The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

sne opening Oh tne session TO day agreed
on motion of Mr.. Dingley (Rep.,
Maine) to adjourn over tomorrow,
Decoration Day.
The debate en- the johnson. S toke s
contested election case was then re-
eumed.
At 1:25 p. m, during the discussion Of
the case, Mr.. Pruden, the Presidents
executive clerk, appeared at the door Of
the hall of the House and announced
the message vetoing the river and har-
Dor bill. The announcement created q
general stir among the mem bers. The
message WAS not laid before the House
when presented.
The minority resolution declaring
Johnson entitled to the seat was de-
feated on q rising vote o: 70 to "a. On
an aye and nue. vote the resolution WAS
rejected, 95 80 los. The maj ority reso-
lutions declaring Johnson not elected
and Stokes elected were divided. The
first resolution declaring johnson not
entitled to the seat wae adopted, lO3
to 90
Mr.. Overstreet (Rep., Ind inaugu-
from noe to aye and moved to reconsider,
whereupon Mr. Jenkins moved to lay
that motion on the table Pending the
latter motion Mr.. Settle (Rep, N C)
moved an adjourpmtnt, which was de.
fe ated, Sc to $50
AT this point Mr.. Boutelle (Rep Me
came to the rescue with the conference
report on the naval appropriation bill.
The statement accompanying the report
showed the principal questions still In
dispute between the two houses were
the numbe Of battleships to be author
ICED and the Senate amendment placing
the extreme limit of the cost of armor
plaie at $3.50 per ton.
at l minu OF p. m. the speaker
laid before the House the Presidents
veto OF the river and har Dor bill. The
reading of the message was listened to
astentively, the length OF the session
being extended for that purpose, and
at Its conclusion was greeted with ap-
plause from the Democratic sids, in
which several Repub .icaAs jJined. The
message WAS referred, on Mr.. HernAn's
motion, I'd the river and harboe COM
mit.ee. Mr. Herman stated tina the
bill would probably BIZ returned 'ruei I.
day.
The veto message was az follows:
"There are four hundred and Sven
teen items Of appropriation contained
In this bill and every part OF the eCun-
try is represented in the distributor OF
It's favors. Indirectly Approprists or
provides for the expenditure OF ST.. 0OO,-
600 for river a. harbor work. This
sum is in addition to the appropril tions
contained in another bill for similar
purposes amounting to c little more
than three millions of rtollara
which have already been farorably
considered at the present session of
Congress. The result is that the con-
templated immediate expenditures for
the objects mentioned amount to about
seventeen million dollars.
"a more startling feature Of this
bill is Its auth orizstion of contracts for
river and hsrbor work amounting to
more than sixty two millions Of doll
lars. Though the payments on these
contracts are in most cases 80 disei huted
that they are to be met by future APP
propriations. more than three billions
OF dollars on their account ire in
cluded in the direct appropla tions
above mentioned. OF the remainder
nearly twenty millions OF dolLrs will
fall due during the fiscal year ending
'une 80, 1898. and amounts Somewhat