The San Francisco call., 1896-06-11
one DAYS WORK
IN CONGRESS,
Was in Session for One
Hundred and Eight
Hours.
ADJOURNS To- MORROW.
Long Debate Before the Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill
Passed.
HOUSE AND SENATE AT OUTS.
Democrats Question the Financial
Methods of the Republican
Majority.
HOUSE AND SENATE AT OUTS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 10.-Busi-
ness of the first session of the Fifty-fourth
Congress was practically concluded to-day
by the agreement of the two bodies upon
the sundry civil and District of Columbia
appropriation bills-the only remaining
matters of difference between the two
houses when they met this morning.
To accomplish this the House voted to
concur with the Senate in its amendments
to the sundry civil appropriations bill
of $500, 600 for certain public buildings.
This vote-100 ayes to SS noes-demon-
strated what had been feared would not
be found, a quorum of members still in
the city. The provision in the District
bill cutting off appropriations to religious
and charitable institutions was amended so
as to make the new policy effective after
June 30, 1897. Previous to reaching a con-
clusion the House passed many measures
under suspension of the rules.
The concurrent resolution for the final
adjournment of Congress at P. NJ. to-
morrow was received from the Senate and
agreed to.
Although there were less than fifty mem
bers present, several measures were dis
posed of without objection, among them
the following:
A resolution offered by G. w. Stone (R.) J
of Pennsylvania, that the Secretary of the
Treasury be required to communicate to
the House at the commencement of the
next session such information as he may
have or NAV be able to obtain in the
meantime as to the comparative merits
and advantages of pure nickel, nickel al
l. I,
metals, and of copper Bronze as material
for our minor coins, and, for the purpose of
making such information as full and COM
plete as possible, the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to have struck
such experimental minor coins of the
metals mentioned, pure and IN combina-
ton with other metals, as he may deem
necessary and proper. He is requested to
communicate to the House the results and
conclusions derived from such expert
mental coinage.
Shafroth (R.l of Colorado moved TO sus-
pend the rules and pass bill providing
for the punishment of persons who set
fire to timber on the public domain.
On the motion of Mondell (R.) of Wyo-
ming, the Senate concurrent resolution
was agreed to, directing the Secretary of
the Interior to resume the work OF issuing
patents to the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, for lands sold by it to bona-fide
purchasers, according to the lists supplied
by the company. This work was suspend
ed a year ago, and about two and half
million1acres of land and $1,000 purchasers
are affected.
a resolution reported from the Commit
tee on Printing by Richardson (D.O of
Tennessee, providing for the printing of
5000 copies of the bankruptcy bill, was
passed.
Grout (R.) of Vermont called up the
conference report on the District OF Colum-
bia appropriation bill, made yesterday
afternoon, and the House voted to further
insist on it's disagreement to the Senate
amendments still III dispute.
Under the suspension of the rules, the
following were passed:
Joint resoluti extending the scope of the
good roads investigation being conducted by
the Agricultural Department. Senate joint
resolution extending the benefits conferred by
sections 1926 and 1873, Revised Statutes, re-
garding service and re-enlis tment to all en-
listed in the navy. House bill amending the
law regulating the landing of submarine for
eign telegraph cables, so as to require Congress
sional assent in the future. Heretofore the
permission of the State Department only has
been necessary House bill setting apart as
State park, under the direction of the Secre-
tary of the Interior about 10000 acres
of land on Mount Tacoma Wash House bill
opening national cemeteries to burial of army
nurses honorably discharged. House bill in
creasing from $1,000 TO $4,000 the limit of
claims of postmasters for loss by fire, burglary
and other unavoidable causes, which the
Postofice Department may settle without re-
ferring to Congress. House bill to protect the
public forest reserve from depredations. Sen
ate bill appropriating 100000 to aid and en-
courage the trans-Missssippi and International
Exposition to be held at Omaha in 1898.
House joint resolution extending for year
the time within which settlers on and pur-
chasers of lands on ceded Indian reservations
may prove their claims and settle with the
Government House bill amending the ship
ming laws so as to still further provide for the
comfort and weil-being of sailors.
Cannon (R.) of Illinois presented the
conference report on the urgent deficiency
bill. showing the Senate had receded from
its amendment giving a months salary to
Congressional employees on the roll De-
c rnoer 9 1895, and since discharged. The
report was adopted.
Walker (R.) of Massachusetts,, chairman
of the Committee on Banking and Cur
rencv. stated that early in next December
the committee would report bill dealing
with the whole subject of the Govern
ment's financial policy and the banking
and currency interests of the country.
Cannon reported total disagreement of
the public building amendments to the
suQdrV CIVIL dpDTOpTldIlOH Dlll anu uOVeu
that the House further insist on its dis
agreement
In brief statement of the situation
Cannon expressed his belief that the bill
would not fail and that for himself, indi-
viduallv, he would vote to further insist
upon disagreeing to these amendments.
If the House was not of that opinion and
voted to recede, that would pass the bill
with all these amendments.
W Wilson briefly urged the adoption of his
motion to concur with the Senate. The
House in five cases upon this very bill
had waived the parliamentary principle
contended for by Cannon and it could not
now insist upon its observance. He
charged discrimination against the West
ern States in the matter of public build
inos for them, the providing of which
mon States entry into the Union mad
been the invariable policy OF the Govern
Rlne (R.) of Kansas supporting Cam
mons motion, said it was about time 1or
I he House to let "that Senate" know that
if would no longer be driven and drummed
about at the pleasure of that body.
Owens CD of Kentucky said it seemed
70 be the feeling OF everybody in the Senate
from the pages up that all that was neces-
sarv for the Senate when it made an