Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-30
WORK OF CONGRESS
Historic Precedent Establish
ed by the Senate.
NAVAL HEROES H0NoREC~
Thanks Extended to Common Sea men
Hobson Transferred to the Line. Cen
ern Deficiency Biz Passed Pro
ceedinEs of the House.
By Telegraph)

(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. June ga prece-
Gent that Will be historic was estab
lished by the Senate at its session -.
day. For probably the first time in ~,
history OF the Senate a resolution wa.
adopted rendering the thanks Of Cnn.
gress to common seamen, spectf7c,lI,
.ial l, them IN the resolution. Tho
speeches in which the private so,iiar
"t the army and the common sailor,
o1 the navy were glowingly eu1ogizro
Ihe resolutions recommended by I h.
fresioent were adopted. rendering the
thanks Of Congress to Naval Cnn.t~,,a
1or Robson and the other heroes Of +be
Merr1mac and to Lieutenant Frank 81
Ne"comb, commander Of fto re,-anl,4
cutter Nrcson. for his gallant rescue
OF the Winslow and her crew off Car
nenas: and retiring on full paw rantai,,
Hodgsdon. of the McCu!loch. for dis
,lhgulshed services at Manila The
transfer of Hobson from the cons,ruc-
ton corps Of the navy to the linz 80
also provided for.
Considerable of the general teccien-
cy Dill was concluded and the measure.
was passed. An amendment or srea;
importance was attached to the bill
practically by general consent 1t re-
lates To the settlement of the claims Of
the government against the Pacific. rail-
roads 1t was offered by Mr.. Morgan
OF Alabama. who made a strong appeal
~ ''iS sSSIitit, 1oI It's auoDIlOn. Before
II was agreed to. Mr.. White. of Caliror-
mia, proposed some amendments to it,
making IL even more binding upon the
roads than it was in It's original form
The amendment in fun follows:
That the secretary of the treasury
the secretary of the interior and the
attorney general and their Successors In
Office. be. and they are hereby appoint
ed commission With fun power t.,
settle the Indebtedness to the govern
~ \ .,ft NO 800
on account of the construction OF the
Central Pacific ana Western Pacific
bond-aided railroads, upon such term.
ana in such manner as may be agreed
upon by them. or by Il majority az
than. and the owners OF said railroads:
Provided: That any and all settlements
thus made shall be submitted in writ
,ng.to the President for his approval
or disapproval. and unless approved by
him shall not be binding.
That snd commission shall not
agree to'acccnt u less sum In settlement
OF the amount due the United States
than the full amount of the principal
and all amounts necessary to reimburse
the United States FOR moneys paid For
interest or otherwise. And also nrovi-
ded: That said commission are hereby
empowered to grant such time or times
OF payment by instalIncnt, and at such
rates of interest. to be not less than
three per cent. per annum, payable
semi-annually. and wit such security
as to said commission may seem cx-
pe'iient provided. however that in any
settlement that may be made the final
II payment and full discharge of said in
debtedness shall not be postponed to
exceed ten Years and the, whole amount
principal and interest. shall be paid in
equal semi-annual insta|ments within
the period so limited ana in any set
Element made 1t shall be provided that
If default shall be made )i7Iry1
nent Of +. either !Hee,071lNHivod al I
!, arg an 5ssNs ..'-a"s',;ai. .l:nir
aSsfsF - 1u
err stipulation OF said settlemei,I.i - =
That there Is hereby appropriated
the sum of twenty thousand dollars T.,
defray the expenses of said commissio,
in making the said settlement"
An amendment offered by Mr.. But
Ter. Of North Carolna providing for :.
fish cultural station in North Carolina
and approprating $4,000 for the pura
pose was agreed to. Also the follow
ing amendment offered by Mr.. Hale. OF
Maine:
For purchase by condemna ton ol
otherwise of not less than 800 acres OF
land at not exceeding $50 per acre In
Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, for n
coaline ana repair station. $40 900: and
dredging the bar in said harbor to Sc
cure a channel of not less than thirty
feet in depth. Sl05, 900 in all sl45.O 900
- H.
ono.ooO the largest sum carried by any
appropriation measure since the civil
war After the passage of the deflclen
cy bili. consideration of the Hawaiian
tnheNa. ton resolution was continued.
Mr.. CaHcrN. OF Louisiana concluding
ms speech In opposition to annexation.
~ sos P. M. the Senate went into ex
ecnuVe session. and at G O'clock al
journed
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIy
WASN'T NfsToN
today disposed of n number of meas
ures and incidentally enjoyed a speech
from Mr. Allen. of Mississippi. which
nrecipitated g political episode in which
Mr.. GrosNenor. OF Ohio. and Mr. Bailey,
of Texas, figured as the principals
Mr. Allen proposed that a company az
congressman be raised and go to Cuba
After sanding the Indian and sundry
civii Dills back to conference, consd-
Grafton Of bills from the military ar
FAIRS committee, under the rule adoptcd
yesterday. proceeded. Notable amnn,,
the measures passed were those pro
NidInS for the enlistment OF cooks in
ne army: providing for the protection
OF harbor defenses and fortiflcations
against wanton and malicious injury.
and giving the secretary OF war dtscrr
tlon to permit any church or religious
sect 70 erect It's house of worship
f upon the West Point military reserva-
Ton The last named bill precipitatcd
considerable discussion. The bill to
add cheese and canned corn to the ar
my ration occasoned prolonged debate,
ana IL was during its confederation that
ME- Allen spoke, and the Grosvenor-
BalieE incident took place. Mr. Allen.
cciticizlng and replying to a feature OF
4 the ONO members Ohio convention
Speech in which the latter referred to
y the minority as universally opposed tn
war measures. caused Mr.. Grosvenor
10 answer. He contended that his
speech was justified by the facts and
proceedings. declared he was no rnor>
amenabe TO criticisra than were Dem
ocrauc authorities. in this connection
ht read from a Washington newspaper
Democratic organ, he said. an cdi-
torial in line with his convention
speech. 1t contained Il severe arraign-
Inent Of Democratic leadership. and
MI. GroSVenor created Il sensation by
declaring that il was written by -
democratic member of the House