The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-09
IS NOT OFFENDED
AT THE QUEEN
Seaator Morgan Highly Compliments the
Ruler Of Spain.
CALLS WEYLER A BRUTAL SOLDIER
An Eight.HOur Session in the House.
Measures That Were Passed..Mr.
Dinyley Offers Resolutions with u
View TO Maintaining Quorum.

Washington, June S.-The senate
passed the new general deficiency bill
today in less than three-quarters of an
hour. Ordinarily a bill of 130 printed
pages would have taxed the powers Of
the reading clerk for at least two hours;
but the reading of this bill was COM
pleted In half an hour. An attempt
was made by Mr.. Harris (Dem., TENN
to have the claims under the Bowman
act aggregating about half million
dollars placed in the bill. but they We're
ruled out on point of order. and the
bill was promptly passed. A final con-
ference report was made on the post
office appropriation bill and was agreed
to. Partial conference reports on the
Indian appropriation bill and on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
were made and agreed to; and further
conferences We're ordered,
The immigration bill wax takn up and
Mr.. Morgan Dem., Ala.) made another
speech upon the question of the war in
Cuba. IN the course Of which he dis
claimed having heretofore said any
thing offensive to the Queen Regent of
Spain. He eulogized her as a woman
of very high character and of almost
uneXampled virtue. and said that she
was entitled by virtue Of the regency
of womanhood to the utmost respect.
anG that every senator SO treated her
and so spoke of her He spoke of Cen
eral Weyler, however. as a brutal SOL
hn LOT In nn1
sword in the bosoms of woman and
children.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house sat eight hours today in
continuation of Saturdays session, by
this parliamentary fiction continuing in
effect the resolution of last week, max
Ing in order motions to pass bills under
suspensions Of the rules. Operating un-
der this resolution the following meas
ures We're passed: House bill directing
the construction of q federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kansas, to cost not exceed
ing $15O,OOO; house bill making further
appropriations C$5S,000 in all to pay de-
ficiencies for the current fiscal year; sem
ate joint resolution directing the secre-
q
investigation Of the Alaskan fur seal
fisheries; senate bill re-enacting and
| amending the law of 1889 for the protec-
| tion of the salmon fisheries of Alaska
amending the law relating to the em-
| ployment of sailors-abolishing impris-
| onment forViolation Of contract and the
| system. of allotments Of seamen's wages
| and improving the quality and value of
the ration provided for them; house
of the Northern Pacific railroad at fore
closure sale next month with the rights
and privileges of the original corpora
| ton, and imposing the same obligations;
house bill establishing a new division of
the eastern judicial district of Texas,
and providing semi-annual terms of
court at Beaumont.
| Senate amendments We're agreed to
the house bill to expedite the trans
not exceeding $500 and not more than
100 pounds in weight
| Conference reports were presented and
agreed to on the following appropria-
ton bills: Postoffice (finaD, Indian and
District of Columbia.
TO MAINTAIN A QUORUM.
In order to maintain the presence OF
a quorum the house adopted resolutions
offered by Mr.. Dingley (Rep., Me.) re-
voking all leaves of absence except
those granted on account Of illness. anG
directing the sergeant alarms to tele.
graph other absent members that theil
presence here is necessary to the trans.
action of public business. In this con.
nection, the house heard with applause
the message announcing that the sen.
ate had passed without amendment the
general deficiency bill, which the house
passed Saturday afternoon.
Twice Mr. Daniels (Rep., N. " en-
deavored to bring up for consideration
the report of elections committee No.
on the contested election case of Tru'
man II. Aldrich (kepublican) VS.. Oscar
| w. Underwood Democrat from the
Ninth Alabama district. The first time
the house refused-53 to 64-to entel
upon its consideration; the vote on thu
second motion had not been announced
when at o'clock further recess wa.
|
ing. 1t will be in order then. 1t is un
derstood there is to he no adjournmen
of the house until it finally adjourns fo
the session.
GENERAL. NOTES.
The president this aft. rnoon approved
the modified general deficiency bill
The naval conferees agreed finally
this afternoon on the battleships in the
naval bill as was indicated in United
Press dispatches of Saturday night
stipulation that contracts for armol
plates are not to be made at any price
until congress shall have further actet
upon the subject.
The house conferees have offered 6
compromise to the senate conferees OF
the Indian bill. which will be accepted
and this BILL together with the nava
bill, will be got out of the way early to
morrow morning. The house will agre,
to the former conference report, cuttin,
off appropriations for sectarian Indial
schools at the end of the next fisca
year, with proviso that the secretar!
of the interior be instructed to divid
the appropriations as evenly as possibl
during the next fiscal year between tn
various denominations. This will en-,
| the sectarian school question and re
move the one great stumbling blocl
that has for several days stood in tn
way of a final settlement of this ques
ton.