The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-02
LAST WEEK OF CONGRESS
Business ofthe Closing Days of
the Session.
MONEY FOR WEST VIRGINIA
The General Deficiency Bill Passes
the Senate. No Bering Sea
Appropriation. The Ma
hone Lot Purchased.
Eulogies.
BY Southern Assoo,atoi pres4.

&WASHiNGToN, & March l.-HousE,
10 days session i'll the House was
devoted to the consideration of bills
under motions to suspend tho rules
tn pasa them ut one ana the snme
time. flvo propositions of this
character were mnue and three OF
them were successful in securing tho
requisite two thirds vote in the
affirmative. These were: Uouse bill,
authorizing the President 10 nego.
tiate with Great Britain, Russia aud
japan for the appointment of II
commission to make regulations to
prevent the extinction of the fur
seal.
Senate bill, to suppress traffic in
lottery tickets.
Tho House bill directing the Sec.
retary of the Treasury to pay to the
State OF West Virginia tho balance
ol th9 direct INK voted to in 1881
about $l54, ,00O-was passed, 157 to
70.
Those that met defeat were the
following:
Joint resolution authorizing tho
publication OF the dairy tests mado
ut tho Worlds Fair. Senate bill
with Houee amendments to amend
the lnter state Committee SO ns to
abolish the penalty of Imprisonment
Tor Its vain and substitute fine OF
500, QUO against the corporation.
Earlier In the day the conference
report on the Foriiiicntions Appro-
priation bill was agreed to ana the
Sundrv Civil and Legislative Execu-
tive and Judiciary Appropriation
bills were sent to conference.
An evening session was held I'M
der the rule TOR the consideration of
private pension bills and to send tho
General Deficiency Appropriation
bill TO conference.
SENATE. The General Deficiency
bill, the last but one of the thirteen
great appropriation bills which Con.
| gress has to pass every session, oc.
cupied the attention of the Senate
to day. There was but one impor-
tnht amendment reported to 1t from
the Committee on Appropriations,
ana that was one npproprlating 81,
605, 039 to pay Judgment in favor
| of the Southern Pacific Railway
Company for Government transpor.
tatlon.
| This item would probably have
been defeated had 1t not been acci-
dentally fortified by an amendment
to 1t for the payment of about one.
! hall the Judgments of the Court of
Claims under the French spollation
act, and under what is known rs the
| Bowman act. his proposition
Towering about $500, GOO had been
carried and attached to the other.
and then the amendment, as the
House amended, was cnrried by the
vote OF 81 to "a. The ONLY import
ant amendment added to the Doii
| clency bill was one tor the ac1ulsi-
tlon of the Mahono lot as aite for
the Government Printing Office.
| The question of the Beriup Sea
Indemnity fund came up in tho Sen.
ate on two occueions to day, on re-
solutions by Senators Morgan and
Cockrell, which were defeated. Mr..
Sherman's substitute to pay $40, 600
towards further arbitration was ridi-
cuied Senator Morgan, aud finally
lost upon the withdrawal OF Mr.,
CockrclPs resolution, SO the Deiic-
iency bill contains no item on the
subject of the Berlng Sea indemnity.
lhe deficiency hi! was passed at
G:3J, and the remainder of the
nights session was given to private
pension bills, ana to the delivery OF
enlogies on the late Representative
Ihsle, OF Kentucky, Wright, of
Pennsylvanla, Post. of Illinois and
| Houk, of Ohio.
An executive session was held
| lasIinn frnm | II mnlil y