Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-06


bill and the Invalid pension annroo,ia,,o,
III w, were received from the house and NJ.
,eIteu 20 the committee on appr0prm.
uous, me senate hen adjourned TO
fiiG uOUsr.
NAHhtNGfoN, March 5.--eAiter the call
on committees for reports Of q private
uatuie tne mouse went into committee OF
.ne whole, Mr. G. McCreary Of Kentucky
IN the ehalr, on the urgent deficiency bill.
Mr burnes OF Missouri took up and
explained The provisions Of the hlll. Tho
toual amount carried by the bill was
nVot,4bz $1,000 was appropriated for
the compensation Of special agents OF the
treasury 10 examine the books of the
several huo'ireasurles. A part OF this
deficiency arose IN the fiscal year ending
june 70, ssb, on account OF The apecIni
examination required by the dcialcatlon
IN the New orleans eub-troasury. Tho
appropriation for the current year had
become exhausted, principally because
the expense oi examination had become
greater ON account Of the large amount
oi silver Ia the various sub.troasurlrs
sslx thousand dollars was appropriated
Tor repairs OF the treasury department
building Twelve thousand dollars was
appropriated 20 continue the propagation
OF food fishes In the Gulf OF Mexico.
An appropriation was made OF SIZE. 600
Tor furnishing artificial limbs TO Union
soldiers The deficiency Of sls5. 600 ON
fees OF jurors and witnesses had arisen
from the extraordinary expenses attend.
ing the trials In Utah territory. There
was appropriated for armament OF The
four new cruisers 1851 1903 In the first mn.
II had been appropriated
out OF the amount with the power OF tho
secretary Of the navy TO leave the money
IN one bureau and take II out of thai
bureau II obligations had been Incurred
aud place II In another. Congress had
steadily improved the modes and methods
OF making appropriations and from
the date OF the Robeson bllI
TO the present hour In leglslatIon
under the direction OF the appropriation
committee there had been vast lmnrovc.
ment over the legislation that preceded
IL.
Mr.. Cannon said that II Secretary
Chandler or the present secretary of the
navy had gone 10 work and constructed
the armament authorized by copnress
four or i've years ago without taking nd.
vantage OF any Improvements since, while
they would have compiled with the letter
OF the law, they would have violated lts
spirit and would have deserved censure.
Referring TO the Items Of $4,000 for repairs
oil the treasury building, he stated that
there WAS IL leak In the roof, and com.
mented on the fact that roofs would leak
mud iron would rust, even undor this
Democratic administration.
Alr. Dewitt OF New York remarked that
tho treasury would not leak now.
Mr. Cannon rotaliated that the Demo
Gratis, after lucnbatlng the eggs, had
found that the treasury accounts had only
been one cent short, and that had after.
wards been found.
Turn the rascnls out, suggested a Dem.
ocrat
Mr.. Cannon said he would rot talk
lbo ut that,
Mr.. iIewet was not surprised that the
gentleman would not talk about it. II
was delicate subject.
Mr.. Cannon said that IL was a subject
which he would not let tho Democrats
talk about. He was willing that the
Democratic party should turn out any.
body 1t had the manhood TO turn out.
He was willing that IL should turn out
10000 Republican onlcc-holdors, but II
should do IL maniully. IL should say to
.hem We won this race You are good
and honest men, but We
won the race and you must 90, lie was
willing that honest Republicans should
DO TUNED out aud honest Democrats put
n. He wanted nothing but honesty, and
ne hated hypocrisy in even such little
hing as the distribution Of office.
After a political speech OF some lcngth
he committee rose aud the bill was
passed, yeas 800, nays 20. The house
hon went into u committee OF the whole
IN the private calendar, but the commit
.ec soon rose, and the house after pass
NJ two private bills took recess until
$50, the evening sossion, for tho consld-
ration of pension bills.
AZ the evening session the house
passed fifty pension bills and adjourned.