The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-21
SENATE In A TAHGLE
Over An Amendment for the PaYmantof
Fees to Attorneys for Legal Services.
Mr.. CHANDLER TOOK ALEApIHG PART.
The Senate BIancs the House for Rec
fusing to Pass q Riis Sufficient 10
Meet Demands of tho departments
for the Fiscni Year which fha
Bill is Supposed 20 Cover.

Washington, d. c. April 20 (speciar.
Senate: No actual progress In the work
OIL legislation was made in the Senate
To-Day. The resolution for an inyesti-
CATION into recent bond issues came to
.he surface on two or three occasions.
but Senator Hill was not inclined to
Yield an inch of the right OF the Senate
10 u full debate on the resolution or 10
ihuicate any time when q vote might
DC reached; and, on the other hand, the
chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priu.lohs insisted on the Importance OF
getting along with the great appropria-
ton bills. Finally Mr.. PETER, author OF
the pond resolution. consented reluctant
ly to have that resolution laid tempo
rarily aside until the appropriation bills
now before the Senate are disposed of.
II is stiil the unfinished business" how
ever. as such will be entitled to Informal
presentation to the Senate at 2 o'clock
every day. f7ss
The Indian bill was under considera9
tion the whole day, but did not advance
single step The propositions on sthea
subject of Indian schools were passed
over Informally on account of the abb
sence of Mr.. Carter, who had offered an
amendment to strike out the House reso-
lutions on that subject.
Then the Senate got into tangie On
an amendment for the payment Of feaSi
to attorneys for legal services. There
was q good deal of controversy on tfitB
subject, in which Mr.. Chandler took a.
leading part. The matter had not been
brought to an issue when the bill Swa1
laid aside for the day. III
Notice was given by Mr. Villas thatySnt
Wednesday. the 29th inst. ne would pre-
sent to the Senate q communication
from the Governor of Wisconsin OFFER
ing to Congress the statue of HJames',s
Marquette rs;
| 10 Snt Irtr ft,u tlsvry
was reported from the Committee on
/ tYA,2nroprtations by Mr., Allison. who said
that he wuuiGs ask the Senate to con-
| slider II at the earliest possible moment.
The Senate at 4:15 adjourned until;
tomorrow.
GIouse)-After passing few prlyaAa
pension bills. the House spent the re-
| mainder of the session to-day In the
| consideration of the general deficiency
the last OF the general appropriation
bills. prolonged debate was OCCASION
ed by the paragraph appropiia ting $780,
600 to supply a deficiency in the collec-
ticn of customs revenues. The action OF
the Secretary of the Treasury in tii-
creasing the customs force al New York
was criticised by Mr.. Hepburn. This In
crease was due, according to Mr. Ding
ley to the change from specific to ad
valorem duties made by the Wilson,
Goim2n act. a general comparison Of
the tariff laws of 1S90-'a4, both as to rev.
enue produced by them. and the cost OF
collecting the same and n comparisong
OF the appropriation of the past four
Congresses, made lively debate which
lasted nearly three hours
The committee concluded consideration
OF the bill without material amendment,
and 1t was passed by the House At6.o5
the House adjourned ~
The Sundry Civil bill as It passed the
House is the smallest since 1892, aud lie {
Is claimed for the Senate COMMITTEES
that the large increase made was due
to the fact that the House refused to
appropriate sufficient to supply the yarl-5
Gus departments during the whole OF
| the fiscal year which the bill Is sup
! posed to cover. The estimates called
for $iO,373.653. and the House only ap-
propriated 29,S36992 The Senate In
creased this by s5,121. $50. The same bin
priation of forty-six and half millions.T
The Senate bill is less than the present
law by over eleven millions.
| The chief items of increase are for
public buildings. for the lighthouse es-
tablishemnt and for expenses of United
States courts. OF the $4,000 appro-
priated under the act of 1889 for light
house on Outer Diamond Shoal, off Cape
Hatteras. $50. 900 Is authorized to be used
in constructing. equpping. ETC., Light
vessel for Diamond Shoals. the remaind4s
ler of the appropriation to be covered
into the Treasury. Under the Engin-
eer Observation-Disclosures Mobile Hars
bnr. $4,000.
The amount appropriated by the
House for the payment OF isala5es, fees.
ETC.. of Unitd States Marshals. Deputies,
etc. has been increased from ss17, 900 to-
81 500, 900; of District Attorneys, increase,
ed from s205.06 to s400, 900: regular as-
sistants to District Attorneys, increasefs
from $685.. 900 to 100000; fees off clerkas
increased from s165.0oO to 100000; fees
of commissioners increased from s175,es
900 to $500 900; fees off witnesses increas-4
ed from $3.50. 900 to s1.400,0 900: support spf
United States prisoners, increased 3rona
$500 900 to 100000.
Rnnnins short of Ammunitior.
London, April 20.---The Spanish Fsiisss i
bassy here has received a tepegraIn at1tSa
ing that the northern coast of Cuba Vi