The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
PERSONAL And POLITICAL DEBATE
Senators Indulge in Sharp Ex-
changes of Language
on MT. Hills Notion to Strike From tho,
appropriation BIZ tho Proposed
ohange OF Date For tho Assem- bling
OF tho New Mexico LeEisIature-Pas-
sage Of the Appropriation BiIi-Roa.
noke and United States Courts,

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Senate
INDUCED In an acrimonious political de-
Date To-day which developed much
personal and party feeling and broueht
on two sharp personal exchanges ba-
tween Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Elkins and be-
tween Mr.. Brice and Mr.. Elkins. The
controversy arose over Mr.. Hills mo.
ton to strike from the pending anpro.
priation bill the proposed change of the
date OF assembling OF the New Mexico
legislature from December to MAY.
Mr: Hill bitterly denounced the pro-
poseo ehange ss political trickn
which had been ''sneaked insov thi.
appropriation In order, az he deolsred-
to postpone the meeting Of the Demo
cratic Legislature in the hops that n
Republican Presidents would be elected.
Mr.. Elkins protested against she use
OF the words "sneaked into"
Later Mr.. Brice sought to ouestion
Mr. Elkins, when the latter bronvht mn
the offensive personal dispatch which
nad peen sent to Mr.. Brice from New
Mexico. The debate then took a wide
range, in which several Senators took
pars: mr.. Cullom sought to table Mr.,
Hills motion, but q motion 20 this az
feet failed, 81 to 80, whereupon Mr..
Cullom yielded to the Hill motion and
the New Mexico provision was struck
out,
At the close of the day the Senate
passed the legislative appropriation bill
carrying Ssl, 100000. Aside from pro-
vialng tne usual appropriations the bill
system Of compensation for JJnita6
states district attorneys and marshals.
salaries being substituted for fees.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The sppro-
priations committee attempted to take
up the sundry civil appropriation bill In
she House to-day, but the members who
were interested in bills on the private
calendar defeated them by vote OF I4a
to n.
1t developed during the day that O.
lively fight would be precipitsted ON
Monday when the sundry civil bill ia
called up, on account of the fact that the
Dill carries appropriations for continu-
Ing contracts on river and harbor work
aud public buildIngs for only eight,
mouths OF the next fiscal year.
Mr.. Ssyers, (Dsm., Tex.), who was
Chairman OF the appropriations oom-
mistee In the last Congress, will on
Monday attack the methods Of the sp--
populations committee. He will make
the point that IN trying to keep down
the total OF regular appropriations the
committee placed in she general def
cheney bill appropriations aggregating
$500. 600. which were not deficiencies
and properly belonged in the sundry
civil bill.
Representative Otey, of Virginia, in.
troduced bill to establish q term OF
the district and circuit courts 1T Ros.
noke, Va.
Representative Walker, OF Virginia,
introduced bill providing for the reim-
bursement OF those colored iaborers en-
pioyed by the war department. in Vir.
ginia, or In the vicinity OF the District
OF Columbia during the civil war, whose
wages were withheld ostensibly for the
support OF INDECENT freemen In the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
The House just before taking q recess
day.