The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30
FORfE.NINTH CONGRESS-.
B0TH HOUSES FINIsHINa UP
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
A Number # Conference Reports
Agreed Ha-A Lively Debate
In the Senate.

Oo6miliee on Expenditures Ia tbs
Yeasury Daputm mt from the furtbol
-1oesidHaion Of a reEOl1iirn % red
Z by HIM some weeks ago roofing thai
the eoVernnert CHAINED a Judgment
againGf B,ctard D. Lone str, ui p s.
Eour (; ih tho iaii LirCagicf faudU.
lently faurf,ried bis property and 20
cured a Sc tenn ~ win tho govern
mcrt for 1900; ihat ih8 ID stllct After.
| ney FIR the + stern Di.Aie. q Nis
r&O ~ in iave X t'0R ihe Gao q
: IA nled from tbs Tr5s2ry Dspui.
mt ~ certain psper8 r5qutied IN TIC
invsltil ai n and vas Gin cd, AID
calling upOa tie Secretary OF tie
Treasury IN his reason for thus &c
fus,ng.
Mr.. LoSrey [Iud.l chairman Of tie
Commltes Ga Expenditures in ihB
Treatu y department, hoped that ths
motion would nos be agieed 70 aud
he detailed conyorHaticn which 10
had held with the gentleman from;
Missouri In relation 10 the matter, in
which he ated to the gent eman tsat
tfctommittee would bs ready 10 act
upontb5 resolution during the present
week, and the gentleman expTesiei
himfeli as satisfied with the arrange
meni.
Mr.. Glover denied that he had &C..
quiesced in any such arrangement
Mf. Lowiey said there was a ques-
ton OF yeratity between the gentle
man and himself, and he wou no.
attempt TO exculpate himself. But he
took occasion TO say that II in the fn-
ture he ever had any intercourse with
the gentleman, either OF an official or
personal character, he wou d take
good care 10 have some third person
present.
The motion 10 discharge the com.
xnittee was lost-yeas, AZ nays, H..
Mr.. Townsend III. submitted the
report Of the conference committee on
the pension appropriation bill and 1t
was pgreed to. r
Mr.. Burns Mo. !, from the Commit
tee on Appropriations reported the
general deficiency bill and II was re-
ferred TO the Committee OF the Whole.
Ut sppiopriates $1,000, Sa5.)
The House then went into Commit
tse OF the Whole (Mr. Reagan TEX. |
In the cbairl, on the sundry civil bill.
Mr.. Springer Illl, moved to In
crease from 100000 10 100000 the
appropriation for protecting tie public
lands and fraudulent entry.
Mr.. Springer said that his detire
.wss Go uphold the arms OF Commits
ssioner Sparks and Secretary Lamar In
4heir efforts 10 expose the frauds per-
peir ated on the public domain, and 10
reclaim the Thousands and millions Of
.pcres from the fraudulent grasp OF
pyndicates.
After debate, Mr.. Springer with.
drew his motion, and motion made
by Mr.. Laird Neb. ] to strike out the
Clause was rejected.
Mr.. Carey Wyo. I, defended the
cattle graEers and settlers from the
abuse which had been showered upon
them He declared they were just as
honest and upright men as cauld be
found upon the floor OF the House.
He challenged the production OF any
evidence except that made by liars
and retjurtrs which would show that
they had prevented any man from
setting on any quarter section Of land
Omen 20 settlement. He produced
notice which be stated was used by
the cattle men Ia Wyoming setting
fortl that the fences around public
lands were not erected as q barrier 10
any party who might wish 10 enter
for settlement under the Homestead
or pre,emptiOn laws. lie stated that
the citizens OF Wyoming, whether
cldksad as grnnGers. c1whovR or ealtla
kings were just as hon7st as tie
pioneers thel had settled the county
en- q OF the Mississippi river. The con.
81 MT abu:o Of the people OF the West,
he said, came with poor grace from
gentleman from Indiana lilo mani,
whom n that State ,200,t0Oacres were
claimed ae bwaInp laBds on the
strength OF few frog puadleg.
Mt. Hepburn Ia criticised the
items appropratlng aa aggregate OF
about $4,000 for new furniture Tor the
Executive Maneion, for the care Of the
greenhouses at the White House, and
for general expeEsgs. What, he asked,
could the preaent head of tho admin
istrAtion, welded as he was 10 Jetler.
sonlan simplicity, want with $4,000
for furniture and howers2 The Presi-
dent would not tolerate such useless
expenditure. II WAS known that when
he nerveds-ifinself 10 the thankle;s
duty Of vetoing the pension bisls OF
sixty deslitute soldiers or widows he
was constrained by his official oath,
constrained by his official duty and
iorced nv Jtifersonian simplicity. Yet
!. nv ~ lied riun bills segregated less
: !, " w =, y Ms col one-fourth Of the sum
hee " - omniltee was trying TO
2 Me.s ~ ny % TO expend for furni.
y J. my y. o ns N oui remarked that the bill
nQnlna.e : the Executive Mansion,
at'se 70 ipulsS3 $4,000, and in 1884
q /. = eynglad been appropriated for
0 ~ lnatfpose, 80 that the committee
ply IN the line of Jeifersonian sim
/, sy. Next year perhaps 1t would
!. better. The commi tee should re.
10 smber that there was very able
iousekeeper at the White House now.
Il Laughter and applause,
Pending further action the comn.t-
tee arose.
Mr.. Blount [Ga. submitted the con.
ference report on the postofiice appro-
priat'on bill, aud it was agreed to.
I The Senate recedes from the amend
msat, which authoriz % the Postmas.
yer General to contract for inland and
foreign steamboat mail ssrviceg, when
II eau be combined inone route where
the foreign oiii 9 is not more than 200
mics distant from the domestic Office,
on the same terms as inland steam
boat service. The Senate also reCedes
from ths amendment increasing by
$50 600 the appropriation for railway
postal car service. The Senate als1
recedss fiom the foreign plail service
aineudmtnt known as the subsidy
amendment.
Air Bragg Wis submitted the con-
ference report on the army appropria-
tlos Dill, and il was agreed to.
Nj. Hatch Mo. submitted the cen.
fere re ; repoft on the agricultural APP