The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-04
CONGRESS- IS STILL AT IT.
BOTH BRANCHES WERE IN s SESSION
 ATA LATE HOUR TO-DAY.

Held on the Naval App Opriation Bill
 and it Was Interrupted by the Introduc
 ton of the Conference Report on the Sum
 dry Civil Appropriation BiIl-The House
 Also Takes Hand in the Proceedings of
 Not Agreeing to Conference Reports-The
 Few Bills That Have Reached the Presi-
 dent for Ills Action.
 Washington, March 3.-The senate
 at a. m. took a recess until p. n,
 leaving off on the appropriation bills
 diplomatic, Indian, sundry civil and
 deficiency-in conference, and one, the
 naval, still unfinished in the senate
 When the senate re-assembled at 2 p. m. there was fair attendance of sena-
 tors. The gallaries were comfortably filled.
 A second conference report on the In dian bill was presented and concurred in, and further conference was or dered on amendments which had not been arranged.
 MT. Hoar, rep, of Massachusetts, moved to take up the motion to re- consider the vote by which the senate agreed to house amendment to the lottery bill, which he said was mere formality. He offered to let the matter stand over until after the naval appro- priation bill should be disposed of if MT. German would consent to let 1t come up then.
 MT. Blackburn, dem., of Kentucky, rHO LoI 1l f1C tn ,sider, objected to the proposed ar rangement.
 Well" said MT. Hoar, T insist upon my motion"
 ''That," said MT. German, lis motion to- displace the naval appropriation bill I ask for the yeas and nays so the sen- ate may determine whether the oppro- priation bills shall pass or not" MT Hoar's motion was defeated--yeas IF, nays 28
 The effect of the motion to recon slider is to tie up the anti-lottery bill.
 The naval bill was then taken up, the pending question being the battle ship item.
 MT. German made a proposition on limiting debate on the naval bill and specifying what other business should be transacted tonight. To this there were so many conditions sought to be attached that MT German withdrew it remarking that the bill would occupy the time till morning.
 Mr. German then addressed the sen ate in explanation and defence of the amendment to have two battleships con- structed instead of three. He said the item carried with 1t an appropriation of $50O,0 900 to enable the secretary to have the work begun and the amount of the contract for the three battle ships in excess of the appropriation would be about $14,OOO,0O0 or $15,O0O,0GO, including armament He spoke of the national debt increased, "fearfully, woefully and Che regretted to say) unnecessarily, be- cause taxes should have been provided to meet the expense of the government without the issue of bonds."
 At this point a message was received from the house with a concurrent reso- | lution for the participation of both houses in the dedication of the Chicka- l maugua and Chattanooga national park, and it was concurred in by the | senate.
 The third conference report on the | Indian appropriation bill was laid be- | fore the senate and concurred in leav- | ing two amendments still undecided these being as to the purchase from the | Ogden Land company of New York, and | as to the Indian contract schools. A further conference was ordered.
 MT. Lodge of Massachusetts opposed the committee to the naval bill fa- voring the bill as it came from the house. He spoke of the battleship as being "the backbone of the modern navy" and mentioned as an illustra tion of that the fact that Japan, which had shown such great capacity in its naval battles with her war cruisers was still dominated by Russia, be- cause Russia had one powerful modern ship in those waters and Japan had none. There was no surer. no easier no simpler mode of defence for the coast than ships of war. And it was not from England alone that the dan ger might come. It was well enough not to forget that a new power had arisen in the east-Japan, whose late naval victories had impressed greatly all thinking minds.
 MT. Higgins argued against the com mittee amendment and in favor of the three battleships
 MT. Proctor spoke in favor of shore defence.
 MT. Villas said he was amazed at the of senators yesterday and to-day that England with her car don of fortresses on the Atlantic and Pacific might at last seize the Hawaiian and that therefore the United States should provide navy to de- fend itself against those ghosts of peril" It was well known, he said that this attempt to put appropriations of from fourteen to sixteen millions on the statute book for batleships was by the iron and steel in terests. supported by every sentiment f of jingoism and reinforced by desire I of naval officers to expand and glorify !, that branch of the service'' ' At this point the conference report on the sundry civil bill was presented and 2 explained by MT. Cockrell He said the f conference had been compelled to re- i eede from the item to purchase the Blaine property and the Tennessee cen .ennial The amendment as to the off, $ 1cers of the cutter service had been r and those officers who were s disabled for active service were to be r ,11oxvad ha1 nav Ac fo ba ,i,o l :.