The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-21
ARMY BILL Is TAKEN Up.
The Negative Votes Nearly All From
the Democrats and FoputESts-
fostafffee Appropriation Hiit Dis
places IL by Unanimous Consent.

WASHINGTON. Fen. 2s-waea tae
senate eoaveae6 Today. Chandler entered
a motion - reconsider 1he vUxa ~ wE13ca
tie aava. personnel bib was pAsss1, and
that the measure ta recalled s~ssza tbe
house ia order that some errors uslSai ~
corrected. The order Vas made.
*ss' as'a set1sry4 $3.50 ssas@eEe - 3 Fes~si2
ton calling upon ttse ssecgetasy q war fac
detailed Information. as % The cost - ths
army lss1ier tAe proposed HAL ols
Tsaa house Amendment - the asu All
taaFl@-yR tao president 10 appoint cadets
- t1s naval academy was conc2Tred r-
Consideration ul the pos -of&ce agpE0pgi-
af-on ball was t1ea resumed. ana H-.sier
resumed his argument foY Tie reduction
~ <@-te.te9 = tse amount paid for sa@,-
rp4a mai trans oytat5as,
Chandler og New Hampshire opposed
tl4t amendment Kgu-ser offered. and sad
BE could se@ 80 wsS1gGn N Withholding
1rogn tae railroads the amount t3ey are
10 Dc paid ul.1e. existing laws, Thus Gre
atinS q deficiency aGic.s wogl3 have - oe
paid lie wac, inclined - believe that the
sum 9a4d railroads for MAJ transportation
:" as too hisA, bat lAaI she point should
Ia established before action.
In Brief reply 20 Baiier. A.Iisaa said
after q pretty careful examination ~ the
subject, lie VAS convinced thai many rail-
rcssds u TIE country actually received
less for the transportation q mai than
they ought 70 receive lie be}seved ta.s
applied 30 majority Of railroad mileage
OF tAs country. although 4 night ~ true
that some " ina 1aes received too large
an amount He declared tie adoption Of
tins amendment would &c a great injustice.
1T ia4s posnt Chandler withdrew bis mo
ton 70 reconsider the naval personnel hill.
At clock the vice president lad befors
the senate the unfinished business {tAe an
a-scalpiuS bs.l1
Cl.lom. in charge of the measure. asked
70 lay X aside temporarily. To THIS PETIT
grew objected.
Hawley. chairman q the committee on
military affairs, asked Unanimous consent
10 proceed with tbs army reorgaRIGa1 !oa
DIX without dlsplaetag the unfinished bust
ness To this Petugrew also objected
liaw.ey then moved 70 lake Up tile army
bill. the effect Of the motioa. II carried. be-
lax 10 dispiaca the unfinished business.
Cuilon made N appeal to the senate not
20 dlsplace the unfinished business, bat
again Pettigrew objected
The senate then voted. ii to Is, 10 proceed
with tie army bill. the detailed vote being
as follows:
Yeas-Allison. Baker. Carter. Chandler.
Dawes u'ehoe, Eik.ns, Foraker. GaaIngar,
Gear, Hanna. Hansbrough. Harris, uaw-
ley, Hoar. kenney. Lindsay. Lodge, Mo
Bride. Mcmillan, Mallory. Mantle. Mason.
Morgan. Murphy. Ne&soa PaSco. pearose.
Perkins Plait 90 Connec ticut Flatt Of New
York. Pritchard. Proctor, Ross. s.wel.
shoup. Simon. SpooneT, Stewart Thurston.
Warren. Wellington, Wilson, WoIcott. TO-
tai. ~
Nays-Ailsn, Bate. Berry. Butler. Chiffon.
Clay, CockTell. Daniel German. Heftfeld,
Jones of Arkansas acEnery. Martin. Mills
Mitchell. Money. Peitigrew, Pettus. Quay,
Rawlns Roach. Sullivan. Teller. Tulmaa.
TURKEY. White. Total Il.
The reading Of the Huli-Hawlev bin was
begun after the president had decided that
Butler. who had been addressing the sem
ate. Lost his right to the floor By the ac-
ton Of the senate.
Hawiey insisted on proceeding with the
bill, as Il was = measure os immense i'm
poTtance. lie announced that he pro-
posed To accept no conditions except those
OF unconditional surrender
At the conclusion ~ he reading Of the
bill Quay asked Unanimous consent tina:
the army bin be laid ASIDE tenporar3!v.
ard that the consideration of the most
odiee appropriation BIZ: oe resumed. There
was 20 objection
Til'inan offered an amendment provid~
tng that star route contractors b.. re-
CURED 20 collect from and deposit In boxes
erected along their routes mail matter.
'he boxes IL ne maintained hy the people
along the route. Tho amendment was
agreed to.
Butler again resumed his argument
against the large amounts paid railroads
for NAL transportation.
After speaking Ger AZ hour. Butler Yield
"a 20 PettisTew. who addressed tire eep4te
IN favor % BuGler'S amendment. directing
The postal commission 70 make aaal re-
port on March T. 1880 He said this amend
merit was Objected 70 because It was d.
sired 70 exteud the commissions existence
beyond tae next presidential campaign He
declared that this was 70 De done IN order
that millions OF dollars Tor Republican
campaign purposes man; Be gotten from
shs railroad corporation
4. o'clock Butler again asked unani-
nous consent fnr the accepting AZ hls
amendment terminating the existence or
the postal commission by March T. feo
Objection was made. aa1 Butter sneged the
amendment. +hEis bringing /; - vote. II
Nas defeated y 70 g.
An agreement was reached that cousitf-
Grafton - the Bill should 80 resumed rot
later than ] a'c59ck tomorrow. and th3*
GDal vote tsro1 tS@ measure are3 pending
nene-1in3anr be fakea a. 0.ci sek. without
8asg'Aclnx tHe unfinished bus.ue4Ss~,ae
army resraur' N s:2n BID
Frye o. Maine wavs natIce tHat 10 wool5
~11 up the river and harseor oiI TIA Tn1rs-
day
Frve presented an amendment - the
saaa~y esyt3 t:t Prov 1ng FIR tb~ lay1nG
- pa-lae ca1ie A. tae ra4uee, ~
Chandler FIVE exa3a5ee1 trleay the pro-
v.aoH= ~ ths amendment.
53s4se sa.8 authorizing t1s secretary Il
taa tafaF7.r ~ reuf or iss@e PORTIONS -
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