The herald., 1897-03-04
LEGISLATORS GROW TIRED
With Long Attention to State
Affairs
THE SENATE'S WORK IS DONE
And the Last Day Is Very Busy
One
THE SENATE'S WORK IS DOM
The House Sits Day and Night Laboring win
Routine Observation-Disclosures Bill
Passed Over the Veto
A.socIated press stec.al wire

WASf1lN<IIOlN, MAI Sii % hiS ".
practically the last working day OF th
senate and there was the usual htlTr,
TO carry various measures to their ihna
executive stage. Reports were recenve'
from time to time on the pending con
ferences on appropri. alton bills, sever
of them still being in the balance. INT
postofslce and fortific;ttion bills wer
cleared out of the way early in the day
but five remained unt completed at
o'clock. A number of minor bills wer,
passed during the day.
The senate galleries Vmnre filed Ions
before the session today and long line'
of visitors stood in the outer corridor
eagerly waiting an oppt trtunity to gel
inside. The senators beg an to look 1adeo
having been together ur It'll the opening
hours of morning The lay was one OF
steady routine, in recon CLING differen-
ces on the appropriation bills.
Further conference on the sundry civil
bill and the District of, Columbia Dill
was ordered.
Mr.. Frye Of Maine, Republican, pre-
sented a conference re sort on the bill
amending the shipping laws, which has
been the subject of muca comment on the
ground that it restored fogging OF sea-
men.
Mr.. Frye said the assertions were
based on ignorance.
The bill had been in the interest of
the sailor from the fiji st. and only an
insane man could hav. drawn the con-
cIusion that fiogging W as to be restored.
AT the same time thu conference had
yielded to the '-wise ma n" and had added
the proviso that nothing in the act
should be construed to modify that sec
ton of the statutes re citing that "fiog-
sing on board vessels of commerce is
hereby prohibited.
The conference report was agreed to.
A final conference re port on the post
office appropriation bi II was presented
and agreed to.
Several house bills were passed
A conference repcirt on the Indian bill
was presented
Mr.. Pettigrew. in charge of it, ex-
planned that the itenuS to which the SEN
ate objected last night had been stricken
out. The report wa 5 agreed to and
further conference ordered.
House bills unobjected to we're then
passed as follows:
To amend the law pc emitting rights of
way for steam roads, etc, through public
lands.
To set apart a por tion of lands in
Washington state known as the Pacific
forest reserve, as pu bile park, to be
known as the Washington National
park; amending the copyright laws so
as to prohibit the unauthorized use of
the words or phases implying copyright.
Mr.. Hale presented the first confer
ence report on the naval appropriation
bill. He explained that the two senate
amendments relating to new torpedo
boats and fixing the maximum price of
80 n-4f
ment
On the other items the house yielded
in the main.
The conference report was agreed to,
the remaining items of disagreement
going back to conference. The final con-
ference report on the fortifications ap-
preparation bill was presented and
agreed to.
A message from the house reported the
passage of the immigration bill over
the presidents veto. Fhe message was
read and without comment was referred
to the committee on immigration
Mr.. Chandler created something Of a
breeze by asking that the credentials Of
Henry Heitfield, as senator from idaho
be referred to the committee on priv
ieges and elections, together with men,
orials.
Mr.. Stewart promptly objected.
Mr.. Chandler then stated that ne
would move to refer the Heitfield crc-
dentials.
Before the action above taken, Mr..
Cullom offered to bring forward the bill
known as the 'anti-ticket scalpers' bill"
He said he would use every means to
test the sense of the senate to take up
the measure. Mr.. Chandler responded
that action on this bill could not be Sc
cured in the remaining hours of the
senate. The question recurred to the
Heitfield credentials.
Mr.. Gray of Delaware, Democrat, de-
clared that the reference of the creden-
tials to a committee would result in pra-
venting Mr.. Heitfield being sworn in to-
morrow.
Mr.. Stewart replied that the present
senate had no power over members of
the next senate. Mr.. Mills reinforced
this with the declaration that Mr. Heit-
field was accredited to the fifty-fifth
congress, so that the fiftyfourth was
without Jurisdiction.
Mr. Chandler did not further press his
motion to refer the Heitfield credentials.
The private pension calendar was then
taken up. 1t embraced four bills hereto
fore vetoed by the president and now
recommended for passage over the veto.
1t brought out a statement from Mr.
Allen that the president had gone to the
point of arraigning old soldiers as "cof-
fee coolers"
At o'clock a recess was taken before
q vote had been taken on any of the
pension bills.
The evening session did not begin un-
til o'clock, owing to the absence of Il
quorum. Apprehension that there would
be an effort to pass the anti-scalpin.s =
bill induced several senators to stay
away, and their plans seem to have
been successful. for when a quorum was
isecured Mr.. Cullom withdrew his notice
of a motion to take up the bill He an
nounced his intention to call up the bill
In the extra session.
The bill to pension Mrs. Rachel Patton
was passed over the presidents veto IS
to 10.
Mr. Palmer asked the senate to take
up the bill placing William II. Hugo on
xhe retired list of the army, as a first
lieutenant, stating that it was probably
the last request he would make of the
senate"
Notwithstanding this appeal Mr. Quay
antagonized the bill by several times
suggesting the absence Of a quorum and
by other dilatory tactics, but the bill
was ultimately passed
The fact soon developed that Mr.
Ouay's OPPOSITION was not directed at Mr.
Palmer or his bill, but that he was de-
lberately undertaking to block bushes:
because of the action of the house IL
agreeing to the senate's price of $3Gt
on armor plate. He made many sugges
tions Of the want of a quorum, and bust
ness proceeded very slowly.
grbe hill orra rtia a men SiOn tO Caro-