The age-herald., 1901-03-01
RIVERS AND
 HARBORS BILL PASSES SENATE Carries S5O,OOO,OOO and Adopted Without Discussion MANY CONFERENCE REPORTS War Revenue Reduction at Last \ Agreed Upon EIGHT HOUR BILL IS LAID ASIDE
 
EIGHT HOUR BILL IS LAID ASIDE
Conference Report Creating a Com mission to Adjudicate Spanish War Claims Was Agreed Upon.
 Legislative Wheels Work.

Washington, February 2S.-Yn the Sem ate today the river and harbor bill, car rying appropriations of more than $5o,Ooo, GOO, was passed without a word of dis cussion and the Senate adopted the con- ference report on the war revenue meas ure without disturbing in the least the smoothness of the proceedings. Final conference reports were made and agreed to on the diplomatic and consular and the agricultural bills and another confer ence on the post office bill was ordered Conference reports on several other measures were agreed to and several bills of minor character were passed. The last hour and half of the session was devoted to consideration of the sum- dry civil appropriation bill
 The resolution was adopted authorizing the committee on finance to make an in vestigation of internal revenue. customs, currency and coinage matters and to re- port to the Senate.
 MT. Pettgrew's resolution to discharge the committee education and labor from consideration of the eight hour la Dor bill and make the bill immediate order in the Senate was laid before the Senate MT. Pettigrew declared that the committee was incompetent in its duties MT Platt of Connecticut made point of orde ragainst the resolution and 1t was sustained by the chair.
 MT. Pettigrew then offered new reso- lution, providing merely that the commit tee be discharged from the consideration of the resolution. It went over.
 MT Pettigrew then offered another res-
 
 terstate commerce from consideration of the bill to protect the safety of the rail- way employees and the use by the rail- roads of automatic couplers. It, too, went over. A resolution previously offered by Mir Allen, calling upon the secretary of the navy for copies of Gunner Charles Morgan's letter to Rear Admiral Samp- son, seeking promotion. and the admiral's endorsements thereon. together with all correspondence bearing upon the matter, was adopted
 The conference report on the military academy appropriation bill was agreed to, as was the conference reports on the agricultural and consular and diplomatic reduction bill.
 War Claims Commission.
 The conference report on the. measure, creating a commission for the adjudica- tion of Spanish war cla-ms in accordance with Article of the treaty of Paris. was agreed to after MT. Butler of North Caro- lima said he feared the enactment of the law would inaugurate raid upon the treasury, and MT Foraker replied that the total amount of claims now on file was less than S20o00, ,0O0.
 Bills were passed as follows:
 Authorizing the construction of bridge across the Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn; authorizing the con- struction of a bridge by the Texas and Pacific Railroad across Red River at Turnbulls Island. la; authorizing ths construction of a bridge across Pearl River at Monticello, Miss.
 The Senate then, at the instance of MT. Nelson, considered the rivers and har- bors bill It carries s50,164.526 a reduce ton of s9570. .s99 from the House bill.
 The bill was passed.
 The conference report upon the bill amending an act to provide temporarily for the revenues for Porto Rico was adopted.
 A conference report upon bill to pre- vent the failure of military justice by re- ouirng the attendance upon court-mar- tial of civilian witnesses was agreed to. Bills were passed as follows:
 Granting a charter to the General Fed eraton of Woman's Clubs; amending the status in relation to the fees of Uni ted States District Courts to administer oaths.
 Mir Chandler gave notice that on Sat- urday evening at 2S o'clock he would ad- dress on the resolution declaring that W. A Clark was not duly elected to tho Senate. Consideration was begun of the sundry civil bill, which carries $e2, 7s9.- 7s0
 Without completing the sundry civil appropriation bill the Senate, at 6:35, ad- journed