Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-23
PASSING BILLS.


WAsHINGToN, July ia message from
the House was presented insisting on its
disagreement to three or four amend
ments to the legislative appropriation
bill One of these amendments was that
to pay the clerks for the Senate. The
Senate insisted on its amendment and the
conference committee was reappointed.
The reading of the river and harbor bill
was resumed. Mr.. Vest moved to in
crease the appropriation for the Missouri
river from 2}75,0OO to 100000. Rejected
yeas 20, nays 30. The bill was again in
terrupted that the Senate might receive a
report from the conference committee on
the legislative bill. The committee had
not been able to agree and the Senate
voted to insist ON its amendments.
Having resumed consideration of the river
and harbor bill, number of amend
ments were offered and laiu on the table.
The question was finally taken on agree
ing to the committee amendment reduc-
Ing appropriations % per cent? and ii was
agreed to, yeas 81, nays IS The bill was
then passed yeas ~, nays A. Senator Ed
munds voted in the negative. The Senate
then took up the naval appropriation bill.
The amendments reported by the commit
tee on appropriations were all agreed to
without question and the bill was passed,
Over the Presidents Veto.
In the House to-day the veto messages
on bills granting pensions to Elizabeth,
Luce and Catharine Mccarthy We're call
ed up in succession, and the House de
clned to override them. The next mes
sage called up WAS that Vetoing the bill
granting a pension to Joseph Romiser. In
/ tins case the committee ON invalid pen
| siOns unanimously thinks that the bill
| should he passed over the veto. The bin
| was passed over the veto, yeas 10, nays
IS rhe House passed one pension bill at
| its evening session,
Secretary whitney to Build After the
plan of Foreign Vessels.
Secretary Whitney has written a letter
to Commodore Walker, president of the
board of additional vessels, in regard to
the construction Of those vessels The
secretary lmparts the information that
the department has purchased plans
abroad, and among others, of the latest
cruiser built by Sir William Armstrong &
Co the "Naniwa Kan" and has directed
the bureau of construction TO make
such changes in them rs would
adapt them to our wants, with
out changing the motive power OF
the lines of the vessel. Plans were also
solicited from prominent American eX
ptrtS ana these pans Will De maze use Oh
as may seem available. The secretary
had decided to make use of the modified
Armstrong plans for one cruiser, and o.
the plans adopted by the bureau for the
r other. All of the American experts agree
to the ACCESSIBILITY of adopting the plan!
: of "Nauiwa Kan" referred to by the sec
rotary.
e Black Rebuked.
t General Black has received a setback il
the pension office. He is said to have Sc
: lected l29 clerks for dismissal, many o
T. them Old soldiers. The president, hearin.
. of his intentions, ordered that no suSpeu
sous be made hereafter in the pension
! Office, except by authority of the secretar
1 of the interior. Black is repOrted.a badl
t cut up by this action of the president.
7 Retired Before His Promotion.
# President Cleveland has issued an orde
l. in the case of Commodore w. |. TruXtoI
o who was nominated to be rear admiral t
e succeed Rear Admiral Earl English, bu
~ whose retirement as commodore wa
- caused by the failure of the Senate to az
"a on the nomination, in which he espresso
N regret that 50 old and efficient an Office
" could not have received his promotion
# before the time arrived when according |
"a the statutes he had to be placed on the r
- tired list. The president commends I'll
p case to the favorable consideration
=, Congress,