The Portland daily press., 1896-05-26
Bill to Repeal Same Meets With
Opposition.
MEASURE DISCUSSED IN THE
HOUSE YESTERDAY.

ate-various Amendments Agreed To
Attempt to Consider Bond Bill Fails.
Washington, May 25.-In the Senate
to-day at the close of the morning busi-
ness Mr.. Hale Of Maine, movsd to pro-
oeed to the consideration of the deficiency
bill, the last Of the general appropriation
bills.
Mr.. Butler, Populist of North Carolina,
suggested that several of the Senators
desired to speak on the bond bill, and
that. as he wished to have the vote up
on 1t taken before adjournment that the
bill should be taken up Immediately
rather than at 2 o'clock, when it comes
up as unfinished business.
Mr.. Chandler said it would be impossi-
BILE to get vote on the bond bill today.
There we're many Senators, among whom
the Senator from North Carolina did
not know of, who desired to address the
Senate on that bill.
Mr.. Butler remarked that the quicker
the Senate took up the bond bill the bet
ter.
'No," Mr.. Chandler broke in, "the
worse; because 1t ought not to pass at
all, while 1t is necessary to pass the ap-
preparation bills.''
The deficiency bill was then taken up.
Among the COMMITTEES amendments re-
ported aud agreed to were the following:
Appropriating $45, 600 for leasing of suit
able buildings aud equipment for samp-
lin and assaying of imported silver ores
and other ores containing lead; appro
priating 81, 542, 97a to pay transportation
claims of the Southern Pacific; appro-
priating $159, 800 for three deaths and TOR
the injuries OF the government employees
at Ford's theatre disaster, June, 1898;
| appropriating S64, 965 for the pay of the
navy in 1895; increasing various items
for the navy from S142. 668 TO $207, $50; ap-
propriating $4,000 for the support Of
prisoners in United States courts in
1896, and S6754 in 1885; appFopriating
gates up to December 6, 1896, at 800 a
month; increasing the allowance for con-
| tested election cases in the House of Re.
presentatives from $50, 16a TO $104, S64; in
creaSing the appropriation for the pay
ment OF judgments of the court of claims
from $148, CAT to 81, 1877, 500; to pay 500, 588
to the Richmond Locomotive and Ma
chine Works. The bill as passed by the
House appropriated Sd, 793, $50; as report
ed by the Senate committee So. 500, 29s.
q The Senate amendments having been
disposed of, the bill was open to general
amendment. An amendment to pay
$500 to Mr.. Dupont for counsel fees,
time and expenses in prosecuting his
right to seat in the Senate, and $2500
to three counsel engaged in the opposit-
ion to him, was offered and agreed to.
The amendment appropriating $1,073,
142 for the findings of the court of claims
in BAL of the French spoilation claims.
exclusive of the insurance claims, Cfferea
by MIR. Warren, Republican of Wyoming.
as report from committee on claims
was, after discussion, declared in order by
q vote of the Senate. 80 to IA.
Various other amendments for claims
found due under the Bowman act, were
offered and disagreed to. Several of these
amendments, having been offered by Mr..
Cookrell, Democrat of Missouri. it was
suggested by Mr.. Chandler, humorously,
that Mr.. Cockrell's objeot was to load
down the bill with private claims to
be thrown out in conference. Mr.. Cock
| rell resented this insinuation.
Mr.. Chandler twitted Mr.. Cocktail
with having shown q want of temper
Mr.. Cockrell retorted that he Senator
from New Hampshire was showing a
want of balance.
Finally the bill was passed.
IN THE HOUSE.
The House took up the free alcohol re-
peal bill, Mr.. Evans explaining the
reasons for the repeal of the section and
characterized it as internal revenue
exoresence on the tariff bill. The section
was SO crudely drawn, he said that the
Secretary of the Treasury was unable to
make the necessary regulations to carry
| it into effect. Since the passage of the
| tariff bill in 1894, the government stood
to close between $s5, 900 and $50. 900 per
| day under the rebate claims. Claims ag-
| gre eating between ten and fifteen
millions of dollars were already filed.
: He offered on behalf Of tho ways and
| means committee an amendment to the
bill providing for the appointment of a
joint select committee of three senators
and three representatives who are to
consider all the questions relating to
the use Of alcohol in the manufactures
and arts, free of tax, and report their
conclusions to Congress next December.
| MIR. Russell, Republican of Connecticut,
opposed the repeal OF the section. He
acknowledged that it was crude and
faulty and would cause fraud on the
| revenues Of the government, but he
thought some measure should have been
reported in it's stead, which was prac-
| ticable and feasible in execution and
| would give free alcohol for use in man.
ufactures and the arts. This, he declared,
was one of the principles of tine kepubli-
can party, as set forth in the platform
of 1885,
Mr.. Hill, Republican of Connecticut,
opposed the bill. He gave notice that
he would move to strike out all, after
the enacting clause and substitute for it
the amendment reported from the com
mittee on ways and means. providing
for the appointment OF commission &c
investigate the subject.
Without disposing OF tho bill the oom
mittee arose.
The report of elections committee No
3, in the contested case OF Martin, Fopu-
list, VS.. Lookham. Democrat, from the
sixth district of North Carolina, was pre-
sented and ordered printed.
The House then adjourned
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
The decision of the Supreme Court o.
the United States this morning was