Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-15
OMAHA'S POSTOTFICE BILL.
The Conference Committee Reports
1t Back to Both Houses. 60.
THE BILL FOR THE NEW FORT
Mr.. Mcshanc Corrcc,s An Error Re-
.garding It-Tsandall's Condition
Alarms His Friends-Gen-
'cral Greeley Apologies.
Why He Smiled.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET, 7
WAsHiSGToN d. c., July ~. '
Congressman McShane was seen by THE
BEE correspondent this evening just as he
was coming from the senate. He had a
pleas,ot expression on his countenance, and
in answer to an inquiry as to its cause he
said:
The conference committee on the Omaha
building bill reported back to both houses. 1t
has been n long time coming, but we have at
last got IL out of the conference
How docs it standFi
"rhe conference committee recommends
the passage of the bill providing for the pur
chase of site and the erection of a building
at a total cost OF 81, 200, 900. or this amount
one-third is fixed us the limit of the cost of
the site"
rs the provision left in the bill which au-
thorizes the use of the old structure as head
quarters for the department of the Mis-
soufiW e. q,
at is. The bill is practically the same as
| that which Originally passed the senate The
report will be made and called up in the
| house as soon as the tariff bill is out Of the
way.n AL notice." continued Mr. McShane
| 'ttliat there is an impression in Omaha that
| the fort bill was amended by reducing the
amount of the appropriation in the house.
| This idea is erroneous The original senate
| bill provided for the purchase of a site and
| the erection of the necessary buildings at u
| total cost of >2O0,Q00 The house bill was
| identical with the senate bill and the former
| was substituted in order to avoid delay. 1t
| was amended at the last moment by the in
| sertion of a clause providing that the site
| shall not cost more than one third of the sum
| appropriated, but that sum was not reduced
| one dollar. On the contrary it remains in
the bill now in the. presidents hands, ex-
actiy as it came from the senate. 1t
will permit the purchase of $40 acres
at u cost of upwards of 500 per
acre, or of 320 acres at over 500 per acre.
| think this sum will prove ample for the
| purchase of suitable site, within ten miles
of Omaha. The balance may not be enough
to provide all the buildings needed, but there
is nothing TO prevent congress from supply
| ing the deficiency ii more is required,
| RANDALL's CONDITION CRITICAL.
| Congressman Samuel j. Randall continues
to be in decidedly precarious condition.
| While there have been no 'hcmorrhages re-
| ported TO, day, it is generally admitted on the
part of his physicians and immediate friends
/ that he Will be unable to stand another one,
and that the loss of blood. which he has un-
dergone in the last thirty-six hours, has de-
| pleted his vitality to an alarming extent.
Just what the outcome of the illness will be
no one can say ut this tme but that the eX-
speaker OF the house is lying very near the
point of death, no one disputes The mo,
/ ment he s able to be moved he will be taken
away to his home, and will remain away from
congress during the remainder of the ses-
sion-if, indeed, he is ever able TO be re-
moved ut all. ..'.
| GENERAL GREEDY APOLoGIzEs.
| Some days ago General Greelv in speaking
before one OF the committees of congress in
| relation to the transfer of the signal service
from the war department to the agricultural
| department accused Commissioner Colmar
, ! with surfeptitiously trying. to secure this
| transfer. He has addressed a letter to Sen
| ator Palmer in reference to his statement il
which. he says he is satisfied that he die
I an. unntentonnl injustice to the commits
} | siOnerof agriculture. General Grcely says
further that he is satisfied that the commits
! soner's visits which he mlsinterpretcd were
simply to do kindness to one of the official:
of the signal Office and that they had no ref
| ercnce whatever to the transfer of the bu
4 / rcau. Like other meu who have SAID things
, | for which they are sorry, General Greedy
, | winds up by stating that he had no idea thar
. his remarks would appear IN print. HI
= thought that he was speaking to the commit
J tee privately.
, | THE IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE.
Speaker Carlisle has had considerable
difficulty in forming the committee to investi
| gate immigration with regard to importa
4 tons of iaborers in violation of the cohtrac
n labor law, etc. He has determined to con
stitute this important committee as follows
= Ford, Michigan; Oates, Alabama; Spinola
! | New York; Guenther Wisconsin: Morrow
California. A number of leading member
= have applied for places on that committee
D., | some of whom decided to crowd Mr.. Guen
ther off, but upon representations to tn
speaker that foreign born member shoull
have place, in view of the large German
immigration, he has refused to change hi
purpose. The committee will probably b
| appointed Monday and will begin the invcsti
: CATION a few days afterwards. They vii
. visit Boston and New York first and tn
c Pacific coast after the election.
PERRY S. HEATH.