The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-10
Taken From a Democratic Representative
and Given TO a Republican Contestant.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE THE ACTION.
The Number Of BnftIeships Finally
Reduced to Three-Final Confer.
encc Reports on the Indian and
Naval Appropriation Bills Agreed
To-CIenrins Up odds and Ends.

WaSnlngtOn, June aS.-NeTy SullSloG-
cory progress in clearing up the odds
and ends of the legislative work of the
session was made by the Senate to-day.
Final conference reports on the naVal
appropriation bill and on the Indian ap-
propria.ion bill were agc=ed to. In the
naval bill Il compromise was made reduc-
ing the number of battleships to three,
and directing that no contracts shall be
made for arnor plate until after the
S. scretary of the Navy shall have inquir-
ed iE.o the cost of manufacture and
shall have made report to Congress.
The Que stion of contract schools in the
Indian bill was compromised on the
basis of allowing them twhere there ara
no other schools 10 take their place.
during the fiscal year 1897.
\ + solution. which had been offered
Yesterday by Mr.. Walcott, respecting the
ere ection of an equestrian statue TO Gen
eral William II. Sherman, in the city of
Washington, was taken up and discussed
for nearly two hours. L; directed an
inquiry by the Committee on Library
into the facts connected with the con-
tract. and suspend Its execution until
next session. The resolution was de-
feated.
The bill in relation to contempt of
court. reported from the Judiciacy Com
mittee by MIR. Hill, was taken up. dis
cussed for some time and thsn allowed
TO be set aside informally so that other
business might be taken up.
The bill increasing from Sl2 to $50 per
month the pension OF Francis L. Hoover
which w4s vehJed by the president
and afterwards passed by the House
over the Presidents veto--was taken up
and discussed briefly; but when the
Senate came TO vote upon its passage. 1t
turned out that there was no voting quo
rum In the chamber, and then at $40
the Senate adjourned until Tomorrow
leaving the sund;y civil bill and the
District of Columbia bill the only appno-
priation bills not finally acted on.
y supplementary deficiency. bill for
compensation and mileage OF new mem
bers of the House of Representa- tives.
was passed. 1t appropriates about s40,-
600.
(House)-On the day before that on
which Congress confidently expected to
finally adjourn for the session, the
House spent six and a half hours in the
consideration of contested election
case-Truman II. Aldrich (RepD vs.. Os-
car w. Underwood Oem) from the
Ninth Alabama district. 1t was the un-
finished business when the House met at
10 O'Clock in further continuance of the
legislative day OF Saturday, the pending
question being the motion by Mr.. Dam
ielS to lay on the table the motion of
Mr.. Owens (Dem.) of Kentucky to re-
consider the vote by which on Monday
the House decided to consider the case.
mere peiilS no present al mat
time IT was decided by the Republican
leaders TO enforce for the first time the
Tucker rule Incorporated into the Code
of the Fifty-fourth Congress. Before
all Its features. especially that by
which the Sergeant at Arms produces
absent gentlemen, were brought into
play, however, q quorum appeared and
the discussion was begun Ii was parti-
cipated in by Messrs. Daniels (Rep), of
New York, and Linney RepO, of North
Carolina, in favor of the contestant. and
Underwood and Stallings Dem), OF Ala
bama, in favor of the contestee.
There was considerable Republican
opposition TO the resplution OF the COM
mittee. and the resolution declaring AL
drich entitled to his seat was agreed to
by less than ten majority-ll6 yeas; l07
naEs.
The following Republicans voted
against the seating of Aldrich: Baker
(Md.). Bariholdt. Beach. Bennett, Blue
Broderick Burrell. Burton (Mo), Bur-
ton tOhio). Codding, Ellis. Evans, Glib
son. Hainer (Neb), Henry Comm, Hill
Comm. HowellX, Huff, Huling CIV. Va)
johnson (Col), JOY, Ken, Keifer, Knox
Lacey. Leighty, Lewis, Loud. Loudens-
lager. Low. Mccall (Tenn), Mcclure.
Mcl1wan. McLachlan. Mondar Moody.
Parker. Pitney. Raney Shafroth, Sher-
man. Southard. Southwich. Charles W.
Stone. Tracewel. Treoar. Walker
CMass). Wanger, Wilson Qdaho). Wood
and Wright.
MIR. Aldrich was sworn in.
The final conference reports on the
Indian and Naval appropriation bills
We're agreed 10 amid applause
The report of the conference upon the
sundry civil appropriation bill, Al final
agreement as TO all matters in dispute,
except the public building appropria-
tions. was agreed 10. The House voted
to insist upon It's disagreement to these
except as that for the building at Sa-
vannah. but by a vote of 96 to 81 agreed
TO 1t.
The House disagreed to the Senate
amendment to the urgent deficiency bill
giving to every employe on the rolls
december 2, 1895, and since discharged
months salary. The rules were sus-
pended and bill passed to put into opera
tlon the recommendations OF the int;rna-
tional marine conference for preventing
collision at sea.
resolution reported from the Com
m1ttee on Accounts was agreed to- au-
dhoIizing the Speaker to appoint a spe-
cial committee of five to sit during the
recess to investigate the charges of mis-
managSment against the Laavenworth h
soldiers Home, and appropriating SO, 900
for its expenses
AT o'clock still further recess was
taken Until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.