Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-03-07
ON ITS LAST LEGS.
CONGRESS COMES TO AN END.

All the Great Appropriation Bills Passed.
Appropriations for = Hawaiian Cable
Lost-A Monetary Commission Agreed
Upon.
Washington, March 4.-Both houses
of Congress have been under a heavy
strain during the past two days in
their efforts to finish up lot of busi-
ness before the hour for final adjourn
ment should arrive. An almost contin-
uous session began Saturday morning
and rush" has been the word ever
since.
Early in the day the agricultural and
Notifications bills were finally agreed
to and made ready for the presidents
signature.
The differences between the House
on the Indian bill were partially recon-
ciled. Five others besides the naval
bill were yet to have differences har-
monized.
At the outset of the debate on the
naval bill an effort was made to defeat
the plan Of reduction made by the ap-
preparation committee by which the
House bill was cut about $2,OOO,OOO,
and the number of battleships reduced
from three to two. After a sharp de-
bate, in which the need of a strong
navy was discussed, the committee
was sustained. The speech Of Mr.. Hill
OF New York was notable In urging
that the United States had won her
greatest achievements without a
navy, and usually by diplomacy and
reason instead Of cannon balls and
force.
Mr.. German took occasion during the
day to state II the wholesale appropria-
tions stood as already made the total
for this session would exceed that OF
any session since the government was
formed.
The Senate was interrupted to hear
the report of the conference commit
tee on the diplomatic and consular bill.
The Senate refused to recede from the
provision for cable to the Hawaiian
islands. At o'clock Sunday morning
the Senate adjourned till 2 p. m.
In the meantime the House was
equally busy.
About twenty-five Senate bills and
resolutions were laid before the House
and most of them favorably acted
upon. Among them was the Senate
bill to grant to the state of Kansas the
Fort Hayes military reservation COM
prising 5000 acres) for the establish
ment Of a western branch of the Agri-
cultural College.
Pension biIsl favorably acted on
Friday night were passed at the
rate of one every half minute. Re
quests for unanimous consent rained
In, but met with objections In almost
every instance.
The conference report on the agricul-
tural bill was agreed to and the bill
disposed of.
A resolution to have members paid
for days when absent failed to pass,
barely lacking two-thirds vote.
The report of disagreement from
the conference committee on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill caused a
lively discussion in the evening, the
House objecting to the $5,OOO,OO sugar
bounty voted by the Senate. The
House decided to agree to the Senate
amendment by a vote Of 1873 to 124.
Other amendments were not agreed to.
The legislative bill was agreed to.
The Sunday session of Congress at
tracted big crowd to the Capitol.
The Senate again took up the naval
bill. Mr.. German urged reducing the
number of new battleships from three
to two. After debating the question
into the evening the amendment was
adopted and at 10 o'clock the provision
striking out twelve torpedo boats and
inserting six liglt-draught composite
gunboats of about 1000 tons displace-
ment at $23O,OOO was agreed to. An
other provision for three torpedo boats,
one to be built on the Pacific coast, one
on the Mississippi river and one on the
Gulf of Mexico, was also adopted. A
new amendment was adopted remit
ting the penalties against the builders
Newark. The naval appropriation bill
was then passed without division.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill having been
presented was agreed to. 1t contained
the Wolcott provision for monetary
commission, three each to be appointed
by the Senate the House and the pres
ident.
Mr.. Blackburn from the conference
committee on the diplomatic approprfa-
tion bill reported that the House would
not acquiesce in the Hawaiian cable
amendment, and therefore he recon-
mended that the Senate recede. 1t did
so without division.
The Senate then went into executive
session for the purpose of selecting Its
delegates to IN International monetary
conference. Messrs. Daniel Of Virginia,
Jones of Arkansas and Teller Of Colo
RADIO were chosen.
At 1855 a. m. the doors were opened
and the regular session resumed. The
conference agreement on the deficiency
bill was presented. Stewart moved
the abandonment of the appropriation
for the Southern Pacific, and Mr.. Hig-
gins criticised the abandonment Of the
French spoliation claims.
The agreement was sustained-37 to
IA.
The motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill for the suppression OF
lottery traffic was passed was tabled.
The Senate at 3:15 a. m. entered upon
the consideration of unobjected bills on
the calendar.
When the House resumed its sitting
at 2 o'clock, no reports being ready, q
number of bills were passed. Among
them was one granting a pension OF
500 to General John G. McClernand.
Another conference on the Indian ap
propriation bill was ordered.
The sundry civil bill coming up ere.
ated discussion on the provision for
q monetary commission. 1t was op
posed by Simpson and Pence. Mr.
Pence in a ringing speech argued that
NJ <,yod cor1d cOmQ from n monetary