Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
TIE FIRST IN ORDER TODAY Is inc Vote on the Underworld
 AIdrich Election Case. WHY THE HOUSE PUT 1T OFF Is Not ExpIained-There Is Seeming Hes-
 tancy in the Matter.
SENATE PASSES NEW DEFICIENCY BILL
The House Applauded the Result and the President Approved the Measure at Once-The Hour of Adjourn
 ment Is Fast Drawing Near.


 eight hours today in continuation of Sat
 urday's session, continuing In effect the resolution of last week making in order
 motions to pass bills under suspension of I the rules. Operating under this resolu- 1 tion, the following measures were passed;
 House bill directing the construction of federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., l to cost not exceeding $150,000. House bill making further appropria- | tions ($5S, ,O00 in alp to pay deficiencies for l the current fiscal year.
 l Senate joint resolution directing the
 secretary of the treasury to order a scien- 1 tifc investigation of the Alaskan fur seal l fisheries.
 Senate bill re-enacting and amending | the law of 1889 for the protection of the l salmon fisheries of Alaska.
 1 Amending the law relating to the em- l ployment of sailors.
 Abolishing imprisonment for violation | of contract and the system or allotments l of seamen's wages, and improving the I quality and value of the ration provided l for them.
 House joint resolution clothing the pur- l ehasers of the Northern Pacific railroad l at the foreclosure sale next month with | the rights and privileges of the original corpora ton and imposing the same obli- House bill establishing a new division l of the Eastern Judicial district of Texas, and providing for semi-annual terms or court at Beaumont.
 Senate amendments were agreed to the house bill to expedite the transportation i of important packages valued al not ex- ceeding $500 and not more than 100 pounds l in weight.
 Conference reports were presented and agreed to on the following appropriation bills Postoffice (inaD, Indian and Dis l trict of Columbia.
 | In order to maintain the presence of | quorum the house adopted resolutions | offered by MT. Dingley, republican, re- 1 yolxing all leaves of absence except those 1 granted on account of illness and direct l inr the sergeant-at-arms to telegraph all l otfier absent members-that-theif presence l here is necessary to the transaction of 1 public business
 | In this connection the house heard with | applause the message announcing that l the senate had passed without amend ment the general deficiency bil1 which the house passed Saturday aftrenoon. | Twice MT. Daniels republican, of New l York, endeavored to bring up for consid- eration the report of elections committee 1 No. 1 on the contested election case or 1 Truman H. Aldrich, republican, ys. Oscar 1 w. Underwood, democrat, from inc Nlntn l Alabama district.
 The first time the house refused by 1 vote of 53 to GA to enter upon its consd- eration; the vote on the second motion l had not been announced when at o'clock | a further recess was taken until ID o'clock l tomorrow morning. It will be in order l then. There will be, it is understood, no l adjournment of the house until 1t finally l adjourns for the session.
 l In connection with the presentation of I the conference report on the postoff1ce appropriation bill MT Loud took occasion l to present some figures going to show l that the operation of the sample copy | pound rate'' law passed in 1883 was re- | sponsible for the increasing dehclencies l in postal revenues These had increased, l he said from s. 180 900 in 18S3-S4 to $10,- I 196. GOO in 1S94-95 He exhibited samples l of what he characterized as the "stuff' I which under the law was transmitted l through the mails, and the exhibit seemed l to greatly interest the members. l The house conferees have offered a com promise to the senate conferees on the l Indian appropriation bill which will be accepted, and this bill, together with the naval bill, will be gotten out of the way early tomorrow morning. The house Will | agree to the former conference report cuL- l ting off appropriations for sectarlan h. dian schools at the end of the next fiscal l year with proviso that the secretary Of | the interior be instructed to divide the appropriations as evenly as possible ouf- | ing the next fiscal year between the va | rious denominations. This will end the l sectarian school question and remove the one great stumbling block that has for I several days stood in the way of final | settlement of this question:
 The Senate.
 | The senate passed the new general de- | ficiency bill today in less than three l quarters of an hour. Ordinarily bill Of | l30 printed pages would have taxed the I powers of the reading clerk for at least | two hours, but the reading of this Dill Twas concluded in half an hour.
 | attaunpt was made by MT. Harris, l democrat of Tennessee. to have the claims under the Bowman act, aggregat- | ing about $500,000, placed in the Dill, put they were ruled out on a point or order 1 and the bill was promptly passed with- out amendment.
 A formal conference report was made on the postoffice appropriation bill and was agreed to. Partial conference re- ports on the Indian appropriation Dill and on the District of Columbia appro- priation bill were made and agreed to and further conferences were ordered
 The immigration bill was taken up and | MT. Morgan, democrat, of Alabama, made another long speech upon the ques- | tion of the war in Cuba, in the course of which he disclaimed having heretofore Esaid anything offensive to the queen re- gent of Spain. He eulogized her as a woman of very high character and of al- | most unexampled virtue, ana sald that | she was entitled by virtue of the regency | of womanhood to the utmost respect, and | that every senator so treated her and so spoke of her. He spoke of General Wey- | Ter, however, as brutal soldier who | plunged his bloodstained sword in the | bosoms of women and children.
 Mr. Daniel of Virginia introduced and | the senate passed bill appropriating ss9,550 to pay the Richmond Locomotive and Machine works for damages and losses incurred in the construction of the arnored battleship Texas This amount | formed an item in the general deficiency l bill as 1t was in conference before the | original passage and was among the last l to be dropped by the conferees. u x.lA rarIlhlioaI1 n