The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-04
MADE SLOW PROGRESS
SENATE AND HOUSE FOUGHT ron
POINTS OF VANTAGE THROUGH
OUT THE NIGpp
CONFERENCES ARE IN ORDER

AT An Early Hour This Morning, H.
Dehciency, the Naval and the
River and HarbOr Bills Were still
in the Hands of the Conferees-
Sundry Civil and District of co
iumbia Bills Unsettled.
-, The proceedings of the day sessions Of
page g. - ~ upo"
WASHINGTON, March AT
O'Clock the conferees agreed to report
announcer disagreement on the armor
plate and the battleship amendments
or the senate on the naval bill. They
agreed upon all the other provisions.
Ihesa two items will be submitted
to vote of the senate.
AT 3:20 a. m. the senate adopted tha
conference report on the river and har-
DOT Dill. 1t now goes to the house.
WASHINGTON, March AT this
hour (2:50 a. m.) conferences are being
held on the deficiency, the naval and
the river and harbor bills, while the
sundry civil and the District of Colum-
ola bills are still unsettled.
Excitement, confusion, heavy strain
ana hard work have characterized this
the last legislative day of the Fifty
sixth congress in the senate. At times
the confusion was SO great i'm this
usually stald and decorous body as to
render the transaction of business al
most impossible. Business that ordi-
narily would have had the undivided
attention of every senator on the floor
was transacted amidst so much noise
that 1t was next to impossible to fol-
low the proceedings.
towards midnight order was being
evolved from the seeming chaos of the
early part of the day and evening. and
the prospect was fair that congress
would adjourn at noon tomorrow with
It's absolutely necessary work COM
pleted
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Tonight, when the river and harbor
conference report was presented, de-
bate upon the recession of the senate
conferees from the senate amendment
providing for reservoirs to irrieate arid
lands at the headwaters of the Mis-
sourl river was precipitated by the
advocates of the proposition.
An effort was made to recomnit the
Dill to the ccnferees, but 1t failed after
an 1mpassicned speech by Senator
Frye, who submitted the report
The motion to recommit was defeat
ed, Al to 25, as follows:
-Yeas-Allen, Carter. Chandler chilton
Clark. Gallinger. Gear, Hansbrough. Heit-
1elo. Jones Nev.), Kenney, McLaurin. Man
tle Mason. Mills. Pettigrew, Rawlins, Roach
Shoup Simon. Stewart, Thurston, Turner,
Warren, Wilscn-25.
Nays-Allison. Bate. Berry. Burrows, But
Ter. Gallery. Clay, Cockrell, Cuilom, Davis.
Deboe, Elkins. Fairbanks, Foraker. FRYE.
Gray. Hale Hawley, Lindsay, Lodge. Nc
Bride. McEnery, Martin, Money, Morgan.
Murphy. Nelson. Pasco, Perkins. Petfus
Platt, Comm. Quay. Ross. Sewel Smith.
spooner. Teller. Tillman. Turley, Wellington,
,White-4.-.
:. A motion by Mr., Hansbrough that
the senate go into executive session
was defeated. 4S to- a.
The senate at 2 o'clock committed
the river and harbor bill to the confer
ence committee.
SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. March S.-when the
house met at o'clock, after the re-
cess, notwithstanding the drenching
rain outside, great crowds had con-
gregated in the galleries to witness the
closing scenes. The hall was bril-
liantly Illuminated, and a large ma
jority of the members were In their
seats. AS none of the big conference
reports were ready, another recess was
taken until $50 p. m.
When the house convened, the final
conference report upon the bill to codi-
fy the criminal laws of Alaska was
adopted.
The motion to concur in senate
amendment for government armor fac
tory was lost, SS to 127, and the naval
bill returned to conference.
Resolutions to give some house enl-
pioyes extra compensation developed
some good -natured debate, which cul-
minated finally in a sharp exchange
between Mr.. Grosvenor and, Mr.. Tai
bert Dem., S. D.. But the ire dis
played on both sides cooled rapidly,
and the incident closed with assur-
ances of distinguished consideration
on both sides.
The house passed the army appro-
priation bill with all senate amend
ments, and the bill now goes to the
president.
The house took a recess until 2:45 a.
m. During the recess the congress-
men joined in lively chorus of Hail
Columbia and other patriotic songs.