The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-01
SUNDAY SESSION OF SENATE.
A Large Attendance and n Number of Ap-
nrnnriniinn Hills pnsseL.

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Washington, Feb sS,-Thc usual sunday
quiet OF the capitol buildins was dts
turbed to-day by a session Of the senate,
made necessary TO pass appropriation
bills. Large crowds filled the galleries
and overfiowed TO the corridors. The at
tendance OF senators was even greater
than that through the week. the abscn-
tees. other than those out of town or sick,
numbering only li. viz; Cameron, DAVIS.
Hansbrough. Jones of Nevada, kenney,
Pasco. Platt. Pritchard. Pugh. Smith,
Turpie. Wetmorc and Wilson
The venerable figures OF IIoar Sher-
man, Morgan and Palmer were among
those present.
By a parliamentary fiction the session
Is part OF the legislative week beginning
Saturday. a recess having been taken At
$3.50 O'Clock this morning until o'clock
y, m. to-day. The sundry civil apprOpria-
tion hill WAS under consideration. a NUM-
her OF important items in payment of su-
gar bountics. for rivers and harhors etc.
remaining TO he passed upon. A vote on
the sugar bounty was taken ~ soou as
the session opened and II WIS agreed to-
q to -. The hill appropriatcs Sll.Nio, 1876
for the balance OF tho hountlcs earned
from August. 1884. 10 juno. 1876.
The river and harbor items we're ncxt
considered. most of the committee
amendments being adopted as reported,
No estimates had been submitted IN the
usual way for any of these itcrns. hut
they were passed on reports of the chief
OF engineers aa To amendments the which
could be probably used. These amend
ments had been reduced - per cont. by
being reported by the bill. In the course
of the discussion German made an ear
nest speech, pointing ont the enormous
total of the bill and urging that IL he not
loaded down with the new river ard har-
Dor items, The bill carried an unprece-
dentcd total of 81 100000. of which ST.
o0o.00o WAS for river and harhor contracts,
II was, the scuator said more than the
condition of the treasury warranted. In
particular German resisted new item Of
sl.ooo,W0 10 prevent the Mississippi river
fIom breaking through In Cache river.
north of Cairo Ill II led 10 a prolonged
contest, Cullom supporting the amcnd-
ment as one of urgent necessity. Blanch-
ard OF Louisiana spoke on tho general
subject OF Mississippi river improvements,
The amendment finally was modified and
agreed to.
Another protracted contest occurred
over the committee proposition to do
away with the river and harhor ap-
preparation in the sundry civil Till and
directing separate bill on these items.
The amendment finally went out on a
point of order. Other river and harbor
items were adopted. Hin took occasion
to chaff the senators ON working on
Sunday, In connection with the debate
on electric light conduits in Washing
ton. He said he seriously doubted the
propriety of meeting to-day To enact
legislation. lie had signed petition
urging a law for rest day" In the
District Of Columbia. The amendment
appropriating s325. 900 for the purchase
of the old Concord art gallery building
for the court of claims was agreed To.
When the amendment was reached
providing for commission To visit
Alaska. Pettigrew said he believed we
should send a commission to Alaska To
visit the scene of the destruction of our
seals by Canadian poachcrs. lie adyO-
Gated the destruction of all seals. In
this connection ne ridiculed the treaty
relative to the Alaskan boundary. re-
Gently sent Ia the senate. "lf this ad-
ministration lasted much longer" he
asserted, II would he sending in a treaty
i&tween the United States and Great
Britain for arbitration OF the multiple
cation table
Morgan uiscusseu tue aNkWaru pre-
dicament" of the United States ON the
seal question. Referring to the Paris
tribunal he said that. as usual. when
the court was made up OF European
arbitrators. the decision was against
the United States and always would he
SO under like conditions. There WAS
more real danger Of trouble over this
seal question since arbitration than
there ever was. The present trouble was
due to the deliberate refusal of Great
Britain To carry out in good faith the
spirit of the Paris award.
The sundry civil bill passed the SEN
ate at II o'clock tonight and the senate
adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow.