Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-12
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
rxTrssIos OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS.

tlffn '-iuHI -it>etfH Z. AbbOtt, not having re-
cCIysd a majority of the votes cast by the North
Carolina legislature. on the second TUESDAY in
>ovt rIter $50, for the office OF Senator Of the
United States. i not entitled tn a seat ia said
United States Senate" and 10 was laid over.
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
Ian Was then amended and passed.
ECJSE.-Att.r eur report closed
i he House being IN Committee OF the Whole
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL,
The nine ty-secOud amendment prov dng ,Or the
purchase OF the two squares ('S1 and 6So) adjOin-
ING the grounds on the northeast and the south
east Of the Capitol. was reached, when Mr.
Garfield (phiOJ briefly explained the legislation
heretofore in relation Ia this property He said
The amendment mad been carefully drawn By
the Senate, and il the House decided to agree
o. the measure perhaps the committee had no
amendment 70 Cficr to the amendment. Indvi-
alaIIv. he might have been disposed TO favor the
Proposition had rot the people of the city and
the congress seen TT TO cut on future greatness
Is allowing railroad 70 Cut it, public grounds
IA two The committee recommended nOn-cOn-
CurTeuCe in the proposed am s1dment.
Mr.. Maynard Tenn said the American peO-
lie would not allow the grounds around the
az i;Cl g. remain IN the condition thew now are
VaEd tie matter might well be settled now
u~ 81 any other time. He pointed out the
saving thar might have been effected by the
purchase OF these squares years ago, and the
probable enhanced cost il the purchase be de-
tered lie hoped the House would concur in
the well-coEsidered and matured plans OF the
Senate.
Mt. Storm (Pa.) opposed the Senate amend
-HCUt.
Mr. Maynard replied that there could he no
objection to the use OF the grounds until such
me a. provision was male Tor their improve
IICHt. When that was done the road could be
removed, p was now proposed - do with the
street railway tracks around the Capitol.
HiT. Banks Mass offered an amen Iraent di-
TeCtiEE the commissioner of public buildings
and grounds 10 cause the removal of the loco
motive railway tracks at the west end of the
Capitol grounds. Agreed TO.
MIR. Wood y. " advocated concurrence in
The Senate amendment urging that the lands
should be now purchased, that the entire
grounds might be laid out in accordance with a
comprehensive general plan.
Mr. Chipman ID. c. said he could not COM
IrChend how proposition to allow railroad
JepOt half a mile distant had aEy bearing upon
the present proposition. He had consulted emf
ueHt Landscape gardeners, who had stated that
The railroad would not materially injure the
grounds He appealed to Congress to settle this
question. which kept the question of grade and
private Improvement in the vicinity of the Can
itOl az a standStill. No one would buy properly
adjoining the grounds where the government
lad yet to settle the grade, and property was as
consequence, lower Immediately around the
Capitol than al a distance from il.
Nil Swarm md urged concurrence in the
amendment Of the Senate. He said it was due
permanently established. that the grounds
should be extended and beautifed and made
worthy of the nation. He trusted that the i'm
= the House.
HIr. Perry (Uhio) said if the improvement was
to be made, and he supposed no one doubted
TCw, before the price advanced. lie couI1 see
10 ICaT0a Why IL should not now be settled
eud the Improvements OF the grounds being
carried on.
MIR. Sargent tCaI.) advocated the measure. as
one OF economy. urging that the present pur-
chase would result in "A large saving over the
cost at some future day.
Mr.. Garfield (UhiO) said he agreed with gen
ti6men who asserted that the present condition
81 the grounds " a. diSgraceful- The committee
C'd not feel anxious 70 increase the appTOpria-
tions, but he felt IL due to the House to saw
tGat the grounds brought i.to the ervatiOn
the closing OF avenues and streets would
t- twice that acquired by the purchase of the
sIUlrCS.
Mr. Townsend Pa advocated the improve
TEcut. urging that The approaches to the CaDitOl
gave strangers bad opinion OF the nation
Mr. Moore (Iii-) favored the proposed improve
freut, but seriously questioned the outlay of 50
large Sums at the present time. The psOple were
taxed sufficiently now, and something should ba
lett Tor those that were tD follow.
Mr. Halman tInd advocated ar amendment
lmitirg the expenditure to SI15,eg0.
MI Roosevelt N. y urged occurrence in
the Senate amendment expressing hi- desire to
see joe Surroundings of the Capitol worthy OF
one OF the most magnificent buildings OF the
world He thou ht IL due to the peoIIe of the
District who had incurred debt. lhey did NOT
know how much-anywhere from i've TO fifteen
nt-..on doilarS-tO improve the city and make il
' Lat i Was rI-iuaily intended il sho aid be-
Mr. Butler >lii lie hoped ID vote for this pro-
POSITION Some time, but when the Senate re-
fused 70 give widows their pensions from the
date Cf the death OF their husbands and said
they must date from the pass ge of the bill and
that proposition came from Vermont, he could
Lot vote Tor this proposition, which also CINE
from Vermont. He advocated referring the
matter Z" the Committee Public Expendi-
lures 10 ind ont exactly what il j. going TO cost
and Congress could act upon it when next
came together.
Mir. Potter Y. " advocated the measure a
IN accordance with the eternal fitness of things
which Prevails every where. The grounds should
correspond with the M. ait cent stru cture which
had been placed here.
Mr. Poland wa advocated the Senate amend
ment. and saIi il cont emplatei inst what the
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler)
proposed
MIR W. r. Roberts IN ", said if was most ex
tTsOrdinary that a proposition for so large an
appropriation should be introduced when but a
few DAYS ago large portion of the grounds orig
inally reserved for public park had been given
away for a railroad depot, and the assertion
made that the grounds would never be beauti-
ned, and the monument TO the greatest man that
ever lived, George Washington, would never be
he completed. but forever remain an eye.ore
When the grounds originally reserved were i'm
proved or beautihed, he would then. perhaps
lie ready % vote to buy and im prove this ground
Mr.. Hibbar moved to amend by limiting the
cost TO $50 ,0C0. Rejected.
Mr.. Holman proposed an amendment limiting
The cost TO -jsj,tt0, which Observation-Disclosures IS
Laws Il.
Mr. Holman then moved to amend BIZ limiting
The expenditure TO ic0 600, which was agreed
Mt. Harris VA offered further amendment
10 the amendment proposed, fixing the time
NLtA lile IdiiN az track shall be removed within
siN months after the adjournment of Congress
which was agreed 20.
A amended the Senate amendment was then
agreed 20.
The ninety-third and last amendment. pro-
viding for an increase in the salaries of various
officers. was, on Recommendation of the COM
mittee. nOn-cOncurTed in.
The committee then rose and reported the bill
TO the House, and the previous question was or
deTed.
THE CASE OF DR.. HOUAED.
Fencing further consideration of the bill, Mr.
Banks (Mass-l submitted a report from the
1cmmittee on Foreign Affairs in the case OF Dr.
HOustTd- The committee commend the adOp-
ZION OF resolution. substantially the resolution
creTed on Monday last by Mr.. Randall pa
except 80 much OF II as demands of Spain An
apology for an ndignity to an American citi-
zen. The resolution directs the President 10
demand the release of DIR. HOuard and the res
tOTatiOn Of his property. The report was Or
(fered to be printed and recommitted.
The House then, at $40 2. m, adjourned.
~The last token OF Marie AntOinette was
The sections record. "Paid seven francs for
Widow Capet's coffin"
fTMazzini's body is undergoing a chemical