Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-02
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
CONGRESS HARD AT WORK.
PUSHING BUSINESS IN BOTH HOUSES.
PROGRESS OF THE APPROPRIATION
BILLS.
The Senate.


reading of the journal was dispensed with. The
chair laid before the Senate o letter from the
secretary of the Interior transmitting CORE
spondence called for by a Senate resolution
heretofore offered by Mr.. Hill. Mr.. Hill moved
TO print them, and said the papers related to
Mexico. After recitfng the circumstances in
ducing his offer of the resolution, he argued
| been complied with reluctantly and with un-
necessary delay, and that the volume of CORE
sp0ndence sent in had been made unnecessarily
| full in order to embarrass the Senate on the
question of printing.
Mr.. Ingalls, motion to refer to the committee
on printing was agreed to-
Mr.. Cameron called up the House bill appro-
priating 100000 to complete the public build
ing at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and 1t was passed.
WOMEN AT THE NEwORLEANs EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Hoar submitted proposed amendment
to the sundry civil bill appropriating $4,000
for the woman's department of the New Or
leans exposition, and moved that 1t may be in
order, without reference to committee, to pre-
sent that amendment in the Senate when the
Dill should come to be considered. The motion
was agreed to.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that tomorrow he
would ask vote of the Senate without debate
amendment.
THE FoRTIF1CATIoN BILL.
The fortiflcation bill was laid before the Sem
ate and referred to the committee on appTo-
priations.
THE sUNDRsY CIVIL BILL.
Mr.. Allison, from the committee on appro-
priations, reported the sundry civil bill, and
| asked that it be taken up at once, which was
| done.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Senate disagreed to the recommendation
of the appropriations committee as to amounts
| for public buildings at the following-named
places, and fixed the amounts as follows At
Columbus, Ohio, $4,000; Dallas, Texas, $685.
Ind Inffo :,
City, No, $50, 900; Hannibal, Mo-, s55, 500; St.
Joseph, No, $4,000; Minneapolis, Mimi,
$1,000; Detroit Mich, 100000; Pough'
S5S,OO0.
OF the 1872 pptnted pages composing the sun
dry civil bill about fifty pages had been dis
The portion disposed of included an apprOpria-
ton OF $3.50 to reimburse ex-President r. B.
Hayes for amount paid for expenses ofthe com
mission appointed to go to Louisiana in April,
1877. The Senate agreed to this item as to
most other recommendations of the committee
without division or debate.
The House.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Randall, from the committee on appro-
| priations, reported back the naval appropria-
| ton bill, with Senate amendments, recon-
mendiHg concurrence in some and non-concur-
renee in others of those amendments. The
amendments were considered in the House as
| In committee of the whole.
The following is the action upon the more Inn
portant of the amendments: Appropriating
81! 900 for the purchase of steel guns of small
ca1iber. NOn-cOncurred in. Striking out the
clause prescribing the test to be made of the ten
inch guns now In course of construction. Non
cOncurred In. Increasing by $4,000 the ap-
preparation for the bureau of equipment Non.
concurred in. Increasing by $4,000 the ap-
preparation for the bureau of yards and docks.
Non-concurred In. Limiting to twenty Gnstead
of thirty per cent of the estimated cost ofa new
vessel, the sum to be applied to the repairs OF
! The annendment WAS non-concurred in-veas
161 nays, 116. Striking out the clanse appro-
priating 100000 for the completion Of the
New York; non-conourred in-yeas, 1o1; nays,
| 100.
The amendments providing for new cruisers,
| appropriating for the continuation OF the work
on the dOubie-turretted monitors and for the
purchase OF the Destroyer, were non-concurred.
Capitol Topics.
THE CITY POST OFFICE.
| The House committee on public buildings and
grounds to-day agreed to report a bill providing
| for an appropriation Of not over $500, 900 for
the purchase of the block west OF the Post Office
department building for site for a new city
post Office.
THE PENSION OFFICE INVESTIGATION.
Representative Warmers committee, which
has been investigating the workings of the Pen
| sion Office, determined to-day, owing to the
short time before the adjournment Of Congress,
| the evidence that has been taken by the COM
mittee.
THE ARMY AND FORTIFICATIONS APPROPRIA-
TION BILLS.
The House agreed Saturday to the conference
| report on the army appropriation bill, receding
| from its court-martials clause.
After considerable discussion Saturday the
House passed the Qualifications appropriation
bill substantially as reported from the commit
tee, the Ellis substitute being rejected and the
| paragraphs stricken out which prescribe the
caltber of the guns to be manufactured and the
| manner in which they shall be tested.
The President sent the following nominations
| to the Senate Saturday: G. G. Hartley, of. Min
nesota, to be register of the land Office at Du-
| luth, Minn.; Passed Assistant Engineer John
Van H6venberg, to be chief engineer; Passed
Assistant Surgeon Charles A. Segfried, to be q
| sturgeon.
Thieves Arriving i'm Force.