The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-07-09

sundry evil bill requiring the Secretary Of
the Treasury 10 issue certificates of the de-
nomination OF 81, 80 and IS oil all surplus
silver dollars now In the treasury, In pay
ment of the appropriations made In the
bill and other expenditures and obligations
OF the government.
Mr.. Gibson, of West Virginia, offered an
amendment providing thai nothing In the
section shall be construed as subjecting the
employees of the B~ureauof Engraving and
Printing to the rules of the civil service.
This led to considerable debate on civil
service, the spells system and Ohio State
politics, and was finally rejected.
On motion of Mr.. Bland an amendment
was adopted authorizing and requiring. the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver
certificates for 81, 81, and So on all the sur
plus dollars In the treasury In payment OF
appropriations made in this bill, and other
expenditures and obligations OF the govern
ment.
Mr.. Ryan criticised the details of the bill,
and claimed that there had been no de-
crease In expenditures by the Democratic
administration. The expenditure for the
next fiscal year would not be less than
$3.50, 600, 600. That estimate took no ac-
count OF the new navy, coast defenses, edu-
+ catiOnal bill, removal OF pension arrearages
limits, Mexican and other pension bills.
Whether the revenue would suffice to meet
these expenditures depended upon the de-
gree OF general prosperity OF the country.
Pending further action the committee rose,
and the house at 8 o'clock adjourned.
JUNE 2a-Immediately after the reading
of the journal to-day the speaker laid be-
fore the house the various veto messages
yesterday transmitted by the President.
They were read by the clerk and severally
referred to the committee on pensions or
on invalid pensions, until that vetoing the
bill. granting a pension to the widow. OF
Maj. Gen. Hunter was reached, when MIR.
Hepburn, of Iowa, moved that its consider
alton be postponed until Tuesday next. The
motion was lOst-yeas SO, nays 14l-and the
message took the usual course. The other
messages were appropriately referred.
On motion of Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri,
the senate amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bill were nOn-cOncurred in,
and Messrs. Hatch, Winans, II Price were
appointed conferrecS.
The house then considered the sundry
civil bill, and subsequently took q recess
till evening, when pension legislation was
discussed.
JUNE 26.-The house went into commit
tee OF the whole NH. Reagan, of Texas, in
the chair on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
On motion of Mr.. Randall an amendment
was adopted increasing the force OF en-
ployes In the bureau of engraving and
printing. and increasing the appropriation
therefor, this being necessary by the pro-
vision placed in the bill for 81 and So green.
backs, and for small certificates.
The amendment offered yesterday by
Mr.. Ermentrout for the recoinage OF trade
dollars into standard silver dollars was
ruled out on a point of order.
Mr.. Long offered an amendment apprO-
priating $4,000 for the education of chill
dren of school age in Alaska. This was
lost by a tie v0te-S2 to 81.
Mr.. Viele offered an amendment apprO-
priating $4,000 for the salaries anu ex-
penseS of the national board OF health. Re-
jected.
In a discussion of the paragraph making
an appropriation for the completion of the
pension office building, that structure came
in for n good deal of hostile criticism, Mr..
Durham remarking That 1t was an archi-
tectural monstrosity. Mr.. Rogers charac-
terized 1t as a cross between q horse-car
stable and a union depot, and Mr.. Springer
declared that it was offensive to the vision,
and suggesting that some Of the present
ornamentatiOn should be blown up with
dynamite.
Mr.. Cannon maintained that the building
was commodious, we'll ventilated, and bet
ter adapted to its purpose than any other
public building in Washington.
MI. Mcmillan also spoke in high terms of
the commissioners of the building, and
maintained that for its cost it was very
satisfactory.
In DEBATING amendments prescribing the
nature of the ~frescOes to be placed in the
rotunda of the capitol, Mr.. GrosvenOr took
occasion to deny the published report that
he had assailed the people of New England
in a speech recently delivered by him. He
declared that he had never named the
people of New England at all in that speech.
MIR. Crisp submitted the conference re-
port on the bill requiring the land-grant
railroads to pay the cost of selecting, con-
veying, and surveying their land. AS the
bill originally passed the house 1t applied
only to the Union Pacific system; but as
amended by the senate and agreed to by the
conference committee its provisions are ex-
tended to all Immigrant roads. The report
was adopted.
JUNE 2s.-The house went into commit
tee of the whole to-day on the sundry civil
bill. The clause relative to the expenses
Of the collection of revenue from sales OF
public lands having been reached, Mr..
Laird made a severe attack Upon Commits
sioner Sparks in his administration of the
general land office.
Mr.. Cobb defended the commissioner de-
claring that his action was meeting with
the condemnation of every land-grabber
and Spectator In the public lands. He
quoted a report OF q special agent taken
from the files of the interior department
duplicating Mr.. Laird with land frauds in
Mr.. Laird Indignantly denied the truth
of each and every allegation in the report
and he and Mr.. Cobb INDUCED in a short
and spirited but unintelligible colloquy, in
which they were heard to warn one another
against making any threats.
Mr.. PaysOn said that he, as q member of
the committee on public lands, had adj
vised and counseled COMMISSIONS Sparks
to issue the order OF April 3, 1885, and he
stood by that order to-day. 1t was said
tnaG Sparks was an enthusiast. He was an
enthusiast; but his enthusiasm in reference
to this question was in favor OF the poor
man who desired to receive q home from
his country. Applause. Sparks's order was
a notice to land-grabbers that a halt was to
be called upon them, and he (Mr. Payson)
regretted that owing to the pressure that
had been brought by letters written by
men stepped in fraud up to their eyes there
had not been sufficient backbone on the
part of the secretary of the interior to keep
that order III existence. Applause.
A motion to increase the appropriation
for carrying out the Chinese immigration
act was rejected by a vote of OIL to "a. The
appropriation for salaries of land registers
and receivers of public moneys was in
creased from S475,0 600 to $500, 600. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Springer an amendment was
adopted providing that all fees collected by
registers and receivers from any source
which could increase their salaries beyond
$4,000 a year shall be covered into the
treasury.
Pending action on Mr.. Laird's motion to
strike out the clause appropriating $780, 600
for nrOtpotinp n1hlic lands from fraudulent