The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-26

involved in an ex-Assistant Postmaster
General taking service with a corpora.
ton, but with the question wt1eti1sr the
tribe service was valuable in expecting
the mails. He earnestly favored .he eX-
tension of the service. The Pos tina ster-
Geuerai. ne said. had said that tliis SER
vice could be extended TO twenty-seveni
cities for s25oo.coo. and for compensation
very reasonable.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman OF The Apprc-
priations Committee. opposed Inc item.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Neon. Of
Tennessee. providing for The entire s:imi-
nation of the paragraph, vas adopted
81 10 80.
When the paragraph relating IL rGil-
way mail service was reached. Mr.. Taw-
ncy, Of Minnesota. offered as 9 subsii-
tute for it his bill for the rcciassitica-
ton of railway mail clerks. Which divides
the clerks into ten cl1sses. .iie highest
to receive s1.s00 per anrum. aa3 2rov'ffs
q general system OF promotion. While
this subject was under cts2':ssion the
conference aeiea for by en7 Senate on
the Foraker resolution was agreed to, and
Messrs. Cooper of Wisconsin. Cannon Of
Illinois, and Jones OF Virginia. We're ap-
pointed conferrees.
Mr. Da}zell, of Pennsylvania, who was
in the chair. finally ruled the Tawney
amendment out Of order.
Without completing the bill the House,
at sos p NJ, adjourned.
In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-After brief
debate to-day the Senate agreed to the
conference report on the Hawaiian civil
government bill, the provisions relating
to the right of franchise and lE1prison-
1nent for debt having been amended TO
conform TO the ideas OF the Senate.
rT-l,, bill
PASSED, carrying little over S3tO0,G COS 1t
aroused no discussion of consequence. al
though the committee amendments reddc-
ing the amounts appropriated Tor farm
ers' bulletins and for the distribution or
seeds were disagreed to.
The resolution declaring Nathan g.
Scott to be entitled to his seat as a sen
ator from West Virginia was discussed
by Mr.. McComas, of Maryland. but us
consideration was not concluded.
The Alaskan civil government bin was
under discussion for an hour, but no
progress was made.
Mr. Cullom presented the conference re-
port on the Hawaiian bill. He explained
that the principal changes were the elm
iuattion Of the provisions requiring the
payrnent OF taxes before registration to
vote and imprisonment for debt or for
non-pay1nent OF taxes. The conference
report was agreed to without division
The Scott resolutions were then taken
u.
Mr.. McComas. who is a member of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
reviewed at some length the case as the
committee had found it upon invesdsa-
ton.
Mr.. Pettus, of Alabama, who presented
the minority report, asked that the case
go over until tomorrow. and it was SO
ordered.
A Senate bill providing an American
register for the steamer Esther, Of New
Orleans, formerly the Phoenix, OF Nor
way, was passed.
4 resolution was offered by Mr.. Till
man and adopted. calling for inform2 ton
as to the number ana cost of each pubhc
building already erected or now in course
of construction, with the cost OF the site
AGRICULTURAL BILL.
Consideration was then begun Of the
agricultural appropriation bill
The committee amendment reducing the
amount of appropriation for printing,
illustration, publication, indexing and dis
tribution of documents, bulletins and re-
ports'' from $fCs, Goo to 5000. was with
drawn. strong opposition developing to it.
Senator Tiliman and others opposed the
committee amendment reducing the
amount fixed by the House fer the pur-
chase and distribution of seeds from
SIT0, ,000 TO $3.50. .G01, and the amendment I'M
ally was disagreed to.
Mr. Til1nan offered an amendment ap-
propriating 5000 to enable the Secretary
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