The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-03-03
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.


aarbor bill Good progress was made 80 pages
| having been disposed of, with the exception
)ne amendment. The bills under cOnSidera-
| zion will be resumed Friday at IL o'clock
HOUSE-The naval appropriation bill finally
passed the house Thursday afternoon, after
our days Of acrimonious debate, most OF
which was spent upon the que sion OF rehaD-
.tating the naval academy at Annapolis in &C
,ordance with the scheme inaugurated by the
appropriation of half million in the laS
laval b Ill and the proposition to increase the
| maximum price to be paid for armOr plate tc
S040 per ton, existing law limiting it to S400
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-SENATE-AmOns
The bills passed Friday were the following
Authorizing the legislative assembly of the
territory of New Mexico to create an additional
indebtedness for the completion and furnish
| ing of the territorial capitol; authorizing re
| survey of certain lands in Cheyenne county
Nebraska. Consideration of the river anc
| narbOr bill was then resumed.
HOUSE-After a session of nearly eight hours
Friday the senate Friday evening at 6:3
o'clock passed the river and harbor bill By the
decisive vote of 80 to 81. The measure was IN
| der consideration throughout the day and or
| several of the committee amendments deter
| mined fight was made. but in every
stance the opposition aYailed nothing
| The sharpest contest arose over the Nicaragus
| canA bill amendment.
| WASHINGTON. Feb 27.--SENATE-After two
| o
/ the calendar Saturday, the senate at l O'CLOCK
| began the consideration Of the compromise
| army reorganization bill which had beer
| agreed uron by the members of the military
| affairs committee The objection &c
| the bill Is a permanent increase of the
army bills passed: Approprlating $3.50 900 for
| the purchase OF site for the Carnegie library
in the city of Washing ton; enabling the city
| OF Albuquerque, n. NJ. 10 create certain il
| debtedneSS; authorizing he construction o.
| three bridges across the Conecuh river, nav
| igable stream in EScambia county, Alabama.
| HOUSE-The house continued work on the
| army appropriation bill Saturday. but failed tC
| complete it. Considerable animosty was de-
| velOped during the debate and there were
| sharp passages between Mr.. GrOSvenor an0
| Mr.. Cannon on one hand and MeSSrs. Simpson
| (Kan.) and Cochran (Mo.) on the other.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-SENATE-The re-
| public n members of the senate military COM
mtttee have agreed to accept the German
amendment to the army reorganization bill.
| The army reorganization bill passed the SEN
/ ate at 7U5 Monday evening by vote of 50 to
| -. Monday night the senate took up the sun
dry civil bill and completed its reading. all the
committee amendments being agreed to ex-
cept those relating to the district of Columbia.
The bill was then laid aside to be completed
Tuesday.
| HOUSE-The house was in session seven
| hours Monday and sent to the senate two ap-
| preparation billS-the army. which has been
under consideration fer several days and the
| Notifications. The former carried about S79-
100000 and the latter approximately S47.000,0)0-
The final conference report upon the Indian
| appropriation bill was also adopted. The only
| amendment of Importance attached to the
army bill was one giving two months extra
| pay to enlisted men in the regular army who
| served beyond the limits of the United
| States during the with Spain, and
| n those W n
| The United States. The discussion of the adj
| illustrations policy relative to the Philip
| pines, which has been occupying the attention
| OF the members to the exclusion of almost
| everything else during the consideration of ap-
| preparation bills for the last two weeks was
| continued Monday. several speeches being
made on the subject Mr.. Dockerey MOI, the
| leading democrat on the appropriations COM
mittee. asserted that the appropriations for
this congress would reach $4,000 5000,
| WASHINGTON March L-SESATE-A frenzy
| of bill passing was on the senate Tuesday.
| The bills passed were principally public build
| ing measures and at times during the day and
night. the scenes in the senate were remarSa-
| bic. Senators. usually staid and digni-
| fed. SticklerS for order and decorum
| in the chamber. clamOred for con-
| sideratiOn of bills providing for the
| erection of government buildings in which
| they were interested Late in the afternoon
| house as received by the senate. Instantly
confusion reigned. Senators crowded about
| the clerks desk and began to sort over the
| bills from the house, picking them out as they
| found their own. if they were
! choosing valentines from a bargain counter.
| Bills carrying an aggregate of eight or
| ten millions of dollars were passed and many
| more that had not been passed by both houses
| of congress were placed as amendments on the
sundry civil appropriation bill The suhdrJ
| civil bill was passed at 11:15 Tuesday nigh1
| having been technically under consideration
| throughout the day and evening.
HOUSE-The house spent practically the ere
| tire time of the seven-hour session Tuesday
passing the public building bills favorably act
| ed upon by the committee on the whole Thu
opposition sought in vain to consume time b.
roll calls and other ilibustering tactics at
| rious times Tuesday but their numbers wera
| so slim that in no case could they secure roll
| call. At last their efforts5to impede the pass
| age of the bills was abandoned and they weTI
passed with great rapidity. Sixty-Cne bills il
| all were passed carrying S9.352O)O
| S7500O0 of which however Ghe amoun
| appropriated for the New York custom houses
is to be repaid from the proceeds of the sale cI
| the old building. Only one bill failed that az
prOpriating SIS, 00) for a building at Bluetield
| w. Va. The conference report upon the posi-
| office appropriation bill agreeing to the senate
| amendment making an appropriation for thu
| SOuIueTu HAL SUBSIDY was duOpIeU.
| WASHINGTON, March 2-SENATE-The naya
| appropriation bill was passed Wednesday
| ternoOn. The price to be paid by the govern.
| ment for armor plate was fixed in the bill az
$500 ton reduction of the amount fixed by
| the house Of S145 a ton. In addition the Secre.
| tary of the navy was authorized. in the even
| Of the refusal of the armor plate COM
| panies to supply armor at $500 ton, to proceed
| to the construction of an armor factory to cos
81, 800 900. and placing in the secret ary'S con-
| troll 81, OO0O00 with which to operate the gov
| eminent plant. The senate adopted reSolu-
| tiOns of regret at the death of Lord HerSchen
| and concluded the days session by prOnounc-
| ing eulogies upon the late Representative
| Dingley.
| HOUsE-The senate army reorganization bill
| was pass ed Wednesday, The decks were alst
| cleared of many other important matters. The
| general deficiency appropriation bill. carrying
| with it s2l0S9, 0O0 was passed under suspension
| of the rules without a word of criticism. This
| is the last of the appropriation bills. The sen
| ate amendments 10 the river and harbO