Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1899 — CONGRESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CONGRESS

The naval appropriation bill finally passed the House Thursday afternoon, after four day* of acrimooioßS debate, most of which was spent upon the question of rehaihel&tatiing the naval academy at Annap«E* in accordance with the scheme inaugurated by the appropriation of $500.00# in the last naval bill ami the proposition to increase the maximum price to be paid for xswmr plate to $515 a ton. existing law hniitLng it to S4OO. Upon both propsHsaitiwfflt* the Naval Committee suffered signal! defeats. The amendment to ktiild a great armor plant was ruled out «pw a point off order. During the entire Tesrion. mntil G o'clock, the Senate had raader consideration the river and harbor liffl- Good progress was made, eigiitynaasc pages having been disposed of. with the exerptfion off one amendment. A bill reported fran the Committee on Military Affairs permitting volunteer regin: ents to retain sheer eoßmjrs and to deposit them in the State capital* was passed. The Hffuse spent most of the- day Friday in general debate upon the army appropriation hill, finally closing that order off iwtsiasss. After a session of nearly eight bonis the Senate passed the river asad haib«w bill by the decisive vote of 50 to X The measure was under coasiderati:o® thronghonit the day, and on several of the cwaminnittee saaradaaraiß a determined fight was made, burnt in every instance the opgwfflsMM® availed, nothing. During the affterawmo Mr. Sew est CN. J.> delivered a speech in off the II till-Hawley army reocg-iuTat i-un biR, La committee off the wss?e oc Saturday the Hcase entered upon the further eonsaderatMsffl off the army appropriation bill, and it was read by paragraphs for amendment. Later in the day the House suspended peMk- business to listen to eulogies *l*sol she late Senator EL C. Walthall and Rcrreseffitative W. F. Love of ®H>«Affter a brag contest in th? Senate on Monday the compromise anuy bill was passed iim the evcuing by a vote of 55 to IX Afterward the Senate took up the wtadry civil hill and completed its reading. all the committee amendments Luring agreed to except those relating to the Dttrtrictt of Columbia. The House was in ress*Mn seven hours and sent to the Senate two mow appropriation bills—the army, which hr* be*» under consideration for several days. an*! the fortifications. The former carried about $7V* *>.♦**) and the latter approximate! $4,790.0)0. The final conference report upon the Indian appropriation bill was also adopted. Mr. Haser trefc. Iowa) asked unanimous eemsras for the consideration of the Senate joint resolution antborizing the President to appoint Oscar Detgaan. one of the heroes of the Merrimar. a naval cadet at Anna pedis. The resolution was adopted. A bill was passed appropriating SXW»® for the inrestigatioi* off leprosy in this conuutry taader a board to be selected by the srargrom general. Mr. Corliss (rep.. Mich.li stated that there were about 300 cases in the United State*. The Hcsase spent pvactieaEy the entire tunae off the seren-hodr session » n Tuesday passing the pablie brildtag bills favorably acted npom by the committee of the whole ten days before. Sixty-one bills teall were passed, carrying $9X52.00#, off which, however tthe amount appropriated for the New York custom honseit. is to be repaid from tke proceeds of the sale of the old bafldmg. A joint resslntion was passed to anthorixe foreign governments _desiring to make exhibits at s he rofflcmereial exposition to be held at FhtlndeSphia is ISO to bring into this ewantry foreign laborers tender contract to prepare the exhibit*. A frenzy off bill passing a was on in the Senate. The bin* passed were principally public building narasnres, and at times during the day and night the scenes in the Senate were remarkable. Bills carrying an aggregate of S&ffiNMMM or SKMMNMMW» wee? passed, and many more that had not been passed by both house* off Ceagresa were placed a* amendments on the sandry civil appropriation hiaL Finally, at a late hour in the evening, an amendment to the sundry rivd beffl was adopted, appropriating nearly sLri#oU#ot(ff for the peelimmarv work on the braiding* which had been authorized. The samndry civil bill was passed at 11:13 A* having hem technically under conritaratioiß thronghout the day and eveoThe lost pwswtbSity of aa extra session of Congress disappeared Wednesday when the Hense passed the Senate army reorgaaaiaatiMa talk The bill passed 2WS to XL The decks- were also cleared of many oehrnr iatpwrtamt matters The genT* tarrying off the rale*, wit hunt a triad off criticism. The Senate amendment* to the river an j hauriwaw biHl were nun rom qi m d in and it was amt to rmferewe*. The conference ******* an the nranihns claims bill the naval personnel and many other less important measure* were agreed to. The Senate bill making Dewey a M admiral was pawed. TV- naval appropriation bill, whftdh ordinarily ronsnmes the time of the Senate tor several days, was passed by that body after Its* than five hoar* of debate. One off the first act* of the SenMewhm that body eonremd was the tUO# with which to pay Spam f«r refinance with the "VlnAfit mm Hawaii reported the mmsnre from the Committee on Attpropriations and asked *w it* immediate consideration. The bill was laid before the Senate and in half a minnte w“a* pawed withent a wood of detente. The Senate mneimkd the day's ******* by pronwrariag enhogic* upon the late Representative Dingtey.