The record-union., 1897-03-04

civil bill and the District of Columbia
bill was ordered.
Frye (R.) of Maine presented a con-
ference report on the bill amending the
shipping laws which has been the sub
ject of much comment, on the ground
that it restored fogging of seamen.
Frye said the assertions were based on
ignorance. The III had been in the in
terest of the sailor from the first, and
only an insane man could have drawn
the conclusion that ffogging was to be
restored AT the same time the confer
ence had yielded to the wise men,"
and had added the proviso that nothing
in the Act should be construed to mod
ify that section of the statutes reciting
that 'fogging on board vessels of COM
merce is hereby prohibited"
The conference report was agreed to.
A final conference report on the post
office appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to.
A conference report on the Indian bill
was presented.
Mr.. Pettigrew, in charge of 1t, ex-
planned that the items to which the
Senate objected last night had been
stricken out. The report was agreed to
and further conference ordered.
House bills unobjected to were then
passed as follows: To amend the law
permittings rights of way for steam
roads, ETC., through public lands;
portion of lands in Washington State,
known as the Pacific forest reserve, as
a public park to be known as the
Washington National Park; amending
the copyright laws SO as to prohibit
the unauthorized use of the words or
phrases implying copyright
Hale presented the first conference
report on the naval appropriation bill.
He explained that the two Senate
amendments relating to new torpedo
boats and fixing the maximum price of
armor plate at $40O still were in dis
agreement. On the other items the
House yielded in the main.
The conference report was agreed to,
the remaining items of disagreement
going back to conference.
The final conference report on the
Notifications appropriation bill was
presented and agreed to.
A message from the House reported
the passage of the immigration bill
over the Presidents veto. The message
was read, and, without comment, was
referred to the Committee on Immigra-
ton.
Chandler created something of a
breeze by asking that the credentials of
Henry Heitfeld, as Senator from Idaho,
be referred to the Committee on Pri-
vileges and Elections, together with
memorials
Stewart promptly objected.
Chandler then stated that he would
move to refer the Heitfeld credentials.
Before the action was taken Cullom
offered to bring forward the bill known
as the 'anti-ticket scalpers' bill" He
said he would use every means to test
the sense of the Senate to take up the
measure
Chandler responded that action on
this could not be secured in the remain
ing hours of the session. The ques-
ton recurred to the Heitfeld creden-
tials.
Gray CD of Delaware declared that
the reference of the credentials to a
committee would result in preventing
Heitfeld from being sworn in to-mor-
row.
Stewart added that the present SEN
ate had no power over the members of
the next Senate.
Mills of Texas reinforced this with
the declaration that Heitfeld was ac-
credited to the Fifty-fifth Congress. so
that the Fifty-fourth was without iu-
risdiction.
Chandler did not further press his mo-
ton to refer the Heitfeld credentials
The private calendar was then taken
up. 1t embraced four bills heretofore
vetoed by the President, and now rec
commended for passage over the veto.
1t brought out a statement from Allen
that the President had gone to the point
of arraigning old soldiers as Coffee
coolers"
At o'clock recess was taken before
a vote had been taken on any of the
pension bills.
The evening session did not begin
until 9 o'clock, owing to the absence of /
a quorum. Apprehension that there
would be an effort to pass the anti
scalping bill induced several Senators to
remain away, and their plans seem to
have been successful, for when a
quorum was secured Cullom withdrew
his notice Of a motion to take up the bill.
He announced his intention to call UP
the bill in the extra session.
The bill to pension Mrs Rachel Pat
ton was passed over the Presidents
veto-3S to 10.
Palmer asked the Senate to take up
the bill placing William H. Hugo on the
retired list of the army, as a first lieu
tenant, stating that it was probably
the last request he would make of the
Senate"
Notwithstand this appeal, Quay an
tagonized the bill by several times sug-
gesting the absence of quorum and by
other dilatory tactics, but the bill was
passed.
The fact developed that Quay's op-
position was not directed at Palmer. or
his bill, but the Senator was deliberately
to block business because.I
of the action of the House in agreeing
to the Senate's price of $500 on armor
plate. He made many suggestions of
the want of quorum and business pro-
ceeded very slowly.
The bill granting pension to Caroline
D. Mowatt was passed over the Presi-
dents veto-27 to 5.
Quay again made the point of no
quorum, when Hoar made the point of
order that the matter of intervention of
other business had nothing to do with
the case. He said that it was never in
tended that one man sould be able to
prevent the other eighty-n nine from do
ing business of the Senate by such tao
tics as those to which the PENNSYLVANIA |
Senator was resorting. "One man in
liquor" Hoar proceeded to say. might |
stop business" when Quay jumped to |