Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-02-27
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Washington. Feb. s0.-Scnate.-By
the emphatic vote of Is to AZ the sem
ate late Tuesday afternoon rejected
the conference report on the military
academy appropriation The report
WAS rejected because Il was regarded
by large majority of the senate a.
too drastic, and while no instructions
could be- given the conferecs by the
senate, il was understood that to Sc
cure favorable action by the senate
a modified provision as to the penalty
FOR haziug would have to be- pre-
scented and agreed upon by the con
ferces.
Housc.-Thc house spent the day
upon the sundry civil appropriation
bill and reached the Goth page. There
are l3S pages in the bill. The features
OF the day was the debate upon the
question OF irrigation of arid lands
I'm the west which came mp incidental
ly. No material amendments were
placed upon the bill Tuesday.
Washington. Feb. a1.-Senate.-The
senate spent the day on the post
ofhcc appropriation bill, making
some progress, but not completing
II. The amendment az Mr.. Butler
IN. %, proposing n reduction of
about per cent. in the pay for rail.
way postal service, was defeated.
Is To 81. after a debate, In which
Mr.. Depcw answered Mr.. Buffers
criticism on the large profits made
by American roads. Late I'm the day
sharp controversy on the pnen.
matte tube question was precipitat-
ed by IN amendment offered by Mr..
Mason extending that service To Chi
cago and one by Mr.. Vest extending
IL to st. Louis.
House.-The house finally passed
the sundry civil appropriation bill
Wednesday and entered upon consid.
Grafton of the general deficiency, the
last of the general appropriation
bills.
Washington, Sept. 22.-Sennte.-For
nearly two hours Thursday the senate
had under discussion "a resolution by
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) to discharge the
judicial committee from further con
sideration of the antitrust bin pass
cd by the house Mt the Inst session
and To bring il before the senate
for consideration. To some extent
the merits of the measure was dis,
cusscd. During the remainder of the
afternoon the post office appropria-
uoh bill was under consideration
After u prolonged contest the ap.
preparation for pneumatic tube serv-
ice was eliminated entirely, so that
as the bill stands now the service
Will have To he discontinued after
July I.
House. THURSDAY was another
field day in the house. Two distinct
sensations occurred. Early i'm the
day, during the consideration OF an
amendment To deficiency appropria.
ton bill to prevent haZing at tho
naval academy, Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa.
used exceedingly strong language
In In 49, n.
OF haZing, charging by indirection
that the habits of tyranny and opprcs.
sion formed by the officers of the
army and navy ut their academies
was responsible for the refusal OF
sailors To enlist in the navy and for
the large number Of assertions from
the army.
Washington, Feb. 2J.-Senate-
of the senate supply bills OF the ROY
eminent, the post office and the din
lomatic and consular appropriation
Dill, were passed by the senate. Dur
ing the greater part OF the session a
proposition to discontinue the appro-
priations for fast mail facilities from
New York to New Orleans, Win Allan
tn, and from Kansas City, Mo-, to
Newton, Kan, was under discussion.
ny decisive vote the senate con
tinued the appropriations. An effort
was made to obtain an appropriation
to continue the pneumatic tube serv-
ice in New York. Boston and Philadel-
phia, but IL failed. An amendment
was agreed to authorizing the post
master general to investigate the
telegraph system and to- report his
findings TO the next congress-
House-Thc house devoted the day
TO odds and ends of legislation.
With the approach OF the end of the
session members with small bills OF
various kinds besieged Speaker Hen
dersou for recognition. The house
devoted an hour to unanimous con
sent Legislation and two hours and a
half to the passage of private claims
bills and private pension bills. Nine
bills were passed by unanimous con
sent and 30 claims bills and 100 pen
sion bills were passed.