Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-07
LOOKS MUCH LIKE THE END. Congress Is Gathering Together
 the Threads. HOUSE UPH0LDS PRESIDENT His Veto of the General Deficiency Bill Sus- tained by Vote of TO to- FOUR DEMOCRATS IN HIS AEGATl VIE
 S The Senate Rejects the Co 'ence Report on the Naval Appropris Bill-Mr. Pettigrew Is sho at the
 Price of Arm $ Plate.
FOUR DEMOCRATS IN THIS AEGATl VIE

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 Washington, June 6.--Although this was to be individual suspension day, in 1 order to enable the house to dispose of l certain measures which were being I pressed upon the speaker for considera- ton, but one such bill was acted upon by
 the body in session prolonged largely
 beyond the usual period. That was
 senate bill to regulate fourth-class mail
 matter, which was passed upon motion
 of MT. Loud, republican, of California. | The effects of the bill is to- shut out of
 the mails the supplies and stores of the l executive departments which, under | liberal construction of the postal laws | and regulations, have been held to be 1 mailable matter. MT. Loud stated that | it cost the government 12 cents a pound | to carry this stuff, whereas 1t could be
 transported by express at not to exceed
 cents pound.
 Mr. Powers of Vermont brought up the
 bill clothing the purchasers of the Att 1 lantic and Pacific railroad under fore
 closure sale with the same powers, privi- l leges and obligations as those possessed by the original corporation, but 1t was withdrawn to avoid a hostile vote. l The greater part of the afternoon was
 devoted to the presidents veto of the general deficiency appropriation bill. It l was vigorously attacked by Messrs. Ma non Of Kentucky and GroSVenor of Ohio,
 and defended by Messrs. Cannon of 1lli-
 nois, Cookery of Missouri and Savers of
 Texas, and finally sustained by a vote l of TO to s.
 | The negative vote was cast by the fol- | lowing
 Republicans-Messrs. Adams of Penn | sylvania, Anderson, Arnold of Pennsyl- | vania, Arnold of Rhode Island, Atwood,
 Baker of New Hampshire, Boutelle, Dra- per, Fairchild, Gardner, Gibson, Gris- wold, Grout, Grow, Harmer, Hartman, l Henry of Connecticut, Hicks, Hill, How ell, Hurley, Johnson of California, Knox,
 Mahany, Mahon, Milliken, Moody, Ray l burn, Smith of Illinois, Sperry Subway,
 Vanhorn, Wellington, Willis.
 Democrats-Messrs. McDearmon, Mer-, l edith, Richardson and Rusk.
 Silverites-Mr. Newlands.
 MT. Cannon then presented a revised 1 Dill, emitting the French spollation and l Bowman act war claims and several in- dividual claims, all included in a single amendment, and moved that the rules be | suspended and the bill be passed. This
 was opposed by Messrs. Mahon of Penn | sylvania, Richardson of Tennessee, Ev-
 ans of Kentucky and Wellington of Ma l ryland, chiefly on the ground that the
 president had made no objection to the l l voted that they ought to be paid The l house, however, refused to go with these | gentlemen, and passed the bill by vote | of 172 to 43.
 | MT. Cannon then presented the latest | report of the conferees upon the sundry | civil appropriation bill, and 1t was agreed 1 to.
 l The house refused to make any further | concessions regarding appropriations for
 public buildings, and ordered a further l conference.
 | MT. Boutelle, republican, of Maine, l called up the conference report on the l naval appropriation bill, which had only | shortly before been rejected in the sem | ale, and after some discussion ordered | further conference.
 The partial report of the conferees on l the postoffice appropriation bill was 1 presented and agreed to-
 MT. Sherman, republican, Of New | York, presented the final agreement of
 the conferees on the Indian appropria- 1 tion bill. It covered but two items, the | first relating to the distribution of the
 remainder of the Choctaw old settlers | claims, amounting to about $80,000, | among attorneys engaged in the case. The second was that of sectariaE con l tract schools. The house voted to abol- | ish them at the end of this fiscal year; | the senate extended the time until June | 30 1898. The conferees agreed to rec l ommend that the date of the termina-
 tion be fixed at June 30, 1897, with the | provision that the secretary of the inte- rior should expend in the year not more | than one-half of the amount expended | this year, and then only in cases where
 he cannot otherwise provide for the edu- | cation of the Indian children. After con- siderable debate the report was disa- | greed to and further conference or 1 dered.
 The reports of the committee on ways
 and means, majority and minority. upon 1 the question of reciprocity were present. | ed and 10000 copies of each were ordered l to be printed.
 A bill was passed extending the juris- | diction of the United States courts over l crime committed in the Indian territory l and providing for the leasing of mineral, | farm and grazing lands.
 Speaker Reed announced the appoint | ment of Messrs. Evans of Kentucky, | Russell of Connecticut and McWillin of l Tennessee as members on the part of the | house of the joint congressional commis- l sion provided for in the bill to repeal the | free alcohol clause of the Wilson tariff | law, to investigate and report whether | or not it be possible to frame regulations under which alcohol for use in arts and | manufactures may be admitted free | without danger to the customs revenues. At 7:25 o'clock, on motion of MT. Ding | ley of Maine, the house took recess un- | til 10 o'clock Monday morning. The Senate.
 The vice president announced his sig | nature to several bills, including the gen. eral deficiency appropriation bill and | the filled cheese" bill.
 | MT Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, presented a partial l conference report on the sundry civil ap- l propriation bill and made an explana- 1 tion as to the points on which an agree | ment had not been reached. The first | class of these cases was the amendments | for public buildings. The house conferees l refused to agree to any increase of the | limitation of cost, and also refused to agree to the appropriations for public | buildings in the capitals of the new states, Idaho, Wyoming. Utah and Mon-
 tana. The buildings where the house