Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-23
The Indian ApprQSiation Bill Is DispoyS Of
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AFFIDAVITsSs AND PROTESTS
From ciJSs is ans @ of Alabama PresersSd d to the Senate.
 Pooling Bill Reported.


 attempts Mir. Holman today succeeded in getting the Indian appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1896, through the house. A number of amendments were made in its text, however, before the com mittee Of the whole recommended favorable action, and then suggested changes from the established ratio by The Indian bureau.
 The house bill providing for the appoint ment of cadets to Annapolis by representa- lives in congress whose districts now are not represented there was tasen up.
 MT. Crawford democrat, of North Caro- lima, moved an amendment ED as to author ize an appointment of cadet by a repre- sentative or delegate whose district or ter ritory was not represented at the academy by bona fide resident of the district.
 For this amendment substitute was proposed by MT. Boutelle, republican,, of Maine, to restrict the appointments of those districts where the cadet was not 0 resident at the time of the appointment. It was agreed to and as amended the bill was passed-111 to 67-over the objection of MT. Reed, who said such bill ought not to pass.
 Mir. Savers called up the conference re- port on the urgent deficiency bill. The senate is ready to recede from its amend ment to the income tax and the house to recede from it's amendments. The report was agreed to.
 On behalf of Chairman Wilson, who was unavoIdably absent, Mir. McMillin pre- sented the report Of the committee on ways and means, recommending the pas sage of the bill to repeal the provision of the tariff law imposing an additional duty of 1-10 of a cent a pound upon sugar imported from country which pays an export bounty on that article.
 A bill was passed authorizing the estab- lishment of national military park at t1affU vel a nd n riutlf tor.
 The house disagreed to the senate amend- ments to the Qualifications appropriation bill and asked conference thereon.
 MT. Savers, democrat, Of Texas, gave mo- tice that tomorrow he would call up the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 The house at o clock adjourned.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The Hawaiian question was again de- bated in the senate today for somewhat over two hours. Mir. Gray, democrat, of Delaware, occupied the position of de- fender and advocate of the admin istration, and MT. Lodge, republican, of Massachu- setts, that, of It's proseculor. The latter senafes was pfafusaad oatspolSen in advo- cacy of the annexation of the islands, de- claring that he disliked to see the American flag pulled down where it had once been run up, or an American foot go back where it had been once advanced.
 h the course of the discussion MT. Haw- ley, republican, of Connecticut, took oc- caslon to correct the impression that in yesterdays debate he mad charged the president with "conspiringo with royalist Hawaiian conspirators. What he intended to convey, he said, was that the president had "conlerredo with them.
 The resolution on which the debate had been based was, at the close of the morning hour, placed on the calendar, and the re- mainder Of the days session was occupied with a speech by Mir. Turpie, democrat, of Indiana, in opposition to the Nicaragua canal bill.
 Among the petitions and other papers presented in the morning hour were numer- ous atiidavits and protests from citizens of Alabama, in reference to the recent election in that state, presented by Mir. Allen, populst, of Nebraska.
 The house 'pooling bill'' was reported back from the committee on interstate commerce by MT. Butler, democrat, of South Carolina, favorably and without amendment, and was placed on the calen- dar, Mir. Chandler, republican, Of New Hampshire, q member of that committee, giving notics of an amendment requiring proposed changes of rates to be submitted to and approved by the interstate com meTce com mission.
 action of tue admin nistration In withdraw ing our warships from the Sandwich islands, and requests the president to order a vessel to proceed forthwith from San Francisco to Honoiulu.'
 MT. Frye remarked that tbe discussion on the Hawaiian question could just as well proceed upon MT. Kyle's resolution as upon his own.
 At the close of MT. Gray's speech MT. Hill offered substitute for Mr. Kyle's resolution, the one offered last Saturday by MT. Frye, declaring that the senate 'learns with profound regret the attempt to restore deposed queen to power in the Hawaiian islands. and extends to the young republic the warmest sympathy in her efforts to suppress the reoellion.'
 No vote was reached upon either sub- ject, and at 4:4) p. m. the senate ad- journed until tomorrow.