The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23

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ring the recent var, and providing
that the Presideai should preseei %
her . gold medal, WAS PASSED. A bill
also passed providing for the aduis-
sion 10 the Naval Academy IS q cadet.
OF Oscar W. Deisnkn, one Of the Mer-
rimac herosa
FoKTr-SrNTH DaY.-Ths army re-
organization bill WAS reported 10 the
Senate. snd Hawiey. of Connecticut.
ehairmaa OF the military Affairs com
miifee, gave notice that be would move
to proceed TO its consideration q, the
earliest possible time The naval per.
sonpel bili.was taken up and read, bu, 70
effort Was made to proceed further
with its consideration. The Military
academy appropriation bill vas passed.
The postofiice appropriation bill vas
under consideration during the greater
part OF the afternoon. and as not dis.
posed OF finally. A spirited debate
occurred over the amendment Of the
Senate committee providing for an APP
rropriation TO secure 8 fast mail service
between New York aud Washington.
aud Atlanta and New Orleans. The
amendment was retained in the bill.
Morgan offered the Nicaraguan Canal
bill as An amendment to the river and
harbor bill, and had il referred to III.
committee on commerce, now considers
ing that measure. The bill offered by
Senator Morgan is Substantially the
Hepburn bill offered in the House.
with some notifications
FIFrIETH DAY.-The Senate adopted
resolution instructing the Vice Presi.
dent Of the United States and Pre.i.
dent OF the Senate, to express TO the
povornn and tha A. n
the sympathy of the Senate in the
bereavement that has fallen upon the
French republic in the death Of Presi.
dent Fsure. The naval personnel bill
for which the Navy Department has
been coutending for so many wears.
was passed by the Senate 1t was uu.
der discussions for several hours, but
was passed practically in the form il
which 1t was reported by the Senate
committee. The remainder of the day's
session was devoted to the passage of
bills on the private pension calendar,
"A In number, and to the reading Of the
Alaska Code bill. The agreement un-
der hich Alaska bill was drawn pro.
vlded that no other business than the
formal reading should be transacted.
FIFTY-FIRsT DAY. Senate spent
most OF the day on the postoffice ap-
preparation bill, but failed to complete
1t. A spirited controversy arose over
the Senate amendment that star route
bidders shall reside on the route where
the service IS to ba performed. The
amendment was allowed to stand with
a suggestion from Jones, of Arkansas,
that the conferees provide against sub
letting of star route bids. A number
OF bills of minor importance were
passed carly In the day. At 4 O'Clock
tribute tc the memory of the late Rep
resentative Simpkins, of Massachu-
setts, were pronounced.
FIFTY-sECOND DAY.-During almost
SIX hours the postofi e appropriation
bill was under discuss or II the Senate.
The army reorganization bill was taken
up and made the unfinished business.
When the appropriation biz was called
up Butler proposed al amendment re-
duclng the amount paid to railroads
for transportation Of mail from s33, =
215, 900 to $50, 500, 000. Tillman offered
Oh amendment providing that mail
boxes be erected along star routes to
he maintained by the people. Adopted.
THE HOUSE.
FIFTIETH DAY.-The House settled
the fate of the Nicaragua Canal
bill in this Congress b. re-
fusing to override the decision of the
chair IN committee of the whole, when
the chair held that the canal bill offer
ed as an amendment to the sundry civ
II bill by Mr.. Hepburn was out of order.
The chair was sustained by a vote of
1877 to 1o9. The reading of the sundry
civil bill was continued. The appro-
10 fny. <hA
mission was increased from 800, 900 to
s9o, 600 on motion OF the appropriation
committee. After completing ten ad-
ditional pages of the bill the committee
rose. The conference report on the
Newport News, Va, public building
bill, which increased the appropriation
from S., 900 to 800, 900 was adopted.
FIFTY-1sT DAY.-Two very sensation
vi and unexpected things happened in
the House during the consideration of
the sundry civil bill. The paragraph
carrying the appropriation of 800, 600, =
600 for payment to Spain under the
terms of the peace treaty was stricken
out upon point of order made by
Wheeler, Democrat. Hopkins, Re-
pcblioan, of Illinois, who was in the
chair, sustained the point of order
against it and upon an appeal his do
cision was sustained, 149 to Sc. After
the sundry civil bill had been COM
pleted and referred to the Honse, Hep
burn, of Iowa, the champion of the
Nicaragua canal bill, moved to re-
commit with instructions to report it
back with the canal bill incorporated
In 1T. This was an unexpected move,
as it was generally under TODD that
Hepburn had abandoned all hope. The
motion was promptly declared ont OF
order by the speaker, whereupon Hep
burn appealed. Payne, of New York,
moved to lay the appeal on the table.
Upon the latter motion the vote was
taken and the result was 81 ayes to 81
noes. As no quorum was developed on
the vote owing to the lateness of the
hour they managed to carry an adjourn
ment.
FIFTY-sECoND DAY.-In the House q
bill was passed authorizing the Presi-
| dent to appoint Eve additional cadets
at-large to the Naval Academy. The
regular order" was then demanded.
This was the vote upon the motion
made just prior to adjournment the day
before to Law upon the table the appeal
| from the decision of the chair where
upon the Speaker ruled that Hepburn's
motion to recommit the sundry civil
bill, with Instructions to incorporate
in it the Nicaragua Canal bill amend
ment, was not in order. The chair was
sustained, and the appeal laid on the
table. The sundry civil bill was then
passed. The House then went into
committee of the whole and took mp the
naval appropriation bill. The bill as
reported carried s44, l6s, COS. exceeding
by IS, AS, 546 the largest bill ever re-
ported by the naval committee. An
attempt to defeat the provision for .
joint arrangement between the govern
ment and the Fitchburg Railroad Com
pany, at the Boston navy yard, failed.
A point of order against the provision
In the bill relative to the re-arrsnes-
ment and reconstruction OF the Naval
Academy went over. At the night ses-
sion of the House 81 private pension
bills were passed. none of special i'm
portance.