The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-23
,crIcIENCY BILL is PASp.
EriC'-" -
,C RAILROADS PARAGfH
NOT ELIMINATED.

o,ents Enter a Prot u"
pc OprO. Rut the Deba Not
the Tho bitterness biny-
war ~ A~o-The der
"a Beport ON the Crew "
a LOutre Agreed to-nlNAN
pass " titan min nan Up
al APP ',..,,s;on~ ExnIakd by
W. - -. rob 92-A few Iks ago
n EashiA7 'o''' ~ como Of a blonged
4 ~ full of bitterness and pfii9i a.
ZION concerning the PacitF aiil oslu'
ming bill. To-day anothfoppVi ~
4 for a display of temper ieciiiii -
Jan on the same subject " si.eH
consideration OF a paraaph ~ 'ne
scisrcv bill appropriatin9n'0 Vo,VVv ~
y. a Judgment of the courF ciaiiiis A.
s,or of the Southern Paciti9ul eiie Iii'.
. was received in ratherfs uineu Nc
= with merely a suggestp ol leeiiNe.
n Sayres, DEM, of Te9S' ieu W
'oH No. ~ ' ,ho soufbarn5a cifc controll-
pun ,,', pacific ,Ad, and should
ne Nh snv ,nonevkhile the latter
.Od 50 deeply indebtf TO 'he eo'ei -
u-a .,.-, h, oomnftee of the whole,
ns5t+o strilse outLhe paragraph in
'9. \ AID also n Aimed to make some
W. -. Jigned to curtail the
p~ -ss+. Lnforrad Il the bill on the Pa
dfc ralrbds
r. Avn. Savles endeavored to have
- 5sdciAcv hin lent back to the com
r,.,oa on denominations with in struc-
s.,s IN sti-e ontlthe Pacific paragraph,
w. mas del, ted ii the yea and nay vote.
.Tb4 deAency bill was passed
I'M few banges in it's provisions.
rso apDrdriation If $4,000 to
..tpnd to mAbers sums deducted from
@sr salaries br absencs, was eliminated,
=. we're ukeme items providing for the
.,vroent of ANIMAL salaies to the special
fiTnioves concAed the democrats by the
Va a Conference rAort OF the bill appropri-
,Ino S25d00 forelosi1g the craVasse at
Pass TOutre, H., vas presented and
~ Routelle, IL Chairman of the ma
anna committee kuceeded in getting up
he naval approp1tiCn bill before adjourn
Ssnt and after n had explained its prin-
final PROVISIONS Insiderable progress in
h: reading was ntle before the end of the
DAVIS session. With came at $40 o'clock.
No exercises inelebration of Washing
tons birthday tod place in the House.
In his eXplanath of the naval appro-
priation bill, Mr. loutelle referred to the
amor plate quelon and told how the
committee had atVed at its conclusions
regarding the plt. Congress had pro-
yded at its last 4sion that no contracts
should be made r. armor for the three
battleships then dthorized until the Sec =
retary of the NST could investigate ana
make a report 4 the cost of manufac-
uring armor hit report had been made
1t this session aidthe committee on naval
lfairs by proving that the total cost
If armor for tAlthree ships should not
Xceed $500 a tn had followed the re-
)ort 1t was f;t to say that the manu-
acturers of arlor plate did not agree
With the secretafs conclusions. But the
secretary said hAad given his best judg-
nent, and the committee, without at
empting to fix te price themselves, had
most wisely ACCEPTED the report of the
secretary of theNavy as coming in the
lature Of a DEPARTMENTAL estimate.
Concerning thehcton of the committee
n leaving out an appropriation for new
hips, Mr.. Boutdle explained that that
mission represented in no possible sense
my laxity on TIL pat of the COMMITTEES
n pushing forward the building of tho
lew navy The committee had done so
ut of considerable of the national
nances primarily put of consideration
i what it believedt be the present tenn
Yer OF the House, a on account of the
inability to obtain lrmor for the three
now on he stocks