The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-01
GAIN FOLLOWS STORM
WHITE-WINGED PEACE LOWERED
OVER THE NATIONAL CAP
ITOL YESTERDAY
GRIST OF WORK TURNED OUT
SENATE PRESSED RIVER AND HAIR
BOR AND AGREED TO WAR
REVENUE BILL
HOUSE ALSO DID BUSINESS
Conference Reports Adopted in the
Lower Branch Included Also
That on the War Reve-
nue. Reduction Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2S-The serenity
in today'S session OF the senate was III
sharp contrast with the tempestuous
nature of yesterdays session. A number
of bills were passed. The river and
harbor appropriation bill carrying ap-
preparations of more than $5C,0o0,oOC was
passed without a word of discussion
and the senate adopted the conference
report on the war revenue reduction
measure without disturbing in the least
the mill pond smoothness of the pro-
ceedings.
Final conference reports were made
and agreed to on the diplomatic and
consular and agricultural appropriation
bills and another conference on the
postotfice bill was ordered. Conference
reports on several other measures were
agreed to and several bills of a minor
chan acter were passed.
The last hour and a half of the ses-
sion was devoted to the consideration Of
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
An effort was set on foot i'll the senate
today to add the house omnibus bill with
numerous additions TO the sundry' civil
bill san amendment, and a meeting
of the committee on public buildings and
grounds was held to decide upon meas
ure Conferences with leading senators,
however, convinced those interested that
it would be impossible to hold their
amendment in conference They there
fore abandoned their effort to secure the
enactment as an amendment, and re-
newed their work looking TO the passage
OF the house bill They received strong
assurances that that bill would be al
lowed to become a law with the one
addition of the proposed increase in the
indianapolis public building.
When the senate convened today the
president pro tenn, Mr. Frye, presented
a letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne
expressing the appreciation Of his
majesty, King Edward VII. for the reso-
luton of senate adopted on the occasion
of the death Of Queen Victoria.
A resolution was adopted, authorizing
the committee on finance to make an in
VestigatiOn of internal revenue, customs,
currency and coinage matters and to re-
port to the senate.
PETTIGREW'S LITTLE ROAST.
Mr.. PettigreWs S resolution to discharge
the committee on education and labor
from consideration of the eight-hour
labor bill and make the bill an immediate
order IN the senate, was laid before the
senate Mr. Pettigrews colleague, Mr.
Kyle, is chairman of the committee on
education and labor. Mr.. Pettigrew de-
clared that the committee was incompe-
tent in its duties as committee. He
had read letter from a representation
oC the Federation of Labor, criticising
the committee for not taking action upon
the bill.
Mr.. Platt (Conn) made a point of
order against the resolution and it was
sustained by the chair.
Mr. PettigreW then offered new reso-
luton, providing merely that the COM
m;ttee be discharged from consideration
of the resolution. 1t went over.
M
Allen (Neb.) calling upon the secretary
of the navy for copies of Gunner Charles
Morgan's letter to Rear Admiral William
T. Sampson seeking promotion and the
admiral's endorsements thereon, to-
gether with all correspondence bearing
upon the matter, was adopted.
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The conference report on the mil tary
academy appropriation bill was agreed
to. conference report upon bill re-
lating to the location of homesteads upon
the Fort Fetterman military reservation
in Wyoming also was agreed to.
The conference report on the measure
creating a commission for the adjudica-
ton of Spanish war claims in accord
ance with article of the treaty of Paris
was agreed to after Mr.. Butler On. c.
said he feared the enactment of the law
ury and Mr.. Foraker had replied that
the total amount of claims now on file
was less than $40, 600 600.
Bills were passed as follows: Authoriz-
Ing the Citizens Bridge company to con-
struct a railroad and wagon bridge across
the Mississippi river at Burlington, To-;
authorizing the construction of bridge
across the Cumberland river at Carthage,
Tenn; authorizing the construction of a
bridge by the Texas & Pacific railroad
across Red river at TurnbullS island,
La; authorizing the construction of a
bridge across Pearl river at Monticello,
Miss.
The senate agreed to the house amend
ments to a bill "for the relief Of settlers
under the public land laws to lands with
in the indemnity limits of the grant to
the Northern Pacific Railroad company"
thus passing the measure. house bill
to refund excessive postage paid on GER
tain newspapers was passed, and also
bill amending the laws relating to the
taking of timber from public lands, SO
that the restrictions shall not apply to
the south slope of Pryor mountains, in
Montana.
The conference report upon the bill
amending, an act to provide temporarily
for revenues for Porto Rico and to in
crease the salary Of the commissioner of
education was adopted.
A conference report upon a bill to pre-
vent the failure of military justice by
requiring the attendance upon court-mar-
tial of civilian witnesses was agreed to.
Bills were passed as follows: Granting
a charter to the general federation of
women's clubs: amending the statutes
in relation to the fees of United States
commissioners and enabling deputy
clerks of United district courts to ad-
minister oathS
Mr.. Chandler gave notice that on Sat
urday evening at o'clock he would ad-
dress the senate on the resolution de-
claring that William A Clark was not
duly and legally elected to the senate.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house cleared the decks today of
number Of important conference re-
ports without much difficulty. The con-
ference report on the war revenue re-
duction bill proved generally acceptable
to both sides and was adopted without
division. Mr.. Richardson, the minority
leader, acquiesced in 1t, as the best thing
that could oe done, although he stated
that the minority still believed the war
taxes should be reduced $70,OO000O Final
reports on the diplomatic and consular
and agricultural appropriation bills were
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