Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-07
CONGRESSIONAL.

val appropriation bill. The House. af-
ter the most animated debate OF the
session. took q recess at 1910 o'clock
last night till 10 O'Clock this morning,
and the Senate adjourned until IL
o'clock today. The main points OF dis
agreement between the two brsnches
of Congress were reduced yesterday
from four to two, the House reced.ng
in one instance and the Senate In the
other.
The Senate had another angry dis
cussion over the armor plate question,
but agreed, by the close vote OF ~ 70
35, to adopt Senator's Penrcse's amend
ment, to give the Secretary OF the
Navy discretionary power to purchase
plate, and II the price should not prove
satisfactory, the establishment OF gov
eminent armor plate factory is suthor'
lied.
The armor plate difficulty was sd-
iusted after a somewhat animated de-
bate by the House receding from Its
disagreement and adopting the Senate
amendment.
The Senate receded from Its amend
ment to the sundry civil bill appropri-
sting $462,0 for the payment OF q
claim OF the State of Nevada growing
out of extra pay given by the Territory
of Nevada to certain OF its volunteers
who we're engaged 10 Indian warfare
while the United States regulars were
". thdrawl for service IN the civil war.
A bitter contention arose during the
session of the House last night, when
that body, after stormy debate. re-
iected the report of it's conferees on the
naval bill by q vote OF 13l to SO, and
requested another conference with the
Senate. The conferees, Messrs. Foss,
Dayton and Cummings, whose course
bad been severely condemned by Mr..
Cannon, resigned from further confer
ence on the bill, and their SUCCESSORS
were appointed.
When Mr.. Foss, In charge OF the pa-
val bill, called up the conference report
last night, he made the statement that
the conferees had agreed, and that the
Senate amendment, to which the House
bad previously disagreed, had been
modified, 30 that be presented the re-
port with the assurance that 1t might
be adopted by the House. The Senate
amendment, providing for the sppro-
priation OF 100000 for special ocean
surveys by the photographic bureau CT
the Navy Department, had been modi-
fed 80 that 1t provided for $4,000 for
photographic surveys. An agreement
was arrived at, Mr.. Foss said, on the
Senate amendment on the cadet course
at the Navel Academy.
Directly after making this statement
be moved the adoption Of the report,
but this motion was withheld pending
debate. NJ. Cannon charged tho coll
ferees with bad faith, insincerity, and
disloyalty to the House. He pro-
duced letter written by Commander
Todd, photographer Of the Navy
Department, urging his suboi dinates
10 different parts of the country to
bring what pressure they could to bear
on Congress 10 support of the PROPOSE
ton that the photographic Bureau be
given an appropriation Of 800, 900. He
produced q letter from the Secretary OF
the Navy saying that Commander Todd
had been suspended from duty not only
because of having written the letter In
question, but also for having reported
that no such letter bad been sent, a
statement which the date of the letter
and the date OF the report showed to be
untrue.
Mr.. Cannon, 10 the heat OF debate, re-
moved his collar and cravat and rolled
up his sleeves. Messrs. Moody, Of Mas
sachuseits, Shaforth and Hemenway, In
speeches that stirred the House, sns-
Ia ned the contentious Of Mr.. Cannon.
Mr., Foss made an eloquent defense OF
his honor and Messrs. Hopkins, Gros-
venor and Dayton arrayed themselves
on his side, but the House rejected the
report, insisted on its disagreement to
the Senate amendment, and gave to its
conferees absolute instructions not to
recede. The old coDferees who bad
gone into three conferences and had
failed to bring report which the House
would adopt, resigned. and amid great
applause Speaker Henderson Damed
Messrs. Cannon, Moody, OF Massachu-
setts, and Shafroth as the new conferees
on the part of the House, who represent
views Numerically opposed to those
who have had charge Of the naval bill
heretofore. Mr.. Henderson was evil
IDENTIFY disguised with the whole pro-
ceedings.
Widest disorder prevailed at times
during the debate, little effort being put
forth to restrain the spectators who
crowded the gallery. While the contro-
versy was at It's height Messrs. Cannon
and Sulzer, who had repeatedly join cd
issues on the slightest excuse, appeared
| to embrace each other amid the uncoD-
trollable laughter and cheers OF the
| House.
When the Senate learned of the re-
markable action taken by the House IL
adjourned until today. Mr.. Mckinley,
who had come up to the Capitol expect
ing to find adjournment, went home
disappointed.
At the night session of the House the
first business was the presentation by
the Speaker OF reports from the commit
| tee on enrolled bills. Mr.. Cannon ask
ed unanimous consent to make state
ment concerning appropriations. He
said he would require only about ten
minutes. MIR. Richardson etated that
he presumed there would be no object
ion provided the same length OF time
was granted to the minority.
This was agreed to, and Mr.. Cannon
was about to proceed, when Mr.. LeDtz
said he would object unless he be
granted ten minutes, within which
time he might explain why the Coner
d'Alene testimony should be printed.
Objection being made, Mr.. Cannon
took bis seat.
Then Mr.. Payne called up the Sen
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