Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-03
Not Of tho New Mexico Assem-
BY, but Of HE Fifty
Fourth Congress.
THE RUSH TO WASHINGTON
The Retiring President and the
President elect Exchange
the Usual Courlesies.
LATEST CABINET GOSSIP

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3.-Th'
last days session OF the fifty-fourtl
congress opened with drizzling rair
storm. To save time, the reading Of
Yesterdays journal was dispensed
with. Further conference was ordered
on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Tho conference report on the bill to
amend tho laws Of navigation was
agreed to. The bill contains clause
that nothing in it should be construct
ed 50 as to repeal or modify an act
passed in 1850, which enacted that
"fogging on board vessels of COM
merce is hereby prohibited" :"
Mr.. Dubois, chairman OF the senate
committee on public lands, presented
the report of that committee in the case
of the inquiry into the issue of patents
for lands in the Perrine grant in
Florida; Mr.. Pettigrew presented o
minority report. The majority report
justifies the action Of the interior de-
partment, while the minority report
favors the annullment OF the patents
and opening the lands to public SETTLE
ment. Both reports were ordered
printed and went over, without action.
The conference report on the post
Office appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to.
A partial conference report was
made on the Indian appropriation bill
and agreed to. The points left open
are the senate amendments to contract
schools to five civilized tribes; to
Uncompahgre Indian reservation in
Utah, fees OF attorneys for old settlers,
or Cherokee Indians. A further con-
ference was ordered.
The consideration of house bills on
the calendar objected to was resumed,
and the bill passed to set apart a por-
tion of certain lands in tho state of
Washington, now known as the Pacific
forest reservation, as public lands and
to be known as the Washington nation
al park.
Mr. Hale presented.a partial confer
ence report on the naval appropriation
bill and male an explanation of it.
He said that all the general items IN
dispute had been arranged. In the
coDtroverted matters, which were still
open, as to the increase of the navy by
the addition of torpedo boats and as to
the price of steel armor plate for ships,
there is nothing which the senate could
do, except to give the house an oppor-
tuni.y to pass the senate amendments.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March g.
The house met at 10 80 O'Clock. The
disagreeing conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill was present.
ed.
By vote of 81 to 100, the house
rejected the report of the conferees
and further conference was agreed to.
MIR. Cannon moved to suspend The
rules and TO non-concur in all the
senate amendments to the general
deficiency bill.
Mr.. Mahon asked the house to vote
on the amendment making payment
for the Bowman act, judgments
amounting to nearly 81 100000.
The roll call resulted Yeas, 1872;
nays, -. So the rules wero suspend
ed ana the mouse nOn-conehffeu Ia tne
senate amendments and conferees were
appointed. Mr.. Grout presented the
conference report on the District OF
Columbia appropriation bill. The re-
port was agreed to.
The conferees on the naval bill, at
O'Clock. thissa afternoon, had a partial
agreement, Including only insignificant
TENS. r
F The president has approved the army
appropriation bill and The bill to vacats
the Sugar Loaf reservation in Colorado
and to restore the lands contained 10
the same to entry.
Capital Bill Murdered.
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