Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04
WORK OF CONGRESS
The Loud Bill Buried by Big
Majority.
PARTY LINES IGNORED.
Almost the Entire Session of the Senate
Devoted to Consideration of the Alaska
Homestead and Railway Right
OF Way Bill.
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which last year passed. the House, LA
to lO4, was buried unC3er an oVerWheEtn-
ing majonity by the HOUSE to-day. ms
vote was not taken directly upon inc
bfcl, but ON motion to lay 1t on tHS
table. BY q vote of l62 To lis t9e motion
was carried. ~Forty-Seven Republicans
ioSnksd with the DemoCTnts and FUpu-
lists in accomplishing this result, ana
ten Democrats voted with The majority
of the Republicans. The refusal of MIR.
Loud 10 permit a VOTE on an amend
ment ait the last mfnute was responsible
i'm a measure fOL the result. but the
strength ,Qf the measure u~n'pouDteity
wamed Throughout the thr"e days de-
bate.
Mr.. White (Repub1can), ST North
Carolina, the only colored m-mpeN OIL
THE House. asked unanimous consent Tor
THE consideration of the following reso-
luton:
WHEREAS, On ur about February q
one lundiaed or more armed men flred
upon and killed the postmaster at Lake
City. S. c., khlling one of the famlIy
and wouniJing severa. uthers, and BURN
ing aTl they had; and,
'Wher&as, The said family is now
suffering ever for means for medical
treatment. and for other necessafies
OF life.
Resolved, BY the Senate and House,
That the sum of 81 900 is hereby appr5-
priated arAd made Immediately available
for the relief of the said family
ISpeakttn Reui putt the request of Mr..
White.
Mr.. Bartlett CDe1nocrat), of Georgia,
demanded the regular order. Many of
the Republican members cried out mo,
no." but the Georgia did not
yield.
1.-THE gentleman from Georgia de-
mands the regular urddn.' said the
tSpvaker. "That rs equivalent to an OBJ
lection.
The consideration of the Loud bill!
vas then resumed. Mr.. Gr!ggs Demo
crat), of Georgia, offered the amend
ment of Which he gave notice yesterday
to allow newspapers and periodicals to
trensmft at pound rates 1000 sample
copies. He offeitr1 this as an amend
lnent to Mr.. LIQUIDS amendment to per-
INIT the transmission Of sample copies
ITO the eXtent of 10 per cent. of the
hsna fide circulation Of publications en-
titled to ~seoond-claSs privileges.
After sorne discussion the Griggs
~amendlnent, Slightly modified, was
adopted.
The Loud amendment. as amended.
was agreed to without di vision.
AT 4 O'Clock, the hour set aside for the
vote to be taken- Mr.. Richardson
SDeno2rat), of Tenness@e, n&Wed TO lay
h bin on the table. a rising vote gave
nj Victd1y to thte opponents Of the
MISUNDERSTANDING ON Mr.. LIQUIDS
denadlU the rOM was caIlvd.
The merchandising Vote only con-
dirTned the rising vote. by a vote of 49,
to dl9 the bin was 1aii on the table.
h outcome was greeted With APP
plause. The following Republicans
voted with the majority of the Demo-
Gratis and Populists to lay the bill on
the table: Baker, 0f MARYLAND; Bar
Tsey, WISCONSIN; BARNETT. Massachu-
ssasasafriseach Ohio; Bingham, Pennsyr-
valrria1 Routelle Maine: Rrpierick,
Kansas; Brown, Ohio: Brownlow, Ten
11essee; Brumm. Pennsylvania; Bull.
Rhode island: Burieigb, Maine: Cap
ron. Rhode Island: Cndding, Pennsyl-
wanna; Cooper, Wisconsin: Curtis, KAN
sas: Davenport. PENNSYLVANIA: David
son. Wisconsin; Dayton. West V.rginia:
Dlngley. Maine; IDovener, West Vir
glnia; Gibson. Tennessee; Hopkins, II
nlnors; Howell, NV Jersey; Hurley,
Fennsyivania; Knox. Massachusetts:
kulp. Pennsylvania: Linney. Norrh
Carolina; McEwan. New Jersey: Um-
stead, pennsylvania; Pitney. New Jer-
sey; Powers. Vermont: Pugh. Ken
tsicky; Robbins. Pennsy lvania: Rosseil
S"nIeethcut GSaueE'he"ing. Wisconsin;
S~Nuthwick, New York; St,vart :N,Iv.
jersey: Sulluway. New Hampshire. M
degl,aff. iowa: Walker. Virginia: Weay-
or. ohio: White. North Carolina: vii
'buf, New York, and Williams, Penn
sylvania. ''"
:'ho"IihS voted
against the motions Allen Mississinni
4IaVey. louisiana; Flaming. Georgia:
ftinTichsan, Illinois; Howard G.eoro;a:
Love MISSISSIPPI; Taylor. Alabama:
.CnrerWT7oI, Alabama. and Young. Wiz.
At +:35 r. M. the House aaio,,rrsa
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. March 3,-Durinr all
amnss me entire session today the SEN
w aiad unde consideration the Alas
ka homestead and railway right Of wa y
toii!. One of he features nf mo dis
Iusssicfl was a speech delivered by Mr.
vest. OF Missouri, in Which he ridiculed
one Ioe"a or demonstrating any part nf
-arssH f OF Constructing railroads in that
usuiact. HIS motion to eliminate 1hn
homestead feat ure of The hjll nv still
~ns OUT the first section was d4fre,red
me resolution providing for a Con-
sressi"nal INVESTIGATION Df the murder
snt. postmaster at Lake CITY. S. c..
ana his family and he burning of bis
nome, was laid before the SENATE.
Mir. Lodge. of Massachusetts. sent no
ule clerk desk 80 have read a COM
a~nulhoa'tlon from William Henry Fer
aIss. OF .ohe Harvard divinity school,
S 81 uhe proceedings of a mass meet
lls OF coIored cltiZtnS of Boston. held
on tFebruary 2S, to express abhorance
mob. ~
t1II. Ai!eI, Of ska, charged Mr.
Lodge with introducing politics into
une discussion of THE resolution, and
hhought the communication ought mot
no be read by the clerk. The cOmmuni-
esatpon was read. however, and then
INF Lodge said there was no ul;estinn
or polltics in the affairs.
The act referred TO, IN. said, met vii, h
nhe T~eprobatlon of Tie of all parties,
ONO he would not in amy way introduce
politics.
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NE. MciAauTin. ns South Carolina. said
NE had hoped the resolution would 60
10 n committee without discussion.
me state authorities We're ~ceeaing
active in their investigation ofthec crime
and he Was assured that every effort
was being made TO bring the pe,pe-
TRAITORS of the outrage TO justice. HI.
ttlea read a clipping from the Columbia
tS.N.) Stale. to show that the people
sd south Carolina We're not only not in
with those who committed
the crime. but keenly Ieprobated liz.
MI. HaWley, OF Connecticut. said the
crime Was clearly brought within fed
eral Jurisdiction by the fact that it was
"a federal official who was murdered