Evening star., 1897-03-04


signal they began to sing. and for fifteen
twenty minutes they raised a rousing
chorus in the historic hall When they
would finish ore song the galleries would
applaud and cry encore and start the sing
ers OF again.
the climax was reached when they sang
"Dtxie." One lorg. lanky southerner on the
democratic side jumped upon his seat and
gave a genuine rebel YELL, which was
taken up by others.
Then the galleries called for Marching
Through Georgia." and a certain we'll
known member of the House, who bears the
scars of many battles. was pushed TO the
front. and with his cane for a baton. led
the chorus. which was swelled by several
ex-cOrfederate brigaGiers joining in the
famous old Union battle hymn. The ar
rival of the hour fer the House to recon-
we're put an end to the concert.
When the House convened at $40 o CLOCK
last night. after q recess of couple OF
hours. there prospect of a stormy
debate over the naval appropria ton bill.
contest was pending over the price OF
armor plate for the navy. The Senate had
reduced the price to Ss0O ton by an
amendment This was vigorously opposed
by some members of the House. the House
naval committee having recommended SiUO
a ton.
After a brisk debate of half an hour the
House agreed to the $500 rate by decis-
i've vote. There were still several Senate
amendments pending. however. to which
the House had refused to agree. Principal
among them were the items for the three
Naval Academy.
After the vote was taken on the armcr
plate item ChGtrrnan Boutele of the naval
committee moved to reconsider the pre-
vioUs action of the House and to agree 10
all of the Senate amendments This was
done. ard the naval bill was cleared away
before 9:;p o'clock.
The Indian appropriation bill conference
report then came in There was a vexa-
tious item in that bill relating to the use
OF an unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion for 1885 for the training of Indian
children in sectarian schools the fund to be
equally divided among the several denom-
nations There was opposition to the
amendment from those who have been
fighting the sectarian appropriations in the
indian and the District of Columbia bills.
but the amendment was agreed to never
theless.
The District Bill
The District of Columbia appropriation
conference report then brought in by
Mr.. Grout He announced that final
agreement had been reached upon all of
the items in dispute. The senate conferees
mad abandoned the free public library
amendment. the Lydecker aqueiuct tun-
Eel amendment and the item relating to
eondemnations under the highway act.
on their part the House conferees had
yielded 10 the Senate the charities
amendment, the item relating to electric
lighting and the amendment concerning
the collection of taxes. Mr.. Grout said he
mad yielded with great reluctance to the
Senate in the matter of charities and cleo
trlc lights, but that he deemed it rect s.
sary to do so in order to secure the pass
age OF the bill at this session. The House
conferees had insisted upon their disagree
ment TO the Lydecker tunnel item because
the appropriations committee had no es-
Inmates or information about this work
ard could not consent to the appropr. a tion
IN the absence of such official informal
tion.
Mr.. Dockery said the Senate had added
Sl.WoWn to the bill. and the House CON-
fereeS had succeeded in cutting this down
10 $iS'"b He considered this pretty
good showing as far as money was con-
ceFiled He was averse to yielding to the
Senate on the electric light and charities
items but was compelled to do so to save
the bill - A
After some further talk of a desutory
character Mr. Grout demanded the pre-
was adopted
Thus, when the hour of 1890 arrived. the
rouse found that it had cleared away
thlee Dig appropriation bills that had ap-
peared ominous earlier in the day A re-
cess OF half an hour was then taken to
permit the conferees on the sundry civil
biII to bring in a report.
" hen the House reccnyened the Sena+a
amendments were adopted TO the bill pro-
vid1ns for reassessment of water main
taxes
Enlarging Federal JurisSlictinn
the conference report on the bill author
izing the United States Supreme Court to
issue writs OF certiorari TO the District
Court of Appeals was then brought up.
Nr Bailey of Texas opposed the con-
ference report. claiming that the commit
tee had gone outside of its province in
drawing Up the report
Ar Henderson OF Iowa said that as the
conference committee had completed the
bill, it puts the District of Columbia in the
same category with each of the nine cir
cults of the lfpiT-l nd
writ of certiorari 10 issue here, as it 1oas
in those circuits.
Mr.. Updegraff of Iowa asked Mr.. Hen
dersol If this bill would not permit the ap-
peal of case in which Judgment had al
ready been entered.
Mr.. Henderson said it would # the act Of
March =, 1871, creating the Court of An
peals. would permit it,
Tnen Mr.. tpdegraff asked if this bill
would not permit the appeal Of the Chap
man ease and If 1t was not in she interest
Of the sugar trust.
Mr. Henderson said he knew nothing of
Chapman OF any other case. He only knew
that the bill would give the people If the
District the same right of appeal to the
Supreme Court that the people OF the nine
judicial circuits had
The conference report was adopted.
The Sundry Civil Conference.
The conference repcrt on the sundry civil
appropriation bill came before the House
at LIS O'Clock this me rning. Mr.. Cannon
reported that the conferees had stricken
from the bill the item providing for the
purchase of the Old Corcoran Art Gallery
building: the item for a commission to Sc
lect a site for a memorial building for the
Daughters of the American Revolution:
also the item of SiI.sD for an additional
building for the Garfield Hospital
Electric Lighting.
The conferees retained in the bill the
item inserted by the Senate relating to
electric lighting. as follows:
For lighting thirty-two arc electric
lights in Lafayette. Franklin. judiciary
and Lincoln Parks three hundred and
ssty-fiye nights. at p cents per light per
night. which shall cover the entire cost
10 the United States OF lighting and main
tanning IN good order each electric light in
Id parks, $3.50. Until Congress shall
provide for conduit system 1t shall be
unlawful to lay Conduits erect overhead
wires fo- electric lighting purposes in any
read. street. avenue. highway park or res
eTEation. except hereafter specifically