The Washington critic., 1888-06-23
At THE CAPITOL TODAY
The House in Committee on Public
Building Bills,
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
The Sundry Civil aud Naval Bills
Passed Yesterday.

In the House to-day the conference re-
port on the Senate bill to provide for an
International Marine Conference to be
held in Washington: was presented and
agreed to. The report leaves the time
and place discretionary with the Presi-
dent. The Appropriation is fixed at
$4,000
MIR. Dibble moved to go into Committee
Of the Whole on Public Building bills.
Mr.. Holman desired the House to take
up his Public Land bill.
Mr. Springer asked that the special
order assigning to-day to the Public
Buildings Committee be continued
Mr. Holman made the point of no quo
rum, but altcrward withdrew it, and MIR.
Anderson of Illinois renewed it,.
The motion to go into Committee of
the Whole on Public Building bills was
finally carried, ll0 to II, and MIR. Springer
took the chair.
The first bill taken up was to appro-
pirate S350,0O0 for a building at Portland,
Oregon On motion of Mr.. Lane, $3.50 900
was stricken out and 300 600 inserted.
Mir. Dibble moved that the bill be laid
aside, with favorable recommendation.
Mr.. Lane made the point of no
quorum,
ON Mr.. Dibble's motion to lay the bill
aside with a favorable report, the yeas
were l0S and the nays 4.
MIR. Lane still insisting on the point of
no quorum, Mr. Dibblc moved a call Of
the House.
The call showed l65 members present,
and the tcllers resumed their places no
quorum having voted on the motion to
report the bill favorably.
The motion was carried by vote of 6s
to 56, and the House adjourned at 2:3j.
TWO IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED.
After The CRITIo's report closed yester-
day the Sundry Civil bill, with its amend
ments, was passed at 3a0i and on motion
Of Mr.. Herbert the House resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Nc
Creary in the chair, on the Naval Appro.
priation bill. There was no disposition 10
| fight any portion of the bill, ana about 4
o'clock this bill was also passed sub
| stantially as IL came from the committee.
| The amount appropriated by the bill is
| $l9,y0l.074, about S6,0O0,0OO less than the
| current appropriation. Mr.. Holman
made an effort to cal up his bill to amend
| the land laws, There are about forty
amendments pending TO the bill, and Mr..
| Holman is anxious to have them consid-
cred. There was q slight disposition to
oppose its consideration because of the
heat, but finally the House decided to
| consider it, Several of the amendments
were read, when further proceedings were
cut off by Mr. Buchanan, who moved to
take recess till clock. At the even
ing session an unusually large number OF
pension bills were disposed of. Mr. Hol-
| man gave notice that he would call up
his land bill to-day.
DISC USED eY A SHAVE.
Congressman Brewer of North Carolina,
who has been wearing full beard all
winter, appeared at the north door yes
terday with q clean shaYen iaCe, save his
lip. The doorkeeper failed to recognize
him, and not until Mr.. Nichols vouched
for him would the doorkeeper admit him
to the floor. In few days, he says, he
will wear o card signed by the Speaker,
"ThiS is Mr. Brewer of n. C.
MR.. GRAIN RENomINATGo.
Representative William II. Grain Of
the Seventh Texas district was renomi.
mated by reclamation yesterday by the
Democratic Convention at Corpus Christi
ADJOURNMENT IN AUGUST.
Mr.. Cobb Of Alabama said to a CRITIC
reporter this morning that talk of ad
iourning was beginning to be heard. 81
think said he, "an effort will be made
to adjourn about the middle of August
| 1t will be impossible for the House TO gel
away before that time
CAPITOL NOTES,
Congressman Burnes of Missouri ha:
returned and was on the floor to-day.
Colonel O'Ferrall has returned from
Virginia and was in his seat this morning
Hon. j. d. Richardson of Tennessee
has d scarded his old silk hat and bought
himself Mexican sombrero.
Hon. Tom Reed, who has been absent
from the House all the week, returned
| from Chicago this morning and was
warmly congratulated by his colleagues