The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-08
PENSION ESTIMATES
The Eli Reported to the House Calls
for Appropriation Of $I4l,2S3,880.
THIS IS $65,Oo LESS THAN LAST YEAR
The House Adjourns AS n Mark of
Respect for the Memory OF the
Late Hon. George r. Crisp. of
Georgia -Attcndnuce of Both Sem.
tors and Representatives Small.
wa ShinEton.

Washington. Dec 7.-(senate.)-
frs, ftttr,ss! day Of the second SESSION Of the
remarkable feaiuirs. There we're sew
ehty-one Senators In their seats and eigh-
teen absentees. The Pres dents annual
o. At first pretty close attention was paid
70 the message by Senators-most of
them following the reading with pamph-
let copies of the message n their hands
Many Many OF the strong points appeared to
siaec siae general sa,;sfa;St!on, such, for In
Prospeet in Turkey Would not not be 'i,H, long
endom." The judic.al summing up of the
Suoan question by the statement that
Unher when the inability of Spain to deal sue
cess1ully with the insurgents has become
manifest. situation will be presented n
WHICH our obligations to the sovereignty
or Spain will be superseded by higher OBJ
!igat ons which we can hardly hesitate
to recognize and discharge. also seemed
oatisfactory TO both sides OF the cham
per. Very little attention was paid by
senators to other portions of the message,
which had TO do solely with internal af-
fifty minutes. The message was laid on
the table and the Senate at 1886 adjourned
until tomorrow.
THE OPENING PRAYER.
The blind chaplain, Dr. Milburn, In his
opening prayer. referred TO the recent
election in these words:
offer hearty Thanksgiving that after
an energetic and exciting canvass, free
from much Of the personal rancor, vitu-
peration and scandal-monEering of earl
ier days, the land is quiet and at rest, and
accepting the ballot of the nation and re-
turning to the ways of orderly living"
orr The anssn,ees absent were; (AiIisan, Bianch-
Sa) Lindsay, White. Mcbride. Martin,
Morgan Stewart. Teller. Warren and
Indefinite leave of absence, OH account
OF sickness. was gwen to Mr.. George,
(Dem) OF Mississippi.
u TIC
the House devoted the first day of the
sess:on principally to hearing the Presi-
Mr.. W. u. Stokes. reelected from the
sworn In.
The first of the general appropriation
sons-was reported from the Appropria-
Gons Gommittee and placed on the calcn-
TINS Is $1,000 less than the appropriation
for the current fiscal year and the same
emonnt under the estimates submitted
a ceruiicatc of Boatner's reelection
from Lou siana was read. Two hundred
snd dm seyenty-one members answered the
ron call. at three minutes past . o'clock
the reading of the Presidents message
was begun
H5lshed was, on motion of Mr.. D!ngley.
(Rep). of Maine. together with the ac,.
eomnhnyins Documents. referred to the
committee of the whole and ordered
printed.
IN ,IINE,oCRMEp ,C OF cRIse's DEATH.
Mr.. Turner. (Dcm). OF Georgia. on be-
Ing recognized stated that II was his
neiancholy duty to inform the House OF
the the, death Of his colleague. ex-speaker
Crisp. who died at Atlanta, October %.
~ latter day he would ask that a
gay be assigned for paying proper respect
70 ms d,iSuhgnishcd , character and emf
hent public services. He offered the fol-
Resolved. That the House bos be,rd
with profound sorrow of the denth of
hon Charles + Crisp. late representa-
tive from the State Of Georgia.
memory. the liouse do now adjourn.
The resolutions wore ndpotcd and the
til noon tomorrow.