The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-04

''H' EMAIL plU BILLS STILL RE-
MAIN WITHOUT FINAL. ACTION.
LARGE CROWDS WITNESS TUE
CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS.
NIGHT SESSIONS OF BOTH BODIES
Washington, March 3.-The crush of
visitors To the inaugural ceremonies i'm
the galleries and corridors and the ner-
vous haste and energy displayed by the
leaders of the House in the mana cement
of the big appropriation bills still re.
mainlng undisposed of, spoke even more
plainly than words today of the near an.
prohch OF the close of this Congress and
oil the administration. All the proceed
inpS to-day We're in continuation Of the
legislative day of Tuesday and il is prob
able that no adjournment will he taken
until adjournment sine die Is announced
to morrow at noon.
w hen the House rcasspmbled at 1880
clock, Mr.. Sherman, of New York, cali.
e" up the conference report upon the In
dlan appropriation bill. which the Senate
rejected Yesterday. y like fate awaited
1T i'll the House, the Senate amendment
transferring the Usage Indian lands in
Oklahoma to the Indian Territory pro
voklng the greatcst opposition.
Later III the day 4 report that the SEN
ate had rcceded from that amendment
was agreed to.
When the House took recess ut GAO
O'Clock. it was understood that the con-
fereeS lad agreed rs to all the amend
ments except two.
n holly contested fight was made to
secure concurrence in the Senate amend
ment to the general deficiency bill, pro-
wiling for the payment of Bowman act
claims for supplies FURNISHED the Union
army, adludicated by the court of clrims.
but it failed 1t was led by NIahon, of
PENNSYLVANIA; Richardson, of Tennessee,
and Wellington, Of Maryland BY more
than two thirds, the House voted to non.
concur IN all the Senate amendments and
threw them into conference
In his remarks upon this propnsition.
MIR. Cannon, of Illinois, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, stated that
the House, being within less than
twenty-four hours Of final adjournment,
seven of the appropriation bills were Tor
from heing in shape to go to the Presi-
dent Tor his approval-the Indian, Dis
trict Of Columbia, naval, postoflice, for
tiiicatIons, sundry civil and general de
liciency.
In the course of the afternoon, how
ever, final agreement upon the postoflice
and Notifications bills WAS reported and
approved by the House
In accordance with the Arrangement
made yesterday, the House considered
President Cleveland's veto of the immi.
grafton cill, and by Il vote of 1913 to 81 de-
c;ded to pass the bill, the objections Of
the President Notwithstanding.
Final concurrence was had upon the
I'LL i
thorize the sale TO the highes- bidder of.
forfeited smoking opium, to amend the
navigation laws, to revise and amend the
patent laws.
n conference report on the naval an.
precipitation bill was presented recon-.
mendlng non concurrence with the Senate
on several amendments, chief among
which was that reducing the price of
armor plate from SlC0 to $500 per ton.
Hopkins, of Illinois, moved that the
House concur in the Senate amendment
as to armor plate.
Mr.. Hopkins advocated his motion and
Bouteile and Cummings antagonized it,
The vote on Hopkins motion was: Ayes,
6U noes, AZ. The point of no quorum
was made by Mr. Robinson, of Pennsyl.
vanla. but after some consultation it was
agreed to take IL vote at - o'clock
At G:40 .he House took Il recess until
: O'Clock.
IN THE SENATE.
The business OF the Senate to-day was
principally in connection with conference
reports. The first TO he presented was
on the appropriation bill for the District
of Columbia. 1t was not II final report
however, as the conference failed to
reach an agreement oil the series of Sen.
ate amendments appropriating various
sums for tive charitable institutions of
the city. The partial report was agreed
to and further conference was ordered
The next conference report was on the
bill TO amend the laws relating to navi-
CATION. This is the bill for which Sena-
tor Frye, of Maine, was denounced on
the idea that it restored logging in the
American merchant marine. In his eX-
panution TO day he showed that the OBJ
ject CT the bill was to relieve sailors who
were subjected to assault or imprison.
ment on the part of captain or officer
from the proof that the assault was in
spired by malice, hatred or revenge,
words used liz existing law" He also
showed that the fl3gging in the Amcri.
can merchant marine was prohibited by
an act passed in 1850; so that those who
made such IA charge against him were,
lie said, fools or insane. The conference
report was agreed to-
The final conference report was made