The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10
SENATE.


Washington, February S.-The senate
confined itself largely to the transac-
ton of routine business today. The In
dian appropriation bill. which has been
pending for several weeks, was COM
| pleted and passed. The legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
/, was taken up, but after twenty-four
! paees of il had been disposed Of, it
was laid aside for the day. The bill
carries $23. 4OO, 977, an increase o. si'i,-
040 over the amount as it passed the
house. A few measures Of minor i'm
portance were passed.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire, chairman of the pensions COM
| mittee, reported a bill to restore PEN
sions to Soldiers who had forfeited them
by enlistment in the war with Spain.
Senator Gallinger explained that
! these men not only had lost their PEN
sions during their service in the war
with Spain, but had lost them perma-
nently. The bill provides that the PEN
sions may be restored from the date
of the applicants discharge from the
army. The bill was passed.
The senate at 4:05 o'clock went into
executive session and at 5:52 o'clock
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The net result of the work during
the two days allotted for the consider
alton of public building bills in the
house was the passage of a single bill
for the erection of a building at New
port News, Va, at a cost of $4,000.
Sixty-five bills in all, carrying or au-
thorizing the expenditure of about $12,-
600. 600. were favorably considered in
committee of the whole, when the COM
mittee rose today, but because seven
teen other bills reported had not been
acted upon in committee flibustering
tactics were resorted to and all efforts
to advance the bills f~avorably acted
upon in committee were blocked.
The second bill, appropriating $47,-
900 for a building at Blair City, Neb.,
got as far as the third reading when
a demand for the production Of the en-
crossed bill prevented it from being
placed upon it's passage. The previous
question had been ordered in the AL
toona, Pa, bill, carrying $125, 600, when
the house adjourned, SO that it will be
the unfinished business tomorrow. All
the other bills, however. lose the priv
ilege status they lac in virture of the
special order. Another day, therefore,
will have to be allotted to secure &C
ton upon them and assurances have
already been obtained for another day
as soon as the appropriation bills are
out Of the way. Twenty-four bills were
favorably acted upon by the commit
tee today.
The first bill considered was for a
site for a public library in Washing
ton for which Andrew Carnegie con-
tributed $3.50, 600. The site selected by
the bill was Mount Vernon square at
present a government reservation. No
appropriation consequently was involv-
ed. The bill was laid aside with a ia
vorable recommendation.
+ When the next bill for a public build
ing at Poplin, Mo-, to cost $50, 900, was
called up, Mr.. Maddox, democrat, of
Georgia, made a general onslaught
upon the work of the committe On pub
lie buildings and grounds, charging
that the committee had Disseminated
outrageously in favor of certain cities.
He cited particularly, Carrollton, Ky.
There were, he said, thirty-two larger
towns than Carrollton in Kentucky
without buildings. But the popularity
Of the member representing that dis
trict, Mr.. Berry, had secured a favora-
BILE report on that bill.
The bill was favorably acted upon
as were others as follows: Tampa, Fla,
500, 900; Admission, Ala, $50, 900; Bris-
toll, Tenn, $50, 900; Abileen, Texas,
SIS, 900; Macon, Ga, $4,000; Winston,
N. c., $50, 900; Columbus, Ca, to en-
large postoffice, $50, 200.
At $3.50 p. m. Mr.. Mercer moved that
the committee rise.
AS seventeen bills still remained un-
acted upon, there were loud protests.
But the motion prevailed-79 to 81. The
opposition vas in an ugly humor and
after the passage of the first bill on
h list for a public building at New
port News, Va, to scot SIS, 900, the op-
position was massed against the Blair
City (Neb.) bill which carried SAT, 900.
1t was advanced to a third reading,
however, but was then blocked by a
demand from Mr.. Loud, republican, of
California, for the reading of the en-
crossed bill. AS the bill was not en-
crossed it was laid aside.
Mr.. Dockery, democrat, Of Missouri.
then moved an adjournment and forced
a roll call.
!. The motion to. adjourn was defeated
-102 to 121-and the senate bill for a
building at Altoona, Pa, to cost $685.
600, was taken up but the filibustering
tactics of the opposition continued and
at last at 500 o'clock p. m, ten min
utes before the special order expired,
he house adjourned, the previous
question having been ordered on the
bill. That makes it the unfinished bus