The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-09


non. chairman Of the house. agreed to-
night that the situation Indicated a
final adjournment on Wednesday.
Washington. June s.-Sherrnan OF
New York presented a resolution re-
ferrlng to the settlement OF the prin-
cipal and interest on certain Virginia
bonds, when KEN raised a point OF no
quorum. call OF the house revealed
ii less than a quorum A resolution
was offered by Dingiey and passed. in
str1ctlng the sergeant-at-arms to
bring In absent members. and at 1910
O'Clock a quorum appeared. shermanS
resolution was then adopted The
special deficiency bill and several
minor bills were then passed under q
suspension OF the rules. The senate
joint resolution. authorizing q sclen-
tihc investigation OF seal fisheries. was
adopted.
Loud Of California presented <hs
final conference report OF the post
Office appropriation bill II contained
compromise relating to the oonsoli-
dation Of posstofflces The report was
agreed to.
Hartman OF Montana moved the pas
sage OF the bill TO facilitate the reor-
ganization OF the Northern Pacinc
railroad. The bill was passed By Q
vote Of $50 10 50.
Hy 50 10 Ga the house refused to CON
slider the contested election case of
Aldrich VS.. Underwood from the Ninth
Alabama district
The senate amendmen nts 20 the bin to
expedite the delivery of imported par
GELS OF less than $500 value were agreed
to.
Payne OF New York moved ths pas-
sage OF the bill 10 amend the laws rO-
latlng to American seamen. He ex-
plained that the bill had been framAd
by the committee on merchant marine
and fisheries after a thorough investi-
cation of the subject. Both the ship
ping interests and the sailors asso-
ciated had been consulted. Every ves-
tige Of Imprisonment for the violation
Of the contract between the master
and seaman was stricken out of tho
existing law by the bill: u provided
new scale OF rations and made many
other changes In the existing law look
ing to the amelloration OF the condi-
ton OF American sailors. The bill was
passed without division.
The purpose Of the bill wus to enable
the road to organize under o federal
charter Qugg. republican. New York.
opposed the passage. under suspension
OF the rules. OF measure which af-
fected l,706 miles of railway, $1,000, 900
acres OF land. and sio.000.o00 Of prop
erty. He characterized the bill a. Q
"freeze-out game" The bill was ad-
vocated by Tawney. republican Min
nesota: Johns. republican. North Da-
kota. and Doolittle. republican. wash
ington. and opposed by Watson. repub-
lican. Ohio. The bill was passed. 15o
to So.
A resolution was adopted. giving
members general leave to print re-
marks In the Record for 10 days after
final adjournment.
johnson OF California arose to .
question OF privilege and denounced
what he believed to be a malicious
and slanderous statement" printsd In o
san Francisco paper June l concern
Ing his attitude toward what n known
as the California mineral bill He
made bitter personal attack o. the
proprietor OF the paper. w. X. Hearst
Mcguire. democrat. California, pro-
tested against the personal assault On
Hearst who. he said. was at present
I'm New York and probably had no
knowledge OF the article TO which
Johnson took exception.
The conference report on the Indian
bill containing the compromise relative
to the old settlers claims was agreed
to and the bill sent to further confer
ence This left the sectarian school
question the only matter still In d1s-
pute between the two houses.
Shortly before o'clock Daniels. r.
publican. New York, again called the
Aldrich- Underwood contested election
case. This aroused the Ire Of the DEM
ocrats. The question OF consideration
was raised. but this time the house
decided-ls0 to 6s-.to consider the case
During the progress Of the roll call
many OF the democrats left the hall
McAilllln, democrat. Tennessee. at
tempted to force division on the con-
ference report on the District OF Co
lumbia bill as a means OF developing
that no quorum was present. but Dali
zell, republican. Pennsylvania, who
was temporarily In the chair uranfpu-
lated the parliamentary situation so -
TO prevent this, and subsequently. dec
pite the protests OF Terry, democrat
Arkansas, declined to entertain an ap-
peal from his decision. The District
OF Columbia appropriation bill was sent
back to further conference and at
| ,h.. hguS.a took a recess until 10