Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
5eiate Concurrent Cuban Resolutions
Adopted in the House To-day
by Large Majority.
'oTE ON THE RESOLUTIONS IN DETAIL
Pacific Railroad Refunding Bill Agreed
Upon by committees of Senate
and House-River and Harbor
Bill Passed by House.

Washington, April 6.-Tho house
adopted the senate concurrent Cuban re-
solutions by vote of PA to 27. The
announcement was received with tumult.
uous cheers. The vote was taken on
motion to adopt the conferen nee report,
showing that the houae conferees agreed
to the senate resolutions.
The resolutions being concurrent, do
not need the approval of the president,
bat of course will be sent to him through
the usual channels, SO he will receive Of
fetal notification of the opinion of con-
gress on the Cuban question.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TO-DAY.
There WAS large attendance in the
galleries of the house to-day to witness
final action on the Cuban resolutions and
in anticipation of an exciting contest
over the attempt to pass the river and
harbor bill under suspension of the rules.
Under an agreement made on Saturday
vote on the adoption of the report of
the conferees on the Cuban resolutions
was the first thing in order.
Before Chairman Hit demanded the
regular order, Mr.. Wadsworth, chairman
of the committee on agriculture, pre-
sented letter from the secretary of ag-
riculture notifying him that in Difference
to what seemed the unanimous desire of
the house he had telegraphed accepting
the proposition to put seeds, to be dis
tributed by congressman, into packages
of five instead of fifteen packets, making
2,OO5O0 packages instead of 675,s0O.
The members expressed qualification
by epplauding.
MIR. Hit then demanded the regular or
der.
The speaker put the question on the
adoption of the conference report. A
great swelling chorus of ayes was followed
by feeble scattered negative vote.
The speaker was about to declare the
motion carried when Mr.. Hit asked for
the yeas and nays.
Yielding to appeals made by members
he withdrew the request.
Mr.. Boutelle, Republican, of Maine, who
made himself conspicuous by his opposi-
tion to the report, made no efforts to &C.
cure the yeas and nays.
VOTE IN DETAIL ON CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
But Mr.. Tucker, Democrat, of Virginia,
member of the house foreign affairs COM
mittee, who was opposed to the Cuban
resolutions, at this juncture demanded a
record making vote and the roll was
called. The report was then adopted by
a vote of 244 to ~.
Those who voted in the negative we're:
Republicans--M -Messra. Arnold, of Rhode
Island; Atwood and Black, of New York /;
3outelle, Daniels, Draper, Gillette, of New
York; Gillette, of Massachusetts; Grout,
Lefevre, Mccall, of Massachusetts; Moody,
Poole, Sim pkins, Wadsworth, Walker, of
Massachusetts; Walker, of Virginia;
Wright--18; Democrats Messrs. Berry,
Black, Of Virginia; Culberson, Elliott,
Elicit, Lockhart, Tucker, Turner, of
Georgia; Taylor, of Texas-9.
The announcement was greeted with q
loud demonstration ON the floor which was
taken up by the galleries.
As soon as the tumult snbsided, Mr..
Hooker, Republican, OF New York, chair
man Of the river and harbor committee,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
river and harbor bill. He asked that the
reading OF the bill be dispensed with.
Mr.. Richardson, Democrat, of Tennes-
see, objected.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The river and harbor appropriation bill
passed under the suspension of the rules
by a rising vote Of 2l5 to 40, the opposi-
tion not being strong enough to secure a
yea and nay vote.
SENATE AT WORK TO-DAY.
Many senators, absent of late in their
states, we're back in the senate to-day,
including Messrs. Chandler, of New
Hampshire; Harris, of Tennessee; Lind
say, of Kentucky; Palmer, of Illinois, and
Thurston, of Nebraska.
Among the bills favorably reported was
one to prevent Wholesale divorces in the
territories by requiring one years resi-
dence before application for divorce.
Mr.. Gall, Democrat, of Florida, made
an effort to take up the Cuban resolutions
offered by him some days ago, proposing
the immediate use of the United States
navy to protect American citizens in
Cnba and to prevent barbarities.
Mr.. Allison insisted that the appropria-
tion bills should be kept to the front.