The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-14
FIFrY.sIxTH cONeREss.


senate Tuesday passed the District OF
Columbia appropriation bill and par
tally considered the bill making
appropriations for the support Of
the West Point Military academy.
During the day the ship subsidy bill,
by vote of the senate, was formal
ly laid aside and superseded as the
unfinished business.
House, The house continued dis
cussion of. coutroverted questions in
connection with the post office ap-
preparation bill. Mr.. Griggs (GaD
spoke against organizations of postal
employees formed with view to fore
ing legislation in their interest. Mr..
Moody (Mass.) discussed the gues-
ton of railway mail pay from the
standpoint of member of the joint
postal commission. Mr.. Bromwell
COY and Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.) assailed
the appropriations for special mail
facilities from New York to New
Orleans, and Mr.. Catchings (Miss.)
and Mr.. Meyer (La.) defended these
appropriations.
Washington, Feb. 7.-Senate-The
war revenue reduction bill was under
discussion in the senate less than an
hour Wednesday. Determined, but
unsuccessful effort was made to re-
duce the tax on bank checks and to
provide that telegraph and express
companies should bear the burden of
the tax on messages and packages
sent. The finance committees amend
ment levying tax ON transactions
in so-callcd "bucket shops" modify
ing the tax upon cigars and cigar.
Settes and providing for a rebate on
unbroken packages of tobacco in adj
dition to several others of minor
character were adopted. An amend
ment substituting an income tax for
the war revenue measure was re-
iectcd by party vote--21 to 2S. The
hill was then passed. The military
academy bill was PASSED.
House.-Debate on the post Office
appropriation bill consumed another
day. 1t was agreed before adjourn
,nent that the debate should close
Thursday at 1890 p. m. when the
votes should be taken upon the sew
eral amendments which are pending
Washington, Feb. S.--Senate-The
senate had both day and night ses.
sions Thursday. AT the day session
the pension appropriation bill. appro-
Ti-iating $144.o00.000. was passed after
| few minutes Consideration. The
ship subsidy bill was hen taken up.
| Mr.. Morgan Opposed ii in vigorous
language. He as'ied Mr.. Allison for
an estimate OF t.!e appropriations
| for the present session, and the lat.
! ter replied that he. thought the ag-
gregate would be about $750,000,000;
| Mr.. Hale expressed the opinion that
| the figures would be nearly $S00,000,-
| COO.
House. The pest Office appropria-
tion bill. debate on which has con-
suIned almost an entire week in the
house, was passed Thursday. The
debate lowered about three topics,
railway mail pay. pneumatic tube
service and special fast mail facili-
ties, but it bore no fruit. The amend
ment to reduce the rate of railway
mail pay was ruled out on point
of order, the amendment to continue
the pneumatic tube service in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia was
abandoned. The house then took up
the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Hill. chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs, ex-
planned that the bill carries $1,s0S,.
| SOS.
Washington. Feb. 9.-Senate.-An
senate Friday TO secure an agree.
upon the shipping bill. Vigorous
protests were made by opponents OF
the measure against any such agree
ment, even for date in the indefi
mite future. The naval appropria
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the day. the shipping bill being laid
aside informally. The naval bill hat
not yet been acted on when the sen
ate adjourned.
House.-Friday the house passed
1874 private pension bills. In all, the
house at this session has passed
about 900 bills, a number consider
ably exceeded in the Fifty-frst.
general pension bill was passed te
restore to the pension rolls widow.
of soldiers of the rebellion who sub
sequently married and became wild
owed or divorced. A bill was passed
to amend the act creating the Mis-
sissippi river commission SO as t
require the meetings of the com
mission to be held at some city alonl
the line of the river. At $40 tn,
house ADJOURNED.
| Washington, Feb. 11.-Senate.-N'
business of Importance was transact
! ed in the senate Saturday.
HOuse.-Gen. Grosvenor Saturda,
presented petition to the hous
from the storekeepers and gauger
in the Eleventh Ohio internal rev
enue district praying for an appro
priation by congress to enable then
to employ their vacations withou
loss of salary. Representative Tay
Ter introduced q bill to confirm tn
private land claim in New Mexic
of Arroyo de San Lorenzo made t
Antonio Chayes. 1t appears tina
about ten years ago the estate o
Chas. D. Arms, of Youngstown
bought a portion of this land, payin
therefor about 100000, and Tayler'
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