New-York tribune., 1901-03-04
DAYS WORK IN CONGRESS.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
AND SENT TO PRESIDENT - MANY
MINOR MEASURES GO THROUGH


Washington. March s-Anter spirited fight. both
in conference and on the floor of the Senate. the
final conference report on the Naval Appropria-
tion bill was agreed TO. the Senate receding from
the one contested amendment authorizing the con-
struction OF three additional Holland submarin
torpedo boats
A conference report on the General Deficiency
bin was agreed TO without comment. During the
afternoon and evening the Senate passed large
number Of bills among them being that 10 promote
the safety of railway employees.
Mr.. Wocott made report upon the Postofiee
Appropriation bill, saying there further dis
agreement except upon the two amendments Of
the Senate concerning the extension Of the rural
free delivery system 10 small towns and directing
the Postmaster General to report upon the feasi-
bity of the of the telegraph and telephone
wires part Of the postal system. The report
was agreed to- and a further conference was or
dered on the items in dispute
Mr.. Hale made second report of the conference
upon the Naval Appropriation bill, saying that a
complete agreement had been arrived al on all
points OF difference that bill except upon the
Senate amendment authorizing the construction of
three additional submarine torpedo boats
Mr.. WOlcott moved that the Senate recede from
its disagreement upon that point Mr. Stewart and
Mr. Timan antagonzed the motion. Mr.. Tillman
said there should be fifty OF such boats He
thought the boats effective than battleships.
The abandonment Of the amendment was advo-
Gated by Messrs. Patt and Hawley. of Connecticut;
Hanna (Ohiol. and Perkins (CalD The Senate was
urged to stand firm by Messrs. Butler (N. CO and
Chandler N. H.).
The Senate receded from its amendment provid-
ing for the construction of three Holland boats. by
81 10 IS
HOUSE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE.
Under the unanimous consent arrangement the
following House bills passed. among others:
To establish code of laws for the District of Co
lumbia; amending the act in relation TO the ex-
change Of gold coin for gold bars; TO refer 20 the
Court OF Claims the claim OF Edwin De Leon for
$500 due for judicial services Consul to Egypt:
to pay $1,000 TO the Merwither Snuff and Tobacco
Company for revenue stamps destroyed by fire on
October 1898 10 pay the heirs of Mrs. Tellisse w.
Wilson s4.il9 for property taken and used by the
Union troops in the Civil War: TO pay Captain
Austin A Yates. provost marshal in Syracuse, y.
Y. in 1860 sl3537. the stolen from his safe,
which he Obliged make good; TO restore
certain widows 10 the pension roll; the bill provid
ing that widow who is drawing a pension at the
time Of her remarriage and subsequently becomes
again widow shall be entitled TO pension to in
corporate the Society of American Florists; amend
ing the law Of the District of Columbia relating To
wills involving real estate: discharEing Aquilla J.
Daugherty. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Fifth Illinois District from responsibility for SSo00
worth OF Government stamps stolen from his office;
making all banking associations United States de-
positories; authorizing the construction of bridge
across the MonOngahela River by the Charievoix
and Monessen Bridge Company, authorizing the
city of Nashville, Tenn. to construct free bridge
across the Cumberland River within the city lin
its: authorizing the Paris. ChoctaW and Little Rock
Railway Company to construct a bridge across the
Red River in Texas; to provide American regis
ter for the foreign built ship BaIclutha; to ostab
Ssh a national bureau Of standards; authorizing
the Secretary Of the Navy 10 loan certain naval
equipment schools; authorizing the Pigeon River
Slide and Boom Company TO improve Pigeon River
at the Cascades in Minnesota In addition nifty
four private pension bills passed.
The House in session from to G this after
noon and this evening from O'Clock IL worked on
into the night TO dispose Of the conference reports
which crowded upon IT, Everybody was AT high
tension and IL only required spark To create a
scene No sensational incidents such as usually
occur in the closing hours had occurred, however
| up midnight.
| FATE OF EXPOSITION APPROPRIATIONS
There a big fight in the afternoon over the
| Senate amendment to the Sundry Civil hill. which
linked together the fate Of the -. Louis. Buffalo
and Charleston exposition appropriations AR can
| non, chairman OF the Appropriations Committee
led the fight against them and defeated motion "a
concur A resolution appoint a special com
mittee OF members visit Porto Rico. Cuba
/ and the Philippines and report upon conditions
raised the cry Of ''junketing trip and was de-
hated at intervals while conference reports were
not before the House Mr. Bailey, OF Texas, made