Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
| Senate To-day.
Mr.. Anthony reported favorably from the print
Ing committee the joint resolution authorizing the
printing and sale at cost price OF the Congress
sional Directory and current numbers Of the Con-
| 0reSSiOndi Record. Passed.
| BILLS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS PASSED.
| On motion of Mr.. Conger the Senate proceeded
to consider bills reported for public buildings
Mr.. Rollins, chairman of the committee on pub
lie Buildings in reply to criticism by Mr.. Sauls-
bury, said that while these bills were more
| numerous than heretofore, the aggregate OF the
appropriations under them at the present session
was less than at previous sessions.
| The House bills for public buildings at points
tSen with the
BlufIs, 100000 The House biii appropriating
stituted for the Senate bill on the su bject and
passed The Senate bill apprOpriatlng SIS, 600 for
e s ase e
Rochester, NY. Mr. Lapham insisting upon the
which was to secure the retention Of the United
courts at o The 81, prOyso was
appropriates 600 The House bill appropriate
Ing $125 600 for q building at Galveston, Texas,
building at La Crosse, Wis, We're % also passed.
The aggregate of these appropriations during the
| morning was 81, 975 600.
The Senate bin to incorporate the Garfield
| Memorial Hospital was passed.
The per cent land bill came up as the unfin-
House OF Representatives.
| Mr.. Townsend (Ohio) introduced a bill to estab-
lish a board OF commissioners of interstate COM
| merce as bureau OF the Interior department.
Referred.
| THE BANK CHARTER EXTENSION BILL.
| The House then resumed the consideration OF
the bank charter extension bill. the pending ques-
tion being on the amendment offered by Mr.. Crapo,
| as an Independent section, as follows: "That no
national banking association now organized, or
hereafter organized, desiring to withdraw its cir
culating notes, upon a deposit of lawful money
with the Treasurer of the United States. as pro-
titled AN act fixing the amount OF United States
| notes, providing for a redistribution OF the ma
tonal bank currency, and for other purposes shall
Oe required to give ninety days no tce to the Sec
retary OF the Treasury OF its intention deposit
lawful money and withdraw its circulating notes
money shall be deposited during any calendar
| month for this purpose: And prorided further,
That the provisions OF this section shall not apply
the Treasury, but when bonds are called for re-
demption the banks holding such called bonds
OF fns% within thirty days after the
Mr. Jones ARK moved to amend the amendment
by inserting s3,0OO,0OO in lieu of s5,O0oOO0 Re-
/
MI. Bayne moved to amend the amendment by
adding the following prOviso: ''That said banks
MAJ may withhold said bonds in whole or in part for
| sury OF their intention to do, in which event
said bonds shall not be redeemable until the exp1-
Mr. Hewitt, of New York. favored and Mr.. RAN
dali opposed the amendment, which was re-
jected-yeas AZ: nays, 169
Mr.. Crapos amendment was then adopted ith-
| out division.
Mr.. Crapo offered as an additional section an
l n6nla Ifvryf
the association making the same shall be
entitled to receive from the controller OF
the c. currency circulation notes equal in amount
| to 30 per cent to the current market value,
not exceeding par, Of the U. s. bonds so transfer
red and delivered. 1t further provides that at no
Time shall the amount OF sucn notes issued exceed
80 per cent OF the amount actually paid in Of cap
tal stock and repeals sections 511 and 5l76 Of the
| Revised Statutes.
| Mir. Holman moved to strike out the clause re-
pealing section 5.176-rej jected yeas ST. nays no.
| Mr Crapo's amendment was then adopted-yeas
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The District in Congress.
THE BUTCHERS HEARING POST PoNED.
The hearing of the butchers in opposition to the
| abattoir bill has been postponed to a day which
Will be fixed by the House District committee at
| its meeting next Monday.
SANITARY ENGINEER wARING ON THE RECLAMA-
| TION OF THE RIVER FLATS
| The Senate committee on improvement of the
| river front at Washington this morning examined
Col Geo E. Waring, of Newport, R. l., a sanitary
engineer as to the effect OF the fats and the bene-
fits to be obtained from the projected improve
ment He testified that on the 18th OF last August
he made, at the request Of Col Rockwell an in
spectiOn OF the White House and grounds, with
the view OF recommending sanitary i'm
provements In the spring of 1880 he
Smithsonian Institution, and before preparing that
he took occasion TO examine the Potomac flats and
the Anacostia flats very thoroughly. He had also
examined the late Major Twining's plan of reclaim
alton, and had talked with him about it. He would
| approve part OF the plan, but would change the
proposed order of the work somewhat. He re-
| garded thorough system OF Sub-SO1l drainage
necessary in order to remove the prevailing
such system for the low grounds it would be
necessary to have the sub-soiI drainage empty into
a.. canal M made for that purpose, to get sufficient
canal ana into the river by pumping. Such a
thorough system of under-drainage as he proposed
would obviate the necessity OF filling the flats In
| Short he would drain them dry and keep them dry
first building sea-wall between them and the
riverl by this system of understandings. The pro-
posed plan would, If carried out, be beneficial to
the health OF the city. but, he believed not to the
extent the committee was seeking. 1t would
| undoubtedly, though, be public benefit to ill
| the flats.
THE WATER SUPPLY BIZ.
Senator Harris made an attempt this afternoon
to get up the water bill, but Mr.. Allison objected
until the pending five per cent bill is disposed Of
Mr Harris expects to get up the water bill as soon
as the five per cent bill is out OF the way.
THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
Mr. German called up in the Senate to-day the
House bill authorizing the Southern Maryland
| railroad comp any to extend a railroad into and
within the District.
Mr.. Morrill,, in objecting to the present consider
alton of the bill, said he hoped the District COM
mittee would at this session bring in measure for
the protection of public travelfn Washington from
the neglect of the steam roads to comply with
their obligations He charged that the Baltimore
Potomac road had occupied 9Th street to the
detriment OF travel, and had failed to provide a
| flagman at the intersection. The Interference Of
| the Baltimore and Ohio with street connections
| was, in his opinion, nuisance, and he hoped
there would be power enough in the Senate to con-
| fine the roads within proper limits
Mr.. German explained that the proposed line
was not liable to Mr. MOrrlS criticism, as it was
confined to the suburbs OF the city. He tempo.
rarily withdrew the bill
Capitol Notes.
SENATE COMMITTEE6
The republican Senators held caucus this morn
ing and received the report Of the committee ap-
pointed some time ago to fill the vacancies In COM
mittees caused by the retirement of Secretary
Teller The ron0rt which WAC adnnfod ryUfth out