The herald., 1897-05-06

oGlrtnative in Difference to public opin-
4 m. Among those who waited In the
( fkAa1e corridors 10 receive the news was
Mr.. Michael Davitt. who appeared much
q pIeased at the result.
senator Davis. chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, declined to
Sexpress an opinion for publication but
q talked freely with his friends. To them
he attributed the defeat to the feeling of
dissatisfaction at England's course in
the struggle OF the Greeks to liberate the
iBland Of Crete from Ottoman dominion
ana the Armenian massacres and with
the s.evident" designs of Great Britain
upon the Transvaal. AT the conclusion
of the proceedings, all of which were in
executive session, the senate refused to
authorize the publication of the details.
ROUTINE
The open session of the senate today
was devoted to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, which was not completed
up to the time of adjournment.
Deboe of Kentucky took the oath of
office at the opening of the session and
was cordially greeted by his Republican
associates. A towering bouquet of
American Beauty roses and lilies had
been placed on the desk to be occupied
by Mr.. Deboe, which adjoins that of Mr..
Hanna and is in the rear row Of the Re-
publican side.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
Immediately taken up.
Allison moved an amendment to the
item for a survey of the Nicaragua canal
route so that the proposed committee
consist OF three to five members from
the army or navy or civil life, at the
presidents discretion. The amendment
caused some opposition and finally went
over for further consideration.
Considerable civil service discussion
followed the introduction of an amend
ment by Wilson of Washington requir-
ing the appointment of commissioners
to classify Northern Pacific land in the
Northwest "by and with the consent of
the senate"
German urged that this was an effort
to take the offices out of the civil ser
vice The amendment was finally mo-
6ified and adopted so that appointees
shall be confirmed by the senate and
shall be divided between the political
parties. Mr. German remarked that
he hoped the provisions as to due re-
cognition Of political parties would be
carried out in good faith. In certain
recent appointments no attention had
been paid to such provisions.
Morgan offered an amendment ap-
propriating $4,000 for the improvement
of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Aldrich of Rhode Island, Rep, said
he sympathized with the purposes of
the amendment but it should not be
put on this BILL as a similar item had
been rejected by the house last year.
Morgan felt that the house might
change its attitude. The amendment
was agrred to.
Nat 210 p. m, on motion of Davis, the
senate went into executive session.
The open session was resumed at
4.20 p. m, and the consideration of the
sundry civil bill resumed. Pettigrew of
South Dakota offered an amendment
authorizing the president to suspend
the order of President Cleveland with
drawing millions of acres from the pu-
bile domain and constituting them To-
rest reserves. The amendment also
proposed an appropriation of s150,000 for
surveys of these lands. In the course
of the debate Allison stated that the
main portion of the amendment had
been prepared by the secretary of the
interior under the eye of the president.
Mr. Pettigrew added that assurances
had been given-he would not say from
whom-that if the amendment was
adopted the president would suspend
the order. In response to a statement
from Morgan that point of order would
be made against the amendment, Petit
grew declared that If the amendment
went out on point of order he would
see that the pending bill did not pass
until some relief was given as to the
order. creating forest reservations.
Carter of Montana, Rep, criticized
the order of President Cleveland and
pointed out the serious results which
had occurred. The senator said efforts
had been made to have the order set
aside, but as this course might be con-
strued as discourteous to the former
president it was deemed advisable to
correct the situation. Final action on
the amendment was deferred.
At 5.10 the senate adjourned.