The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-06

same period of time to the bankruptcy
Dill. The point he made was that IL
the House believed these bills to be OF
| Importance and Mr.. Crisp conceded that
they We're, then II should proceed to
consider them in the usual manner
But the gentleman from Iowa, MI
Crisp said, had only fallen into his old
habit; he could not help 1t, and really
did not mean anything by it. Uaugh-
| ter.)
The resolution was then put to vote
and declared carried-yeas, 172; nays,
90. The following Democrats voted aye:
Downing, Cummings, Layton, Sorg, Sui
zer.
Loud and Settle. Republicans, voted
no.
The question of concurrihg in the
senate amendments to the naval appro-
p'iation bill. reducing the number of
new battleships to be authorized from
| four to two, coming over from yester-
| day, was called up by Mr. Boutelle, and
| MIR. Saysrs addressed the House In favor
| of his motion to concur. He expressed
| the opinion that this was a business
question and that no politics were in
volved. He did not propose to critcse
| the appropria tions that had been made
| at this session.
Mr.. Boutelle expressed regret that the
gentlemen from Texas and those who
| agreed with him had not vouchsafed
the attitude OF Congress and part or
the public press might have been de-
scribed as "flamboyant." There was
no telling. he said. what influence they
might have then had upon legislation
and good sense. He referred to the
| action of the House at the time the
! bill was passed. stating that the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs found from its
first meeting a pressing demand from
members of the House. a belligerent ag-
gressiveness, that It should go beyond
what 1t recommended. There was
great deal of Cuba in the air then.
| Mr.. Cummings. Dnm ~ W fol-
lowed Mr.. Boutelle in oppositior to
the motion to concur. He recalled the
action OF the Senate last year on this
| bill. They struck out one battleship
and then manoeuvred so that the House
never after that had an opportunity OF
voting upon their action, and were
compelled to accept the Naval Appropri-
alton bill as 1t came from the Senate
and thus the provisions of the constitu>
tion were Atrtudly violated. He
thought the time had arrived for this
House to stcnd upon it's dignity and
to have some say with regard to
appropriation bills az least.
| After further debate Mr.. Savers mo-
ton to concur In the Senate amendment
| reducing the number of battleships
from four to two. was rejected-yeas
81; nays, 141.
Mr.. Boutelle moved that the Senate's
| request for a conference be concurred i'm
and II was agreed to. and then the
| House at 4:15 adjourned until to-mor-
row.
senate: After the routine morning
business had been disposed of Mr
| Call offered and asked for tmmedia te
consideration of resolution request
| ing the president to protest against the
execution Of United States citizens
| captured on board the schooner Compe.
| itor by a Spanish cruiser and to re-
quest and demand of the Government
of Spain that they shall not be sub
)ected TO cruel treatment but held ONLY
as prisoners of war.
The resolution was on the point of
being declared by the Vice President
agreed TO by unanimous consent when
Mr.. Wolcott interposed with the re-
marx mat II the facts Were as stated
py MI. CAL Chat the vessel was merely
| carrying war matcriaD. il was the mani
TEST DUTY OF the President to interfere
ana II was rather unusual TO request
the President to do his duty. Ho
should like to see how it looked in
print. he therefore objected, and the
resolution went over until tomorrow.
The River and Harbor bill was then
taken up.
the first opposition to committee
amendments was manifested on the
item OF $4,000 for improving the har-
Dor at Sabine Pass, Texas. The COM
mlttee amendment was to increase tho
appropriation to $l50,000 and TO strike
out the continuing contract" clause
MI Mills opposed the striking out. and
oHered as compromise that the S50
o00 and the continuing contract" clause
stand as In the original bill. After dis
cussioi the committee amendment was
rejected.
In the course of the discussion Mr
FRYE spoke of the great pressure
brought to bear In securing enormous
contracts and or the procession of peo
pie besieging the committee room with
| that object. "''''
The item as to Savannah. involved
the same question. except that the com
mittee recommended striking out the
appropriation OF $4,000 and also the
clause for continuing contracts. The
amendment was opposed by the two
Georgia Senators, Messrs. Gordon and
| Bacon. and the House item was restored
except that the aggregate cost was re-
duced from Sl.093,950 to $685., $50
After dispos!ng of thirty pages of
the Dill the hour of o'clock arrived and
MI Frye said that he would not press
the consideration of the bill further to-
day.
The PETER bond resolution was then
taken up and Mr.. Hill continued his
argument begun yesterday in opposition
| to II.
Mr.. Hill said that he had been asked
yesterday why he opposed the resolu-
| ton. His answer was that he opposed
| X because il was wholly unneraccarv ond