Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-02
MAHONE TRIUMPHS.
Ms Lot.Purchass Proposition Adopted
BY The Senate.
DEMOCRATS VOTE ron HIM.
EATER, Gray. Murphy, Hanson,
smith. and white ip This List
Return OF Balance OF the west
virginia spccinl-Tax Fund.

WASHINGTON. March l.-SENATE.--
nc general deficiency bill. the last but
enc OF the thirteen great appropriation
ms which Congress- has TO pass every
session. occupied the attention OF the son
,tc to-day. There was but one important
amendment reported 10 IL from the COM
raittse on Appropriations. ana that W"'
,ne appropriating n.s09529 TO pay 'u'e
ment in favor Of the southern az
Railroad Company for government
osrtation. This provoked very stfo"S W
position, and would probably nav
$500 ,h. fate which has overthN'n ~
cory session for many years back ""'' ~
not beon accidentally fortunes -.
smenaroent 20 It FOR the payment " -
,ns hsjf OF tn judgments OF Va.
-. ,,,,d,r the French spoiiatch act
-. ,,,h,t IL known as the Bo"ii'""
,r,ts proposition towering ao'"'
,,,,n,n had been carried ana a''ac"o" ~
- md tbcn the amendment as ,he
House an uHtl j" w"
60. OF O. % o. ...s,.r,.d Inv
.,'rdneut offered by Mr.. Mandetsoh
s n.e IN Il that the wives ana uaus,'','
~ e.nat0rs or Representatives shVuia a. r.
;. h,rne on the rolls 6s clerks Sll NJ ~
.,.,tersr, awaited himself OF the oppoitu-
n.tv Of giving MS opii''oh O'
CIV trqusual practice. ,,s
~. only important amendment auusu
o.. tho deficiency bill war one Tor tne az
.,.gl+lon OF the Malone lot as tl'e iVi
BE- Government Printing once. IL Wa
an, ON a point Of order by the
,,~sei5ing officer. Mr.. Faulkner. ana the
: o,ta reversed the ruling Inc Sena'
,asrs.d 10 lay IL on the table, TO o.
ana then the opponents of the proposielon
..g. up the fight and the ameh'iheh' wac
adopted .,.,,,.,ryx,
The question Of the Bering sea lhaPrh-
atty fund came up In the senate on ~, ~"
,ccasiors to-day: first on resciutlo"
,oersd NV Mr.. Morgan to refer the mat
,cr ~ me Committee on Foreign keIa-
.,one yyifl instructions 20 inquire whetheI
,hsrs was any liability (and 10 What
RmounO on the part Of the niteu STAT
This resolution WIS brichy out pc'u
nently discussed. and then Went oV'' y"
an objection from Mr. IuTpic' ne
-ond time that Il came ny was IN we
shore NJ an amendment offered by MT.
~ockreu 10 the deficiency bill, appropil-
,ftnf yp0ya for the expenses or hrbitra-
tirr as 10 the indemnity. That WAS an
tagouized by Mr.. Sherman as an uh"Ne
nroposit,on. which would result IN hiuch
i7rger cost 10 the government. ana IN
weakening the principle of interha'loia'
arbitration lie offered substitute LOT ~,
10 pay &25. 600 which was aBteeu uPVi' ~
the Secretary Of state. ,..
AR Morgan. who had been delegate
to tbe original Bring Sea conference az
Taris declared that such payment wouid
be dlscracefil 10 the administration anu
20 the people Of the United states.
Mr.. Cockreu. In order TO avoid long
discussion. withdrew the amendneni
aud Mr.. Sherman's substitute fell win
IL. and 90 the deficiency bill contains 40
item on the subject VI the Befi"s sea
indemnity.
Tho deficiency bin WAS passed at 1885.
and the remainder OF the nights session
vas given to private pension bills, ana To
the delivery Of eulogics on the late KEEP
rescntativcs Lisle. Of Kentucky; wright,
of Pennsylvania; Post. or Illinois, ana
Houk, OF Ohio.
MALONE LOT VOTE.
The following Is the vote In detail on
the motion 10 lay on the table the Ma
hone lot purchase amendment:
Ycas-Messfs Bate Berry blackburn.
Cockrcn. Daniel Faulkner, Gallinger,
sly. Henderson. Morgan, Palmer, fasco.
PETER Roach. and Turpie-@.
Nays Mcssrs. A,drioh, Allen. Allison
Brice. burrows, Butler, Cameron. Cham
dler. Clark. Culom, Davis. Dubois, Frye,
Gray, Higgins. Jones of Nevada, Kyle
Lodge. Mantle. Murphy Perkins, Petit
grew. Quay, Ransom. Sherman. smith
squire. stewart. Teller, White. and VOL
cott-,l.
An executive session was held, lasting
from II 40 until J.. NJ
House of Representatives.
To.day's session of the House was de-
voted To- the discussion of bills under
motions 90 suspend the rules and pass
them all az one and the same time. FIVE
propositions OF this character We're made,
and three Of them were successful In
securing the requisite two-thirds vote in
the Affirmative. These were: The House
h.l authorizing the President to nego-
tiutc with Great britain, Russia, and
Japan for the appointment OF commit
,ct Co make regulations to prevent the
extinction of the fur-scal, ana the Senate
OH 90 suppress traffic In lottery tickets
hc.WC,n tho Several States and with
torcigr countries. These 80 measures
were passed without division Of the
House.
The House hill directing the Secretary
~ the Treasury TO pay 20 the State OF
West Virginia the balance of the direct
tax voted in lSgl-about $iJie0-was
plssed-l55 TO a.
The money was withheld because the
Comptroller of the Treasury decided that
It was an onset 20 her proportion Of the
cloim OF the United States against Old
Virginia on account Of certain Indian trust
bonds.
Those that met defeat were the follow
ms: Joint resolution authorizing the pub
licarpn OF tho dairy tests made at the
Worlds Fair. Senate bin, with House
amendments. 70 amend the interstate com
mcrce act SO as 20 abolish the penalty
OF imprisonment for its violation and sub
stitute a fine Of 5000 against the corpo-
ration. This was defeated because Of
fear that II IL were passed the conferrees
would ada the pooling bin 10 il.
Earlier In the day the conference re-
port on the fortincatons appropriation
lill was agreed 90, and the sundry civil
aud legislative, executive. and judiciary
appropriation t'lls were sent 10 the con-
ference. An evening session was held
under the rules for the consideration Of
private pension bills. and - send the gem
cral deficiency appropriation bill 10 con-
ference