The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-04
HANDS TURNED BACK.
Congress still in Session at Two
This Morning.
THOUGH ITS DAYS WERE CONSTI
TUTIONALLY ENDED.

Sensational Scene in the Sepate-senator
Quay Charges Senator Hoar With Hint
ing That He was Drunk-Sundry civil
and General Deficiency Bill Still in the
Balance.
Washington, Naroh BIN the Serate
to save time, the reading of yesterday
journal was dispensed with. The con-
ference report on the District OF Colum-
bia appropriation bills were ptesenteo
and explained by Mr.. Teller. lie con-
ference report was agreed to and furthef
conference ordered on the matters stlll
left open.
A further conference was ordered on
the sundry civil appropriation bill A
conference report was presented on the
bill to amend the laws relating to navl-
cation. When 1t was read an inquiry
was inade by Mr.. Allen as to whether
the bill now contained any OF the hog
ging clauses.
Mr.. Frye, chairman of the committee on
commerce, who presented the conference
report, said the existing law punished
any master or officer on board American
vessel on the high seas, or within the
admiralty jurisdiction OF the United
States, who should assault sailor IRON
malice, hatred or revenge"
The courts had held that the sailor had
to prove the assault was made from
malice, hatred or revenge. The Senate
committee on commerce believed that to
be an unjust burden on the sailor, and
had in its bill struck out the words
"malice, hatred OF revenge" He had
been vioari0usly suffering for his COM
mittee and the charge had been made
that he had restored fogging on Ame1l-
can merchant ships. How anybody could
have believed that was beyond his COM
pfehension. The man who believed it
must have been a fool or insane.
Yet he had been described in one or
two great newspapers as THAT brutal
Senator Frye-the man who had restored
digging so merchant marine" The
conferences committee had added to the
bill clause providing that nothing
contained in it should be construed to re-
peal or modify section 4611 (passed in
18s0), which those wise gentlemen had
never read, which enacted that "hoagiDR
on board vessels of commerce is hereby
prohibited He trusted that the expla-
nation would be entirely satisfactory to
any sailor, no matter how crazy he might
be.
Mr.. Allen was not entirely satisfied
with the explanation, and a discussion on
the subject was carried on for some time.
Then the conference report WIS agreed
to. The conference report on The post
Office appropriation bill (fnal) was pre-
sented and agreed to: The House bill
on the calendar unobjected to were TAX
en- up. The bill revising and amending
the Statutes relating to patents with
amendments, was passed. MIR. Platt ex-
planned that the bill related principally
to patents obtained abroad.
partial conference report was made
on the Indian appropriation bill and
agreed to.
re port on the naval Appropriation bill.
He said that all the general items in
dispute had been arranged and the con-
troverted matters still open were to in
crease the navy by torpedo boats and as
to the price of steel armor for ships.
There was nothing the Senate could do
except give the House an opportunity to
pass upon the Senate amendment.
The armOr plate matter was discussed
by Senators Chandler, Tillman, Hale,
Morgan and others.
The report was agreed to and further
conference was ordered.
The final conference report on the forti-
fioations bill was made and agreed to.
The Immigration bill today passed over
the Presidents veto by the House, was
laid before the Senate. The veto mes
sage was read and with the bill was re-
ferred TO the committee on immigration.
A motion made by Mr.. Chandler to sub
NIT the credentials of Henry Heitfeld,
Senator-elect from Idaho, to the commit
tea on privileges and elections, with GER
tain memorials and protests from Idaho
against allowing Mr.. Heitfeld to take
his seat, on account of alleged frauds in
his election. The motion was withdrawn
without action.
Private pension bills were considered.
The Senate took recess until p. m.
The Senate resumed it's session in the
evening but waited until 9 for quo
rum. Mr.. Quay having several timos
suggested the absence OF quorum, thus
each time appearing, Mr.. Eoar enter
vigorous protest against his dilatory
tactics. "1t was never intended" he
said, "that the rules should put it into
the power of one man to prevent SO men
doing business. The man in some con-
ceivable case might be under The inf1u-
euce of liquor, and think them.
Mr.. Quay-"I desire to say to the Sem
ator from Massachusetts, if he intends
to intimate that am under the Influence
of liquor he"
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