New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-12
DISCUSSING THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL,

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSEI
WAsHINGToN July 1.-the House made less
oroeress than usual with the Sundry Civil bill TO-
dav, The members of the House generally have
lost all hope of an adjournment before August, and
ora therefore not disposed to be i'll haste. A good
deal of time was spent again to-day over the recon-
,nendation of the Appropriations Committee to re-
strict the use of land deposit certificates to the dis
tricts in which they issued, Mr. Hiscock and
others succeeding In convincing large
majority of the House that garing
abuses and enormous frauds are com
united under the law amended by the Demo
Gratis in the closing hours of the XLVth Congress,
II came out in discussion that alleged surveys OF
millions of acres of arid and otherwise worthless
lands have been made in Colorado, nevada ana
other States and Territories, under the deposit
system. and the certificates thus obtained have
been used 10 obtain valuable grcultural lands i'll
Dakota and other Territories we'll as i'll some of
the Western States
A proposition to establish new Indian school
afforded S. s. Cox an opportunity to offer an
amendment TO provide that the teachers
shall not be subject TO political assess
ments. and to have read statement
showing the amount of political contributions re-
ouested from the teachers and other employees IN the
Indian tralnng-schoOl at Carlisle, Penn. MI CoXs
amendment was rejected by a rather slim majority
General
of So. 600 for the Botanic Garden struck out OF the
bill This effort, of course failed. The BOTANIC
Garden is the institution which furnishes free How
orc IN Congressman, their wives, families and
friends
There was q long and animated discussion over
ronos;t,on TO authorize the director of the Geoiog
zeal Survey TO prepare general geological map oil
the United States. This amendment III modified
form was adopted by vote OF 90 to g. despite the
onnositiou of Chairman HscOck. who made a
powerfu speech against 1t. the grounds OF
his opposition being that it would carry the
operations of the Geological Survey into the Middle
States and elsewhere contrary TO the spirit OF the
law establishing the survey and also that 1t was
scheme for the benefit of individuals and corpora
lions who own large tracts of mineral lands III West
Virginia and other States. and who hope by these
means TO have them surveyed free OF cost TO them
selves.
The recommendation of the Appropriations COM
mittee to make some reduction OF the extremely
liberal salaries and allowances paid to the presi-
dent professors and teachers in the National lnst-
tuition for the Deaf and Dumb provoked very ami
mated discussion. Mr.. Kasson, who was chairman
of the Committee of the Whole and who
il also a member of the Board of Managers
of the Institution, left the chair to oppose
the reduction, and made two or three
eloonent five-minute speeches Messrs Randall
and Springer also opposed the reduction. which was
advocated by Mcssrs. Blackburn, Cannon and
others The recommendations OF the committee
were adopted. 4. e;o, .l,o
hill An item of 1898 TO pay stenographef Iof
work done for the Foreign Affairs Committee VIII
be likely TO provoke hveiy discussion d1 tbe rp
,,,ov.I NV Sneaker keIfer OF Messrs. DeVlne anu
HAYES official stenOgraphers OF committees.