The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-03
LITTLE LEFT FOR
THE SENATE TO Do
Nearly All Measures Cleared
Away for Adjournment.

Washington, March 1.-The last Of
the big supply bills of the government
the general deficiency measure-waS
passed by the senate today, thus clear
ing the decks for final adjournment of
congress. The indications are now that
the senate will do little more than con-
slider conference reports during the re-
nainder of the session. Under the leg
islative day of Saturday a session will
be held tomorrow, beginning at 8 D. m.
In the course of the day session, Mr..
Clay of Georgia, delivered a prepared
speech in favor of the construction by
this government of the Nicaraguan
canal.
Mr.. Hale called up the deficiency bill,
but Mr.. Pettigrew, by demanding that
the deficiency bill be read in full. first
forced adoption of his resolution direct
ing the military committee to inVeSti-
gate the charges against Lieutenant
Colonel Heistand. Then the deficiency
bill was passed with some amendments
including one offered by Mr.. Hans
brough to give employees of congress
a months extra pay
On the motion of Mr.. Morgan, an ap-
preparation of SIS 600 to defray the eX-
penses of the Isthmian canal commits
sion in making certain Investigations,
was stricken from the bill.
Mr.. Tillman offered an amendment,
which was adopted, providing that Of
fieers and enlisted men who served in
the United States volunteer service in
the war with Spain and were dis
charged after Aug L, 1898, shall be al
lowed an extra months pay in accord
ance with a. subsequent act of congress
Senators Shoup, Garter and Bate weI e
appointed cOnfereeS on a bill amending
the act to provide civil government
for Alaska.
See Their Way Clear.
Mr.. Allison announced that the pub
lie business was in such condition as
to admit of plans for the remainder of
the session At his request the senate
p. M. today until p. m. and further
recess from 1890 tonight until p. m.
tomorrow.
When Mr.. Aldrich called up a bill re-
ported from the finance committee and
asked for immediate consideration, Mr..
Pettigrew inquired whether, under the
recess arrangement of the senate he
would get a vote upon his resolution to
discharge the committee on education
and labor from consideration of the
eight-hour bill.
1t was explained that this was the
last legislative day of the present ses-
sion and that the resolution would not
be in order except by unanimous con-
sent or by vote of the senate. When
Mr.. Pettigrew asked unanimous con-
sent that vote be taken upon the
resolution Mr.. SeweIl objected.
Mr.. Pettigrew declared passionately
that a tacit agreement had been made
TO vote upon his resolution ana he
purposed to have that vote if possible.
He objected to Mr.. Aldrich's bill.
At 500 p. m. the senate took a re-
cess until o'clock
At Night Session.
At the night session, after Mr.. Chand-
Ter had delivered a speech upon the
seating of w A. Clark of Montana,
Mr. Jones read his motion to take up
for consideration his resolution to dis
charge the committee on judiciary from
further consideration of the antitrust
bill. The motion was lost, "a TO &c.
Mr.. Pettigrew moved that the sem
ate proceed to consideration of the bill
requiring railroad companies to report
accidents on their lines to the inter-
state commerce commission. The mo-