Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-03-10
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.

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Senate passed three appropriation
bills aggregsting 1858, 900, 600. They
were the Postoffice bill $1S1, SOC, goo,
the Pension bill $l3S, OO0, 900, and
the River and Hsrbor bill $3S, $780,
500.
The conferees on the river and
harbor bill agreed to every item in
the bill affecting Virginia waters.
Senator Martins amendment, in
creasing the appropriation for James
river to 100000 from $4,000, as
fixed by the House, was adopted, as
were the other Virginia amendments
which he proposed. The bill was
finally adopted by the two house,.
Following are the church and edu-
cational claims just secured by
Senator Martin: Trinity Episcopal
church, Portsmouth, 1000; Gen.
tenary Reformed church, Winchester,
$1,7S6; EDon Baptist church, Ches-
terfield, 5000; Evangelical Lutheran
church, Strasburg, $1,619; Brad
dock, Methodist church, Winchester,
1850; Catholic church, Winchester,
500; Presbyterian church, Low
insville, SLIGO; Norfolk Seamen's
Friend Society, $3,061; st. Paul's
Episcopal church, Norfolk, $1,000;
Norfolk Academy, $1,000.
The Republicans of the House, as
sisted by 26 Democrats, many of
whom are now serving their last
terms, adopted an amendment to the
General Deficiency bill appropriating
81 900 to pay mileage to members.
The extra session merged into the
regular session, but on the so-called
constructive recess" theory the
members claim they are entitled to
mileage for trip which it was a
physical impossibility for them to
make. Considerable indignation was
expressed by several Democratic
members over what they termed the
"mileage-grab" amendment. 1t was
stricken out in the Senate. The
Virginia delegation voted as unit
against the grab.
The Senate met in special session
at noon Monday for the transaction
OF executive business, consisting of
action upon nominations and the
Santo Domingo protocol. Vice
President Fairbanks presided and re-
firing President Pro Tempore Frye
reoccupied his old seat on the Re-
publican side. The new Senators,
with the exception of Gov. La Fol-
lette, of Wisconsin, were assigned to
seats. A large number of romina-
tons were sent to the Senate by the
President. These included the
names of his new cabinet, in which
the only immediate change is the APP
pointment of George B. Cortelyou to
be Postmaster General, to succeed
Robert j. Wynne, who will be nomi-
mated Consul General at London, to
succeed Col. Henry Clay Evans.
Speaker Cannon finally consented
to a small appropriation for grand
naval review in Hampton Roads dur
ing the jamestown Centennial, 80
the House appropriated quarter of
a million dollars to that end. I'm
mediately upon the passage of the
bill there was marked exodus from
the galleries, and numbers of Vir-
ginians, who had been waiting to see
the bill passed, held a jubilstion
meeting in the corridors. The
amount received is admittedly very
small, but it insures perhaps the
greatest naval review on the waters
of Hampton Roads which the world
has ever seen, and the 1900, 900 the
exposition company has raised, to-
sether with the appropriations which
will be made by the various States
for exhibits, is believed to insure q
greater exposition than some which
have been held in this country.