The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-11
THE CLOSING DAYS.
Several Measures of Importance Passed by
 Congress-The Immigration Bill.

COngress-The Immigration Bill.
 SENATOR PULLMAN (S. O provoked a turou- lent scene in the senate on the 1st during the discussion of the naval bill by charging that the armor plate manufacturers had paid agents among the senators. The charge was resented by Senator Hawley (Conn.). An amendment reducing the price of armor plate from SiOO to s30O ton was adopted. It was also decided to reduce the totJl of contracts authorized to g. . 4O7 ,5O5. The piTal bill was then passed .. The house had lively debate over the bill to pro- hibt the transmission of detailed accounts of prize fights by mail or telegraph. The bill was strenuously opposed by some members on the ground that 1t would tend to establish cen- sorship of the press. No final action however was taken on the measure The sundry civil and the post office bills were sent to conference Several conference reports were agreed to.
 THE senate on the 2d passed the bill for an international monetary conference and 1t now goes to the president. The joint resolution for the prevention of the introduction and spread of contagious diseases into the United States, the bill regulating fraternal beneficiary socie- ties in the District of Columbia and the fortif- cations bill were also passed. In the house Mir. Dockery (Mo) asked for an inquiry into the reasons why precedents had been ignored in the location of the platform at the capitol where President Mckinley will be inaugurated. It was referred. MT. Dalzcll Pa.) defended Justice Shiras, of the United States supreme court, for his change in opinion on the constitu- tionality of the income tax. Mir. McMillin (Tcnn.) Sefea aded his attack on the justice and Mir. DcArmond (Mo) then followed with a speech saying that few more defenses of the justice would leave him in . deplorable condi- tion. This closed the incident, The house de- cided that MT Black was entitled to the seat in the contested election case Of BlacSvs. Watson from Georgia.
 THE day In the senate on the 3d was one of busy routine in reconciling differences on bills. The conference report on the District of Co., lumbia bill and the bill amending the shipping laws were agreed to. The naval appropriation bill was sent back to conference. A message from the house stating that the immigration bill had been passed over the presidents veto was referred to the committee on immigration. The private pension calendar was then taken up... The house passed the immigration bill over the president veto by vote of l93 to B. The Indian bill was sent back to conference, the house refusing to concur in the senate amendment to detach from Oklahoma the OSage and Kansas Indian reservations and attach them to the In iian territory. The general de- hciency bill was also sent back to conference The conference reports on the post office ap- propriation bill the fortihcations bill and the sundry civil bill were agreed to- At the night session the members put in most of their time singing patriotic songs.
 THE senate of the Fifty-Fifth congress met on the 4th in extra session, with Vice Presi- dent Hobart presiding, in pursuance to a call of the retiring president MT. Hobart made q short address and then swore in the new sen- ators. At the close of the old congress Mir Stevenson made a valedictory speech, the early hours Of the day being given to the final steps on some bills Promptly at noon Mir. Steven- son declared the Fifty-Fourth congress ad- journed without day and and the work of the new senate was at once taken up, Mir. Hobart having previously been sworn in by Mir. Stevenson .... The closing hours of the house were uneventful The members had worked all night to get the sundry civil, Indian and agricultural bills to the president, only to have thew -~"'-~'- "c.~~1 while .No --~~-7' '--