Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-24
Eulogies to Departed Members 1T
 Both Houses.
RANSOM OF NORTH CAROLINA
Confirmed as Minister to Mex ico-RaiIroad Pooling Bill
 Shelved in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-After the trans- action of some miscellaneous business the house proceeded in committee of the whole to further consideration of the general de- fciency appropriation bill for the current year. The first items brought before the committee were several amendments pro- viding extra pay for csrtain employees.
 The annual controversy over these extra payments was resumed.
 Protests were made against the practice by Messrs. Sayers, Dockery and Dingley, but nearly every proposition to pay certain named employees additional sums to their salaries was agreed to, as well as MT. Tracey's amendment to pay all employees g months extra salary.
 After this motion had been amended so as to include members' clerks, without completing consideration of the general de- ficiency bill, the house devoted the rest of the session to the delivery of eulogies upon olina. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Henderson, Bum, Alexander, Branch, Woodland and Crawford of North Carolina, Caruth of Kentucky, Henderson of Iowa, Wheeler of Alabama, Hooker of Missis- sippi, Daniels and Warner of New York, Springer of Illinois, Bland of Missouri, McMllin of Tennessee, Swanson of Vir- ginia and Bryan of Nebraska.
 At the conclusion, as an additional mark of respect, the house at 5:15 o'clock ad- Journed until Monday at Il o'clock.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The Indian appropriation bill was passed in the senate late in today's session, hav- ing occupied the attention of the body for four full days. Its consideration was in- terrupted at 3 p. ID. by motion to take up and consider the pooling bill, but that mos tion was defeated by the very decisive vote of "A for, and AZ against. After the bill was thus shelved, for the present, at least, a somewhat angry discussion upon it was started and was kept up for nearly two hours with Senators Butler, democrat of south Carolina, German, democrat of Ma rryland, Chandler, republican, or New Colorado as the participants. H
 At 1:30 p. m., while the Indian bill was under consideration, message was rec csived from the president, and as the sheet of yellow tissue paper on which the list of nominations appears was handed around among senators nearest the principal eu- trance in the door it was known that it contained the nomination of Senator Kan som of North Carolina as United States minister to Mexico. -
 Senator Blackburn, as soon as he had looked at the list, moved that the senate proceed to executive business, and re- marked that nc senator would object if he knew the purpose of the motion.
 There were no objections, the galleries were cleared and the doors closed, and within five minutes tue public was again admitted, the nomination of MT. Ransom having been in the meantime instantly and unanimously approved and confirmed.
 The pending business was resumed. An appropriation for the appointment of a com mission of nine to take part in any inter- national conference upon bimetallism to which an invitation might be extended by one or more European governments, was presented by MT. Wolcott in the shape Of an amendment to be offered to the sundry civil appropriation bill, and was, after ex- planatory remarks by Mir. Wolcott, re. ferred to the finance committee.
 After the passage of the Indian appro- priation bill the sundry civil appropriation bill was laid before the senate, and became the unfinished business.
 The days' session was closed with the de- livery of eulogies on the late Represen tative Shaw of Wisconsin, and the senate at 6:45 p. m. adjourned until Monday at Il o'clock.