The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-09
:. z..G7 ADJOURNMENT.
Congress May End the Present
Session Tomorrow.
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tsETTLING THE B1sAGREE&ENTs.

Phi9 II ouT supply Btits NOW KemIln to be
-- Acted Upon, Owing to Mutual Conces-
sionszDecision teTake Up Anothe p i1lec-
tion Contest Anglers House Democrats.
WASHINGTON. June 9.-The senate made
but little progress yesterday toward final
adjournment. The new deficiency hill
framed to overcome the objections of the
presidenti In his veto, by the omission of
claims, was passed. An effort by Mr.,
Harris, OF Tennessee, to add war claims
under the Bowman act aggregating $500
oo9 failed on polntof orders a final re-
port On the postof1ice Appropriation bill
was agreed TO- .M
The immigration bill was before the SEN
ate after o'clock, but MIR Morgan, of
Alabama, diverted the debate into u dis
cussfon of Cuba. He, did not deny he
said, that he snot aSerseto warif Spain,
Yin pursuit Qf her abominalae deSpotism,
continues to wagewar on Cuba. He took
E0ceasfoh during his speech to disclaim
having made harsh criticisms on the queen
regent'of Spain. On that subject he said e
'''ff the queoh 'bf Spain, the queen Of
Great Britain, -the-queen- of Greece -sndthe.
empress of Germany could meet in that
stricken island hndwftness some of these
brutalities indignities and outrages forced
on the defenseless women and children.
then ygu would find these great apd noble
queens raising their hand against such
atrocities and ending the rule of this brute,
Weyler."
In order to guard against the failure of
a quorum in the closing hours of the ses-
!. sion the house yesterday revoked all leaves
"of-Rbsence ana ordered the sergeapt-at-
arms to telegraph absentees to return
forthwith. II is expected that this order
will 1T least hold those who are at present
in the city until the final adjournment.
Bycontinuing the legislative day of Sat
HrdaySwhch by a special order was made
a suspension day" the house was en-
abled to transact Il good deal of business.
The final conference report on the post
office appropriation bill was agreed to-
Bills and Joint resolutions were passed ::
Calling on the, secretary of the treasury
for information as to the steps taken to
procured n settlement Of the disputed ques-
tiQn. of the liability of Virginia or West
Virginia for S5l00O0 of bonds in which the
Indian funds bi'e invested for the estab-
lishment ofa site for heerection of peni-
tentiary ut Fort ,Leavenworth, Kan. for a
scientific investigation of the fur seal fish
eries TO amend the act for the protection
of the salmon fisheries Of Alaska to amend
the laws relating to American seafnen'; TO
facilitate tho reorganization of the North
ern Pacific Railroad company
Both Senator Allison, chairman of the
appropriations committee of the senate,
and Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the appro-
| llpriations c6mniitteB of then house, agDeed
last night that the situation indicated a
| final adjournment tomorrow The house
agreeing to the Anal conference on the
postoffice appropriation bill yesterday and
the senate passing the general deficiency
| bill as it came .ffoipthe house leaves but
four of the great supply bills still in issue
the District Of Columbia, the Indian
the naval and the sdndry- civil bills.
Although neither house has yet acted on
the report, the conferrees on the naval bill
have agreed on nareport which tits thought
will prove acceptableto both houses. 1t
compromises the question of the number
of battleships byauthorizing three instead
of four, as the bill passed the house, and
two us it passed the senate The question
of the maximum cost of armOr plate, fixed
by the house at S425 per ton and by the
senate at 1920 per ton, is postponed until
the next session of congress.
In the sundry civil bill the public build
ing items are still the bone of contention,
and in the District of Columbia and the
Indian bills the question of sectarian char
tiles and sectarian schools, respectively,
are the only items in issue The leaders
of both houses expect an adjustment of
these controvered questions in time for ad-
iournment tomorrow .r 1#
The fact that the Republicans of the
house have insisted upon taking up a con-
tested election case in the closing hours of
the session has irritated the Democrats
very much and they may force the major
ity to furnish their own quorum TO unseat
another Democrat. As the Republicans
have not a quorum of their own in the
city this furnishes the main cause foI
alarm so far as the house is concerned
The case in question is that of Aldrich
versus Underwood, from the Ninth Ala
bama district
The Discovery Saved His Life.