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S2,5O0,0 Mr.. Edmunds moved to make the
amount 81, 200, 900. Agreed to.
Mr. Edmunds submitted the following as
substitute for the clause in the House bill pro-
posed to be struck. out by the committee Oh
appropriations:
shall be made at any time within sixty days
next before any election to take place for
President Of the Uuittd States or member OF
Congress. except when the secretary OF tn.
navy shall certify that the needs OF the public
service makes such incrt ase necessary at that
time.
The substitute was agreed to.
The committee on appropriations reported i'll
favor OF increasing the appropriation Tor the
81, 500, 900. Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend 80
ss to make the amount 81, 900, 600, and it was
agreed to.
The next amendment Of the committee pro-
yided that hereafter all appointments of
second lieutenants in the marine corps shall be
made from graduates at the naval schools.
Agreed to.
The bill having been considered in COM
mittee OF the whole, was reported to the Sem
ate, and the amendments made in committee
we're concurred in. 1t was then read q third
time and passed.
Mr.. Edmunds (Rep.) Of Vermont, asked that
the bill to amend the Enforcement act be taken
up. Opposition was made to it, and it was
taken up only upon q strict party vote Of "a to
a.. The bill having been amended verbally,
and considered in committee Of the whole, was
reported to the Senate. The amendments
were agreed to and the bill passed-yeas, rs !;
naye, 13.
The Senate insisted on its amendments to
the Indian and Naval Appropriation bills, and
agreed to the conferences on those bills asked
for by the House OF Representatives. Messrs.
Wirdom, Logan, and Ransom were appointed
members Of the committee on the former, and
Messrs. Sargent, Cragin, and Withers on the
latter.
MIR. Allison Rep.), of Iowa, explained the
provisions Of the Army Appropriation bill, and
said that the first eight sections Of the bill ss
it came from the House proposed to reorganize
the army. The committee on appropriations
had not felt authorized to examine into that
subject, and therefore reported in favor of
striking out those eight sections. The bill as
it came from the House appropriated 1924, 1885,
269.40. To this amount the Senate committee
on appropriations had added So, ,278, ,692, making
the total amount called for by the bill as now
before the Senate $27, ,56l ,361.40, or $1,2S7,-
60 less than the amount appropriated for
the present fiscal year. The House proposed
to reduce the army in numbers as we'll as the
compensation Of officers. This bill proposed
bill which recently passed the House proposed
a reduction Of ten regiments. The amend
ment proposed by the committee to strike out
the eight sections reorganizing the army, re-
ducing the pay, etc., was agreed to-yeas, "a :;
nays, IS. Other amendments proposed by the
committee we're agreed to as follows:
Increasing the appropriation for expenses Of
the commanding generals Office from $4,000
to So 600, and that for expenses Of recruiting
and transportation Of recruits from $75, 600 to
Sl05, 900. Increasing the appropriation for tho
pay Of the army from So 154, 1888 to SO, 968, 574
providing that from and after the first day Of
January next there shall be no more than
forty psymasters in the army, the reduction to
be made by dropping from the rolls the junior
commissions until the maximum Of forty is
reached.
The bill, having been considered in committee
Of the whole, was reported to the Senate, and
tue amendments made in committee agreed to
-yeao, 25; nays, ~. The bill was then read q
third tune and passed..
HOUSE.
The House proceeded to the consideration
Of the bill equaizing the bounties Of soldiers
and was addressed by Mr.. Thornburgb, Of
Tennessee, in favor of the bill. It allows to
all enlisted men, soldiers, sailors and marines
Gnolxding slaves and Indians), 1888 for their
pbIlOu VI Iuo beEVlCe UotH6eu LILO LWelltu Ol
April, 1861, and the ninth Of May, 1866, de-
Quoting all bounties already paid under the
United States and State laws. The bill is not
to apply to substitutes, men who we're prison.
ers Of war at tho time Of enlistment, or men
who were discharged on their own application
for other cause than disability incurred in the
service prior to the nineteenth Of April, 1866
(unless suoh discharge was obtained with a
view to re.enlistment, or to accept q promo
tion), or to persons discharged on the ground
Of minority. All applications for bounties
Passed-yeas, 40; nays, 46.
The Speaker pro tenn laid before the House
message from the President in relation to the
extradition treaty with England.
MIR. Cox (Dem.), Of New York, moved con-
currence in the amendments. MIR. Landers
Oem.), Of Indiana, offered the amendment
making the trade dollar no longer legal ten
der. The amendments were finally referred
to the committee on banking and currency.
Mr.. Stenser resumed his remarks on the
Freedman's bank. Among the facts he quoted
incidentally were these: That the deposits Of
the colored mon in the bank in nine years wero
S56, 900, ,00v; tie South had been drained OF
money by the branches Of the bank, which
sent its funds to the main concern at Wash
ington; the final loss to depositors will be
about 81, 10000
The committee having proceeded to consider
the bill by sections, MIR. Warren Oem), of
Massachusetts, offered an amendment to pay
the executor OF the estate Of the late Henry
Wilson $40, ,222, being the salary for the une1-
pired term Of his Office as Vice-President
After speeches by Mr. Hoar (Rep.), Of Mass.
aohusetts, and Mr.. Wood Oem.), of New
York, in favor Of the amendment and Of Mr..
Holman Dem.), of Indiana, in favor of limit
ing the amount to one years pay, the amend
ment was adopted.
\ The House went into committee Of the
whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill.
the question being on the amendment offered
by Mr.. Vance, Of Ohio,ito have the publicpriut-
ing done under contract by the lowest bidder.
Agreed to.
The Senate amendments to the Navy Appro-
priation bill were non- concurred 10, and COM
mittee Of conference was ordered. Messrs.
Blount (Dem.) OF Georgia, Whtthorne (Dem.) },
of Tennessee, and Hale Rep.), Of Maine, were
appointed On the part Of the House.
Tho House went into committee Of the
whole on the sundry OWL bill. Among the
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts. 1896, 1000
Pacific coast survey, 5000, 900; geodetic survey
between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, $780,
600; repairs Of coast survey vessels, $50, 900
publishing survey observations, $4,000; pro-
pagations of food fishes, $50, 900; signal SER
vice. $500, 1000; completing the military tele-
graph between the army posts on the Texas
frontiers, $4,000; for publication Of official
records Of the civil war, both Of the Federal
and of the Confederate armies, $4,000; geo.
logical survey, $4,000; Powells survey OF the
Colorado, $4,000.
After minor amendments the bill was passed
Mr.. Sampson Rep.): Of Iowa, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the joint resolution
suggested by the President to continue the ap-
propriaions for the next fiscal year on the
same basis as the appropriations for the fiscal
year about to expire, in case Of the failure Of
any Of the regular appropriation bills before
the first Of July. The motion was rejected
yeas, 81 ; nays liz.
The Washington Monument.