The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-04
IT IS STRAIGHTENED
A Flaw in the Cuban Resolution
Promptly Repaired
DOWN TO ROUTINE BUSINESS
Electric Motors and Desks VIII NJ OF
Be Carried In the Mails-All Is
Peace In the House
Committee Work.

tural appropriation bill and passed
that measure. carrying s3.262, 900. with
out material amendment. Another bill
passed during the day changes the linn
itations of fourth-clas mail matter so
as to free the postal service from bulky
articles heretofore sent free by the
| government departments. Wolcott, In
urging the bill, said roller top desks
! and electric motors were among the ar
ticles sent as mail by the departments.
Late in the day word came from the
house that the error concerning the Gu
ban resolutions had been corrected.
In Its corrected form the house resolu-
tion is an amendment to that passed
by the senate. AS the house reported
back. the subject was referred to the
committee on foreign relations. Sher-
man stating that the committee would
consider the question at the meeting
tomorrow. Only eleven senators
heard the chaplain's opening prayer
Thurston reported from the select
committee on international expositions
a joint resolution authorizing the Sec
retary of the treasury to distribute the
medals awarded by the Columbian ex-
position. Thurston explained its pro-
visions briefly. saying that the pur-
pose of the bill was to appropriate
sufficient money ($15.0O0) to permit
these awards to be made. There was
no objection and the resolution was
agreed to. The conference report on
the army appropriation bill was agreed
to.
Allen asked immediate consideration
of a resolution declaring that all
United States bonds are redeemable in
both gold and silver, but objection was
made and the resolution went over
Chandler of the committee on privi-
leges and elections presented the ma
jority report Of that committee pro-
viding for an investigation of Alabama
elections by committee. Gray of the
same committee gave notice of a mi
nority report. German gave notice of
a motion to reconsider the bill passed
by the senate yesterday, providing for
additional enlistments in the navy in
case of emergency.
Sherman called attention to the dis
crepancy in the journals of the two
houses as to the action of the house on
the Cuban resolutions adopted by that
body. He said that the house resolu-
tions had been reported as a substitute
for the senate resolutions, but they
had, through the house clerk, been re-
ported to the senate as independent
resolutions. He asked to have the SEN
ate journal corrected to correspond
with the action of the house. The re-
quest led to an exchange of views.
Lodge supported the request of Sher-
man, calling attention to the record of
the house proceedings to show the in
tention of that body. The incident was
temporarily closed by a request from
Sherman to lay the matter aside until
the house should officially advise the
senate of it's action.
On motion of Cullom the agricultural
appropriation was taken up and the
amendments made by the senate COM
mittee on appropriations were read.
The amendments were all agreed to
without division or change until the
appropriations for the animal industry
were reached. This was so changed
as to provide for a chief and also an
assistant chief of the inspection divis-
ion. The two offices had been consoli-
dated into one.
Bate moved to strike out the commit
tee amendment striking out the clause
dnstructing the department to secure, II
possible, a change in the methods of
supplying tobacco to foreign countries
and addressed the senate in support
of the motion, saying that under the
present system the supply to foreign
countries is controlled by a syndicate.
The motion was agreed to.
At o'clock the agricultural bill was
laid aside temporarily in order to re-
ceive a notice from the house of repre-
sentatives as to the agreement of that
body TO the senate Cuban resolutions
with an amendment and requesting
that the previous report OF the adop-
tion of an independent house resolution
be returned to the house for correction.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman, the re-
quest for a return of the first resoIu-
ton was agreed to and the senate reso-
luton. as amended by the house. was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations. This Strengthened out the
tangle and left the subject as was orig
inally intended. with the senate reso-
iutions amended by the house substi-
tute.
A special order was given to the gov
ernment printing Office to have the
amended resolutions ready by 10 a. m
Tomorrow, in order. as Mr.. Sherman
explained, that the committee on for
eign relations might consider them.
Mr.. Warren secured cn amendment
making Immediately available $4,000
for irrigation purposes. TO be expend-
ed by the geological survey As thus
amended. the agricultural bin was
passed. The bill was passed withdraw
ing from The supreme court turisdic-
ton of criminal cases not capital. and |
conferring the same on court Of ap-
peals. A bill 10 free the mails of large |
bulky packages was passed.
At O'Clock the senate held a brief
executive session. and then adjourned !
until tomorrow.
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