Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-01
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
TEN DAYS APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
Sharp Criticism in the Senate
Of House Methods.
THE VETO IN THE HOUSE.
The Des Moines Bill Fails to Get a
Two-thirds Vote for Its Passage.
The Senate.

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The Senate.
Mr.. Miller. from the committee on agricul.
ture, reported back, without amendments, the
House bill taxing Oleomargarine, and gave no
tice that he would call it up for action after the
passage OF the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) stated that Senators George,
Gibson, Fair and himself-a minority Of the
committee-dissentedfr from the report
Mr.. Hale, from the committee on naval
affairs reported back, with amendments, the
House bill for the relief of the survivors of the
exploring steamer Jeanette and of the widows
and children OF those who perished. Calendar.
MR.. RIDDLEBERGER WANTS THE REDUCTION
OF SALARIES TO BEGIN AT THE TOP.
Mr.. Riddleberger introduced q preamble and
bill for the reduction by 25 per cent of the
salaries of cabinet officers, Senators and men,
bers, and addressed the Senate in its advocacy.
He said that the discussions on 81, 200 clerk
the hope that the bill would become q law at
the mex session of Congress. If they were to
commence reductions OF 81 200 clerks and to
seemed to him that they should go back and
begin at the head. The bill was referred to the
committee on finance.
VENTILATION OF THE SENATE CHAMBER.
Mr.. Hale introduced a resolution instructing
the COMMITTEES on rules TO examine into the
ventilation Of the Senate chamber and see
whether some method can be devised for Inn
proving the unusually impure air OF the cham
Der. He referred to the number of cases of ILL
ness among Senators, and stated that the ter
race work now going on had caused the usual
air conduits from the outside to be closed up,
OF ehe m m had
heated and vttiated. The resolution was
adopted.
THE TEN DAYS EXTENSION OF APPRoPR1A-
TIONS
Mr.. Allison called up the House joint resolu-
ITO, 81. rov%
Mr.. Edmunds called attention to this way of
doing business, and to the present state of
affairs. For several years past appropriation
bills were not sent to the Senate in lime to have
came to the President he had no time to ex-
anime them, but had either to sign them
blindly or to veto them bllndly. He gave a
list of dates at which appropriation bills
were received by the Senate for the last three
or four Congresses and said that this was not u
ter the public business in the most
important Of its features (the proper control of
the public money it was not deserving the con-
that the Senate ought to take some step in
some lawful and constitutional and respectful
way to see II 1t cannot get ON with this import
ant public business in a reasonable, respectable
and satisfactory manner. If they could not
bring themselves into better fashions about
this business he should rather let the wheels of
government stop by refusing to pass this joint
resolution. The passing of sucn resolutions
was very confusing and mischievOus practice
days was simply absurd; the sundry civil bin
had not yet reached the Senate, and that bill
alone would require at least three weeks for its
consideration. Since throwing grass had no
effect he was in favor Of trying the efficacy Of
stones, and be thought that it would do no
Mr.. salisbury called attention to the fact
that this delay in appropriation bills was no
new thing. He understood that when Mr..
important bills that did not reach him ten days
before the expiration of the session.
AMENDED AND PASSED.
After further discussion .he joint resolution
was amended by extending the time to Is days,
and was then passed.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the
legislative appropriation bill.
House of Representatives.
THE DIES MONIES VETO MESSAGE.
The Speaker laid before the House q message
from the Senate announcing that that body
had passed, over the Presidents veto the bill
to quiet the title of settlers On the Des Moines
river lands. The Presidents message having
been read, Mr.. Payson Qll) presented reasons
why the bill should be passed over the veto
which, he said, was based on a total msappre-
hension of the facts of the case and of the end
sought to be accomplished by the measure.
Mr.. Oatest Ala.) said that he had voted for the
bona fide ttlers. But he desired to see the
President treated fairly and he thought that
the message should be referred to a conf
mittee for the purpose OF enabling an inveSti-
CATION to be made of the grounds upon which
the veto was based. AS the veto was based on
legal grounds, he moved TO refer the bill aud
message to the committee on the judiciary
The motion to refer was lOSt-yeas 1O3, nays
143, and the Speaker announced that the Ques-
tion recurred on the passage OF the bill, not
withstanding the objections of the President
THE VETO STANDS.
The House resolved this question in the mega
tive-yeas 161, nays 92-nOt the constitutional
twothirds vote in the affirmative.
ADVERSE REPORTS.
Mr., Bragg, from the committee on military
affairs, submitted a large number of adverse
reports, and they were laid upon the table,
among them being bills for the retirement Of
Gems. Ingalls, and Getty.
WHARF AT FORTRESS MONROE.
Mr.. Fiudlay, from the same committee, re-
ported bill for the erection of new wharf at
Fortress Monroe Va. Committee OF the
whole.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE CITY POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
Mr.. Wilkins, from the committee on public
buildings AMI grounds, reported bill for the
enlargement of the post Office building at
Washington, D. C. Committee of the whole.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Reagan, OF Texas, in the chair ON
the sundry civil bill.
The District In Congress.
TO GILD LIBERTY.
Senator Ingalls, yesterday introduced bill
appropriating So, 900 to gild the statue of Lib
erty on the dome OF the Capitol.
THE CITY POST OFFICE BILL, ETC.
Mr.. Dibble reported the city post Office bill to
the House to-day.
The House committee on rules has decided to
give day for the passage of District bills, but
has not yet decided upon the date.
Capitol Topics.
SOLDIERS HOME ACCOUNTS.
In the legislative bill the Senate struckout
the appropriations forclerks in the Treasury
to adjust accounts Of the Soldiers Home, on
the ground that an estimate OF what is due the
home from the government can be made
and thus save the $14 900 1t has annually cost
to adjust these accounts.
MIR. EDMUNDs' TENURE OF OFFICE BILL.
Mr.. Edmunds' bill to vest the President with
power to make appointments to Office without
submitting them to the Senate for confirma-
ton, las mentioned ia yesterdays STAR also
provides that every appointment shall be for