New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-05
THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.

lBY TELEGRAPH 70 THE rRIBUSBl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The House was very
industrious to-day, and 50 far the Appropriation
bills and its action upon them are concerned, Con-
gTess might adjourn tomorrow. Both Houses have
agreed to the conference report the Legislative
bill the only remaining points of disagreement OH
the Navy bill are in relation to the power which
the House desires to give the Secretary of the Navy
to suspend work in supernumerary navy-yaris; tho
conferees on the General Deficiency bill still
kept apart by the Senate amendment to give men,
bers of that body mileage for the special session
held last October The Sundry Civil bill has been
sent to conference committee, aud no great dbl
Guilty is looked for in reaching an agreement
When Mr. Robcson reported from the conference
committee on the Navy bill this morning a good
many members Of the House were surprised to find
that all the differences, except that in relation to
the closing of the navy-yards had been 50 easily
and quietly adjusted, and that the conferees had
been able to secure substantially everything else
the House had asked. The report. however. pro-
voked lively discussion, mainly Oh the matter on
which the confeIees had failed to agree.
Mr.. O'NeIli. of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Bowman,
of Massachusetts,. each representing district which
has navy-yard in or near by it that will prob
ably be closed if the proposition of the House shall
he adopted, offered vigorous opposition to
that part of the report, and made somewhat
flaming speeches in favor of q motion TO con-
cur in the Senate amendment. Messrs. Robe
SON Atkinson and Abram 5. Hewitt
defended the report of the conference committee.
Mr.. Hewitt took pains to say that he fully con-
CURED in every thing that Mr.. Robeson had said.
especially in regard to the proposition for closing
up the useless navy yards. Mr. Robson said that
the bill appropriates about $4,000 less than the
amount in the hill of last year. The report of tho
conference committee adopted without d.
vision.
When the 247 Senate amendments TO the Sundry
Civil bill were brought mp by Chairman discock, 1t
was found that The Appropriations Committee had
recommended nOn-concurrcnce in all except about
fifty OF them. In a good many cases, Of course,
the recommendation to non-concur was merely
formal, and made IN order to
pedite business and give the House
committee all opportunity TO ascertain the reasons
W nv some of the amendments adopted. In
other cases the report OF the committee was hotly
contested as for example, where it reco commended
non-concurrcnce in certain items amounting TO
about $50 900 to pay salaries and expenses OF tho
National Board OF Health, which The Senate had
added TO the bill. The Southern members, who
have always warmly csp0used the cause OF tho
BOARD came TO tho front again to-day and were
reinforced 10y few members from Northwestern
States where the Board has within year past Kept
inspectors 10 watch and guard against the spread Of
smallpox MessrS. Blount Cannon. Robson and
S 5. Cox rallied to the support OF Chairman His
cock in opposition to the Senate amendments and
they we're all rejected
It was charged by Mcssrs. IlscOck, Butterwortn
and Cox that the officials of the Natonai BOARD OK
Health had engaged IN plot To ge' up yeiIo1m-
fever panic aud had formed combinations 10 lihu-
euce individual congressman iOr tur puIpoSe VI ".
curing moro liberal appropriations 10 PsiPcrrIuaeo
the extrayagant expenditures OF the D1aIu. mess
unnecessary appropriations, MI Iiiscoch S1''' "'io
invoked IN the sacred name Of humanity an lnHo-
cation winch he declared TO Oe a he Mt. Manning,
of Misslssi Dbl warmly defended the bo2td ana de-
med rnnt there was any plot or combination 10 IN
tneuce congress and went on TO rccaii the horrors
~ rho vrllnw-ttycr epidemic Oi 1879 and TO lnti-
,natc Ihe probability OF us recurrence TINS year IN
cas-. of the refusal TO make tins appropriation.
several other items IN the senate amendments
nroyoked warm discussion, and ia four or tive in
stances the Appropriations Committee was over
rued by the House. Atler tho blll had been dis
posed of nothing WAS uOne except 10 accedo 10 the
Senate's request lor conference on The Sundry
civil bill. .,
Thus far the conservative influences IN the House
have been strong euoug 60 defeat the conslderatioh
of The suspicious measures which always attempt 70
sneak through the House ia tho closing days Oh
session.