Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-01


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OF minor character had been agreed to-
was passed.
me Senate then. AT llI5 p. NJ, ad-
Journed until IL o'clock tomorrow
House of Representatives
There was a large attendance in the
hdll when the House met to-day.
Inc Senate army reorganization bill
which came over from the Senate. was,
at Mr.. Hulfs request. referred to the
committee on Military Affairs for con-
sideration
Mr.. Mercer Republicam. Of Nebraska,
J chairman CT the Committee on Public
| Buildings and Grounds. then called up
| the special order setting aside to-day for
the consideration Of public building bills.
! lie explained the order IN which the com
mittee had decided 10 call up the various
| bills favorably acted upon by the Com
mittce Of the Whole ten days ago. Sixty
| two bills had been acted upon. The thlr-
| ty-sne OF the class given preference pro-
| Vidod for buildings In cities having first
| class post offices Federal courts or GUS
! tOm-houses and carried 81 290 OC0 The
other twenty-three bills carried 81. .322. .O0O
/ He then called up the first of the bills.
that providing for a public building at
/ Elizabeth city. y. G.
PUBLlC-BU1IDING COMBINE
! Mr.. Maddox OpmocraO. of Georgia
! who has been opposing the public build
/ ing bills, secured twenty minute I'm which
/ 90 make n general statement. lie sail
! that he had led with success the fight
against a building combine in the
/ iitfy-third Congress. He contcndcd that
/ in the present state Of the Treasury. not
| one Of these bills could stand alone and
/ pass. without the support Of a log-rolling
! combine He called attention to the fact
/ that the States represented by the fifteen
/ members OF the committee got &5.7GDCdG
| The southern members however. got only
/ q pittance. For every dollar they got the
| northern members Of the committee got
/ 80
/ The bill was passed upon division-11
/ 10 IL.
number OF other bills were then pass
! ed. demand for the ayes and noes being
! defeated. Among them was one i'm favor
! OF Brunswick. Ga. apprOprating so coo.
MADDOX IN DESPAIR
After the passage Of this bill. Mr. Mad
! doX admitted the inability Of The smal
minority TO place the members upon re-
cord. He had done his duty. he said and
50 far as he was concerned he was now
! willing to have the rest of the bills sent
mp in "a bunch and passed
Mr. DOckery OomocraD. of Missouri,
| followed on the same line. He and his
| colleagues were pOWerlcss to antagOniZt
! the combination supporting these bills
/ They had the support Of the Committee
on Rules. and ne would content himself
| during the remainder of the day with
voting against each of the bills
/ With the remark that "if the experience
/ meeting" was over. he would call up tn.
next bill. Mr. Mercer called up the bil
for a public building at Beaumont Tex.
and the work Of passing the bills proceed
! ed as follows: Beaumont, Tex, 5000
! Tampa. Fla. $'c0 900. Abilene. Tex. 5000
Macon. Ga. $500 Columbus Ga. 5000
When the bills Of the second class were
reached. beginning wi'h the bin for {
public building at New IBERIA, L.. Mr.
Payne Republicam. Of New York. tn
floor-eader Of the majority. made a TWEEN
ty-minute speech in opposition TO bill.
2 this class.
FAST-MAIL SERVICE.
Mr. Loud Republican,. of California
here interposed partial conference re
port on the post-ofice appropriation bill
It left unsettled the question Of fast-mai
service. added by the Senate the con
lferreos reporting that they could not agre
on that item. This preciptatcd an un
| expected contest. as Representative Bank
head OcmocraD. of Alabama. moved L
| concur i'm the Senate amendments as 4
! special facilities. Mcssrs. Catching
OemocraU, of Mississippi; Moon Demo
! craD. of Tennessee. and others supporte'
the amendment, and Mossrs. Bromwel
RepublCan). Of Ohio; Green PopuliS0
Of Nebraska, and others opposed it as
Subsidy"
The motion 60 concur n the Senat
amendment was then agreed to--11G TO 81
on standing vote. and the yeas and nay
were taken. one hundred and forty-tw
to eighty-siN was the result. thus fnall
adopting the special mail amendments o
the Senate and also making complet
agreement on the pOst-oiiice apprOpria
tion bill
The amendments added by the Senat
and not concurred i'm provide "for nects
sary and special facilities on the trun
lines from New York and WashingtO
to Atlanta and New Orleans. >l7l23S." anC
nj the discretion Of the Pos master-Gene
raj. for similar facilities from kansa
city. No. to Newton, Kan, $4,000
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AGAIN.
The House then returned to public
building bills. and the following ada
tiOnal bills were passed;
New Iberia, La, $4,000; Briston. Tenn
$4,000. Admission. Ala, $4,000; Winston
n. c.. $4,000.
The only bill defeated was that pro
viding for Il building at Bluefeld. w. "
At C:10 Z. NJ. the House adjourned ui
til II O'Clock tomorrow.