The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-11
BOTH HOUSES ARE GETTING
MATTERS IN SHAPE FOR
ADJOURNMENT.
FINAL AGREEMENTS WERE REACHED.
On All But Two Appropriation Bills.
House Unseats Another Democrat.
Senate Debates On the Award
of the Sherman Statue.

Washington, June 0.-The senate to-
day agreed to final conference reports on
the naval and Indian appropriation bills,
leaving only the sundry civil and Dis
trict of Columbia conference reports out
standing. A night session had been
agreed to in anticipation of delays and
opposition to the naval and Indian con-
ference reports, but they went through
so speedily that the night session was
abandoned
The resolution for an inquiry into the
circumstances of the award of the statue
of Gen. w. II. Sherman occasioned an
animated debate.
award on the ground that it was an in
justice to the Society of American
Sculptors.
Senators Allison, Hawley and Mills
defended the award.
The resolution was finally defeated.
The bill amending the law respecting
punishment for contempts of court was
discussed by Mr.. Hill and Mr. Allen, but
a final vote was not reached. The
measure is the result of the agitation
over the Imprisonment of Eugene v.
Debs and others for contempt.
An effort to pass the Francis e. Hoo
YER pension bill, recently vetoed by the
president, failed through the absence of
a quorum.
A supplementary deficiency bill cover
ing mileage of new members of the
house and other minor items was passed
The house bill was passed authorizing
the attorney general to select Il site and
secure plans for a federal prison on the
military reservation at LeavenWOrth,
Kan.
Regarding the resolution to investigate
the award of the Sherman statue. MI
WolcOtt said:
"From the twenty-siX models submit
ted the committee of American Sculptors
made an award but this was disregard
ed by Il committee of the army of the
Tennessee, who gave the award to Chas.
Rohlsmth thus boosting him up from
tenth place in the competition to first
oplace. 1t was a fragrant disregard of
justice and reputation of the terms on
which sculpptors had been trcked into
submitting their models"
Already, said Mr.. Wolcott, the nation
al capitol was disgraced by statues and
bronzes which were disgrace to the
end of the Nineteenth century.
Mr.. Allison insisted that the Army of
the Tennessee retained the right to make
final determination on models. The
Scuiptors Society acted merely in an ad-
visory capacity. The old comrades of
Gen. Sherman were qualified to select
the model which truly marked his Inca
ments. The senator protested against a
resolution which would create a scandal
and discredit and cast a stigma on the
Army of the Tennessee.
Mr.. Mills Dem.) of Texas. referred to
his service on the commission to select
statues of Gems. Grant and Logan, and
said in each case he had declined to ac-
cept the conclusions of the artists and
had insisted that the family of the gen
erals should be consulted.
A Joint resolution by Mr. Burrows
Rep.) of Michigan, was passed authorz-
ing the insertion of bronze tablet in
the new public building at Detroit. COM
memorating the British evacuation.
Mr.. Morgan Dem.) of Alabama, offer
ed a resolution, which was referred. au-
thorizing the committee on Pacific roads
to continue the inquiry as to the Union
and Central Pacific during the recess of
congress.
AT 5:25 the senate adjourned until to-
morrow.