The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-03-04
LAST day OF CONGRESS.
Both Houses Putting in Long
~ Hours at the Close.
THE WORK OF THE CLOSING HOURS.

rhe Senate Passes the Bills Providing for
Additional warships and the Interna-
tional Monetary Conference, While the
Hawaiian Cable Scheme Is Defeated.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Both houses Of
congress began the last Legislative day of
,the session Saturday forenoon, and con-
tinued 1t until noon today. The most i'm
portant work of Saturday was the agree
ment by the house in the senate amend
ments providing for the sugar bounties.
both houses were In session, with brief
Processes, until the small hours of Sunday
morning, the house recessing at $3.50 a. III.
and the senate an hour later,
i- When the vice presidents gayel called
the senate to order at 3 o'clock yesterday
tafternoon by ancient legislative fiction 1t
Twas still Saturday March 9. There was
Imuoh discussion over an amendment to
,the naval appropriation bill reducing the
number of battleships during tho after
Inoon, but the only real business transacted
WAS the passage with an amendment, OF
q house bill appropriating $4,000 for the
payment OF salaries OF judges and court
Iofiicers in Oklahoma. At p. III. u recess
Twas taken until $3.50 o'clock.
ii At s:80 o'clock the senate galleries were
thlled to overhowing, great crowds stand
tng in line in the corridors seeking to get
fnside. The attendance of senators was
email and scattering early in the evening,
lbut was augmented to nearly its full
lstrength as the time for a final vote on tho
naval bill drew near.
II At 10 o'clock the vote was taken on tho
amendment fixing the number of battle
lships at two instead of three, and 1t was
agreed to by q vote of 83 to 30.
4 The provisions striking ont twelve tor
pedo boats and inserting six light draught
composite gunboats of about 1000 tons
displacement at s230,o00 was agreed to-
Another provision for three torpedo boats,
one to DO built on the Pacific coast, one on
the Mississippi river and ono on the Gulf
of Mexico, was also adopted.
/ A new amendment was adopted remit
ting the penalties against the builders of
the Yorktown, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Newark
The naval appropriation bill was then
passed without division.
\ Mr.. Blackburn presented another con-
ference report on the diplomatic consular
appropriation bill, stating that no agree
ment had been reached on the Hawaiian
cable and no prospect that the house
would ever yield. Mr.. Blackburn warned
khe senate that another insstenoe on the
much discussion Mr. Blackburn's motion
10 recede on the cable item WIS then put
10 vote and carried without division.
Nhe consular report on the diplomatic and
Consular bill was then agreed to.
, The senate then went into executive
session and the galleries were cleared OF
khe large crowds.
Z After the sharp fight OF Saturday night
over the senate provision in the sundry
ciyil bill appropriating $5,OOO,OOO for the
payment of sugar bounties earned up to
pune 30, 1896, which resulted in the adop-
kion of that amendment by the house, the
besslon dragged wcarily on through silent
watches of the night until the sundry civil
and Indian appropriation bills had been
senJ back to conference.
As the gray dawn was breaking the
house took recess until 2 o'clock in the
Afternoon, and the worn out members
hurried home TO catch a few hours of
EesG. When bhe speaker again took tho
chair at 9 o'clock moro than half the mem
bers wore in their seats No conference
reports were ready when tine house recon
vened, and the speaker recognized several
pf the half hundred members clamorlng
kor an opportunity to secure considcra-
bion of measures of local or personal in
ksrest TO them.
Tho following were passed: Senate bill
20 Increase the pension of the widow of
General Joseph IL. Potter from $50 to $50;
, joint resolution providing for the par
kioipatlon of the two houses of congress,
Through their presiding officers, In the
hedicatory exercises of the Chickamauga
military park next September; senate res
button making provision for digest of
khe laws and decisions relating to the ap-
bointment salary and compensation Of Of
hrers OF United States courts, and also
benate bill for the relief of Silas p. Keller.
D A motion to suspend the rules and pass
D bill granting pension of 500 n month
30 Major General John A. McClernand
encountered the aggressive opposition of
Mr.. Jones (Vs). Mr.. Sickles made an
Hloquent appeal for tho BILL and at the
Conclusion of his speech the bill was passed.
5At $40 p. nj. another recess was taken.
There were but few members present
when the house met after recess at 7;O.
At s o'clock the conference report on the
sundry civil bill was called up. The con
ference report was finally adopted and the
kundry civil bill was out of the way so far
Ss the house was concerned. The provision
for the international monetary conference
Eemaius in the sundry civil bill, the house
conferreos having yielded The senate is
DO select three members, the speaker of the
house to appoint three and the president
30 name three.
III The house selected Speaker Crisp MS one
OF the members of the conference on the
part Of that body,
Jones of Arkansas, Teller Of Colorado
and Daniel of Virginia were selected us
she senate s,.delegates to the monetary
conference.
II Before midnight the final conference re
ports on the sundry civil, Indian, legisla
i've and diplomatic appropriation bills
bad been adopted, leaving only tho nava
bill and the general deficiency still in is
sue between the houses.
At midnight the spectators began to leave
rapidly but the members of both houses
still stood to their posts.
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