The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-03

washington, March 2.-Legislative
business went on in the Senate to-day
smoothly, eSpeditiously and with very
littls-discussion. The first bill That was
passed was one for the prevention of the
introduction and spread or contagious
and Infectious discusses in the United
States-thc preamble to it recting ''thc
alarming nature and spread of bubonic
plague now prevalent in India and udia.
centlcountries
The, fortifi"ations bill, appropriating
S9,.7l,9,4, was passed without word
OF o'scu Sslon except short speech from
Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut, criticisiny
the fact chat the Notifications on whose
efficient armiLg some $3G, 900, 600 have
been spent. are left practically without
garrisons and that there are no men
trained as aruillerymcn to manage the
splendid steel guns provided 10y the liber
ality of Congress.
The House amendments to the Senate
! international monetary conference bill
were concurred in, without IL division,
hut after several short speeches from sill
yer Senators, Mr.. Dubois, of Idaho, de-
cinred his conviction that tho only WAY
to reach an international agreement was
for this nation to stand out, rs in 1876
ana declare its int ntion to regulate its
own ,ailuirs.
Speeches of Il somewhat similar tend.
ency We're made Ivy Senators Cannon, OF
Utah, Teller, -of Colorado; Mantle, OF
Montana, and Morgan, of Alabama-the
latter stating that he would he the ONLY
Senator who would vote against the bill
The remainder of the day was occupied
by the general deficiency bill, which an
propriates $40, 334 930 nearly two millions
more than was in the bill as it passed the
House.
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THE HOUSE WANTS TO KNOW. .
Tas old Controversy ;Svcr the snsstters Of
control of ceremonies of the inauguration
between the Senate and House came to
the surface wher the House reassembled
mt O'Clock.
Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, offered "A res
olution, which WAS referred to the COM
mittee on rules, directing that committee
To investigate and report by what author
lty the inaugural stand was being erected
wholly in front of the Senate wing of the
Capitol, departure from the invariahle
usage since the building was erected. and
also to Inquire and report whether or not
the House had any control over the inau-
gural ceremonies.
The naval and District of Columbia APP
preparation bills were received from the
Senate. The House voted to non.concur
and asked II conference
When the House convened for Tues
days session, Mr.. DalZell of Pennsyl-
vania, in accordance with the promise
made some days ago, replied to the strict
ures passed upon Justice Shras by Nc.
Millln, of Tennessee, and Dearmond of
Missouri, in connection with the decision
OF the supreme court upon the income tax
Dill. lie asserted that the record of the
case gave no ground for the charge that
Justice Shiras had changed his mind and
that 1t showed that Justice Brown had
done so.
McMillin and Dearmond refused to nc
cept the statements of Mr. Dalzell and
reailirmcd the charges.
y concurrent resolution was passed au-
thorizing the printing OF 10000 copies of
the hearings before the committee on
bankng.and currency
y motion to suspend the rules and pass
the pill providing for II settlement. by
SUIT or compromise, of the claims of the
United States against various States on
account Of the defaulted interest on In
dian trust funds was defeated
Aldrich, of Illinois, cndeavored to bring
up the bill prohibiting the tran smission
OF papers containing illustrated accounts
OF prize fights, but the House voted - to
~, to take a recess. AT 4:40 p. nj. the
House took IL recess until 1870 p. III.