Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate yesterday, as stated IN the
GAZETTE Of that date, passed the bill for
an international monetary conference,
with the House amendments. The de-
bate on the bill brought out earnest
speeches from the silver republican SEN
ators, and Mr.. Dubois warned his for
mer republican associates that the sill
YER republicans had thrown of their
old connections for good. Sen
ators Dubois, Cannon, Teller, Mantle
and Stewart severely criticised the reg
ular republicans for their pretended in.
terest in silver, and predicted that all
their plans of legislation to relieve pres
ent conditions will prove failures. The
speeches were significant of the un-
alterable determination of the silver re-
publicans TO have nothing more to do
with the political organization to which
they formerly belonged. The forti6ca-
ton appropriation bill was passed early
in the day. The deficiency appropria-
ton bill led to an animated controversy
over adding number of claims. aggre-
eating 1857, 300, under the Bowman
act. An amendment covering the
claims was finally adopted.
A protest against the seating of Will
liam A. Heitfeld ss Senator from the
State of Idaho, signed by nineteen
members of the Legislature of that
State, was laid before the Senate by
the Vice President. The principal
ground of the protest is the alleged il
legal unseating of two members of the
Legislature.
At the night session the agreements
of the conference on the sundry civil
bill were concurred in and the disagree
meuts sent back to conference.
The conference report on the Indian
bill was disagreed to as whole, and
sent back to the conference. The de-
Gciency bill passed the Senate twenty
five minutes after midnight and an adj
iournment was taken until to-day.
The House session began at 10 o'clock
and continued far into the night. The
day session was dull grind of routine
save for the defense by Mr.. Dalzell, OF
Justice Shras, Of the Supreme Court,
mention of which was made yesterday.
Mr.. Bartlett called up the Watson
Black contested election case. The re
port was unanimous in favor of Black,
the sitting member, and it was adopted
without dissenting vote. the fortifi-
cations appropriation bill came over
from the Senate and was sent to con.
ference.
As stated yesterday, the President
sent to the House q message vetoing
the immigration bill. The President is
strongly opposed to the restriction of
immigration, and his reasons were
given fully. The educational qualifi-
cation was also Objectionable. Violence
and disorder, he says, do not originate
with illiterate laborers. Provisions re-
lating to employment of aliens on pub
lie works, he says, might lead to retalia-
tory measures.
At 4:30 p. M. the House took q recess un-
til 1880 p. m.
The House at the night session concurred
in the Senate amendment of tho sundry civil
bill, appropriating S1,0S5,O0O for sugar
bountes, by vote of SO to 81.
At midnight the House was still working
on the partial conference report on the sundry
civil bill. While the members i'll the hall
worc considering the Senate amendment to
restore to entry the forest reservations re-
served by Mr.. Cleveland's executive order of
February %, about thirty members IL tho
lobby in the rear were singing Goodbye,
Grover, goodbye"