The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-04
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Appropriation Bills Still Hanging in
the Balance.
A FEW OF THEM HAVE BEEN PASSED.
Both Branches of Congress- Held
Very Protracted Sessions
A FEW OF THEM HAVE BEEN PASSEI
OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
House by nm 0Vcrw hclming Vote.
Minor Bills Put Through.

Washington, March 3-Today was pract-
cally the last working day of the senate and
there vss the usual hurry to carry various
measures TO their final legislative stage.
Reports were received from time TO time on
the pending conferences on appropriation
bills. Seven OF the bills are still in the
balance. Tho postpiiice and tortthcatlon
bills were cleared out of the way early In
the day. but Ave are made uneomplcted at
o'clock a number OF minor bills were
passed during the day. Late in the day MIR.
Chandler made an Intellectual effort to refer
to the committee on credentials. the creden-
tails Of Henry lleilleld. the new senator
from Idaho. This foreshadowcd contest
aud had the credentials been referred SOME
question might have arisen as to MIR. He'll
fields being sworn In tomorrow.
Washington, March 3-Tho senate gale
ries We're packed long before the senate
opened today and long lines of inauguration
visitors stood in the outer corridors eagerly
awaiting an opportunity to get inside. Tho
senators began TO look faded, having been
together until the opening hours OF morn
ina Tho dos, VINO oro ~ h,,s,. ro,,tne In
rornrcuIn- 1,,'a,,,rs ' a!,,,r,n,,tt,,
nm ,ont,,.,,, ,,,,,,r, 49,, r. Dt.trict
,f Co,,,n,,,a a,,,'r1,'ri,,inM 80, ,,ns rresn,t
Cd 'rbe ,,c,,', AZ n,,rco,nn, ,o,.,, c,,n,,utroi
! IN and the dlsagrecmcnts sent back TO con-
| ference. further conference ON the sun
dry civil bill was ordered.
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no ,..n,tiors ,,.or, nnaa1 an tr,orar,e
m, hul b,1 honr in No i,,t,,.,,, ~ no
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r,nn cor,d haNo drawn tho rn.cr,sion ,ha,
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| S,n ~, cn,fcrra,s hnd yioldsd a. ,haso
",yt.o MON" and hna addcd nroYIso mai
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| ,hat "nocstn,, an hr,rd 81 ,-essa,s ~ CON,
,,,',.,. Il; ha,.oh,, ,,notut,oa rrhn oor,.r.
erc,, rcuor, v,os ,,rosd 10
NJ Gnrd,n i,1c9,, = ~ ca,r,,s ,o,ao nov
erol Efforts 10 he racorniyed 10 urcsent 4
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Whon he 6r,Ilv uas rccc,ni,cd no nre
scented n sketch of tho inoururnt,on cere
| ;, INV Of i0o vears nco which he said was /,
s,rfltine contrast win mo inoucuration w
| were about to look upou. The senator re
! forrcd IN Tho Hrst pr,s,Jsnt In his "severe
llv nIain HACK suit" delivering his address,
np,id ,cnre and tn presibcn, Adams In hi
"eevernIv Main droh suft, mailing his nd
dross under similar circumstances /, wa,
onnort,,ne hc said ia Mace an the record
an occount NJ thosc sir,nle I'm, imnr,asty
scenes
Gn,I ronor, an nm. noetofn,e onnronr,o
,,on huI was nresentoa and agreed 10.
Tho eolInwtng house hills ,vcro nassod.
no mend ,he an, 80 rror, 40 railroads 4,
Indian Territory additional mower 10 40.
,,ra a,',,, ,,r,,,,,a. 90 oor,'rot a,,rr,,,o,t.
rc,iainr The statutes relating 10 nntcnt,
y,ith a,cndnnr,s l,mit,nr IN ana vea,
,h, i'm, ~ ,,,osoc,,,,n,. al, arnIicatior AM
.",r,i,a,ir,. ,ho lir,i, ~, ato,,,s n,., ,ol,e,
ou, In forei,n courtr,as
conferenro renort ON tho Indian ml
yas ,,rnsentod Mr. pe,,igrew in charge n
4, orrlajned INA, Tho it.,ns to which III,
sera,n Objected ,ast night had been str,,.l
ont They covered amendments as to IN,
&C., tndinrs Ko,.a Indians scrin an,
at,nnt't,,,, ,h 0s.no Na,tnn Thc rorort ,Ya,
$3.50 =, and tur.bor conferences or
Snrad
uo,,so hi,s uroh,acted Ia were the,
nassed ms follows.
p"T rs q" ,ha law r.rmi,,ine rtybts n
a, ,or st,,,, roads otc throurh nuhII
. lands. IN got npnrt a norton of ccrtaiI
, 800 W. u,asht,a,or e,a,o Lno,yn ,s ~
anus anus ~ ""'"'a aer,," n',,,t,o nal, :,
t'n nc No wasbipyton Nationa
o oa n''o onnrdinc Tho conyrieht laws SO n
'rohih,, tbo unautborized use OF word
~ p,on'"'' w." ,i,'i,', corvrt,hts
VI n'' H. L. rrnsSrtr1 me t,rst renort on Nh
'aa n'l,,rnnr,atton lie rcnorted Tint III
senate amendments relating TO the ney
'i nna,s a,,d 10 oxing the maximum
ltloe 90 on thc othcr items the nous
uisht le,i'', '.i ~ aI,,
nau s'e,uen ~ W, ,nS in ,,Is cornectIo,
MI Nnanulo' s,a COW ,aranco he,,v,e,
r rnnr ~ The Illinois steel com
.',' ,,S 40 h,,iidor NJ one of the ne,
pany ana the Dulld"V Oh va, W ~ "'
, battleshlps lhal thelr "1u, 1t. W ,ho a.,,o
create new armor pla,o pt ht.a '"' al NV
was needed LOT tno NV su'n a, roso,roo
Mr. Cullom spoke OF inc klua' ~, -, y.
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