Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-03-07
A TEST OF ENDURANCE
Final Session of tie Senate Long and Full
of Contests.
SEVERAL MEASURES AGREED UPON
The Postofice Appropriation is Among
Them-That and and other Principal
Bills Disposed CT After Reports and
Conferences.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Despitt
| the beautiful weather and unusual at
fractions, particularly at this time, oi
the national capital, the galleries OF
| the senate were thronged with strang-
ers today when the senate resumed its
session this afternoon. The senate
convened at 8 p. m. and proceeded di-
rectly to the business of facilitating
the enactment Of the remaining ap-
preparation bills.
A conference was agreed to on the
general deficiency bill, the conferees
Of the present senate being Mr. Hale,
Mr. Allison and Mr.. Teller. Mr.. Alli-
son presented partial report On the
sundry civil bill. The bill was sent
back to conference, with Mr.. Allison
Mr.. Hale and Mr.. Cockrell as senate
conferees
Two bills were passed as follows:
Granting a right of way through the
DEVILS Lake Indian reservation IN
North Dakota to the jamestown &
Northern railway company; authoriz-
ing the Portland, Mehalem & Tilla-
monk Railway company to construct
a bridge across Mehalem bay in Ore
gon.
Consideration of the bill relating to
safety appliances on railroad trains
and requiring railway managers un-
der oath to make monthly reports to
the Interstate commerce commission
Of all accidents that may occur to pas
sengers and employees and the attend
ing circumstances, was resumed.
Pending discussion Senators Mel
son, Mcmillan and Berry were named
as conferees ON the river and harbor
bill. The final conference report upon
the general deficiency bill was agreed
to without comment.
Mr.. Hoar secured the adoption of a
resolution directing the secretary of
war to send to the senate all infor-
nation in his possession as to the au-
thenticity of the alleged order for the
massacre of foreigners in Manila on
the night of February 10, 1899, and to
state whether the original of the al
legged order ever was in possession of
the war department and where it now
is.
Mr.. Hale submitted a partial report
upon the naval appropriation bill, and
said that as the time of the session
was growing short he would offer
resolution discharging the present
senate confereeS and requesting that
the house grant further conference on
the naval bill. It was adopted.
The safety appliance bill was then
passed without further discussion.
At $40 p. N. partial report to the
conferees on the river and harbor bill
was presented by Mr. Nelson and it
was agreed to. A further conference
was ordered.
At 6:45 p. m. Mr. Wolcott made a
report upon the postoffice appropria- |
ton bill, saying there was no further
except upon the two
CT the senate concerning |
the extension of the rural free deliv- |
cry system to small towns and di- |
recting the postmaster general to re- |
port upon the feasibility of the use
Of the telegraph and telephone wires |
as a part of the postal system Tie |
report was agreed to and a further
conference was ordered On the items
in dispute
MIR. Hale made a second report of |
the conference upon the naval appro-
priation bill saying that a complete
agreement had been arrived at on all
points of difference on that bill except
Upon the senate amendment authoriz-
ng the construction of three addi-
,ional submarine torpedo boats. The
senate voted to recede from this
80 to Is.