Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03
SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES
THE TWO HOUSES STILL VERY
FAR FROM AN AGREEMENT.


Appropriations for the Coast Survey the
Chief stumbling Block in the Path oa
the ConfereeA-20I of the 243 Amend4
ments of the senate Agreed Upon Up I'd
Date.
AsHTNGToN, Aug. En- the SenS
ate to-day Mr.. Allison from the confer|
ence committee on the sundry OWL approS
priAtion bill reported that the committed
had been unable to agree. The confereea
had gone over every item in the bill witts
great care. There were certain points on
which the House conferees were to asH
instructions from that body and on which
the Senate conferees, desired the Judgment
of the Senate. The first difficulty related
to the appropriations for the coast SUR
vey. The House provision bad reduced
the appropriations for the coast survey
about $l00, 900 below the appropriations OF
last year and mada practically a new arr
rangement and adjustment with referencd
to the official force OF the survey, create
ing new Offices, abolishing old oness
changing compensation, increasing com@
pensation, etc.
THE SENATE AMENDMENTS.
The Senate had amended the bill so as
exists, but had made concession TO thd
House respecting the field force by allow9
ing its reduction from Ga to 81, as vacanS
ccs should occur. The House conferred
inslsted that the new adjustment should
be made IN the bill. The answer Of thS
Senate conferees was that the coast sur}
vey had been. since August, 1885, practil
caly without a scientific head, and thaa
when the office had a responsible head
with scientific knowledge, the question:
could be carefully taken up and con4
sldered
OTHER ITEMS OF DIFFERENCE.
The next items of difference were in res
lation TO the enlargement OF the new pend
sion building; to survey of the pubiiQ
lands OF Yellowstone Park; TO the eTectioH
OF a hospital adjacent TO the insane asyS
lum for insane convicts and homlcidab
patients; 10 stenographers for the CHIEF
Justice and Justices of the Supreme CourG
and the item of $40 900 to be expended bH
the Library Committee for works of artS
On the latter point Dir. Voorhees, com$
mented upon the extraordinary spasm Oh
alarm" on the part of the House on thIs
subject, saying that since he had been d
member of Congress this annual approx
prlation had been regularly made as q
matter of course.
Mr.. Beck, member OF the conference
that with the spirit OF concession eVinced
an agreement would be reached beford
long.
THE COAST SURVEY.
As to the coast survey he did not see
how the Senate could yield, for he under4
stood that even now the salaries of scien4
tifc men were nearly 20 per cent. lesa
than the salaries paid in the geological
survey. He did not see either how tho
House provisions in regard to the DeM
pension building could be carried outt
As TO the Yellowstone Park, he hoped
that the House conferees would not urgd
their objection. The clause in reterencd
to 1t had been carefully drawn up by the
Senator from Missouri Mr.. Vest and heg
trusted that 1t would be adhered to. Ha
believed in extending the park and hav4
ing taken care OF and preserved. EitheE
that, or IL should be abandoned altOgeth4
er. He would not have it abandoned bJ
indirectlon.
After discussion the Renate, on motion
OF Mr.. Vest, insisted specially on its disa@
gresment to the Yellowstone Park items1
and on motion of Mr.. Allison insisted
generally on Its disagreements to the othef
items, and further conference was ORD
dered.
REPORTED TO THE HOUSE.
Ia the House today Mr.. Randall from
the conference committee on the sundrH
civil appropriation bill reported dlsa1
greement. Mr.. Randall stated th at wbild
the report showed an entire Disagreement
the conference had agreed upon 20l OF tho
2i3 Senate amendments. As the bill pass&
ed the House IL appropriated $2l. 13l ,5254
The senate increased this amount 50, 1864
$50, the amendments aggregating 81, ,S03,4
400, and the House through its conferees
receded from it's disagreement I'd
the Senate's amendments aggTega' in@
S974, 2S6. The forty-twQ amendments upon
which no agreement had been reached
embraced several matters, but the most
important difference between the two
houses was in regard to the appropriations
for the coast and geOdetlc survey and tha
Yellowstone Park amendment The cons
ference report was agreed to and fura
ther conference was ordered.
The cOnferees on the sundry civil bilE
did not meet until $3.50 O'Clock tonight.
and the indications are that n further cord
ference will be required In the morning I'd
reach an agreement.