The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-23
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Forty-fourth Congress.
SENATE.

During the morning hour several bills on
the calendar of minor importance were
pissed, and the consideration of unfinished
business being moved the appropriation
bill was then resumed.
Mr.. Sargent in charge of the bill said the
amount of estimates for the navy submit
ted for the next fiscal year was $20,S71,-
666. 40, the amount appropriated for the
present year was $17,011, 1906 co. The bill
now before the senate as reported by the
committee on appropriations proposed to
appropriate SIG, 119, 200 40 being an In
crease on the house bill of s3,6S5,000 and
a decrease as compared with the appropria-
ton bill Of the present fiscal year of 49,
020.1G.
The amendments proposed by the com
miitee on appropriations were agreed to
as follows Increasing the appropriation
for the pay Of officers, seamen, etc, from
IS, 750, 900 to $4,000 600 increasing that
for civil establishments at the several navy
yards from Ss5, 600 to 100000 and that
for local pilotage from $45, 900 to $59, 900.
| When the amendment increasing the APP
preparation for the equipment of vessels
from s9,0, 600 to S1,25O,0OO was reached,
Salisbury opposed the increase and argued
| that in the presen: condition of the finances
there should be economy.
MIR. Sargent said he did not wish 10 60
into discussion of finances, but when be
saw that the public debt WAS being reduced
every month from two to three million dol
lars he could not understand this terrible
complaint about not being able to arpro-
pirate money. Our ships must be kept
abroad to watch the interests of our cous-
| Try and not to he brought home to be laid
Up in the navy yard.
Mr. Salisbury said there had been un-
wise and extravagant expenditures of pub
lie money. The house of representatives
investigated the expenditures for the navy
department and found they had averaged
twenty million dollars per annum during
the last eight years. II was high time that
congress gave It's attention to expenditures
in this department of the service. He then
referred to the amendment to strike out
the clause in regard to the employment of
men in November, ETC., and said that after
election in the fall of.lS74, 1859 men were
discharged from employment by the bu-
reau of construction and repairs. They
| had been taken on then that their votes
might be secured. lie referred particular
| ly TO the employment of men in the Charles
town navy yard last election.
Mr.. Dawes argued that the employment
of workmen at election time only could
not serve any practical party in Masachu-
sets. Nobody in that state desired any
such proceeding and nobody there would
have any such thing forced upon them.
Pending discussion the senate went into
executive session and when the doors were
re-opened resumed the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill. After further
debate the amendment to increase the ap-
preparation for the equipment of vessels
was agreed to; yeas "a, nays 90.
The next amendment was to increase the
appropriation for the bureau of yards and
docks from $440,Oo0 to $780, 900, and was
rejected, yeas %. nays 90. Messrs. Ed
munds, Hamilton, Morrill, of Vermont, and
Ingalls voting with the democrats in the
| negative.
Mr.. Sargent moved to reconsider the
vote by which the other appropriations in
the bill had been increased and said If he
could not rely upon his republican friends
to stand by the bill he would accept the
bill as it came from the house of represent
atives. After some discussion Mr.. Sar-
| gent withdrew his motion to reconsider.
Mr.. White moved to amend the clause
directing the secretary of the navy to re-
port at the next session of congress the
best method of making sale of the naval
| hospitals at Annapolis and Washington, and
the directing of the one at Annapolis dur
| ing the coming year so as to provide that
the one at Annapolis shall be kept open
| and that at Washington be closed. He af-
| terward modified his amendment so as to
| provide that both the hospitals in W ashlDg-
ton and Annapolis should be kept open,
and as modified it was agreed TO.
The next amendment was to increase the
appropriation for the bureau of construc-
lion and repair from 81, 5000 to So, 800
900. Mr.. Edmunds moved to make the
amount 2,O0o, 900; agreed to.
| The next amendment being in regard to
the increase of force at the yards in Octo-
Der and November, Mr. Edmunds submit
ted the following as q substitute for the
| clause in the house bill proposed to be
stricken out by The committee on appropri-
atoms mo increase of force at any navy
yard shall be made at any time within 60
| days before an election to take place for
president of the United States or member
of congress, except when the secretary of
the navy shall Certify that the needs of the
public service make such increase ncces-
sary at that time
| Mr.. Thurman moved to amend the sub
stitute by adding: (which certificate shall
be Immediately published when made
Mr.. Edmunds accepted the amendment
and his substitute was then agreed to.
| Mr.. Sargent moved an amendment pro-
viding that $50, 900 Of the sum appropri-
ated for the bureau of construction and
repairs may be used in the employment of
labor to put the live oak timber in the diff
ferent yards Into wet docks; agreed to.
The committee on appropriations report
ed in favor of increasing the appropri alton
for the bureau of steam engineering from
SSs5,00) to 100000. MIR. Edmunds
moved to amend SO as 10 make the amount
1000 900; agreed to.
The next amendment of the committee