Daily globe., 1879-06-14
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session, .....--..
The Senate.
ARMY BILL REFERRED.

Extra Session, i
The Senate.
ARMY BILL REFERRED.
WASHINGTON, June 13.-On mo tion of Sens
tor Withers the army appropriation bill was
read q second time and referred to the commit
tee on appropriations. Har= ss>E s
POST ROUTES. as.ea... s.s
On motion of Senator Maxey the House sup
Elemental post route bill was taken up, amend
ed and passed.
LEGISLATIVE Bull.
On motion of Senator Beck the Senate pro.
ceeded to consider the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill as reported from
the committee on appropriations. Senator
Beck explained the bill. With view to simpli.
flying it as it came from the House, he had
himself prepared as q substitute an amend
ment preserving the usual form OF such an
preparation bill without changing the amount
and purpose of the appropriations, except &C
cording to the amendment made by the Senate
committee on appropriations. He was not,
however, authorized by the committee to re-
port that substitute. Still il might help the
Senate to understand the House bill.
Senator Window thought he could not vote
for the bill as passed by the House. It was An
incompreheusible affair, and it would be far
better to pass the bill lately vetoed without the
political clauses. - s5 ..,. ..,.. -.i4 -srr.,. =
Senator Beck explained that the bill had
been passed in its present form by the House,
and accepted by the Senate committee with a
view OF fastening action and permitting an
early adjournment. .-t - ..4
Senator Window moved to recommit the
bill that the committee might have an op-
portunity to report bill in the usual form.
Senator Houston opposed the motion on
account of the delay it would cause.
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He could not understand why the bill which
had been agreed to twice by both houses during
this session should not be passed again with
out the disputed political clauses.
Senator Davis, W. Va, opposed the motion.
Senator Blaine supported it and severely
criticised the form of the bill, saying among
other things, that as it came from the
House it actually appropriated nothing at all,
and the Senate committee had to amend by
inserting the necessary appropriation clause.
He thought it little short of a disgrace for
Congress to send such thing out an appro-
priation bill. He read some of the language of
the bill, and amid the laughter which fol-
lowed, said if the people did not know where
the language was used they would think it
was taken from some joke book. Yet this was
what came from the House an appropriation
bill. He thought a good motion would be one
to kick the whole thing under the table.
Senator Windom's motion to reconmit was
lost; yeas 23, nays ga strict party vote ex-
Cept DaVlS, OF ILLINOIS,, voted YES.
Senator Anthony hoped Beck's substitute
would be considered.
Senator Beck explained that tho committee
had not reported on his substitute. He felt
compelled to stand by the action of the COM
mittce and would support the bill as re-
ported.
The bill was then read for action on the COM
mittee amendments. When the first clause
had been read Window asked Beck to inform
him how much money that clause appropriated.
Beck said he could tell how much the whole
bill appropriated about SIS 100000. It was
hard to say what any clause appropriated.
Senator Window said every clause of Becks
substitute showed just what money was voted
by it, He wanted to know if Beck could tell
within four or five million dollars of what the
clause appropriated. daughter. s-.rs .--
Senator Beck replied and the discussion that
bate. f.s ~ - 5l-7c'
Senator Blaine rose to point of order and
asked in what parliamentary form be could Of
ter an amendment to any of the clauses repeal
ed or continued by this bill, if he objected to
any of them. ,a5i 81
Senat t'r Beck thought this bill could be
amended just like any other.
Senator Blaine said nothing could be amend
ed that wasn't read at the clerks desk, He
would but fire a blank shot in the air in the
hope that it. would strike something in last
years bill.
Senator Beck thought last years bill could
be read. -, 81 lT. u : b., # ,ss .-r,a, a41F
Senator Blaine did not know under what
rule.
The presiding officer (Garland) remarked that
he did not feel called upon to decide hypo-
thetical case and asked Blaine to state his
amendment.
Senator Blaine therefore offered an amend |
ment to substitute 1900 for 49, 500 for wagons
siderable laughter and confusion, as nobody
could lind such provision in the bill, and |
Blame would only say that it came in some
where under the first clause. Several Demo-
cratic Senators protested against this method of !
what they considered obstruction. After some |
further debate, Blaine withdrew his amend |
ment and the reading of the bill was proceeded |
with. At the end of each clause, debate was
renewed as indicated above, Blaine at one time |
going so far as TO say that the bill really appro-
pr'ated nothing for the year 1880, but only |
amended and limited the appropriation for
1s79l - ,.,r5 ell =. - =, go" $500 -"
Senator Salisbury denounced what he called |
tho captious criticism of the bill. He would
say that any man with any legal acumen who |
attempted to consider the bill would be jack |
ass II he could not understand what Congress
meant by it. Great laughter followed this re- |
mark, and good humor took the place Of the |
general irritation before manifested. -
Senator Rollins submitted an amendment
appropriating sl50,ooO to pay judgmentsin tho
court Of claims. Rejected. Yeas II, nays so. |
Senator Bailey submitted an amendments ap.
propriating $l5 900 for collecting statistics and
compiling matter for the annual and special !
report, and editing and publishing circulars of
information by the bureau Of education.
Adopted. g HgtItG q sf|H 09eG57
:, The bill was reported back to the Senate and
the amendments made in. committee of the
whole agreed to.
Senator Blaine obtained an assurance from
Beok that the bill contained nothing affecting
the disputed political questions, saying he
nn find 1rt
not contain. The bill was read for the third |
3 time and passed. ea E>-s ~ r-''N |
Senator Wallace moved to take up the ann.
plemental judicial appraprition bill, ~, -
senator Whyte moved to proceed to consider
alton of executive business |
to. Adjourned 5gsa 80
House Of Representatives.
s.-5,. . SPIRITS. 4
WASHINGTON, June 13.-Mr. Morrison, from
the committee on ways and means, reported