Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-04

The AppropriatEon bills
In the senate.


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WAsuAoxua, Au9. 8.-Hala, from
tie Oonforence Gommitlas On TIE de-
Eelfnoy bid, aubmiated 3 rauoFi and
lroeesosa % explaln 4 Il Feeaxd .
oeFlAis ol4ima faE the ineome tax, paid
~ non-resiasnt aliens. which had 6enn
regularly at1matad for. and which the
tiraly put IL the biIl. IL had turned oct
tiona % some Of those put in b. the
ed thai theso items be referred back 10
She Secretary Of tho Treasury with IN
s1F1esions 20 Report The fact % OoegEcse
tkat she item for the Brazil Steamahip
oomoanY appropria ton i struck ouf
aud q oIAuse substituted dirsafinR ahe
Postmaster 0eneral 70 report at TIE
next session the amount of services
rendered and The sam iastly and eQnii-
aoly dua. = item 20 pay the Oentral
Paoiac Railway for services rendered
on its non-subsidizsd lines vas struck
oat.
Hoar asked how the appropriation
blllaof this session esmpArod with those
af the preceding sessions, With regard
70 TIE omission b. the House of items
Of appropriation ahsolately necessary
for tbe operations Of the 0oFernmeni
and depending upon the kepubii an
Senate % pat then on.
nale replied thaa il his opinion this
practice OF the House waa heoomiaR
worse from year 10 year. The eensia
found bills sent over from the House
fraetional and incomplete. Il would
nnd. for example. IL the PAGE on ra0n
lar estimates one Third % items which
had been left oxk, Whiie there Vas no
difference 10 point Of merit between
thoee emitted ana those included. This
gave rise 70 statements more or less de-
ciamatory, Ia another branch Of the
GeVernment, as 10 the exiRaVaQenoa Of
the Senate. while the fact was The Sen
ats vas very careful 10 pat IN nothing
bat what was necessary 70 she running
OF the 9oVeEnment. There WeFs tmpa-
tisnt ufieranees a. bainR charged with
lheae increased appropriations. and be
was bound 70 say fer the Committee on
Appropriations that h dealing with
this pFoiaet it had not been treated as q
party matter. Democratic members hav-
ing manifested the saae impatienoe as
Republicans.
Ednuada read from ths book esal.
mates Of items Of sefiaionoy estimated
for By heads OF departments, aQRroQat-
lne more than e309 01o. and sud it Was |
iust as we'll known when the regular |
appropriation bills we're passed last |
year that the Sums appropriated were |
inadequate 10 the requisites OF The |
a. ID ia today, bat they |
we're not passed, ,beoaus4 al opportunity |
vas wanted 10 tell she dear people, |
the woFkinQmen, how economical Oon- |
gress had been.
Ths report was agreed 10.
Allison, from the C0mmiltea on Res. |
olations, reported back the joint reso- |
luti0n appr0DFiatiuR s., 200 additional |
for fbe pnrchass OF land for she site Of |
she Congressional library.
Piumb objected 20 it8 present con
alteration and Il vas placed ON The cal |
andaF.
Allison also reported back The House
joint resolution % oontinoe the appro-
priaiions temporarily.
Plamb and Edmunds objected 10 lie |
present consideration.
Allison asked that che obieotions be 4
and stated that Il the res0-
lutions wers not passed she employees |
whose compensation Wae provided tor |
10 the civil bill could not be paid for
tue time intervening between the last /
day Of Jaly and chs day when that bili |
would receive the Prssident's signature. |
Plumb declined 70 Withdraw hisobisc
tion, being gillinR, be said, % leaYa |
with the House the responsibility for It's !
tardiness In sending she appropriation |
bills 20 the Senate. The change og rules
IN the House by which seven or eight |
general appropFiasioR bills were taken
from the Appropriation Committce b 4
nos gone deep enough. He might par
iicularixa 10 show whers the blama rsas-
cd. but as tue House teieratsd an 50
toogaoy which controlled ice business, ID
became itself responsible for aIl delays.
The JOINT resolution was placed on
the calendar.
Allisen from tha same COMMITTEES Fs
ported back the House adiournmsnt
resolution with an amendmcnt chang
inR the time ron she 2elh Sf July 10
4 o'clock ,. N, On the lsh of August.
Hoar expressed his dissanE 20 ths
passage Of this or any other adjourn
AHEN1 IuN0l1NA0M HINAA NIL 0InNaa MN9
considered the bill reported b. him
from The Judiciary Oommittee on April
i9th. for tnqassts undeF National an-
thorily." He referred 70 the massaoFes
Of she last few PEARS In L0uiaiana,
South Carolina, Alabama Missiasippl
and other SoulhoFn StAtos. and stated
that IN every one Of those eases, 80 far
~ vas ehowa 70 the peopis By the press,
q negro And Rspublioaa was ths victim,
and q Demoorai and white man
the aRgreaaor. II any Of thesa oat.
RACES had been perpetrated on any
American oitizeu 10 Mexioa. OF Canada,
Congress Woald not adioarn until it
hsd made some provision 70 pat the
Nation IN @ condition for war.
ksnnA protested against The speech
made By tue senator from MessAona
sstta In the closing houEs of TIE e sion.
That speech would 20 into TIE Record,
and Wsnld 20 into the campaign as
eloodg shirt campaign dostrtns with
ffand on ID, carried free thfeuRh the
mails for the purp1ss Of agitating ssn.
ti@enls and feelings, which, % fer "a be
uas concerned, wsre dead and would
remain % foFsVer.
Haulabufy expressed surprise thaa q
Senator viii the experiences Of the Sen
at0F from Massachusetts, shouid have 90
far departed from eli legislative pro.
pristy sa 10 iniect into The dlaeasaion 81
an adisuTnmsnt lesolation suoA viru
lenoa vale tha apaeoh was beinG
10 De, many Senators kavinQ lsfs their
seats, be kheg that Il had not the ap-
prosal Of th0as with whsm the 8 Dataf
politisally affiliated. he exoueFated
that Senator's party oi al oompiieity
ID she grave impFoprtoiy manifested
by The senator from Massachusetts,, BAT
be emphaaixs& his condemnation and
disspprogal q the Senator'S atieupi %
maka poii ieal capital fer hls party
uhsn thers vas no e2psrtnniiy % reply
toik.
Riddlabasasr danounesd the bill.
BiaiE ohtsosed q ths faFtheT eonsid
Grafton of the adjaurnmsnt resoiatio0,
and q uas Uiacsd On TIE calendar.
Blair then ezlled ap ths Eepoft of the
Committee on PensiOna % tbe sase u
The sstosd bin Risina q pension % Aasy
J. AoltAgs. and be ptoaseded to s1pte
he merits of ene eaae.
Altar Remarks b. Rlati, Waitth0rna
ard Teller. tts dsbats was iateEf1pted
% aliou TIE ooufereoa % he fiyer and