Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-01
The SESSION ON SUNDAY.
What the Senate Did Yesterday After
noon and Evening.
The Session was Technically a Con-
tinuation of That Of Saturday.
An Unusually Large Attendance
of Members, and Many Specta-
tors in the Galleries-The Fearful
Total of the Sundry Civil Bill.


tors in the Galleries-The Fearful
Total of the Sundry Civil Bill.
WASHINGTON. d. C., February "
The usual Sunday quiet of the capitol
building was disturbed to-day by a ses-
sion Of the Senate made necessary TO pass
the appropriation bills. Large crowds
filled the galleries and overfowed the cor
ridors The attendance Of Senators was
even greater than that through the week
the absentees. other than those out OF
town or sick, numbering only twelve VIZ.
Cameron. Davis. Hans brough, Jones Of
Nevada. Kenney. Pasco Platt PrItchard,
Pugh. Smith Turpie Wetmore and VIII
son. The venerable figures Of the Senate
Morrill, Hoar, Sherman, Morgan, Palmer
were among those present
BY a parliamentary fiction the session
has a part of the legislative day begin
ming Saturday, a recess having been taken
at 2:2O o'clock this morning until p. m.
to-day The sundry civil appropriation OH
was under consideration, a number Of inn
portant items in payment of sugar boun-
ties. for rivers and harbors, etc. remain
ing to be passed upon. vote on the
sugar bounty amendment was taken as
soon as the session opened. and II was
agreed TO. S7-l2 The amendment appro-
pirates 81 .OS5. .l56 for the balance of boun-
ties earned from August, 1894 TO June,
1895.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR ITEMS
next were considered. most of the commit
tee amendments being agreed TO as re-
ported. Mr.. Allison. in charge Of the bill.
explained the reasonableness Of the pro-
visions as whole. No estimates had
been submitted in the usual way. for any
OF these items, but they were based on
reports of the chief of engineers as 10
amounts which could be proftably used.
These amounts had been reduced p per
cent before being reported i'm the bill. In
the course of the discussion Senator Cor
man. Of Maryland. made an earnest
speech. pointing out the enormous total
Of the bill and urging that it be not loaded
down with new river and harbor items.
The bill carried
THE UNPRECEDENTED TOTAL
Of $5l 100000 of which $17OOO,OOo was for
river and harbor contracts. II was more
he said than the condition OF the treasury
warranted. In particular. Mr.. German
resisted a new item of 100000 to prevent
the Mississippi river from breaking
through into Cache river. north OF Cairo
Ills. II led to "a prolonged contest. Mr.
Cullom supporting the amendment as one
of urgent necessity. Mr. Blanchard, OF
Louisiana. spoke Of the general subject
of Mississippi river improvements Tho
ansANment finally was modified and
agreed 10.
ANOTHER PROTRACTED CONTEST
occurred over the Committees PROPOSE
ton to do away with river and harbor ap-
propriations i'm the sundry civil bill and
directing "a separate bil, on these items.
Mr.. Vest. of Missouri said this would re-
suit i'm river and harbor bill every year
instead of every two years as at present
The amendment finally went out ON "a
point of order. The other river and harbor
items were agreed 10.
The amendment appropriatiug $325.ooo
for the purchase of the old Corcorau Ar,
Gallery building for the Court of Claims
was agreed to.
When the amendment was reached pro-
viding for commission TO visit the seal
fisheries. Mr.. Pettigrew said he believed
We should not send commission TO Alas
ka to visit the scene OF destruction OF our
seals by Canadian poachers. He advoca-
ted the destruction OF all the seals In
this connection he ridiculed the treaty
relative to the Alaskan boundary recent
~ sent to the Senate.
NToroau of Ia hama rpla- d
the Paris court of arbitration. discussed
the awkward predicament Of the United
States on the seal question Referring
to the Paris tribunal, he said that as
usual when the court was made up OF
European arbitrators the decision was
against us; it always would be 50 under
like circumstances There was more
REAL DANGER OF TROUBLE
over this seal question since the arhitra-
tiou than there ever was from AN the con-
nict before arbitration was adopted. The
present trouble. ne said. was due 20 th"
deliberate refusal OF Great Britain 10
carry out I'm good faith the spiri, OF the
Paris award.
II do hope" said Mr.. Morgan. chat
the incoming administration will have the
fortiudc to insist that Great Britain viii
comply with the Paris award
The committee amendment continuing
the joint scientific inquiry i'm Boring Sea
was agreed 10.
NEW AMENDMENTS
were agreed 20 as follows.
Authorizing the President 70 appoint
three commissioners. TO revise and codify
t,rr,irs1 laws of the United States. au-