, 1886-07-16

WAsHINGTON, July l5.-ln the senate
MIR. Pugh, from the Committee ON priv
leges and elections, presented the report
IN the election case uf Senator Payne.
Senator Hvaf. on behalf vf himself and
MIR Frye. presented the dissenting views
III the minority. EvaIs m.ts = separate
report, presenting the views OF m1Isefi-,
Teller and Loyal Alltne reports were
ordered printed in one docu1err4aad1Eere
placed on the calendar to be called at any
time as privileged matter.
Senator Wilson, OF Iowa. offered a reso-
luton that inaugural addresses, annual
messages and such special messages as
may be deemed Of general public interest
of the several presidents Of the United
States, be arranged in chronological order
and printed as h senate document. Re-
ferred to the committee on printing.
MIR. Allison submitted a conference re-
port on the Legislative appropriation bill,
the committee agreeing upon all points of
dispute between the two houses as to the
following points: Clerks for senator's (not
chairmen Of committees). salary Of assist
ant treasurer at Baltimore. appropriations
for three clerks of the civil service com
mission, and relating 10 the compensation
OF internal revenue agents, surveyors, etc.
The senate still further insisted on its
disagreement with the house on these
points.
The senate resumed consideration of the
river and harbor appropriation bill, the
amendment adopted III committee Of the
whole being the first to be disposed of
The first point on which was the division
on the amendment Offered originally by
MIR Ipuallo \ ta llama Ear tha hto.t.st,,t
river, providing that the portion of the
Providence reaches be confined to COM
plete, repair and the maintenance of levees
throughout such reaches to the height of
two feet above the flood OF 1889, and to
the completion Of permeable works for
Contraction. Amendment adopted.
All amendments agreed to by the SEN
ate in committee Of the whole, having
b en- agreed to, the whole bill was open to
amendment.
MIR. Mcmillan, chairman OF the COM
mittee on commerce, moved to strike out
all after the enacting clause in the bill
except that the amount be reduced % per
cent. He explained that the amount Of
the house bill (ip round nunbers) was
$l5.0OO,000. The amount agreed to by
the senate in committee OF the whole was
800 U0U more, and the amount under
the proposed IS per cent reduction would
be $4,000, 900.
An extended discussion followed, and
Mr.. Mcmillan said he submitted his sub
stitute BY direction Of the committee on
commerce. and he aud other members of
the committee, during the discussion
which followed, explained that they per
sonally, and the majority of the commit
tee favored the bill us it stood; but were
constrained to recommend a reduction in
the belief that ii any river and barber bill
were to be had, the reduction must be
made, that so far as the senate was con
cerned it would doubtless pass the bill.
Senator Eimunds thought the proposed
reduction wise. 1t would be better to
make a reduction of 81 per cent. MIR.
Miller said Mr.. Eustis wanted tn swell the
bill through hostility to the administra
ton IN order to force It's veto. 1t was an
open secret. he said, that arrangements
were being made in another body to bury
the bill provided certain things were done.
or provided the amounts increased beyond
a certain point.
MIR. Miller replied that he made no
such charge nor had no information what
ever OIL the subject. He merely stated
that men who sto-i before the country as
leaders of the administration party. stated
for weeks and weeks that ifthe bill x
ceeded a certain sum-, it would undoubted
ly be vetoed.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Riddleberger. Call and Plumb. The lat
ter criticised the committee on commerce.