Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-13

amendment 10 pending bill to release Georgia
from the payment OF the direct tax, levied in
1861, to provide that all states. the territories
ana the District OF Columbia shall be released
from further payment. and that all payments
hitherto made on account OF that tax shall be
refunded to the states, territories and the Dis
trict.
SUBSTITUTE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Butler offered a SUBJ
stitute for the river and harbor bill, to appro-
PIRATE a lump sum of S10O00,oo0, to be exc
pended by a board OF army officers to be APP
pointed by the Secretary of War.
THE VOTE ON THE HENNEPIN CANAL AMEND
MENT.
After debating the Hennepin canal amend
ment to the river and harbor bill until after Z
O'Clock yesterday the Senate adopted it by a
vote of 81 to %, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Blair. Brown. Butler,
Cali, Cameron. Conger, Culom, Dawes, EvartS,
GIBSON, German, Hale Hawley, Hoar, kenna,
Logan, Mcmillan, Malone, Manderson. Miller
Mitchell lot Oregon Palmer Payne, Ransom,
sawyer, Spooner. Stanford, Teller and Wilson
Nays-Messrs Beck, Berry Blackburn Cock
erell, Coke, Edmunds, Frye, Gray, Harris,
Hearst, Ingalls,, Maxey, Platt, Plumb, Pugh,
WaifburyS SWaailsbbury, S sherman, Vance Vest Voorhees,
MI MCMILLAN gave notice that he would ask
the Senate to sit out the bill to-day.
AMENDMENTS To THE LEGISLATIVE APPRo-
PRIATION BILL.
terday. agreed to the Senate amendment to the
legislative bill providing for the publication
with the war records. the evidence taken in the
Fitz John Porter trial, together with the reports
OF President Lincoln and Judge Holt, with an
amendment providing for the printing OF any
papers on behalf of the defense in that court
martial directly connected with the proceed
lngs Of the same and contemporaneous there
with which have not been already published.
The Senate amendment increasing from 81 900
to $4,000 the salaries of the commissioners OF
pensions and patents were concurred in.
HORIZONTAL REDUCTION OF THE r. AND H.
BILL.
There is an understanding in the Senate that
when the river and harbor bill shall have been
perfected item by item motion will be offered
to make a horizontal reduction, bringing the
aggregate appropriation to point somewhat
below that of the House bill. This Will have
the effect of putting every item into conference.
The proposed reduction will probably be fixed
at the rate OF 20 or 30 per cent.
NOTES.
The President yesterday nominated VIM. c.
Myers. OF Tennessee to be n second assistant ell-
gineer in the Revenue Marine Service of the
United States.
Representative Curtin yesterday issued his
anticipated card to his constituents declining to
again run for Congress.
Representative O'Ferralls denomination is
assured by the delegates already elected to the
Front Royal convention.
Representative Shaw, of Maryland, has re-
covered from his recent Illness and has re-
sumed his congressional duties.
The Erie county, Pa, democratic convention
yesterday renominated Representative Scott
for Congress, and resolved to push the claims of
Mr.. Scott for the governorship.
The democratic primaries in the eighth
Georgia district indicate the defeat of Congress-
man SeabOrn Reese and the nomination OF Dr.
Henry Carlton. DIR. Carlton is the president OF
the Georgia senate.
Changes in the Offices.
\. 2. Knight, of Ohio; E. c. Chapman, Of
Michigan, and Richard Barclay, OF Missouri,
have been appointed fourth assistant exam.
Chas. w. Davis, OF New York, a clerk in the
general land Office has resigned.
The Sundry Civil Bill.
AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL AND GENERAL IN
TEREsT.
The sundry civil bill as reported from the
Senate committee on appropriations restores
the pay of the coast survey officials changed
by the House) TO the figures now existing An
appropriation of $4,000 is made for detecting
frauds upon the internal revenue. Other
amendments are inserted as follows: For sala-
ries and expenses of the national board of
health, $4,000; 10 enable the State depart
ment to complete the search for documents af-
fecting rights of American citizens. $40, ,OUO
for Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, SOD, 800; for the
reconstruction OF the east wing OF the Interior
department building S16O, ,OOO tor government
hospital for insane, an increase OF S5O,OUU for
the erection of a building for convict and homi.
cidal insane; for making survey and plan OF u
memorial bridge over the Potomac at Washing
ton, So, 900; tor wharf at Fortress Monroe
SSOOOO; for an industrial home in Utah as "a
refuge tor women wishing to escape from polyg-
amy, 1000; to cover the expense of granting
employees OF the government printing office
fifteen days leave OF absence, S95, 900. The
House provision for an addition of one floor to
the Pension building and the removal there of
the land office, Indian bureau, ETC., is stricken
out. The provision for continuing work on the
Capitol terraces is stricken out and "A substitute
inserted suSpending all work until plans pro-
vidiug for the proper ventilation of committee
rooms on the western front shall be prepared.
The appropriation OF S57 900 for the conn pie
ton of the Washington monument is stricken
out.
1t appears that the Senate committee on ap-
preparations struck out some items OF the bill
more because they could not agree precisely as
to what should be done than for any other
reason. With regard to the improvement OF
the Capitol terrace. some OF the members
thought there should be windows in the west
maintained that the light and ventilation from
the court side would be ample. AS they could
not agree among themselves they decided to
stop the work at stage which will leave the
whole Capitol building much disngured tor
some time.
With regard to the Washington monument,
some of the members agreed that the fish-pond
be filled, while others insisted that it ought not.
Engineers have given the opinion that that
pond causes a tendency of the monument to
settle on that side. In order to finish up the
base OF the monument and surroundings in
good style it is contended that the pond should
be filled, but as the appropriations committee
could not determine what is best they struck
out the So1 900 appropriation and propose to
leave the improvement as it is now.
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