The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-13
WASHINGTON.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Washington, D. c., Jan. I0.-Immediste
ly after the reading of the -urnsl Mr.. Ran
dali moved to dispense with the morning
hour for the purpose OF pressing the navy
appropriation bill to passage.
This was strongly opposed by Mr.. Stock
slsger, who maintained that the house
should proceed to the consideration of th.
special order in reference to public build.
ings.
Mr.. Randall pointed out the importance
of passing the appropriation bills speedily.
Not to do so would be to risk an extra
session which would be little good to the
country and still less TO the party TO which
he belonged.
Mr.. Stockslager replied with some
warmth, that he was performing what be
considered his duty in contending for the
exertion of the special order.
Quite brisk and apparently persona
colloquy then sprung up between Mr.. Ran
dali and Mr.. StOckslager, but the confusion
in the hall was so great that the readers
remarks were unintelligible.
Mr.. Stockslager demanded the yeas and
nays on Mr.. Rsndsll's motion, which wss
lest yeas l35, nays S3-the necessary two
thirds not acting in the affirmative.
Mr.. Stockstsger then moved the house 20
into committee of the whole for the consid-
Grafton of public building measures, and
asked consent to make q statement.
Mr.. Hutchius objected. The navy de-
pariment vas without appropriations, and
il wss time the house would proceed to
business.
Mr.. Stocksfsger's motion was lost, II to
81, and the speaker proceeded to call the
committees fer reports.
Mr.. Clzrdy, from the COMMITTEES on COM
nercs, reported Q bill authorizing expert
menis ss to the practicability Of lighting
the nsvigable waters Of the United States
BY electricity. Referred to committee OF
the whole.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole on naval appropriation bills for
the remainder of the current year.
The following is the report of the COM
mittee on appropriations, in explanation
Of the bill: The bill makes provisions for
naval service for six months, ending Juoe
80, 1885, on the basis that the bill which
passed the house the first session of this
congress, going for each itsm of expendi-
lures Just one half the amount containei
IN said bill. with the following exceptions:
For current expenses OF the bureau Of
Yards and docks in lieu of one
half or 100000, there is given
$1,000.
For current expenses of the bureau Of
construction and repair in lieu of one hall
or 100000, there is given $3.50, 700.
For current expenses OF the bureau OF
steam engine ering, i'm lieu of one-half or
$4,000 there is given S2S0,O0O, together
with On unexpsnded balance of 100000
from the appropriation in 1884 for mon
itors.
For pay of naval and Marie corps thers
is given in lieu Of one-hslf the amount
contained in the said bill sum equal to
the balance remaining after deductiDg the
appropriations for The first six months
from the whtle sum proposed In said
bill.
There is nothing in the bill for steel
cruisers, appropriations to complete them
having already been made.
The bill appropriates in all =, 120, 155
which, added to the sun appropriated Tor
the first six months ended December S1>t
1884, $500 3l7, makes the total sppropri-
alton for the navy. the entire fiscal year of
1885, SI4,98O, 472 or 1912, 551 less than sp-
propriated for the fiscal year OF 1884
There was no general debate on the bill
aud il was Immediately read by sections for
amendment.
On point of order raised by Mr..
Glascock the provision that naval line
officers may be detailed as instructors in
schools or colleges was struck from the
bill. No amendments were offered and
the committee having risen, the bill
passed without dissenting vote.
The house then went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, in the
chair, on the consular and diplomatic
appropriations bill.
Mr.. Burns stated the appropriation
carried by the bill was 81, 49,, S95, or
S492 ,291 less than the estimates.
An item of S224,000 asked for by the es
Inmates for re-surveying the boundary line
between the United Stats and Mexico, was
omitted. Many things remained undone
that, under the treaty with Mexico must be
done before that government would be
bound to pay one half of the expense Of
the work.
Mr.. Towushend in brief remarks upon
the consular service, attributed the pr,seot
depression to overproduction, AID Ia
yored, opening up the markets OF southern
nations to the surplus production. OF ,bis
country, these markets could be sse.ir-d
az the formation of commercial alliances
With those nations which wsuld gave 81 e