The age-herald., 1899-02-21
Asking Alser for Detailed Estimate Ol
 Cost Ot Army.
POST0FFICE BUILDING FOR SELMA
The House Passed the Bill Appropriate ing $2O,ooo,ooo Dollars to be
 Paid Spain for Philippines
 Postoffice Appropriations.

I0lS afternoon tue Seudlo dAoSASSCu eho postoffice appropriation bill without, how ever, coming to final vote.
 An agreement was reached to vote on the bill and amendments at o'clock tomorrow.
 MT. Hawley chairman of the military af- fairs committee, moved to take up the army reorganization bill. unanimous con- sent having been refused to take up the measure without displacing the unfinished business-the anti-scalping bill. MT. flaw ley's motion prevailed, thus making the army bill the unfinished business It Is agreed that this action disposes finally Of the anti-scalping bill for the present ses- sion.
 When the senate convened MT. Chandler, of New Hampshire, entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the naval per- sonnel bill was passed and that the measure be recalled from, the house in order that some errors might be corrected The order was made.
 Mir Cockrell, of Missouri. secured the passage of a resolution asking tho secretary of war as to detailed information as to the cost of the army under the proposed Hull bill.
 The resolution authorizing the appoint ment of additional cadets was concurred in-
 Hills Passed Bills were passed as follows: .s' Attaching Clayborne, Miss, to the vest ern division of the Southern district of Mis- sissippi; amending an act providing for the change of time and place of holding the dis trict and circuit courts of the Northern dis trict of Texas.
 Consideration of the postofffce appropria- tion bill was then resumed, and Mir. Butler, of North Carolina, continued his argument in favor of a reduction of ss00e,O00 in the amount proposed for railroad mail transpor- tation, which he offered in the form of an amendment. -..s
 MT. Chandler, opposing the amendment, said he could see no wisdom in withholding from tho railroads the amount they are to be paid under existing law, thus creating a deficiency which would have to be paid. He was inclined to believe that tho sum paid railroads for mail transportation was too high, but that point should be established before action.
 In 6 brief reply to MT. Butler, MT. Alli- son said that after pretty careful ex-
 aminat ton of the subject, he was convinced
 that many of the railroads of the country
 actually received less for the transporta-
 tion of mail than they ought to receive.
 He believed this applied to majority of
 the railroad mileage of the country, al-
 though 1t might be true that some of the lines received too large an amount. He declared the adoption of the amendment
 would be great injustice to many of the
 railroads.
 Withdrew His Motion At this point MT. Candler withdrew his
 motion to reconsider the naval personnel bill.
 At o'clock the vice-president laid be- fore the senate the unfinished business the anti-scalping bill. MT. Cullom, in charge of the matter, asked to lay 1t aside temporarily. To this MT. Pettisrew ob- jected.
 MT. Hawley. chairman of the military af- fairs committee, asked unanimous consent to proceed with the army reorganization bill without displacing the unfinished bus iness To this MT. Pettigrew also objected.
 MT. Hawley then moved to take up the army bill, the effect of the motion, if car-
 ried. being to displacs the unfinished ous-
 mess.
 MT Cullom made an appeal to the sen- ate not to displace the unfinished business.
 but again Mr. Pettigrew objected.
 Tho senate voted-+4 to 26-to proceed
 with the army bill.
 The reading of the Hull-Hawley Dill was
 begun after the vice-president had decided
 that Mir Butler, who had been addressing the senate, lost his right to tho floor by the action of tho senate.
 MT. Hawley insisted upon proceeding
 with tho bill, as it was measure Of im- mense importance. He announced that he proposed to accept no conditions except those Of unconditional surrender.
 Al the conclusion of tho reading of the hill MT. Quay asked that the army bill
 be laid aside temporarily, and that consid-
 eration oi the postoffice appropriation blii h. considered, to which there was no oD- lection.
 rillman . Amendment Adopted Mir. Tfllman offered an amendment pro- viding that star route contractors DC re- auired to collect from and deposit In poxes erected along their routes, mail matter, the boxes to be maintained by the people along the route. The amendment was agreed to. MT. Butler again took the floor to resume his argument against tho largo amounts paid railroads for mail transportAtion An effort was made to rsAcADA agree ment to vote upon the bill atseSx4 Tpecifed hour tomorrow but Mir. Butlex asked bo- fore consenting to tho fixing of an hour to vote for unanimous consent to an amend ment providing that tho postal commission make . final report to congress not later than March 1, 1900. To this MT. Chandler objected.
 Mr. Butler then proceeded with his | speech After speaking for an hour, MT. Butler yielded to MT. Pettigrew, who ad- dressed the senate in favor of the amend ment directing the postal commission to make . Anal report on March | 1900. He said this amendment was objected eo be- causs ft was desired to extend the commis- slon's existence beyond the next presiden- tiai campaign. H declared that this was to be done in order that millions of money for republican campaign purposes might be gotten from the railroad corporations. B~as9's AnsaA.sns DefeateA At e o'clock MY. Butler again asked unanimous consent for the acceptance of his amendment terminating tho existence of the commission by March l, 1900 Again | objection was made and Mr. Butler moved the amendment. thns bringing 1t to a vote. | It was defeated, q to 19. | An agreement was reached that consid- | eration of the bill should be resumed not later than 1 o'clock tomorrow, and then a | final vote upon the measure be taken at