Show lPi TtF J 0 J < TELEGRAPHIC I CONGRESS SENATE WSJIINGTON March 4The House has refused yeas 123 nays 132 to concur in the Senate amendment to the post office appropriation bill relative to open mail transportation The remaining committee amendments to the river and harbor bill were agreed to Jones of Nevada said it was clear that further discussion of this bill was the merest waste of time he therefore moved to lay it on the table This motion was defeated yeas 17 nays 31 A message from the House announced an agreement in the postoffice appropriation appro-priation bill on every point of difference except that relating to postal 10 cent stamps for letters requiring special expedition expe-dition in delivery Plumb moved that the Senate recede on this agreed to Cullum called up his resolution to authorize au-thorize the committee on transportation routes to the seaboard to sit during recess of Congress agreed to Consideration of the liver and harbor bill was resumed At 7 oclock Hale submitted the final conference report on the deficiency bill showing all differences adjusted and the Senate went into executive session When the doors reopened recess was taken until 930 HOUSE Randall submitted the conference report re-port on sundry civil appropriation bill with 231 amendments placed upon the bill by the Senate Agreement has been reached as to 171 leaving GO still in controversy con-troversy Sixty amendments on which agreement has been reached involved an appropriation of 3233000 Of these 39 were for public buildings which would require re-quire an expenditure of 1637000 For two hours and a half matters went on very smoothly The report of the conference con-ference was agreed to and the House proceeded pro-ceeded to consider the amendments upon which no agreement had been reached The House insisted on its disagreement dis-agreement in each case until the amendments amend-ments relative to public buildings were reached Randall asked that they be considered in gross but an objection was made by those members who desired to amend the amendments with new propositions propo-sitions Randall thereupon called for the previous previ-ous question on the first of the Senate amendments but the point no quorum having been raised further consideration of the amendments was postponed and Randall submitted the conference report on the naval appropriation bill announcing announc-ing disagreement As the clerk was reading read-ing the report daylight began to stream into the chamber and the doorkeepers busied themselves in awakening many persons who had spent the night in the galleries and who had enjoyed quiet naps on benches their heads resting on overcoats over-coats and other improvised pillows New arrivals made their appearance and the HOUSO began to wear a brighter aspect although the air in the chamber was I stifling Members who had been sleeping in the cloak rooms and lobbies came into the hall refreshed and proceeded to restaurants res-taurants to secure breakfast The report on the naval bill was not agreed to and further conference was ordered or-dered at 7 oclock Consideration of the Sundry Civil bill was resumed Budd moved to concur in all the public building amendments of the Senate except ex-cept one this being preserved in order that an opportunity might be obtained to offer amendments agreed to 77 to 53 It was then agreed by unanimous consent con-sent that members should be permitted to offer their amendments and have them voted upon It being especially stipulated stipu-lated that yeas and nays should not be called and that no question of a quorum should be raised Hutchins submitted the conference report re-port on the naval appropriation bill Agreed to Keifer offered the following resolution That the thanks of this Congress Con-gress are hereby tendered Hon J M Carlisle Speaker for the courtesy with which he has treated all its members and for the ability and fairness with which he has presided over deliberations of the house during the 48th Congress Adopted Adjourned |