The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-16
Containing River and Rarhor Appropriations
Is Passed Under Suspension Of Rules,
MODERN ARMS FOR THE MILITIA
Lighthouse improvements Provided
FORA Relief Shfl, for Indin-Thc
Clayton. hniWer Trcats-SenatoP
Morgan Argues for Its 4AhrOgation--
Says IL Is useless 10 This Country.


consideration of private pension bills
amendments Of the Senate to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
Dill were concurred in. The bill goes
to the President. @N #.aaG7 a
| House substitute for the Senate bill.
approprlating s250,O0O for closingt thu
crevasse In the Mississippi river nt Pass
a L'Outre, was passed
This being suspension day MI. Can
non, OF Illinois, moved that the rules be
suspended and the sundry civil bill be
passed. ,2a. 7+.lGI n
An effort to dispense with the formal
reading Of the bill being unsuccessful,
the clerk proceeded with the reading.
RIVER AND nARBOR APPRC- +
I'RlATION.
When the reading of the bill had been
completed Mr.. Savers (Dem.), Of Texas,
criticised the passage of the bill under
the suspension, containing, as 1t did,
,arge appropriations for rivers and har-
bors. OF which sufficient information had
not been furnished and upon which q
separate vote should be had
Mr.. Pearson. OF North Carolina, made
sharp attack on the river and h1irbGr
items. He criticised particularly the
TACT that every member Of the commit :
tee had In the bill an appropriation for
about 100000 for some Improvement in
his State. and Mr.. Sherman. or New
YORK. had taken care Of his district by
| an item Of s"lS.25S for Dunkirk Ilarbor,
\. Y. m
TAUNT2D THE DEMOCRATS. t
Mr. ". \. Stone Qaep.), Of Pennsyva-
MIA, defended the bill. 1t had been IN :
der consideration IN committee since the
beginning or the session anu cited pre-
cedents where appropriation bills had
been passed under suspension Of the
rules, and tauntcd the Democrats with
having passed the Wilson iurift bll! not
even under suspension Of the rules, and
under 4 special order.
SuNDRY CIVIL BILI. PASSED.
The sundry civil bill was then passed
It's opponents not being numerous
enough to even secure vote by yeas
and nays m
senate amendments to the agrcultu-
raj hill were nOn-concurred in and sent
to conference.
Resolutions reported from Elections
committee No. ., declaring Charles ]
Boatner. the present incumbent. elected
and Alexis Benoit, contestant. not elect
ed to the present Congress from the
Fifth District Of Louisiana, were agreed
TO.
Under suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing were passed:
Senate bill giving the Supreme Court
or the District of Columbia power. to
appoint a District Attorney for the Dis
lrlct OF Columbia when q vacancy oc-
CURED, the appointment to last only un-
III The President shall appoint and thf
Senate confirm
MODERN ARMS FOR MILITIA.
TO supply the National Guards of the
various States with modern Springfield
illleS OF 4o-callDre in exchange for their
present rifles.
Authorizing certain homesteaders in
tlorIda 10 sell the timber on their lands
lelled by the storm of September last
senate resolution authorizing the Sec
retary OF the Navy to furnish a naval or
other snip TO transport to India certain
supplies donated by Western States for
the relief OF the starving poor OF that
country.
LIGHTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
Relating 10 lighthouses, etc. in Flor
ida, completing the removal OF Cane San
t'las light station to Blacks Island and
building a lightkeepers building ut Egg
mont Key: reconstruc,ing the front bea-
con OF Apalachicola Bay range light
station; establishing light station at
ST. Joseph Point: esta blishing range
lights to mark the channel over the bar.
entrance to Choctawhatchee Bay; re-
pairing wharf and buildings Of the depot
at Key West.
The bill providing for the adjustments
OF claims of the United States against
the State of Tennessee and the claims
OF Tennessee against the United States
was defeated-yeas. 30; nays, 41--two-
thlrds being necessary TO pass bill.
RECESS TAKEN.
AT o'clock recess was taken until
s o'clock, the evening session to be de-
voted to private pension bills.
One hour and forty minutes were
wasted at to-night's session Of the House
before q quorum was secured The
House was in a facetious mood and
amused itself in it's own fashion during
the long wait. The roll call disclosed the
presence Of 173 members
While the House waited the arrival Of
the six absentees, whose presence was
necessary, the members crowded into
the area before the presiding officers
desk and begged that certain Of their
colleagues should be excused. principally
on the ground OF illness. 4 score Of
excuses were accepted when Mr.. Poole,
OF Neg York, asked a similar privilege
for his colleague, Mr.. Mahany
y LITTLE SKYLARKING.
y member, in spirit OF fun, objected
and Mr.. Poole made his request in the
form OF q motion. The chair put the
motion and ii was defeated amid shouts
of laughter by a vote Of 81 TO 73.
Even more decisive was the vote
against eXcusing Messrst Terry, Of Ar
kansas. and Allen, OF Mississippi. When