St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-07
recede from its agreement to the senate
amendments. Lost.
The agreement was then insisted upon.
The house at 7:2O, took recess till 8
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The house at 1920, took recess till 3
o'clock.
SUNDAY SESSION.
When the house met at 3 O'Clock, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Randall if took further recess
until A. 30, in order to enable the conference
committees to assemble and take action on
the appropriation bills.
AT 4:30, no conference reports being
ready, Mr.. Browne, of Indiana, took the
floor with a speech in favor of the senate
amendments to the Mexican pension bill.
Three minute speeches on the same subject
were made by Mr.. Brown, of Pennsylvania,
Messrs. Boutelle and j. d. Taylor, of Ohio,
and Mr.. Miller, of Pennsylvania, the latter
Of whom asked unanimous consent for the
passage of the bill to increase the rate of
pensions to widows of deceased soldiers from
S. to $l2 month.
Mr. Turner, OF Kentucky, objected.
The house then, at o'clock, took further
recess until p. M
After recess Mr.. Randall presented con-
ference report IN the general deficiency bill.
The bill as agreed to appropriates &c. 996, GIG,
being S274, $40 in excess of the amount car
ried by the bill as it passed house. Mr. Ran
dali said the senate appropriated S150,000
for the salaries and expenses of the agents
of the internal-revenue Office. The confer.
ees agreed to fix the amount at $50, 900.
Another amendment appropriated $43, $50 to
pay certain claims of the states of California
Oregon and Nevada, growing out of the act of
1861 levying $40, 600, 600 tax on several states
OF the Union. The house conferees receded
from the disagreement. The senate receded
from the amendment appropriating SO, $50
to reimburse the amount paid for eX-
pense OF the commission appointed to go to
Louisiana in 1877. The senate also receded
from the amendment for the payment of
claims growing out of the improvement of
the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. The amend
ments making appropriations to pay Harlan
u Hollings%orth company, VIM. Cramp 81
Sons, and John Roach, for care of double
turreted monitors, were stricken from the
bill. The senate had increased to 100000
the appropriation for fees of district attor-
neys. The amount fixed upon by the con-
ference committee was 1000. The appro-
priation for fees Of marshals was fixed at
$40, 900, an increase of $4,000 over the
amount originally provided in the house bill.
clause had been put upon the bill appro-
priating S27, 666 for the payment of senator's
clerks. There was some objection to yield
ing to the senate on the item of senators
clerks, but the report was agreed to without
division.
MIR Randall then submitted q disagreeing
conference report on the naval appropria-
ton bill, and twas agreed to. No further
conference was asked for. Mr.. Randall said
the committee on both sides was determined
and but one way was open, that the support
of the navy be provided for temporarily. He
then submitted a bill making temporary
provisions for the naval service for six
months ending December 81, 1884. The
bill appropriates one-half or fifty per cent. of
sums of money and for like purposes, and
continuing the same provisions relating
thereto, as were appropriated for the service
of the fiscal year ending June 80,
1884; subject to all limitations and
conditions in respect to the disbursement of
appropriations hereby made that were impos-
ed by said act and other laws of the United
States upon or in respect to appropriations
made by said acts, provided, that nothing is
appropriated by this act ''for special ocean
surveys and publication thereof or "for the
purchase and manufacture after full investi-
cation and test in the United States under
the direction of the secretary of the navy of
torpedoes adapted to naval warfare, or of the
right to manufacture the same, and for fix
lures and machinery necessary for the oper-
ating of the same.'' Under that clause,
under the heading ''bureau of yards and
docks" commencing s'for general mainte-
nance of yard and DOCKS" is amended so as
to appropriate for six months as herein pro-
vided for the sum of $110.000; that under
tho heading ''increase of navy'' in said
act in lieu of all paragraphs there
under and preceding the heading
of ''naval academy" there is
hereby substituted for continuing work on
the three new steel cruisers and one dispatch
boat, authorized by act of congress, as fol-
lsws: Chicago, S349, 1873; Boston, 1921, S53;
Atlanta, 1921, S53; Dolphin, sos, $50: in all
1920, 500. For steam machinery and boilers
with the necessary fittings for sea service,
steel cruisers and dispatch boat, under con-
tract with John Roach, United States steel
cruiser Chicago, 1920, 600; Boston, S155, 900;
Atlanta, $155, 900; United States dispatcl
boat Dolphin, 100000: in all $780, 900. For
equipment for outfit of three new cruisers
and one pispatch boat now in course of con-
struction, SIS, 800. For navigation outfit of
three cruisers and dispatch boat $50, 900.
For ordnance outfit of three cruisers and dis
patch boat, $500, 900. Nothing herein con-
tanned to be construed as appropriating
mr. anti
ton for work upon the
double turreted monitors Monadonack
Terror, Amphitrite and Puritan, and the I'M
expended balance now remaining of the ap-
preparation contained in said act for engines
and machinery for the double-turretted mon
itors shall be covered into the treasury, ex-
cept such part thereof as may be required
under existing contracts made for engines
and machinery for the three last-named mon
itors.
A sharp debate followed the reading of the
bill and it then passed
Mr.. Holman presented a conference report
on the Legislative bill which was agreed to.
The appropriation committee was granted
leave to sit during the recess.
Mr.. Calkins announced his resignation as
member of the appropriation committee,
and Mr. Kasson his resignation as member
of the ways and means committee.
The following committee changes were an
nounced:
To be members of ways and means COM
mittee-Brown, of Indiana and Reid
Judiciary-Parker and Valentine. in place
of Brown and Reid.
Agricuiture-Funston in place of Ochiltree.
Postofices and Post Roads-Ochiltree.
Manufactures and on Militia-Smalls, La
Dor and Funston.
Patents-Chalmers.
Presidential Election-Chalmers in place of
Parker.
ppropriations-Long in place of Calkins.