The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-26
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.
WAsurNdg

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. May "a.
Mr. Hatch of Missouri presented conference re-
port on the bill to establish bureau of animal in
dustry. The House conferees recommend concur
renee in all the Senate amendments. The appro-
priation is reduced from $25ooOo to $780, oO. and
the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Agriculture
is limited to such investigation and to such disin-
lection and quarantine measures as may be neces-
sary prevent the spread of contagious and nfec-
tous diseases from one State Territory into an
other, and he is prohibited from applying any
ey toward paying for animals it is found necessary
to slaughter in order to prevent the spread of the
disease. The report was agreed to.
Under special order of the House this day was
devoted to the measures called up by the committee
on naval affairs.
The first bill called up was the Senate bill grant
ing permission to L. K. Reynolds, U. S. N. to ac-
Francis Joseph from the government of Austria.
This was opposed by Mr.. Robinson of New York.
of granting menal, involving no gallantry he had
voted against certain bill. When the question of
personal gallantry was presented which did hi nor
to individual and to the naval service the
pending case did, he would favor it. The gentle
man from New York, Mr.. Robinson, was persistent
in the wrong and in adishonoring his own country
men by denying to them the praise which was ae-
corded to them.
Mr.. Robinson said, ST want the words taken
down that am dishonorable. The man who vio-
lates the Constitution dishonors himself. stand
by the Constitution; let him withdraw the word"
MI. haSSon replied, II Withdraw nothing. say
that the man who stigmatizes with the word dude
a gallant naval officer does dishonor to the navy
and the officers of the navy"
The bill then passed without discussion, Mr.. Rob
inson being unable to muster sufficient following to
call the yeas and nays.
The following bills were passed:
To equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval
Academy.
Granting to passed assistant engineers an in
crease in pay of $3.50 after ten years service, and
a similar increase after fifteen years.
The next bill, restoring Alfred Hopkins to the
rank Of captain in the navy was considered in com
mittee. (This is the officer who was in charge of
the Pensacola navy yard in 1882, and was dismissed
the service after trial by court martial, the
charge of leaving his post of duty before being
Heved during the prevalence of yellow fever that
place.. After vain effort by Mr.. Lyman of Mas
sachusetts to strike out the enacting clause, the
bill was laid aside favoraby, and when the commit
tee rose it was passed.
The next bill considered was that providing that
that part of the naval act of 1882 which limits the
number of graduates of the Naval Academy to be
retained in service each year shall not apply to
those classes which had completed four years.
course at the academy prior to the passage Of the
act, and those members of the class of 1881, who
have been honorably discharged may return to the
service and take their place the naval register,
in the same manner as If that part of the act had
not been passed.
Without action the House adjourned.