Show WORK IN CONGRESS J Transaction of Consideriibli i Miscellaneous Business A GOVERNMENT FOu ALASKA Jude Tarplo Elected in Indiana Al Stroke UpStanley In Cairo Belmont SENATE 3 WAsniNGTONFebrnary 2The Senate Sen-ate began at 1 oclock this afternoon au important debate based on the statement state-ment by Allison as to the probable receipts re-ceipts and expenditures of government for the next fiscal year Allison showed by fignrfa that there would be a ver sma 1 surplus if any Platt look up the question of coast defenses I and argued tha GAngrus would be derelict to it3 clearest and nitSt imperative duties if adjourned wituoutiuakiiiK liberal appropriation for fortifications guns and ships A message was presented from the President with a communication from the Secretary of State transmitting Lieutenant oheutzs report in regart to his distributing ot the testimonial For the preservation of the survivors > f Jrannette expedition The Presi dent ass the report is interesting alikt to the peoj le of the United States and the subjects of Russia and will hi gratifying to all who appreciate the jeiierous bumane action of Congress in urovirting for the testimonials Ordered printed The request from the House of Representatives for an engrossed copy of the Senate bill to forfeit certain lands ot thu Northern Pacific was ordered to be complied with After some discussion as to the con ititutionality of the measure the Senate passed a special appropriation of 10000 for the special distribution of eeds in the draught stricken section of Texas The Senate resumed consideration of be sundry civil bill Allison from the committee on ap iropriations said The estlmates for he next fiscal year are 305000000 udging from the estimates made lust year and from the rec ipts up to the 1st of January last the receipts for the next year including the estimated ostal revenue will be H9ooo 000 taking a surplus of lt > > 00OOJ If I Congress should deem it necessary neces-sary to expend a larger sum than 5000000 for coast defenses i that a larger sum would increase the estimates beyond 395 000000 antt if we mould appropriate more than 20000 000 fora navy that overappropriation mst be added Beck thought ftiat the Senator from jwa Mr Allison was mistaken in his itimates of the expenditures He thought he could show that the surplu revenue this year would be neare 90 000000 than 15000000 Michell Oregon offered an amendment amend-ment appropriating 60 000 for a lighthouse light-house at Cape Meares Oregon Agreed to The bill wai then reported from the committee of the whole to tin Spnato TLc 501urn l appropriation for the survey of public lands was increaser from 50000 to 75000 and the bill wa then passed Dawes reported the Indian appropriation appropri-ation bill and gave notice that he would ask that it be taken up tomorrow lellercalled up the Senate bill providing pro-viding for a military post near Denver Colorado passed by the Senate and amended by the House and moved tha the House amendments be concurred in Carried The bill passed appropriates appropri-ates 10000 The Senate passed the bill authorizing authoriz-ing the removal of the quarantine sta lion from Ship Island Miss It appropriates ap-propriates 15000 Adjourned HOUSE In the House Taulbee Kentucky as the privileged question called up the message of the President vetoing the bill granting a pension to Carter A I Tiller The pension was granted on thi ground that Tiller was the dependen father of a soldier who died in Ander i sonville prison The veto is based or the Presidents belief that Tiller is neither deserving nor dependent Springer Illinois raised the question of consideration but the House decided yeas 135 nays 103to consider the pension case After debate the House refused to pass the bill over the veto yeas 136 nays 115 No constitutional I twothirds in the affirmative Norwood Georgia from the committee commit-tee on naval affairs reported a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to readvertise for Slide for the construction of cruiser No 1 and to contract for its construction for any sum which together with the cost of equipment not including armament shall not exceed 1300000 Committee of the whole I McA o m New Jeraey introduced a bill to provide for the manufacture by Americans of firstclass modern guns for the navy and sea coast defenses Referred to the committee on military affairs The bill appropriates 20 300000 Oates Alabama from the committee on revision of the laws called up in the morning hour the bill to prohibit the appointment of Congressional committees commit-tees to attend funerals at the public expense ex-pense outside of the District of Columbia Colum-bia and also to prohibit the draping of public buildings in mourning except upon the order the President On motion of Hammond the bill was aid upon the table 119 to 46 The House then went into committee of the whole on the pleuropneumonia jlll Warner Ohio offered an amendment limiting to sixty the number of persons who may be employed at one time to any out the act Agreed to Cutcheon Michigan Offered an amendment providing that the experts to be appointed shall be appointed under the civil service rules Tnis was oted down but Cutcheon raised the point of no quorum and the committee ose and the House adjourned |