Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-06
FIyTY-FOUkTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 6.
SENATE.

tive, executive and judicial appropria'
ton bill was presented.
The chief point of difficulty had been
the arrangement of fees and compensa-
ton of United States district attorneys
and marshals. A schedule of salaries
has been agreed upon for those officers,
the amount varying in the several jul
dicial districts. The report states that
there are still many amendments on
which no agreement had been reached.
Mr.. Hill said that it was important
that the conference report should be
printed; and suggested that it go over
till tomorrow. 1t was so ordered.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Call as to the United States citi-
zens captured on board of the schooner
Competitor was laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Sherman moved to refer it to the
committee on foreign relations.
That motion was opposed by MIR.
Call, who spoke of the extreme anxiety
of the friends of the men over whom
death was hanging, but who were
properly subject to no other treatment
than that of persons captured on board
vessel carrying things contraband Of
war.
Mr.. Pasco said he had been to the
State Department on the subject and
was satisfied that all proper means
known to diplomacy would be used to
secure fair treatment for those men.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
Another of Mr.. Calls resolutions as
to railroad corporations interfering with
elections in Florida was also laid before
the Senate and was referred to the
committee on privileges and elections.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Morgan relating to the recognition
of belligerent rights in Cuba was, at his
request, laid before the Senate. He
moved its reference to the committee
on foreign relations, and expressed the
hope that that committee would, before
Congress adjourned, report some action
that would be deliberate, firm, con-
sistent and energetic for the solution of
the question. He did not believe that
Congress could adjourn finally, leaving
that question as it now was.
The resolution was, with similar
one which had been offered by Mr.. Call,
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
The river and harbor bill was then
taken up and proceeded with.
The committee amendment was
agreed to. 80,
At2p. m. the river and harbor bill
was laid aside and the PETER bond reso-
luton was taken up, MIR. Hill con
tinuing his argument against the reso-
luton.
HOUSE.
The committee on ways and means,
through Mr.. Dingley, reported con-
current resolution providing for the
adjournment of Congress on the 18th
instant. The reading of the resolution
was greeted with applause. Mr..
Dingley asked immediate consideration
of the resolution.
Mr.. Wheeler asked that the matter
be allowed to 60 over until tomorrow,
but Mr.. Dingley moved the previous
question which was ordered by an over
whelming vote.
The Speaker was about to put the
question on the passage of the resolu-
ton, when Mr.. Wheeler asked if Is
minutes debate was not allowed on
each side of q proposition upon which
the previous question had been ordered.
The Speaker-The chair is of the
| impression that debate has been had
between the gentlemen from Alabama
and Maine.
Mr.. Misunderstanding down the
aisle and drawing of his spectacles in
his excitemenp No debate at all, MIR.
Speaker; no debate. Only a request
that the resolution 60 over until to-
morrow.
The Speaker-The chair doesn't de-
sire to rule arbitrarily upon the matter.
Mr.. Dingley asked and obtained
unanimous consent for the gentleman
from Alabama to address the House for
five minutes.
In that time Mr.. Wheeler attacked
the republican majority for violation
of its pledges made in the campaign of
1894, to relieve the people of the coun-
try from the conditions under which
they are laboring. Nothing whatever
had been done in that direction, and
now it was proposed to adjourn within
fortnight, thus abandoning all hope
and opportunity of accomplishing any
legislation.
The resolution was agreed to without
division, the announcement being
greeted with applause.
Mr.. Mccall reported from elections
committee, No. 8, the contested cleo
ton case of Yost, republican, vs.. Tuck
er, democrat, from the 10th district
of Virginia, in favor of Tucker the Sit
ting member. Calendar.
Mr.. Miller from elections committee,
No. 2, reported the case of Thompson
populist, VS.. Shaw, democrat, from the
third North Carolina district, unani-
mously recommending that Shaw's
title to the seat, which he holds, be
confirmed. The report was agreed to.
The House then went into committee
of the whole to consider private pen
sion bills.
When the first bill had been read
there was demand on the republican
side for a vote. Mr.. Erdman said it
did not seem to be the purpose of the
other side to have the report on the
bill read; they were afraid, he charged,
to let the public know the merits of
these bills. He called for the reading
of the report in his time.
Upon the next bill. Mr.. Dinpley call.