Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-06
FIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June 6.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Vice President announced his
signature to several bills, including the
general deficiency appropriation bill
and the "flled cheese" bill.
Mr.. Allison, chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations, presented
partial conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Hawley inquired as to the Sen
ate amendment appropriating 5,0OO
for a postoffice building at Fortress
Monroe.
Mr.. Allison replied that there was
disagreement as to that building.
Mr.. Dubois moved that the Senate in
sist on all its amendments for the pub
lie buildings, and his motion was agreed
to unanimously and new conference
was ordered.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was presented. The
item in regard to legal fees on the
claims of the "old settlers, or Cherokee
Indians" 1888 ,0OO), is modified by d.
recting the Secretary of the Interior to
retain the IS per cent. fund until
otherwise authorized by law. The item
as to contract schools for Indian chill
dren is modified by limiting the time of
their further continuance to July, 1897,
instead of July, 1898. The report,
which is final one, was agreed to.
House bill to expedite the delivery OF
imported parcels and packages not ex-
ceeding $500 in value was passed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. KEN required the Speaker to
count quorum before he would con
sent to the reading of the journal.
When the required number of members
had appeared the Speaker said: "The
House will be in ORDER" and con
tinued "The Chair hopes that mem
bers of the House will remember that
it is their duty to be here at II o'clock
promptly and that we have been de-
layed this morning Is minutes by the
neglect of members TO attend to their
duties. The clerk will read the journal ]"
Mr.. Hopkins presented the report of
the committee on ways and means on
reciprocity, aud 10000 copies of it, to-
gether with the views of the minority,
were ordered printed.
The bill for the protection of the peo-
pie of the Indian Territory, extending
the Jurisdiction of the United States
courts over crimes committed in the
territory, providing for the laying out of
towns, the leasing of coal and other
mineral, timber, farming and grazing
lands, was passed.
A Senate bill was passed to exclude
articles other than printed or written
matter emanating from the various ex
ecutive departments, an abuse having
grown up of sending supplies, more or
less bulky, which should go by freight
or express.
Mr.. Henderson stated to members
that if they were anxious for an early
adjournment they would remain in the
House to-day and attend to the business
before it. If they did this, he said, adj
journment would be speedily reached;
otherwise the House would be in ses.
sion several days.
Speaker Reed laid before the House
the Presidents veto of the general de-
fciency bill, and it was read. From
the applause which swept over the hall
at the close of the reading, it was ap-
parent that the message met nearly
general approval.
Mr.. Cannon stated that he would
move to pass the bill over the Presi-
dents veto, and If that failed, then he
would ask the Speaker to recognize
him to move to suspend the rules and
pass deficiency bill, emitting from it
the item objected to by the President,
which could be sent to the executive
for action tonight.
Mr.. Adaus.-It requires two-thirds
vote to suspend the rules. Suppose
the House does not pass the bill over
the veto and then refuses to vote to
suspend the rules, where will you be?
Mr.. Cannon-Oh, we'll, if we can't
pass bill providing for the necessary
expenses of the government without
loading it down with $500 claims, then
there is nothing but an honest, whole
some public sentiment to fall back up
on. (Applause.)
Mr.. Mahon said the question was not
one for the President to determine, and
he proposed for himself to stand by the
dignity of the House, which had voted
to pay these claims. "The Presi-
dent has not only repudisted bis
own party but now proposed to re-
pudiate the courts and Congress.
If we are to allow him to dictate what
bills Congress shall pass and what it
shall not, we might as well quit and go
home"
Mr.. Grosvenor said he did not know
which most to admire, the enormous
capacity of the President to write such
a message within the brief period which
had elapsed since the bill was presented
to him, or the marvellous resources of
the committee on appropriations, which
enabled the gentleman from Illinois to
bring Immediately to the attention of
the House bill prepared to fit the
veto. 1t showed that we had great
country and were equal to any
emergency. Naughter).
BAsEDALL.-The games played by the
National League baseball clubs yesterday re-