The record-union., 1896-04-29
Debate Will be Continued Until the
End Of the Week.
The Senate Puts i'm Another Days
Session in Considering the Naval
Appropriation Bill-SenatOr Cor
man of Maryland Ridicules Secre-
tary of the Navy Herbert.

w WAoI11INdION, April LS.-AIteI
passing the general pension bill by a
vote of 1877 to 54 the House entered
upon five days consideration of the
bankruptcy bill. The pension bill was
supported by the votes of the Republic
ans and Populists, and Messrs. Cum
mings and Walsh of New York, Layton
and Sorge of Ohio, Fitzpatrick, Marr
and Downing of Illinois, Democrats.
General debate on the bankruptcy
bill will continue tomorrow and Thurs
day, and on Friday and Saturday it will
be considered under the five minute
rule for amendments until o'clock on
the latter day, when a vote will be
taken on its passage.
Notice was given by Bailey Dem.) of
Texas that one or two substitutes for
the pending bill will be presented for
action of the House by the friends of
voluntary bankruptcy only.
The opening speech of the debate was
made by General Henderson Rep) of
Iowa in support of the bill, which is
principally the Torrey bill providing for
voluntary and involuntary bank
ruptcy
AT the conclusion of Henderson's
speech, at $40 o'clock, the House ad-
journed.
Some miscellaneous business was
transacted including the passage of a
bill to place John N. Quackenbush on
the retired list of the navy, by vote of
161 to 40. This bill was intended to
cure what has been considered by the
beneficiary and his friends a great in
justice perpetrated on him. A bill was
also passed directing the Secretary of
the Interior to restore to the public do
main the lands within the limits of Fort
Lewis military reservation in Colorado.
Mahany Rep) of New York asked i'm
mediate consideration Of a resolution
derecting the Secretary of State to in
terpose in behalf of John Hays Ham
mond, the American citizen concerned
in the Transvaal troubles in South
Africa, but objection was made by Nc
Creary Dem) of Kentucky, and the
resolution went to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
In the course of the colloquy over the
resolution Hill Rep.) of Connecticut
said: MIR. Speaker, few weeks ago 1
wrote to the Secretary of State in re-
gard to Mr.. Hammond, at the request
of one of my constituents. 1 received the
truly American reply that the State De-
partment had no knowledge of the sub
ject except what had been acquired from
the newspapers, but that its impression
was that Hammond's interests were be-
| ing guarded by the English Government.
1t seems to me it is high time that the
American Government protected it's
own citizens abroad, and / am heartily
| in favor of this resolution
IN THE SENATE.
| WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The whole
of to-day's session in the Senate was
occupied in the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill The first two
hours were passed in the discussion of
the amendment offered on Monday from
the Committee on Naval Affairs prohib-
iting officers of the navy or marine corps
on the retired list from taking employ
ment in the service of persons or corpor-
| ations having contracts with the Gov
ernment for the supply of material. The
amendment was finally agreed to-yeas
| 40, nays H.
! The remainder of the days session
was occupied by speech of German of
Maryland on an amendment offered by
him to reduce the number of battleships
provided for in the bill from four to two.
! The speech was almost entirely on DO
! lltlcal lines, although German did not
| spare members of his own party-es-
| pecially the Secretary of War-whom
| he ridiculed for his pretensions to be-
| come great Admiral
Senators Sherman of Ohio and Hale
Oh Maine took part in the discussion.
which has assumed quite an animated
| character.
The amendment went over without
| actlon, and the Senate, at $50 D. m.
| adjourned until tomorrow.