The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-01

beaumont, IeAdS, WAS DdSSct.
The following House bills providing
for public buildings were then passed
Brunswick, Ga, $4,000; Elizabeth
City, n. c., $4,000.
The bill for a public building at
Tampa. Fla, was passed. the limit of
cost being fixed at $350.000, and Il con-
ference with the House requested.
Mr.. Perkins (Cali), reported the For
t;tications Appropriation Bill and it was
placed on the calendar.
At $40 p. m., the Senate went into
executive session.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-There was a
large attendance in the Hall when the
House met to-day.
The 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, Rep. Neb.l chairman of
the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, then called up the special order
setting aside to-day for the cOnsidera-
ton of public buildings bills.
He explained the order in which the
committee had decided to call up the
various bills favorably acted upon by
the committee of the whole ten days
ago. SiXty-two bills had been acted
upon. The thirty-nine of the classifica-
ton given preference provided for build
ngs in cities having frStJ-class post
offices, Federal courts or custom house.
and carried S7290.000. The other %
bills carried 1892, 900. He then called
up the first of the bills, that providing
for a public bnilding at Elizabeth City,
n. c.
Mr.. Maddox Dem. Ga.), who has been
opposing the public building bills Sc
cured 20 minutes in which to make a
general statement. He said that he had
led with success the fight against a pub
lie building combine in the Fifty-third
Congress- He contended that in the pres
ent state of the treasury not one of
these bills could stand alone and pass
without the support Of log rolling com
bine. He called attention TO the fact
that the States represented hy the
fifteen members of the committee got
S5,700,000. The Southern = members
however, got only pitiful pittance.
For every dollar they got the Northern
members of the committee got so.
The bill was passed upon division Ill
| to IA. This bill carries $4,000.
\ number of other bills were then
passed, the demand for ayes and noes
being defeated. Among them was
Brunswick. Ga, $4,000
After the passage of this bill Mr. Mad
dox admitted the inability of the small
minority to place the members upon
record. He had done his duty. he said,
and so far as he was concerned he was
now willing to have the rest OF the bills
sent UP in a bunch and passed.
Mr.. DOckery, Dem. Mo-, followed
in the same line. He and his colleagues
were powerless to antagonize the COM
bination supporting these bills They
had the support of the Committee on
Rules, and he would content himself
during the remainder of the day with
voting against each of the bills.
With the remark that if the expert
ence meeting was over he would call
up the next bill, Mr.. Mercer called up
mont. Texas, and the work of passing
the bills concluded as follows:
| Beaumont, Texas, $4,000; Tampa,
Fla, 100000; Abilene, Texas, $4,000;
Macon, Ga, $4,000: Columbus Ga,
| $4,000.
| When the bills of the secondclass were
! reached, beginning with the bill for a
public building at New Iberia, La, Mr..
! Payne, Republican, New York, the floor
leader of the majority, made a twenty
minutes speech i'll opposition to bills of
this class.
Mr. Loud, CRep. CALI, here interposed
partial conference report of the Post
office Appropriation Bill. 1t left unset
! tied the question of fast mail service
! adopted by the Senate, the conferees
reporting that they could not agree on
that item. This precipitated an uneX-
pected contest, as Representative Bank
head. Dem. Ala.), moved to concur in
the Senate amendments as to special
facilities.
! Messrs Catchings, CDem. Miss);
Moon. Dem. Tenn.), and others support
ed the amendment, and Messrs. Bron-
wen, tRep. Ohio; Green, Pop. Neb.),
and others opposed it as Subsidy"
The motion to concur in the Senate
amendment was then agreed to. 116 to
"a, on Il standing vote. and the ayes and
noes were taken. The vote resulted AZ
to SO, thus finally adopting the special
mail amendments of the Senate and also
making a complete agreement on the
Postoffice Appropriation Bill,
The amendments adopted by the Sen
: ate and not concurred in, provide for
necessary and special facilities on the
trunk lines from New York and Wash
ington to Atlanta and New Orleans.
$171 ,23S." ut the discretion of the Post
master General for similar facilities
from Kansas City to Newton, Kansas,
$4,000. The House then returned to
public building bills.
i The following additional bills We're
passed:
New Iberia, La, $4,000; Bristol
Tenn. $4,000; Admission, Ala, $4,000;
Winston, n c.. $4,000
The only bill defeated was that pro-
viding for building at Bluefeld, w.
| Va.
At 6:10 p. m, the House adjourned
until IL O'Clock tomorrow.
\ FIGHT AGAINST SAMPSON.
| Washington, Feb. 2S.-Another un-
successful effort was made in the exc
cutive session of the Senate to-day to
confirm the nominations advancing Adj
mirals Sampson and Schley and other
officers who participated in the Santa
90 campaign. This result was due TO