The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-04

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 amendment as to the bimetallic con | ference, as he believed 1t would result
 in postponement and disappointment.
 MT. Wolcott, rep, of Colorado, made
 a cutting reply to MT. Stewart whom
 he alluded to as one of the irreconcil-
 ables WI ose mission in life it had be-
 come to agitate, agitate and agitate. After another speech from MT. Stew art protesting against the recognition,
 in any form, of the influence of Europe
 on the domestic affairs of the United | States the sundry civil conference re- port was concurred in.
 l The sundry civil conference report
 was then agreed to without division.
 Mr. Bum, dem, of North Carolina,
 reported the action of the conferees on the bill to reimburse officers and sea-
 men for the loss or destruction of prop
 erty lost in the naval service of the United States. As agreed to the bill
 authorizes the secretary of the treasury
 to pay pending claims, but all claims
 arising in the future shall be certified
 to congress for action.
 The report was agreed to.
 MT. Holman presented the agreement of the conferees on the Indian bill GOV ering the two matters al issue. Instead | of paying the Ogden Land company $9OO,OOO for it's interest in the reserva- tion of the Cattaraugus and Allegany | Indian reservations in New York the | secretary is authorized to negotiate | with the Indians and the land company for the purchase of its interest if it shall be found to exist and report to the next congress- Regarding the Indian contract schools it is agreed that the secretary of the interior shall as soon as practicable provide for educating the children in government schools.
 The report was agreed to, thus dis posing of the bill as far as the house was concerned.
 After a long discussion the amend ment reducing the number of battle ships from three to two was agreed to by vote of SS to 29 The vote was de- void of party significance, as was also the preceding discussion.
 The Hawaii cable item then came up. MT. Blackburn moved that the senate recede from it's amendment. MT. Hale, rep, of Maine, declared his belief that as certain as the sun rose and the rise and fall of the tides the desire of the people of Hawaii to be annexed to the United States would be compiled with.
 The vice president put MT. Black burns motion. There was a feeble re- sponse of ayes and chorus of noes scarcely more audible The vice presi- dent declared the motion carried, and no one asked a division or a roll call So the Hawaiian cable provision was stricken out of the bill
 MT. Wolcott, rep, of Colorado, then moved an executive session, and at 10:40 l the senate doors were closed.
 WORK IN THE HOUSE.
 Last nights session of the house was l prolonged until S:S5 o'clock, when a re- cess was taken until 2 p. m. Towards | the close of the session the house in- | sisted on its disagreement to a number of sundry civil bill amendments. 9Dae senate's Nicaragua canal amendment was agreed to-
 Mr. Holman, dem., of Indiana, pre- sented the report of the conference com mittee on the Indian bill, showing there were three amendments on which the conferees could not agree.
  sagreement. A bill approprating $5O,- 900 to pay the salaries and allowances of the judges and other officers of the United States courts in the Indian ter ritory was passed. When the house re- assembled at ? o'clock there were less than one hundred representatives on the floor and the galleries were only half filled. The space in front of the clerks desk was crowded with members seek ing recognition to press measures in which they were interested. Unanimous was given for the considera- tion of the following and they were passed:
 A bill to pension the widow of Gen eral J. H. Carter,
 Providing for the payment of expen- ses of the representatives to the open ing of the Chickamauga and Chatta- nooga National park next September.
 MT. Springer dem., of Illinois, suc- ceeded in having passed under suspen- sion of the rules the senate bill pension ing General J. A. McClernand of Illinois at the rate of $100 a month.
 It was opposed by Mir Jones' dem., of Virginia, and advocated by MT. Sickels, l lem, Of New York, who made an ef- sective five-minute speech, in which he l appreciated Lincoln's appreciation of services. A bill was passed without dissent af- <, .er a speech by MT. Allen, dem., of Mis- ;issippi, to give the state of Mississippi $, ,OO0 acres of land for the benefit of he industrial institute. At 6:10 a recess was taken. IJpon reassembling the house spent tome time in considering requests for unanimous consent to pass certain bills. Among the measures that received fa- t ,orable action was the following: 4 To amend the copyright law. In sup Y port of this bill MT. Covert, dem., of f Jew York, stated that it was intended . O limit the liability of newspaper pub ', ishers to $5,000 for the unauthorized a publication of photographer or other f ,icture Under the present law MT IIi Covert said there was pending a suit a gainst one of the metropolitan dailies !, o recover $S17,000 damages for publish " ng the picture of a pleasure yacht " MT. Savers, dem., of Texas submit ed the report of the conference on the undry civil bill and it's effect was ex- lained. The senate had added, he aid, $9,972, ,029 and in conference had e eceded from $1, ,923, ,390 The house had a .-o,,+al +ba eapota an 6 t1oa,,+ |