The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
OVER THREE HOURS DEVOTED 10
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.

A Remembrance Received From the
Monroe Doctrine Club of PhiladCI-
phia-Mr. HOar Reports From the
Committee the Bill Against Kline
toscOpic Representations of Prize
Fights-Mr. CaGrey to Make $3.50
900 Immediately Available For
work on the Mississippi River.
Washington, March 29.-The Senate to-
day spent about an hour in open session,
and about two hours and a half in Sc
cret session. discussing the arbitration
treaty During the open session a remon-
STRANGE against the treaty was presented
from the Monroe Doctrine Club of Phila-
delphia. which characterizes it as craft
" contrived to advance the interests of
England and to coerce the United States
into the adoption of a reciprocity treaty
with Canada"
Mr.. Morgan presented his minority re-
port in the Pacific railroad matter, which
was ordered printed.
Mr.. Hoar reported from the judiciary
committee a bill to prohibit the produc-
ton in the District of Columbia and terri
tories by kaleidoscope or kindred devices
of pugilistic encounters and fights; and it
was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Caffery from the committee on com
merce reported a joint resolution appro-
priating $4,000 TO be made Immediately
available) for the Improvement of the
Mississippi. from the head of the Passes
to the mouth Of the Ohio river. This sum
is to be taken out of the $2,500000, appro-
priated in the last river and harbor bill.
The preamble states that the expenditure
is necessary to relieve the flood sufferers
and to preserve the lives and property Of
citizens, and the government works on the
river The joint resolution was passed.
Mr. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, offered a
resolution declaring that the congress is
not possessed of constitutional power to
impose taxes on articles of daily consump-
ton by the people, for the express and
avowed purpose of increasing the private
fortunes of any class of its citizens at
the expense of the masses. The reSolu-
ton was laid on the table, Mr.. Allen stat
ing that he desired to speak on 1t to-mor-
row.
Mf Pettigrew. sill, of South Dakota, Of
fered a resolution, which was agreed TO,
calling on the civil service commission
for a statement of the reasons why la
borers and workmen in the government
printing Office and in other departments
of the government, are required to sub
nit themselves to competitive examina-
ton, contrary to the provisions of the
civil service law.
Mr. Berry dem, of Arkansas, from the
committee on public lands, reported, and
the Senate passed, a bill to approve
compromise and settlement between the
United States and the state of Arkansas.
The bill approves and gives the full eff
feet of the law to the compromise and
settlement effected Feb %, 1895, between
Secretaries Carlisle and Smith and Gov.
Clarke Of Arkansas in regard to debts due
from Arkansas to the United States and
claims of the state against the United
States. The agreement is to the effect,
that upon the payment by the state of
Arkansas to the United States of the sum
of S527 in money and the payment of 100
81 900 bonds of the state held by the United
States; the state to pay in all the sum of
Sl6O.572. all claims and demands of the
United States against the state of Arkan-
sas and all claims of the state against
the United States are to be cancelled and
finally settled.
At 1915 O'clock Immediately at the close
of the executive session, the Senate ad-
journed until tomorrow.