Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-21
FORTE.FIFTH CONG n EsS.
] THURSDAY, March q

SENA F. memorials were presented as
follows.
BY Mr.. Conkling-For change OF the pen
sion laws: also. demonstrating against income
taN.
BY Mr.. Dorsey - From the treasurer OF
Epiphany Church, in Washington, 10 have tax
assessed and paid refunded. Referred 10 Dis
trlct OF Columbia committee.
=. Ihe resolution offered by Mr.. Window, to
Imlt debate to five minutes during discussion
OF appropriation bills, was passed.
Mr.. DORSEY EXPLAINS
MT Dorsey arose TO personal explanation
IN relation 10 a statement published i'm the
10 the Hot Springs appropriation bill and
alleging that he had some ullerior object i'm
view. The amendment, he said, was absolutely
necessary, and he had.urgedit il only because he
Il ought ii right and proper He ha
received letters and kilograms advocating the
amendment, and declaring that it ought TO
ntcOme law. Ex-senator CLAYTON. who is i'm
washington, expresses the same view The
newspaper article is a base falsehOod. aud IS
not worthy his attention.
hr. Hereford offered q resolution recting
that the House bill 10 repeal the resumption
act, was referred TO the finance committees
November 18th. and directing the committee
10 report the bill within one week. objection
was made and the resolution went over
On motion OF Mr.. Chattee. the hill 10 eStab-
hSh the territory OF Lincoln, was taken up.
MT: Hereford expressed the belief that ter
rltOrles were being established more rapidly
than Is warranted by the population. When
the expenses OF keeping up the territories
which had To be borne by the general govern
ment Tor the small number nf people. was con
sldered. he thought il should prevent haSty
action In creating new territories.
Pendlng consideration of the bill the morn
ing hour expired and the Pacific Railroad
tuhdlng hill came up as unfinished business.
MI. Teller addressed the Senate in advocacy
OF the bill reported hy the railroad committees.
and argued that the Judiciary committees
Dill was Violatiye of the rights OF contract
HOUSE.-Mr. Cox (N. Y.) rose to a personal
explanation, and referring TO the remarks
made by Mr.. Hewitt IN. W and Mr Foster.
yesterday. desired 20 file certain papers to
show that he was correct i'm his statement YES
terday that he had al an early day and per.
slstently urged the appropriation for payment
OF laborerS IN the navy yard at New York and
elsewhere. He wanted to keep his record for
veracity i'm this House clear and any loose
statements made by Mr.. Foster yesterday or
by his colleague, MIR. Hewitt. went for nothing.
Mr.. Foster said that Mr.. Cox had yesterday
made an attack on the committee on appropri-
atlonS, and had accused the committee of de
reelection of duty, while claiming for himself
the credit OF having urged the appropriation.
He wanted now to say that the committee had
acted upon this matter at the earliest praCti-
cable moment, and that action was due mainly
to the urging Of Mr.. Chttenden and Mr.. Hsw-
lit. OF New lOrk. member OF the committee
But for the efforts of these gentlemen the an
preparation would not now be made. Mr.. Cox
had not appeared before the committee but
had contented himself with filing statement.
He did not question the fact that the gentle
man thought he was doing his whole duty in
pursuing this course
Mr.. Cox (NY.) said that no negligence could
be attributed to him in this matter He could
not understand why he should be charged
with derelictiOn. He did all the work that
was required OF him. and IL was ungraciOuS
now for The gentleman 10 inpute derectiOn to
him: He had never failed in performance OF
his duty In this connection.
MI. Crlttenden introduced bill apprOpriat-
ing $1,000 to pay the current expenses OF
operating the DeS MoneS canal on the upper
mississippi for the fiscal year commencing
July lst, lSIS. Referred To appropriation com
mittee.
Mr.. Ballou, from printing committee. re-
ported bin TO print lGN copies of the second
edition of the report of Chief Engineer King
on European ships of war, the same to he for
the use OF the Navy department Passed.
Mr. Cutler. from committee on agriculture
reported bill TO print three hundred thou
sand copies OF the report of the commissioner
of agriculture for lS11. Referred Ia committee
on printing.
MesSrs. Durham, Clymer and Smith wereap-
pointed the House c0nferees on the military
academy appropriation bill.
Mr.. Chalmers introduced a bill to provide
Tor the organization of the Mississippi I'M
proyement commission TO deepen the channel
Of the mississippi and improve its navigation.
Referred.
Mr.. Clymer moved to go into committee of
the whole on the naval appropriation bill.
Mr. Hendee inquired il the bill for a per
manent form of government for the District
business
The Speaker replied that when it was made
the special order il was made SO subject to the
appropriation bills.
Mr.. Hendee understood that. He did not
propose to antagOniZe the appropriation bills,
but he wanted it stated how the District bill
stood if the House did not go into committee.
The Speaker said il would then come up a.
unfinished business, to the exclusion of the
morning hour. roll, and other business.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then Went into committee of the
whole on the naval bill (Mr. Carlisle in the
chair, general debate having been previously
limited to twenty minutes.
Mr.. Clymer said he had limited the debate to
twenty minutes, because the bill came here
AS the unanimous report of the committee
and there was no politics i'm il. He would
simply explain the provisions of the bill The
estimates submitted by the department
for this bill was Sl&23s3, ,23l 40 The biI
as reported recommended sI4,04S6S4 or
s.; ;ls4, 55o.4o less than the estimates. The
whole amount appropriated i'm the differ
ent bills for the navy for the current fiscal
year was Sl5a5S, ,SS2.07, So that il would be per
celyed that there was square reduction in
this bill for the next year. He thought that
the bill in all its details would commend itself
TO the House, and he hoped TO get il through
to-day and just as il came from the commit
tee on appropriations.
The bill was then read by sections for
amendment.