The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-25
TO PASS NEXT CONGRESS
THE CAROLINAS, MISSISSIPPI.
LOUISIANA AFFECTED.
PRlTcHARO's ARGUMENT FOR EwART
An Appeal for Putting Back the Appropriation
for Cleaning Out the Tributaries Of the
Dismal Swamp. Two Billion
Dollar Congress.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 24.-(Special.)
The Senate has put back in the Post
office Appropriation Bill the item OF
171,23S.75 for the Southern fast mail
subsidy. The House, it will be remem
bered, struck this out 1t was said to-
day that the fight on this amendment
will be renewed when the bill is re-
ported from the conference committee.
Your correspondent was informed to-
day that the several bills for public
buildings in North Carolina will have to
go over till next Congress. Speaker Reed
does not like the cry of 'billien dollar
Congress" and this Congress will be al
most two billion dollar Congress.
And therefore public buildings will have
to wait.
1t was reported this evening that no
vote will be had on the Ewart contirnla-
ton this session. Senator Butler, it Is
said, will not consent to fix time for
: the vote. In the event of failure to
dispose of the Ewart case this Congress
the President will have to act. II he re-
appoints him the whole matter will have
to be gone over again, for with the re-
organization of the Senate judiciary
Committee, it will in all probability be
reconstructed.
Senators Pritchard, of North Caro-
lima. and Martin, of Virginia. have ap-
pealed to Senator Frye, who has charge
of the River and Harbor Appropriation
Bill, to put back in the bill the appro-
priation of $4,000 for clearing ont the
tributaries to the Dismal Swamp. Sena-
tor Pritchard is quite sanguine that his
will be DONE If not by the Senate then
he will make the fight to have it done
in conference.
On Tuesday Senator Pritchard, so
your correspondent is informed, made
a two hours argument in favor OF the
confirmation of Judge Ewart. Men like
Senators German and Mason say it was
the strongest argument they ever listen
ed to in favor of confirmation. The
chances of vote on the Ewart case ;trc
exceedingly doubtful although Senator
Butler is quoted as saying that vote
win be had before the fourth OF Marcn.
According to report to-day North
Carolina public building bills will have
to go over till next Congress. Represen-
tative Skinner, however, who is IN I'M
her of the Committee ON Public Build
ings and Grounds, feels quite confident
that building for Elizabeth City will
be authorized before adjournment. He
is certainly making hard fight for it.
Senator Butler is insisting ON an APP
preparation of SS,500-the amount re-
commended by the Board of Engineers
for widening, deepening and strengthen
ing the channel of Town Creek in
Brunswick county. Last year The Sen
ate secured the passage or bill al
fhorizing a survey of Town Crack. He
says this is an important mater and
that the people i'm that section lave
been petitioning Congress for this work
for years. He believes Congress viii
make the appropriation.
In the next Congress the Republicans
will press bill to reduce the apportion-
ment of all States. in the matter Of rep
resentation, that have laws which dis
franchise any of its citizens. The bill
is aimed at Louisiana, South Carolina
and Mississippi, and 1t will also affect
North Carolina. 1t will also affect
some Northern and Western States but