The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02
THERE WILL Be NO
EXTRA SESSION
..
The House Passes Compromise Army
Reorganization Bill.
The VOTE STOOD 2O3 TO 80
General Deficiency Appropriation Bill
2 Passed UHder Suspension Of Rules.
DEWEY.WILL BE MADE AN ADMIRAL
- of Many Important Matters-The
.--- River and Harbor Bill Wes
-. Sent to Conference.

2 Washington. March 1.-The last lingering
possibility of an extra session of congress
disappeared today when the the house
passed the senate reorganization bill. Very
considerable and vigorous opposition to the
acceptance of the senate bill was voiced
on both sides of the hall and for time
1t appeared possible that the bill would not
secure the necessary two-thlrds to pass
it under suspension of the rules. But the
republican leaders, Messrs, Henderson,
6irSsvenor and Cannon came to its support
on the republican SIDE and Mr.. Bailey, the
/, democratic leader, threw the weight of his
influence in favor of the bill on the demo-
cratic side, arguing that it provided for
only temporary increase of the army,
which would be made permanent II con-
'gress Were convened in extra session
Another big element in the vote was MI.
Hull's recital OF a statement made by the
president TO him that he would not con-
strue section II as authority to conscript
the minority in volunteer organizations,
which should elect to remain in the service.
-. Many Important Matters
.. II. now goes to the president. The decks
matters. The general deficiency appropria-
ton bill, carrying $21,OSs,OOo, was passed
+. under suspension of the rules without
word of criticism. This is the last of the
appropriation bills The senate amend
ments Ito the river and harbor bill were
non-concurred in and it was sent to Con-
ference, the friends of the Nicaragua canal
amendment having decided to postpone
their fight until the conference report. The
conference, report of the omnibus claims
bills, the naval personnel and many other
less important measures were agreed to.
The senate bill, making Dewey full adj
miral, was. passed. The bill now goes to
the president for his signature. There was
considerable excitement on the floor in an
ticipation of desperate fight upon the
Nicaragua canal amendment to the river
and harbor bill. Immediately after the
reading of the journal, the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil bill were non-con-
Cured in and the bill was sent to confer
.ence. Messrs. Cannon (rep., Ill.); Moody
rep, Massey, and Dockery (dem, No.,
were appointed. conferees.
To Pay Certain Judgments
Mr.. Mahon (rep., Pa.), chairman of the
committee on. war claims presented the
conference report upon the bill to pay GER
tain Judgments of the court of claims under
the Bowman and Tucker acts. AS 1t passed
the house the bill carried 81 ,1S9, 900. The
senate placed upon it what is known as
030, 0O0. Over 81, 100000 of the increase were
Bowman and Tucker act claims, 81 055 900
were French spoilation claims and $4S2 900
were miscellaneous claims. The confer
ence report reduced the total carried by the
bill to $780, 600.
Mr. T Cal +lA
ence report and the claims it carried as to
the French spoilation claims. He said If
there ever existed any equity in them it had
disappeared. No one, he said, could read
the veto of the message of that great man.
Mr.. Cleveland without recognizing this
name provoked some jeers from the demo-
cratic side.
Gentlemen may jeer," said Mr.. Loud,
turning upon them, "but Mr.. Cleveland had
the courage of his convictions, the greatest
factor in making great man."
Defended the Report
Mr. Richardson, democrat, Tennessee, one
of the conferees, defended the conference
report. The house conferees adopted the
French spoilation claims and the miscel-
laneous claims which had all heretofore
been passed by the house, some of them as
many as three times. All the state claims.
had been rejected, and the conferees, he
said, presented a clean cut bill which dealt
Justly with both sections.
After further debate the conference re-
port was adopted, was also the confer
ence report upon the naval personnel bill.
" Mr. Burton, chairman of the river and
harbor committee, then secured recogni-
ton, and under suspension of the rules
moved to nonconcur in the senate amend
ments to the river and harbor bill and re-
quest a conference. In reply to a question
Mr. Burton said that the action of his COM
mittee was unanimous. The friends of the
canal amendment We're satisfied with his
motion. The motion carried without d.
vision. Messrs. Burton, republican. of
Ohio; Reeves of Illinois, and Catchings.
democrat, of Mississippi were appointed
conferees.
The conference report upon the census
bill was adopted.