St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-03
BATTLES WITH BILLS.
The House and Senate Still at Work on
the Various Appropriation Measures
Still Pending.
The Upper Chamber Passes the Legisla-
tive Bill and Repres entatives Make
Some Progress.
An Order Issued Closing the Navy
Yards for Lack of Funds
to Go On.
Fighting Over the Pension vetoes--
Chances of the River and Har-
Dor Estimates.

WASHINGTON, July a.-The house went
into committee of the whole Mr.. Ham
mond of Georgia in the chair on the gem
eral deficiency bill. There was a general
debate and the bill was forthwith read for
amendments.
Mr.. Cannon Qllinois) offered an amend
ment making an appropriation for the pay
mento the claims of the Pacific M all Steam
ship company for the transportation of
troops to Panama in June, 1885. He main
tanned that it was the duty of congress to pay
this claim which had accrued by reason OF
the order Of President Cleveland under the
statute sending troops to Panama TO protect
the property of American citizens. Not to
provide the appropriation would be to cast
censure upon the president. The amendment
was agreed to, rs to AZ. The clause making
an appropriation of 1858 for a deficiency in
the expenses of the board of
VISITORS TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY
in June, 1885, having been reached Mr..
Burnes, Missouri, sent to the clerks desk
and had read a voucher submitted by the dis
bursting Office at Annapolis, giving an item
lied statement Of the expenses incurred.
Much merriment was INDUCED IN as the clerk
read a list of eatableS and drinkableS, includ-
ing Sardines, turtles, spring chickens, eggs,
squash, beer, cognac Santa Cruz rum and
Apollinar1s. Mr.. Cannon fcalled attention to
the fact that the congressional visitors were
not subject to criticism in this connection,
whatever of blame there was attached to the
officers Of the academy who expended the
money. Mr.. Boutelle, Maine, stated the
| manner in which the visitors at Annapolis
were entertained in order to show that no
fault attached to the disbursing officer of the
academy, and protested against this
DAMNABLE ITERATION
of a provision list The government was
hound m lf1tart0in fhA visitors SlIitahlv Mr.
DINGHY (Me.) offered an amendment provid-
ing that none of this sum or other appropria-
ton. made by congress for expenses of the
board of visitors shall be used to pay for in
| toxicating liquors. Mr.. Fiudlay (Md.) op
posed the amendment, contending that the
dealers who had furnished the liquors in ac-
cordance with orders ought to be paid. Mr..
Bragg (Wis.) thought the quartermaster at
Annapolis should not be blamed for the pur-
| chase. He had not bought anything that tn e
visitors did Dot want. If any attack was to
be made by reason of the purchase of beer,
rum and brandy the attack should be made on
the board and not the officer who supplied
them. The amendment was adopted by q
vote of 70 to 40. Mr.. Allen (Miss.) attacked
the quartermaster at Annapolis for having
run up liquor bills, and said that their settle
ment was a question between the quarter
master and the grocer. Mr.. Adams IN. "
inquired whether the gentleman would
REFUSE TO PAY THE GROCER
for articles furnished, to which Mr.. Allen re-
piled with the declaration that every grocer
in the country knew that Intoxicating liquors
were not necessary expenses of a board of
visitors. Mr.. MoComas (Md.) in speaking to
the clause making deficiency appropriation
for the fees of witnesses and jurors, called at
teution to the steady increase in the appro-
priations for this purpose. Mr.. Cannon Qll.)
and Mr.. Rogers ARK. favored the making Of
ample appropriations for the running of
| United States courts and cited instances
where poor witnesses suffered great hardship
| by reason of the appropriations being INSULT
eient. Mr.. Dockery (Mo) in speaking TO the
| paragraph relative to the navy department,
| submitted some remarks, in which he con-
| trasted the condition of the navy department
| in 1866 with its condition to-day. In 1866 there
were 800 serviceable vessels in the navy. To
day there were but 81 vessels. and of these
| the secretary of the navy certified that only
81 were serviceable. During these twenty
years $4,000, 600 had been expended for the
naval establishment, of which $50, 600, 900 had
been expended for construction and repair
After finishing 43 of the 119 pages of the bill
| the committee rose and the house took re-
cess until o'clock, the evening session to be
| for the consideration of pension bills.