The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07
SESSION OF THE SENATOR'S.
Refusal to Retreat on the Public
Building Issue

Washington, June Elm the Senate to-
Jay the vice President announced his
signature to several bills, including the
general deficiency appropriation bill and
the filled cheese" bill.
Mr.. Allison, chairman of the committee
OF appropriations, presented a partial con-
terence report on the sundry civil appro-
priatIOn bill and made an explanation as
TO the points on which an agreement had
not been reached. The first class of these
cases was the amendments for public
building. The House conferees refused to
agree 10 any decrease of the limitation OF
cost ana also refused to agree to the an
propriations for public buildings in the
capitals of the new states of Idaho Wv
oming, Utah and Montana.
The buildings where the House con-
Ierees refused to Increase the limit OF
cost were those at Kansas City. Mo, Sa-
Vannah, Ca, and Camden, n. j.
Mr, Hawley, rep, inquired as to the
for postoh1ce building al Fortress Mon,
roe.
Mr. Allison replied that there was also
disagreement as to that building
There was also a failure to agree on
several other Senate amendments Mr.
DUBOIS moved that the Senate insist on
the amendments for the public buildings
Utah.
Senators sewell, Vest, Morrill,. Bacon.
platt and Cullom joined in advocating
the proposition that the Senate insist on
al us amendments for public buildings
Mr.. Dubois then, at the request of Mr..
seven, modihed his motion by making it
Apply TO all the public buildings instead
OF conhnlng il to those of the four new
states; The motion, thus modified, was
9greed TO unanimously, and new con-
ference was ordered
The conference report on the Indian ap-
preparation bill was presented. The item
in regard to legal fees on the claims of
Old settlers or Cherokee Indians 1883, =
GOD, IS modified by directing the Secretary
OF the interior to retain the IS per cent.
| FUND until otherwise authorized by law
a In
dian children is modified by limiting the
! time or their further continuance to July,
1897, instead of July, 1898. The report
which is a final one was agreed TO
The House bill to expedite the delivery
OF imported parcels and packages not
exceeding 500 in value, was taken up
| amended and passed-after an eXpana-
| ton by Mr.. Aidrich, rep of Rhode IS
land, that the bill as amended, merely
permitted imported merchandise, not in
tended for sale, to be eXpedited-the ex-
press company giving bonds to the gov
eminent.
The conference report on the naval ap-
| preparation bill was presented and read
The amendment reducing the number of
new battleships from four to two is mod
| flied by making the number three. and
| the price for armor plate, instead Of be-
| ing limited to $3.50 ton, is limited to $425
| with instructions to the Secretary of the
| Navy to inquire what a fair price would
be- and to report at the next session of
| congress.
Mr. Pettigrew characterized the price
| OF the armor plate proposed in the con-
| ference report as an Outra geous cOnces-
! sion to the Carnegie and Bethlehem COM
! binatiOn, and asked what position the
republican party occupy in the coming
| campaign.
You win hear from this report . he ex-
| claimed, "at every school house meeting
| We have an antitrust law: yet we pro-
| trust"
Mr.. Bacon said that, although he had ia
| vored the construction of four battle
! ships, he would now decline to vote for
| them, If the armor plate for them was
70 be paid for at the excessive rate of
| $425 per ton.
A long discussion ensued on the ques-
| ton of armOT plate, in the course of
| which Mr.. German said that as one of
| the Senate conferees he had not been
able to agree to the report, but that he
| was convinced that no better terms could
| be obtained from the House conferees
| Referring TO a statement made in the
| debate that some of the plate furnished
| by the Bethlehem and Carnegie works
| TO foreign governments was defective and
! full of blow holes Mr.. White sug-
gested jOcularly that it was good thing
| to furnish our enemies with armor plate
| which we can penetrate
Mr.. Hale, in charge Of the conference
report, closed the debate. He said the re-
suit which the cOnferees had come to was
| the best that could be done. If the Sem
! ate believed that its conferees had not
| done the best they could, it should reject
| the report and then the danger was that
| the House conferees would fall back upon
! the original House proposition for four
new battleships. and for the highest flg-
ure for armor plate.
Finally the debate closed and the con
/ ference report was disagreed to-yeas, %;
| nays, q. A further conference was or
dered
The House bill to constitute a new d.
| vision of the eastern judicial district Of
| Lexington and to provide for the holding
| of terms of court at Beaumont, Tex, ana
| for the appointment of a clerk for said
| court, was passed with an amendment
The senate, at 5:15 o'clock, adjourned
until Monday at Noon.