The herald., 1897-02-28
Abandons Stirring Themes for
Dull Routine
POSTAL APPROPRIATION BILL
Keeps the Senators at Work Till Sunday
Morning Dawns
The House After Five Hours Skirmishing
Passes the Anti-RaiIroad Ticket Scalp.
Ing Bill - Committee Work
Associated Press Special Wire.


turned today from the stirring theme of
Cuba to the commonplace appropriation
bills, giving the entire day to the post
office BILL There was somewhat SEN
sational diversion when Dubois made
a statement warning his former Repub-
lican associates that they could not con-
troll the next senate and the Silver Re-
publicans would never cooperate with
them while they clung to the single gold
standard.
The debate on the postofflce bill was
mainly on the question of investigation
into the cost Of carrying the mails on
the railroads
A controversy between the K. of L.
and the Metropolitan Railway company
of the District of Columbia, over the
discharge Of employees, aroused gen.
eral discussion Of labor questions.
Allen (Neb., Pop.) endeavored to Sc
cure reconsideration Of bill granting
an extension Of the Metropolitan COM
pany's lines. The motion was tabled, 30
to "a.
Butler IN. c., Pop.), gave notice of a
motion to reconsider the vote Of the
passage of the bill for refunding the
debt Of the territories.
When the bill for an information
monetary conference came from the
house, Chandler, who was in charge Of
the bill in the senate, said he would
move Monday to concur in the house
amendments.
During the lull in the proceedings.
Daniel Of Virginia presented certified
copies of the naturalization papers of
Julio o. Sanguilly and had them printed
with extracts from the law showing
their regularity.
Mr.. Chandler made a statement as to
the Loud BILL saying the committee had
concluded that Is was impossible to Pave
any legislation on the subject at the
present session and that a commission
should be created to investigate second
class mail matter.
Dubois came forward at this point
with something of q sensational state
ment. He said the scolding Of members
of the appropriation committee. the
midnight sessions and the necessity Of
work on Sunday led him to say that IL
he was a member Of the next senate he
would renew the fight to strip the ap-
propriations committee of it's autocratic
power and to distribute the various ap-
preparation bills.
II think the next senate should divide
the appropriation bills" continued Mr..
Dubois. 1T will be an elegant time.
No party will have q majority in this
chamber. There is q distinct party here
now called the Silver Republican party.
They will not cooperate with you (turn-
Ing ana pointing to Republican sena-
tors); you have not the power to organ
ize the senate"
Mr.. Nelson-Whom are you refer
ring to?
Mr. Dubois-I am referring to the Re-
publicans.
Mr.. Nelson-what have you got
against them?
Mr.. Dubois-I have this against them,
that while saying to us for years I'VE
will help you make this fight for silver"
you came out at st. Louis as the advo-
Gates of the single gold standard, and
now you see what you were warned of
there; you lose the coast senators. Just
as fast as the people of that section have
an election for senator. just so ia vt will
a Republican senator go down. there
have been several senator's elected there
to take the places of seven Republicans.
One Republican comes back of the sew
en-; and just so fast, say to you, as the
people there have a chance to express
themselves, just SO fast will you lose
Republican senator If you cling to the
single gold standard. You cannot or
ganize the next senate, nor can you or
l.
Louis. the Republican party is a party
which, as party. has writteu.its last
law on the statute books of this country
If you get your tariff bill through it
will not be by Republican votes. You
have not enough of them. You cannot
get them; they do not belong to you, and
you will be farther from getting them
in the senate after two years. There
fore, I say this is good time, at the be-
ginning of the next senate to reorganize
the committee on appropriations.
The senate then at 6 p. m. took re-
cess until s o'clock
At 1870 o'clock the senate was still in
session. with a prospect that it might
not adjourn until or o'clock in the
morning. The appropriation commit
tee desired. If possible, to dispose of the
postoffice and sundry civil appropria-
tion bills tonight.
The pending question was Buffers
motion to strike out the appropriation of
$196, 900 for special mail facilities from
New York and New Orleans. Several o.
the senators were in dress suits, and one
of the grave and reverend senators had
been asleep on lounge in the rear of the
chamber for an hour The galleries
were crowded.
AT IL o'clock vote was taken on Sen
ator Buffers motion to striks out the
fast mail subsidy. 1t was lost-8 to Al
and the postoff1ce bill was then passed
The sundry civil bill was then taken
up and an agreement was made to take
a recess from 2:S0 to o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon.