The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-22

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 The Senate
put aside finance and foreign affairs to-
day and gave the day to hard work on
comparatively minor bills on the calen-
dar. About seventy bills were passed,
clearing the calendar of much accumu-
lstion and leaving only the important
measures pending.
Among the pension bills passed were
those for the sister of President Grant,
widow of Colonel Dent. and widows Of
Rear Admiral English, Of Major General
Carroll, of Lieutenant Schwatka, the
Arctic explorer, Of Brigadier General
Doubleday.
The bridge Legislation included bills
for bridges over the Mississippi at ST..
Louis, over the Missouri river in South
Dakota and over tho Culumbis river In
Oregon. Among other bills passed was
one reconvening tho international ma
riue conference OF 1889 and prote ctings
seamen's wages from ~lsvies, etc.
The Cuban question received brief
and inconclusive attention carly in the
day, when, after some debate, Mr.. Calls
resolution calling for information from
the State Department as to the arrest OF
Uaited States citiz ans in Cuba we're
referred to the committee on foreign re-
lations.
Mr.. Wolcott has given notice of q
Monroe doctrine speech tomorrow.
Among the bills which passed the
Senate to-day was one appropriating
SIS. 600 for the erection OF Newoerry
College, South Carolina, for losses dur
Ing the rebellion.
Senator Sherman to-day gave notice
OF smendments to Senator Pugh's con-
current resolution providing for the re-
demption OF United States bonds in all
yer coin. Mr.. Sherman's amendments
provide for the recognition of the law
declaring the policy of maintaining the
parity Of gold and silver and requiring
the observance of this principle in car
ryiDg the resolution into fleet in case
1t should pass.
HOUSE Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2I.-The House
to-day pissed the urgent deficiency bill.
The bill carried $4.4l5. 922, SO, 242, $50 OF
which was for the expenses Of the
United States courts. The abnormal
growth of the expenses Of federal courts
came in for q good deal of criticism and
there was a general expression in favor
OF superceding the fee system with q
salary system. In the morning hour
some bills OF minor Importance were
passed.
Chaplain Coudon. in his opening
prayer. invoked the Divine guidance for
Clara Barton, of the Red Cross, in the
efforts OF that organization for the re-
lief OF tho suffering Armenians.
Mr.. Crisp inquired what had become
Of the report from the committee on
rules which was under consideration 8
week ago, and which had not yet been
disposed OF. He called attention to the
fae5 that certain amendments agreed
to wore being enforced before the re-
port as q whole had been agreed to.
At the proper time he gave notice of
his intention to offer q substitute for
tho entire report.
would be brought up later after q
further meeting of the committee on
rules.
During the discussion of the urgency
deficiency bill, Mr.. Swanson, (Dem.,
Va whose district is greatly inter-
ested in the In which the In
ternal revenue laws are enforced, pro-
duced some statistics to show that over
IS per cent of the civil and criminal
suits brought in the United States
courts had been dismissed. The present
system, he commended, was extremely
oppressive.
Representative Tyisr. OF Virginia, in
troduced q bill in the House to day ap-
propriating $1,000. 900 for erecting per-
manent Notifications and q syatem of
torpedo defense at Cape Henry, Va, and
Cape Charles, Va.