The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-03
WORK OF CONGRESS

0AdAAy pdsSeu Tue Sunury CIVIL apprO.
priation bill, to which 1t had devoted
over week. No important amend.
had been adopted. The speakers rul.
ing upon the motion to recommit the
bill with instructions to incorporate in
1t the Nicaragua canal amendment
was sustained-155 to 90. The naval
appropriation bill was taken up and
over half the bill was completed dur
ing the remainder of the day. There
was no general opposition to the meas.
ure, although it carries $44,OOO,OOO, be.
ing $S,OOOO00 more than the largest
naval appropriation bill ever passed
by congress. An attempt to defeat the
provision for a joint arrangement be.
tween the government and the Fitch
burg Railroad company at the Boston
navy yard failed. A point of order
against the provision in the bill rela-
tive to the Encouragement and recon-
struction of the buildings at the naval
academy went over until to-day.
The Senate.
At its session yesterday the senate
adopted q resolution instructing the
vice president Of the United States, as
president of the senate, to express to
the government and people of France
the sympathy Of the senate in, the be-
reavement that has fallen upon the
French republic in the death of Pres,
tdent Faure. The naval personnel bill
for which the navy department has
been contending for so many years
was passed by the senate. 1t was un-
der discussion for several hours but
was passed practically in the form in
Which 1t was reported by the senate
tofore been fully given. The remain
der of the days session was devoted
to passage of bills on the private pen
sion calendar. seventy-four in number,
and to the reading of the Alaska code
bill. The agreement under which the
Alaska bill was read provided that no
other business than the formal reading
should be transacted.
Washington, Feb. 20. - The senate
spent most of the day on the postoftice
appropriation bill, but failed to COM
plete it. After animated discussion of
the pneumatic tube system, Mr. Gull
Ions amendment increasing the ap-
preparation for this purpose and de-
signed to extend the system to Chi
cago, was tabled. The echo of the old
star route developments was heard
when several senator's criticised the
method by which combination of
spectators secured the star route con-
tracts. A number of bills of minor
Importance were passed. At 1 O'clock
tributes to tho memory Of the late
Representative Simpkins of Massa-
chusetts, were pronounced.
The House.
the naval appropriation bill without
making any progress, and devoted the
remainder of the session to eulogies
upon the life and public services of
the late Representative Northway of
Ohio. The paragraph in the bill re-
lating to the naval academy against
which Mr.. Mudd of Maryland made a
point of order Friday, was stricken
out, the point of order being sustained.
Mr.. Mudd then moved additional ap-
preparations Of $4,000 for the COM
pletion Of the buildings at the academy
authorized in the last naval bill.
appropriating $2O,OO0,O0O for the pay
ment to Spain under the provisions Of
the treaty Of Paris was passed by the
No amendment was in order and an at
tempt to secure unanimous consent to
offer an amendment declaratory of our
policy not permanently to annex the
islands was objected to. Mr.. Wheeler
of. Kentucky. upon whose point of or
der the appropriation went out of the
sundry civil bill, made the only speech
i'll open hostility to the measure, but
f1n
Democrats, 2 Populists and Silver
Republican - voted against it. The
votes of 219 members were cast for it,
The senate bill to reimburse the gov
ernors OF states for expenses paid by
the states in organizing the volunteers
for service in the war with Spain be-
fore their muster into the service III
the war was also passed With suspen-
sion of the rules. The bill appropriate
ing 100000 for the Pan-American ex-
position to be held at Buffalo, N. Y.
in 1901 was before the house when alb
sence Of a quorum compelled an ad-
journment.
The senate.
During almost six hours yesterday
afternoon the postoffice appropriation
bill was under discussion in the SEN
ate, the time being consumed largely
by Mr.. Butler of North Carolina and
Mr.. PetHgrew Of South Dakota in an
amendment providing that the postal
commission should present its final re-
port to congress by March 1, 1900.
Failing, after many trials, to obtain
unanimous consent for the insertion Of
the amendment in the bill, Mr.. Butler
permitted 1t to come to q vote. 1t was
defeated-27 to 10. Agreement was
reached to vote on the bill and the
amendment at 2 o'clock to-day.
At 2 o'clock Mr.. Hawley, chairman
of the military affairs committee,
moved to take up the army reorganiza-
ton bill, unanimous consent having
been refused to take up the measure
without displacing the unfinished bust
ness-the anti-scalping bill. Mr.. Haw-
ley's motion prevailed-44 to &c, thus
making the army bill the unfinished
business. It is agreed that this action
disposes finally of the anti-scalping bill
for the present session.
Washington. Feb % - Formal dis.