Show m LIST B ens ONE congress traditional proceedings civil bill passes both houses final adjournment for the session fixed for 4 this afternoon in the house rep cannon praises the work of me republican majority and makes a prediction of great things at the june 10 A partial conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill was presented and agreed to and a further conference ordered the item in regard to the brussels international exposition in 1897 is agreed to appropriating mcallison Mr Allison rep iowa in making the report eaid that the only remaining disagreement between the two houses were as to the public buildings that on oneat them the house had receded and that he thought there would be no trouble in dealing with the other house bill to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea was reported by mr vest dem mo chairman of the committee on commerce and was passed mr hill dem N Y moved to proceed with the consideration of the bill as to con tempts of court arising our of he debs case an appeal was made to him by mr mitchell beep ore not to press the motion but to permit the consideration of the bouso looking to the reorganization of the pacific railroad company mr hill listened to appeal nevertheless in his motion the contempt of court bill was mr befler pop kan addressed aba senate upon it ex pressing his satisfaction with the bill mr butler pop KO who followed in support of the bill arraigned the growing power of the supreme court to influence legislation he referred to the summary treatment of debs the chicago labor leader who was sent to prison for contempt of court in not respecting spec ting an injunction issued by the courts such power vested in the judiciary was a relic of old world barbarism and tyranny as a protest to which this government was constituted yet after a little over years this government waa sinking into this groove of tyranny mr platt rep conn protested against the consideration of such a bill during the last hours of congress while he agreed that the judsen did not have unlimited autocratic power to punish tor contempt the pending bill was revolutionary and should have mature attention debate was temporarily suspended and alie following were passed senate bill increasing the pay of letter carriers senate bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to lease certain islands in bering sea for af blue and silver fox and mr mitchell rep ore urged that in view of the impossibility of getting a vote on the contempt of court bill without discussion and the fact that other legislation was blocked the bill be laid aside and house joint resolution looking to the reorganization atthe northern pacific 11 R co bo taken up ho emoke briefly for the bill mr smith dem N Y opposed the railroading of a bill involving and forty three million aclei of land such as the northern pacific reorganization bay through the senate in alie closing hours 0 the cession hill made a strong appeal in favor of the passage of the contempt of court attl the amendment offered by mr cannon rep making a jury trial obligatory and not discretionary with the judge was agreed to and the bill as amended was passed it divides con tempts of courts into two classes direct and indirect Con tempts committed during abo silting of the court or if a judge in chambers are direct con tempts all others are indirect A direct contempt may bo punished summarily in the case of indirect contempt u reasonable opportunity is to ie given the accused to purge such contempt and to have a trial oy jury A judgment of conviction for indirect contempt may be reviewed upon direct appeal or by writ of error from the supreme court and may be affirmed reversed or modified mr allison rep iowa presented the report of the conferees on the sundry civil bill announcing further disagreement on the item of public buildings ho moved the senate further insist on its amendment which was agreed to mr dubois declared that if the senate decided to recede from its amendment he would demand a yea and vote which would prevent adjournment the question of passing over the presidents si veto the bill to increase the pension of francis K hoover from 12 to 50 a month was taken up and the bill wa passed ayes SO noes 9 after a short executive session mr teller beep colo presented the conference report on the district of columbia appropriation bill abo disagreements of the two houses on the question of appropriations for sectarian purposes was compromised by providing that after june no money shall be appropriated for sectarian purposes mr vest dem mo opposed the de of an iron clad rule that after june no further aid should be given to hospitals and orphan asylum he declared that it was absolutely inhuman to say that the good work done by religious orphan asylums or abo providence hospital should be brought to a close and the ir inmate driven out into the alleys and slums if choso institutions should ba unable to support themselves it was not fair to bind the future legislatures to such a rule and while it might be true that such a declaration was only a pious fraud intended to deceive no one be was opposed to allowing the belief to go abroad through the country that congress has succumbed to the public clamor against sectarian appropriations mr teller replied that no one claimed that subsequent congresses were in the least bound by any such declaration and while the question of congressional aid to charities was very different from public aid to sectarian schools it was necessary for the senate to yield on this matter to pre venCa blockade of legislation the report was theu adopted the following bills w e ie passed authorizing thor izing a board of baval officers to ex amine cavassa island in the west indies as to its adaptability for a coaling station amending the act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the mexican war at the atmosphere of doubt ag to tho time of final adjournment began to clear dissipated by the appearance appe aranco of mr allison with a resolution for final adjournment tomorrow at 3 mr stewart pop nev protested at great length against the adjournment of congress leaving the country in its present deplorable condition and against the issue of bonds to pay the interest on bonds already issued at 6 a message was received from the house announcing agreement on the sundry civil bill the house receding from its disagreement to the senate amendments for the erection of various public buildings mr butler pop N C addressed the senite on the dereliction duty of which congress had been guilty and after an earnest solicitation at C yielded to a motion to take a recess until this evening the resolution for final adjournment waa amended by making the hour i tomorrow afternoon instead of 3 and was agreed to the first ripple on the placid current of inaction at the night session was caused by a motion entered by mr hale rep me to reconsider the vote by which the senate today pissed a bill to increase the pay of letter carriers just before 11 the sundry civil bill and several minor bills were received from the house and immediately evened by the vice president alie senate then at 11 adjourned until tomorrow at 11 the house washington june lo 10 there were less than fifty members present several measures were disposed ot without objection by the bouse among the following A resolution cf by mr 0 W stone kep PA that the secretary of the treasury be required to communicate to the house at the commencement of the next session euch information as he may bavo ormay be able to obtain meantime as to the comparative merits and advantages of pure nickel nickel alloy aluminum combined or alloyed with other metals and of copper bronze as material for our minor coins and for the purpose of making such information as full and complete aa possible tha secretary of the treasury is authorized to have struck such experimental minor coins of the metals mentioned pure and in combination with other metals as he may deem necessary and proper and is requested to communicate to the house the results and conclusions derived from such experimental peri mental coinage mr rep coio moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill provid ine for abo punishment of persons who willfully set fire to timber on the public domain it met tho serious objection of mr little dem ark but the objection was withdrawn and the bill passed on the motion of mr mondell bep wyo senate concurrent resolution was agreed to directing the secretary of the interior to resume the work of issuing patents to the union pacific railroad co for lands sold by it to bona fide purchasers according acco iding to the lists sup plied by the company this work was suspended a year ago and about two and A half million acres oi land and purchasers are affected senate bill making santa barbara cal a sub port ot entry was also passed under suspension of the rules upon the consideration of a resolution reported from the committee on printing by mr richardson dem tenn providing for the printing of copies of the bankruptcy bill mr alien dem miss made his usual humorous speech at the closing of a congress mr alien having finished the resolution proposed by mr richardson was agreed to mr grant rep vt called up the conference report on the district of columbia appropriation bill made yes and the house voted to further insist on its disagreement to the senate amendment still in dispute under the suspension of the rules the following were passed joint resolution extending the scope of the good roads investigation being conducted by the agricultural department senate boint resolution extending the benefits conferred by sections 1426 and 1573 revised statutes regarding service and re enlistment to all enlisted in the navy house bill amending the law regulating the landing of sub marine foreign telegraph cables so as to acquire congressional assent in the future heretofore the permission of the state department only has been necessary house bill setting apart tor a state park under the di action of the secretary of the interior about acres 0 land on mount tacoma wash house bill opening national cemeteries to burial of army nurses honorably discharged house bill increasing from 2000 to the limit of claims of postmasters for loss by fire burglary and other unavoidable causes which the post office department may settle without referring it to congress house bill to protect the public forest reserve aiom depredations senate bill appropriating to aid and encourage the and international exposition to bo held at omaha neb in 1898 at 1055 the house took a recess until 3 after the recess dundei suspension of the rules the following bills were passed house bill resolution extending for a year alie time within which beet alera on and purchasers of bands on ceded indian reservations may prove their claims and settle with the government house bill amending the shipping laws so as to detill further provide for the comfort and well being of sailors mr cannon rp presented the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill showing the senate had receded from its amendment giving a months salary to congressional em aloyes on the roll dec and since discharged the report was adopted mr walker rep mass chairman of the committee on banking and currency maintained that while the committee had made but four reports at this session of congress it had diligently pursued its of the greatest subject which had como before congress early in nest december he assured the house abo committee would report a bill dealing with the whole subject of the governments financial policy and the banking and currency interests of the country and ample opportunity port unity would be given to debate it mr cannon reported a total mant of the conferees on the public building amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill and moved that the house further insist on its disagreement mr wilson rep idaho moved that aba house recede from its alsa and concur the senate in a brief statement of the situation mr cannon expressed his belief that the bul would not fail and that tor himself individually he would vote to further insist on disagreeing to these amendments if the house haef not of that opinion and voted to recede that would pass the bill with all these amend fuenta mr wilson briefly breed the adoption of his motion the hoube in five cases upon this very bill hai waived the parliamentary lia contended for by mr cannon and it could not now insist upon its observance ho charged a discrimination against the western states in the matter of public buildings for them the providing of which upon a states entry into the unica had been tho invariable policy 0 the government mr blue rep kan mr cannons motion sad it was about time for the house to let that senate know that it would no longer bo driven and drummed about at the pleasure of that body mr dem ky eaid it deemed to be the feeling of every one in the senate eliat all that was necessary for the senate when it made an amendment to a bill was to stand firm and the house at tho earliest moment would lie down to be stepped on lets fool em once and give cm to know that we have a policy 0 our own and propose to enforce it applause mr wilsons Wil sons motion to recede and concur in the senate amendments was lost on a division 81 to 83 but by a vote by tellers it was reversed ayes 90 noes 74 the yeas and nays were then taken yeas nays 88 this action passed the bill and the announcement was greeted with applause speaker aeed announced the appointment of the following committees commit teea to sit during the recess r to investigate the charges against the leavenworth soldiers home grout rep vt CW stone rep pa warner rep fayera sayera dem texas and layton dem ohio to investigate and report upon the best means ot putting under ground telephone telegraph and electric light wires in tho district of columbia babcock kep wis odell rep N Y and richardson dem tenn senate amendments were agreed to to the bill to punish the transportation of alcohol or other liquors under a false name or brand the final agreement of the conferees on the district of columbia appropriation bill was presented and agreed to As to the charities provision it was agreed that after june SO 1897 no money should be paid to any religious society or institution or to one under sectarian or religious control mr cannon rep III took occasion to briefly review the legislation of the session the republicans having power only in the house proposed a revenue measure that would obviate the necessity of borrowing money but in another body it bad slept the sleep of death so the best that could be done was to provide for the expenditures of the government taking care in the bills to enter upon ho new field not demanding attention the result bad been he asserted that that there were no scandals of legislation and the house would appeal to the country for its vindication di in the next congress with restored republican supremacy in the executive and legislative departments of the government the republican parta would reenact re enact the republican protective principle into the legislation of the country providina provid lna sufficient revenue for the government and at the bame time labor for the toiling millions and those who want to toil great applause mr boutelle rep me mr speaker if it is in order I 1 move that when we adjourn it be to meet at the polls laughter mr sayers dem texas ex chairman of the committee on appropriations replying to mr cannon charged the majority with extravagance despite what had bees said Ini ithe presence of diminishing revenues and a depleted treasury congress had appropriated at this session 0 congress and he prophesied that those at the next session would swell tho total tor the 51 5 1 th congress to besides mortgaging the auturo for to offset that the republican party proposed to increase the taxes upon 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