Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-09

the ground that We have no right to traf-
tic in the future of tho Cuhaus. lie do
Clarcd there had been no occasion for the
appointment of the board because the ID
minstration of tho war department by
Gen. Algcr had been clean handed. the
vote WAS then taken on the amendment
and it WAS CARR q ~ to II.
Those voting in tho negative Were:
Allison, Fairbanks, Frye Hanna, Haw-
ley, Morgan. Plat of Connecticut Platt
of New York Ross, Sewcll. Spooner.
Mr.. Tilman offered amendment which
WIS adopted. providing that the act Of
Jan. y, 1899 be SO amended as to author
ize the payment of the legal heirs or re-
personalities OF the officers or men who
have died or may hereafter die in the SER
vice, the extra pay duo them under the
law.
The bill as amended was then passed
without division.
The conference report on the Tampa,
Fla, public building measure was agreed
to. The bill as agreed upon carries an
appropriation of S250,000
Mr. Frye of Maine, called up the confer
ence report on the river and harbor bill
Pending its consideration the conference
report on the Alaska criminal code bill
was presented ana agreed to. 1t now goes
to tho President.
The river and harhor bill was again Ia
Senate. While he was still speaking Mr..
Mantle entered a motion to rocommit the
bill to the conference committee with the
idea of securing "a recession of the House
conferces on the Mississippi reservoir
proposition. This motion aroused MI
Frye, in charge of the bill and he took
the door and made an inpas stoned though
brief speech upon the motion. He said:
Il am tired of sitting here listening to
complaints of the work of conference
committees. I've served on many of them
and wish ] might never have to serve
on another. The Senate conferees made Il
hard fight for this amendment and we
even sought an agreement with the House
cCnferecS after an agreement upon all
other projects had been reached but they
absolutely declined to yield.
Now we come here with the best agree
ment we could obtain and fight is begun
ON this bill in the last night of the ses-
sion. 1t is simply an attempt to defeat the
measure because individual Senators can
not have their way. Conference commit
tees have hard enough work without being
subjected to castigation when they bring
the result Of their arduous labors into the
Senate"
The motion to rccommit was defeated
by vote Of Al to -. Mr. Stewart Mr.
Wilson ana Mr.. Warren then spoke in
favor of the reservoir proposition.
Al 7.
another conference on the District Of Co
lumbla appropriation bill was acceded tc
by the Senate.
A partial report on the sundry civil APP
preparation bin was agreed to but the in
ability of the Senate conferees t. secure
an agreement on the Hawaiian cable pro
position created heated discussion il
the course of which Speaker Reed was
alluded to in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS terms.
Toledo
appropriation of $4,000 was passed with
ont debate.
Tonight when the river and harbor con
ference report was presented "A debate
upon tire recession of the Senate confer
ocs from the Senate amendment proVidins
tor reservoirs to irrigatc arid lands at th'
hcadwaterS Of the Missouri river was pre-
cpitatod by the advocates of the PROPOSE
ton. An effort was made to recommi
the bill to the confcrccs but it failed af
ter an imprisoned speech by Senator Fry
who submitted the report.
At / $50 the debate was still in progress
with no Indications of an early conclusion
| At o'clock MIR. Morgan offered a join
resolution which he believed would deter
mine the pending controversy over the ir
riGation proposition.
The resolution provided that all publ
lands claSsed as arid or scmi-arid in tn
several States be granted to the State
Ill WnlCn the lands are ana the net pro
| ccods Of those lands when sold or lease
be applied by the States to the purpose
of irrigation.
Mr. Tillman objected to the considera
ton of the resolution.
Mr. Tillman announced that he did no
propose to allow anything to he done s
long as he could object until the pondn
report on the river and harbor bill wa
disposed of.
AT 40 a. m. Mr. Warren yielded to Nj
fettigrew, who spoke in support of the il
rigation amendment.
AT ! 80 Mr., Mantle interrupted Mr., Wal
rem. who had resumed his speech and no,
ed the absence of a quorum. A call of Tn
roll developed the presence of 81 senators
Mr. Mantle then renewed his motion t
recommit the report to the conferees but
was declsiVely defeated