Show In the Senate WASHINGTON March 2The Senate met at 930 The general deficiency bill was reported re-ported Hale gave notice that he would ask for its consideration today The agricultural appropriation was also reported with like notice The credentials of James Henderson Kyle Senatorelect from South Dakota were presented and filed Frye called up the House amendment to the tonnage subsidy bill and moved to non concur in the amendment and that the request re-quest of the House for a conference be granted Reagan expressed a wish that the House amendment be nonconcurred in rather than that tho danger of a more objectionable objection-able bill from the conference committee be incurred Subsidizing ships he held was not going to increase commerce The only way to increase either imports or exports was to remove the shackles of the tariff The bill was simply and nakedly a gift to the ship owners of the country Morrill moved to concur in tho House amendment Vest expressed himself opposed to all matter of subsides The sUbsidy did not apnly merely to vessels to be built hereafter The Red Star line with four Americanbuilt ships running from Philadelphia would receive a large subsidy without expending a single dollar even for repairs and the Pacific Mail company wouia receive ooo000 a year without further expenditure These companies were already making money without aid from the treasury But at the risk of appearing ap-pearing inconsistent he was willing i it would terminate the matter and prevent bringing worse to agree to the House amendment Cameron stated as to the Red Star line it had been doing business at a loss The question being on Morris motion to concur Cockrell Harris and Reagan stated their intention to vote against it Vest stated his intention to vote for it because otherwise a certain conference report would make a worse bill After voting down half a dozed amendments offered by Vest McPherson and Morgan for free ships reduction of subsidy etc a vote was taken on Merrills motion to concur in the House amendments for postal subsidies subsi-dies Agreed to yeas 37 nays 33 The bill now goes to the President Sherman offered a resolution electing Senator Mandorson of Nebraska as president presi-dent pro tern to hold office during the pleasure pleas-ure of the Senate and Gorman offered a resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate Sen-ate to Ingalls for the eminently courteous dignified able and absolutely impartial manner in which ho had presided over its deliberations and performed the duties of president tern Both resolutions were agreed to and the oath of office was administered ad-ministered to Manderson 1 The House bill relating to the treaty of I aproclY with the Hawaiian islands passed also the House joint resolution appropriating ap-propriating 81000000 for tho improvement of the Mississippi river to be immediately available i Pugh was appointed on the committee to attend Senator Hearsts funeral i place of Dawes excused The postoffice appropriation bill was then taken up and Frye in place of the amendment amend-ment which he had offered Saturday night offered one appropriating 1400000 for the transportation of foreign malls Morgan moved to amend Fryes amona ment by inserting a proviso that the pORt mastergeneral may employ any ships owned exclusively by citizens of the United States The conference report on tho bill a to claims for Indian depredations was presented pre-sented and agreed to Carlisle moved to amend Fryes motion by reducing the amount for the transportation transporta-tion of foreign mails to 1250000 and it was agreed to The question being on Morgans amendment amend-ment allowing contracts to be made with vessels owned exclusively in the United States Plumb moved to add to it the words and constructed in the United States Morgan then withdrew his amendment remarking the vote just taken had annuled the purpose had in view Fryes amendment as amended was agreed to and the bill passed A resolution was offered continuing the select committee on Pacific railroad debts during the recess of the Senate with power to sit Washington Agreed to The Senate then at 2 pm proceeded to consider the agricultural appropriation bill Carlisle made the point of order against the committee amendment allowing sorghum sor-ghum sugar manufacturers the use of distilled dis-tilled spirits free of tax The point was submitted to the Senate and the amend aenl ment ruled to be in order yeas 20 nays 2 The amendment was then agreed to Stewart offered an amendment appropriating ating 520000 for the collection and publication publica-tion of information as to the best methods of cultivating the soil by imgatinn and extending the limit of time from June 1 1891 to January 1 1892 Agreed to Paddock moved to amend by inserting pure food bill Excluded on a point of order The bill passed and the Senate proceeded pro-ceeded to consideration of the general deficiency de-ficiency bill Consideration was temporarily tempo-rarily suspended and a resolution authorizing author-izing the committee on rules to sit during recess was reported and agreed to with an amendment offered by Hoar instructing instruct-ing the committee to report what changes 1 any ougnt to be made in the observance of the Senate in regard to paying honor to its deceased members i A messagewas received from the President Presi-dent returning without his approval the Senate bill conferring jurisdiction on court of claims to inquire into and determine how much the hulls of the doubloenders Agawam and Pontoosuc cost contractor Georgo W Lawrence and the contract price and allowances for extra work and to enter judgment for the amount in favor of the administrators of Lawrences estate The ground of the Presidents veto is that it would establish a dangerous precedent for the government to declare it would make up to a contractor a loss he had sustained sus-tained by a reason of the lowness of his bia and subsequent unexpected advance in the prince of material The Senate took a recess until 8 p m |