The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-01
A SUNDAY SESSION
or the Sonato was NseeAIAry to Pass the
Appropriation nIllS.


Appropriation HlllS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The usual
Sunday quiet Of tho Capitol building was
disturbed to-day by q session OF the sem
ate. made necessary to pass the appro-
prIatlOn bills. Large crowds illled the
galleries and overlooked 70 the corridors.
The attendants OF senators was even
greater than that through the week, the
nbsentees, other than those out OF town
or sick. numbering only twelve. viz:
Cameron, Davis, HRnsbrough, Jones, OF
Nevada; Kenney, Pasto, Platt, Prltch-
ard Pugh, Smith. Turple, Wetmore and
Wilson. The venerable figures Of the
senate-Morrlll, Hoar Sherman, Nor
gan. palmer-were among those present.
BY parliamentary fiction the session
was a part OF the legislative day begin
ming Saturday, q recess having been
taken at 2:3O O'Clock this morning until 3
D. IN. to-day. The Bundry civil appro-
prlatlon bill was under consideration, a
number of important items in payment
OF sugar bountleS. for rivers and harbors,
etc, remaining 70 be passed upon a
vote on the sugar bounty amendment
was taken az soon as the session opened,
and It was agreed TO, T-l2. The
amendment apProprlates $l,OS5,l56 for
the balance Of bountles earned from Au-
gust, 1894, to June, 1895.
The river and harbor items next were
considered, most OF the committee
amendments being agreed to as reported
Mr.. Alison, In charge OF the DILL explain
ed the reasonableneSs OF the PROVISIONS
as whole. No estimates had oeen SUP
mitted in the usual way. for any OF these
items. but they were based on reports or
tbe chief OF engineers. as to amounts
which could be probably used. These
amounts had been reduced 25 per cent be-
fore being reported In the bill. In the
course OF the discussion Senator German,
md J. made an earnest speech, pointing
out the enormous total OF the bill ana
urging that It be not loaded down with
new river and harbor Items.
The bill carried the unprecedented total
of S5I OOO, 600. OF which $I70O0O0O was for
rivers and harborR contracts. II was
more, he saId, than the condition OF the
treasury warranted. In particular. Mr; W.:
German resisted n new Item OF SlVo;VVO
TO prevent the Mississippi from pTeakilG
through Into Cache river, north or caro-
Ills. 1t led 10 a prolonged contest, MF.
CIIIor supppFtInR the Rmendment as
onts al urgent necessity. Mr.. blanchard,
GaJ. Au0ko on the general subject OF
Mississippi river improvements. Ihs
amendment finally was modified ana
Anotber protracted contest occurred
ovnr. the committees proposition to 90
away with river and harbor apProprlo-
UnnS In tho sundry CiVll bill and direct
Inc n separate bill on these items MT.
Vssf az Missouri, said this would result
in a river and harbOr bill every year m
stead Of every two years as At pEessht l. !.
The amendment finally went out on
pOint Of order. The other river anu hUt
Dor items were agreed TO. .,,-
The amendment 0ppropriatinE S1[',-
OOI Tar the purchase OF the old Cocorun
nrt gallery building for the court OIL
claims was agreed TO.
When the amendment was reached,
proyIdlng for commission 10 WISH the
seal fisheries, Mr.. PeLtigrew saId ne pc
lieved we should not send commission
Ia Alaska 10 visit the seems OF destruc-
tIon az our seals by Canadian poachers'
He advocated the destruction or an the
seals, In this connection he. ridiculed
the treaty relative to the Alaskan OouH-
dary recently sent TO the senate
Mr.. Morgan. OF Alabama. member OF !
the Paris court OF arbitration. discusssN tl
the awkward predlcnment or the
United states on the seni question" Re
ferrInR 10 the Paris tribunal, he said
thot as usual when the court was made
I'm az European arbitrat0Ts the decision
wns against us; Il always would be 80
nnder like circumstances. There was
more real danger OF trouble over thls
seal question since tho arbitration than
there ever was from all the conflicts be-
fore arbitration was adopted. The pres"
emf trouble, he said, was due TO the ue-
liberate refusal OF Great Britain 10 car
ry out in good faith the spirit OF the
Paris award. - o.,..
II do hope" said Mr.. Morgan, that
the incoming administration WI nnEe
the fortitude to insist th9t Srelt hsl'alt' ;!
will comply with the Paris award"
;The committee amendment continu-
int- The ioInt scientific inquiry In BerinE
Sea, was agreed TO.
An extended debate occurred on an
amendment offered by Mr.. Clark OF
wyoming, designed 10 counternct the
president's recent order Withdrawing
u 900 900 acres of land from the public
domain nnd creating forest rcderva-
iIona. Mr.. Clark criticised the PresI-
dcnps order az arbitrary, SAYING the
people OF the states ANecteu hnu not
been consulted. II was, he SAID, the
most serious blow aimed Mt the western
country since the present congress
came Into existence.
Senators Carter, Of Montana. and
Cannon, Of Utah: Pcttlgrew, Wilson.
Dubois aud Mantle also spoke In criu-
clsm and the amendment was then
unanimously adopted.
The sundry civil bill was then passed.
and nj II o'clock tho senate adjourned.