference committee on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill caused
lively discussion in the evening. the
House oblccting to the SJ.000,0o0 sugar
bounty voted by tire Senate. The
House decided to agree to the Senate
amendment by n vote OF 1913 to 124
Other amendments were not agreed to.
The legislative bill was agreed to.
The Sunday session Of Congress at
tracted big crowd 10 the Capitol
The Senate again took up the naval
bill. Mr. German urged reducing the
number Of new battleships from three
to two. After debating the question
into the evening the amendment was
adopted and at 10 O'Clock the provision
striking out twelve torpedo boats and
Inserting six liglit-draught composite
gunboats of about 1000 tons displace-
ment at 100000 was agreed to. An
other provision for three torpedo boats,
one to be built on the Pacific coast, one
on the Mississippi river and one on the
Gulf Of Mexico, was also adopted. A
new amendment was adopted remit
ting the penalties against the builders
Of the Yorktown. Philadelphia and
Newark. The naval appropriation bill
was then passed without division.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bin having been
presented was agreed TO- 1t contained
,aarE. fs.r
commission. three each to be appointed
by the Senate, the House and the pres
ident.
Mr.. Blackburn from the conference
. committee On the diplomatic appropria-
ton bill reported that the House would
not acquiesce In the Hawaiian cable
amendment, and therefore he recon-
mended that the Senate recede. 1t did
go without division.
The Senate then went into executive
session for the purpose of selecting Its
delegates to an international monetary
conferences. Messrs. Daniel of Virginia,
Jones of Arkansas and Teller Of Colo
RADIO were chosen.
At 1:.J5 a. IN. the doors were opened
and the regular session resumed. The
conference agreement on the deficiency
bill was presented. Stewart moved
the abandonment OF the appropriation
for the Southern Pacific, and Mr.. Hig-
gins criticised the abandonment of the
French spoliation claims.
The agreement was sustained-37 to
Ia.
The motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill for the suppression OF
lottery traffic was passed was tabled.
The Senate at 3:15 a. III. entered upon
the consideration Of unobjected bills on
the calendar.
When the House resumed its sitting
at 2 o'clock, no reports being ready,
number of bills were passed. Among
them was one granting a pension of
500 to General John G.. McClernand.
Another conference on the Indian APP