The age-herald., 1901-03-04
THE aENATE. i.


 .=.==....... THE SENATE.
 Washington, March 3.-The first Sunday session of the Fifty-sixth Congress was held by the Senate today. It will not appear in the Congressional Record as a session of Sunday. as the Senate Is working under the legislative day of Sat urday. and will continue so to work until the session shall be declared adjourned ffnary at noon tomorrow. Today's ses- sion began at 3 o'clock. the Senate hay ing been in recess from 10:s0 last night. Tho galleries were packed with people here to attend the inauguration ceremon- ies.
 After spirited fight. both in confer ence and on the fioor of the Senate. the final conference report the naval ap- |. .proprtatioh bill was agreed to. the Sem ate receding from one contested amend mept authorizing the construction of the three additional Holland submarine tor-' pedu boats.
 A conference report on the general de- hciency bill was agreed to. The Senate passed a large number of bills. among them being that to promote the safety of railway employees.
 At 1o:S0 the scene in the chamber par ticularly In the galleries. suggested a notable social function.
 Mfr Morgan addressed the Senate upon his resolution authorizing the President to conclude arrangements with the gov srnments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the construction of the isthmian ca- nal His address was an appeal to the Senate for action upon the Nicaragua ca nal question at the present SC. sion. He pointed out that the Pauncefote-Hay treaty would by limitation expire March 1. It Is evident. therefore, that the treaty must fail He urged. in view of the fact that Congress should take immediate &C., ton upon the canal bill, showing thereby that 1t was retained by Great Britain. The passage of the canal bill. he said, would be a it action on this historic 6ab- bath day and would lend glory to the great ceremony that was to occur tomor- row.
 Mir. Morgan asked unanimous consent that the Senate adopt his resolution. which would preserve the protocol of treaties between the United States and Nicaragua and Costa Rica Mir. Aldrlch objected.
 Rivers and Harbors Bill.
 The complete agreement upon the post office appropriation bill was agreed to. The bili now goes to the President.
 At 2:55 D. m.. MT. Carter closed his speech on the rivers and harbors bill. On motion of MT. Galiinger the bill was sent back to conference.
 It was the general opinion of Senators that this means the defeat of the rivers and harbors bill as other Senators intend to debate 1t at length.
 s=--==e=# The House.
 Washington, D. C., March s--The House which is still in the legisla- tive day of Friday, was in session from ! to this afternoon and from D. m. it worked on into. the night to dispose of the conference reports which crowded in upon It. Everybody was at high tension and it only required a spark to create a . scene. The galleries were packed to the doors with inauguration visitors. The confusion and the din on the floor, with the Speakers savel going necessarily to preserve a semblance of order, must have made the proceedings unintelligible to them. There was big fight during the afternoon over the Senate amendment to the sundry civil bill which linked togeth- CT the fate of St. Louis. Buffalo and Charleston appropriations. MT. Cannon, chairman of the Appropriations commit- tee, led the fight against them and de- feated motion to concur A resolution to appoint committee of seven mem bers to visit Porto Rico. Cuba and tho and report on conditions raised a cry of a junketing trip and was debated at intervals while conference re- ports were not before tho House. It was finally defeated.
 The House is s,i,, in the legislative day of Friday and the members came pre- pared for siege through the night # the complications made a night session necessary.
 MT. Grosvenor presented a special order providing that after ten debates 1t should be in order to move concurrence to the Senate on the rivers and harbors bill, and to agres to the conference asked for by the Senate
 Twenty minutes on . side were allevsa
 1continaed on Second FsSsy