The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-04
THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-
Senator Hoar Accused of Once More
Haunting the Bloody Shirt.
The River and Harbor, Sundry Civil Service
and Deficiency Bills Finally Disposed Of
Miscellaneous Business Transacted.
Mr.. Hoar Disturbs the Equanimity of the
Southern Senators.

Mr.. Hoar Disturbs the Equanimity of the
Southern Senators.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-The Senate met at lU
o'clock. Mr.. Hale, from the conference commit
mittee on the deficiency bill. submitted report
and proceeded to explain 1t. In regard to GER
tain claims flor income tax paid by non resi-
dent aliens) which had been regularly estimated
for, and which the House had partially and the
Senate entirely put in the bill, it had turned out
in conference that there were objections to some
of these put in by the Senate, and the conferees
recommended that these items be referred DacK
to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruc-
tions report the facts to Congress next session
Mr. Henderson inquired what had been
done about the item for paving the street In
front of the government building at st. Louis
Mr.. Hale replied that that item would be re-
tanned The conference committee had agreed to
the propriety of the government paving the side
walks in front of government buildings, but
wished the matter of street paving to be fixed
afterwards by general law.
Mr. Henderson inquired further as to the item
for fifteen days of leave of absence to the en-
ployes in the Government Printing Office.
Mr. Hale said that the item was retained.
As to the item for the Brazil Steamship Com
pany, the appropriation Is struck out and a
clause substituted directing the Postmaster-een-
eral to report, at the next session. the amount
Of services rendered aud the sum justly and
e1utably due The item to pay the Central
Pacific Railroad Company for services rendered
on its non-subsidized lines Is also struck out
The item as to the Washington aqueduct and
tunnel Is retained with provision that the
Board Of engineers for Notifications and river
and harbor improvements shall report whether
any changes are necessary In the method of
lining the tunnel and the method of lining and
perfecting the reservoir.
Mr. Hoar asked how the appropriation bills of
this session, compared with those of preceding
sessions, with regard to the omission by the
House Of Representatives of items OF appropria-
ton absolutely necessary for the operations of
the government depending upon Republican
Senate to put them on.
Mr. Hale replied that in his opinion this prac
tice of the House was becoming worse from year
to year. The Senate found the bills sent over
from the House fractional and incomplete. 1t
would find, for example, page of regular esti-
mates, onethird CT the items on which had been
left out, while there difference in point of
merit between those omitted and those included
This did give rise to statements more or less de.
ciamatorv in another branch of the government
as to the extravaganza of the Senate while the
fact was that the Senate was very careful TO put
in nothing that was not necessary to the running
of the government. There were imprtient ut
terances at being charged with these increased
appropriations and he was bound to say for the
committee appropriations. that in dealing
with this subject it had rot been treated as
party matter, the Democratic members having
manifested the same Impotence as the Repub-
leans
Mr.. Edmunds read from the book of estimates
the items of deficiency estimated for by the
heads of departments, aggregating more than
So, 000, 600. and said 1t was just as well known,
when the regular appropriation bills were passed
last year, that the sums appropriated we're mad
equate 70 the necessities of the government as it
is to day. but they were not increased, because
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ple-the workingmen-how economical Congress
had been.
The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Allison, from the committee on appropria-
tions, reported back the joint resolution appro-
priating 1885, 900 additional for the purchase of
lands for site for the Congressional Library
Mr. Plumb objected to its present considera
ton, and it was placed on the calendar
Mr. Allison also reported back the House joint
resolution to continue the appropriations tempo
rarily
Mr. Plumb and Mr.. Edmunds objected to its
present consideration.
Mr. Allison asked that the objection DE with
drawn, and stated that Ii the resolutions We're
not passed, those employees whose compensation
is provided for in the sundrv civil bill could not
be paid for the time intervening between the
last day of July and the day when that bill
would receive the Presidents signature
Mr.. Plumb declined to withdraw the objection
being willing he said, to leave with the House
the responsibility for its hardness in sending ap
preparation bills to the Senate. The change Of
rule in the House. by which seven or eight of
the general appropriation bills were taken from
the appropriation committee had aot gone deep
enough. He might particularize to show where
the blame rested. But as the House tolerated
an autocracy which controlled its business, it
became itself responsible for all the delay. The
Joint resolution was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Allison, from the same committee, re-
ported back the House adjournment resolution,
with an amendment changing the time from the
hnf VVIvy m d ~ IN ha nf AsyOa
Mr. Hoar expressed his dissent to the passage
OF this or any other adiournment resolution un-
til the Senate had considered the bill reported
by him from the judiciary committee on April
49, for 'tnquests under national authority He
referred to the massacres during the last few
years in Louisiana, Alabama Mississippi and
other Southern States; and stated that, in every
one of these cases, SO far as was shown to the
people of the North by the press, negro and
Republican was the victim, and Democrat and
q white man the aggressor If any of these
outrages had been perpetrated on American
citizen IN Mexico or Canada, Congress would not
adjourn until it had made provision to put the
national defenses in condition for war;
Mr.. Kenna protested against the speech made
by the Senator from Massachusetts In the clos
ing hours OF the session. That speech would go
into the Record, and would go into the campaign
as a bloody shirt campaign document with a
fraud on itl. carried free through the mails for
the purpose of agitating sectional sentiments
and feelings which, so far as he was concerned,
were dead and would remain so forever.
Mr. Salisbury expressed his surprise that
Senator. with the experience of the Senator
from Massachusetts, should have so far departed
from all legislative propriety to inject into
the discussion of an adjournment resolution the
virulence of such speech From the exhibition
made by the Republican Senators while the
speech was being made [many Senators having
left their seatsl he knew that it had not the APP
prevail of those with whom the Senator was po-
litically affiliated He exonerated the Senator's
marty from all comDlicitv with the grave impro-
priety manifested by the Senator from Massa.
chusetts But he emphasized his condemnation
and Reproduction of the Senator's attempt to make
political capital for his party when there was no
opportunity to reply to it
Mr. Eustls denied that single outrage had
taken place in the State of Louisiana for many
years past which had not been the subject of
investigation, discussion and decision. He would