Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-22
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Progress on 1t in the House.
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House OF Representatives.
Mr.. McRae (Ark.) presented, as privileged mat
ter, joint resolution extending to the states Of
Florida and Louisiana the provisions Of the act Of
May IA, 1855 relating to disposals Of public lands
Passed.
Mr.. Johnston N. CO. submitted the conference
report on the bill increasing the limit OF cost Of
the Wichita, Kan, public building, and 1t was
adopted. lit accepts the senate amendment fixing
the limit at s1OO, OOOl
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL
The House then went into committee Of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bin.
on motion OF Mr.. Oates (Ala.) a proviso was at
tached to the item making appropriations for the
Ties, requiring the accounting officers OF the Treas
ury to audit the accounts OF these officers within
sixty days after presentation.
CHINESE HABEAs CORPUS CASES.
Mr.. Morrow Cal), in moving to increase the ap-
preparation for the payment of district attorneys
said that with funds insufficient to secure speedy
hearing in Chinese ha6eus corpus cases, the in
coming Chlnalnan was necessarily allowed to 60
ABOUT under bail for several weeks, during which
be able to convince the court that he was a resi-
dent before the treaty went into effect.
AT MT. Randall's suggestion, Mir. Morrow with
drew mis- amendment for q time so as to permit
subsequently Mr.. Morrow renewed his amend
ment and II was rejected.
DAfBNDiNo THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
In connection with the paragraph making an ap-
preparation for special assistants to district at
torneys, Mr.. Oates, OF Alabama, defended the ac-
ton OF the Department OF Justice In prosecuting
the telephone suit saying that the officers Of the
ents, the law Officers OF the Interior Department.
and the Secretary OF the Interior himself, acting
Independently, had declared the prosecution to be
Just and necessary for the public good He depre-
Gated any reduction Of the appropriation for this
purpose.
Mr.. SOwden Pa.) denounced the account OF Mr..
Lowery, one Of the special counsel as wholly un-
Justihable. He wanted to know II 1t was true that
the Attorney General with his assistants and the
United states district attorneys could not repre-
sent the Government for the salary they received
and not allow the Government to be mulcted In
$50, 900 for one suit.
Mr. Breckenridge (Ark.) and Mr.. Oates (Ala.)
united In denial that the Attorney General had
had anything to do with the telephone suits,
that he would not undertake TO say that the AT
tOrney General had anything to do with running
the Department OF Justice.
The District i'm Congress.
NO MEETING OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE
The Senate District committee had no meeting
to-day. There Will be q meeting next Friday, by
which time the abSent ees will have returned.
Capitol Topics.
BOUNTY CLAIMS.
House committee on war claims to-day reported
favorably the bill introduced by Representative
O'Neill, OF Missouri to extend the time for nling
claims for additional bounty under the act OF July
%, 1866 (Which expired by limitation July 1, 1880
until July J. 1890 The bill also declares the claims
filed since the expiration Of the act to have been
nled In time, and requires them to be considered
NO IcE-wATER FOR VISITORS THIS HOT WEATHER.
1t is comment frequently made that through
out the length and breadth Of the Capitol there is
no provision made for drinking water Tor strangers
All the cOmmittee-rOOmS and offices as well as
e,oak,rooms are supplied with iee,water coolers,
Ing themselves into such places for drinking
water.
DULL TIMES ON TIE SENATE SIDE.
At the Senate end OF the Capitol IL was quiet
and duh to-day. Many OF the offcials and en-
ployes gathered around the bulletin board and the
secretaryS offce, but Senators were scarce. On
the House side the business was proceeded with
ceived from Chicago and then members of both
parties began to manifest lively interest In con-
vent1On news.
ESTIMATES SUBMITTED
Estimates have been submitted to the House OF
Representatives as follows: For the establishment
OF light at Cedar River point, at the mouth OF
Cedar River, Green Bay, Mich, $2 Co., and for the
q S1 S sn
on the Pacific coast, 100000.
NOTES.
The Senate was not In session to-day.
On motion OF Mr. McCOmas the appropriation In
the sundry civil bill TO provide for the burial OF in
uigenI ex.UpiOn soldiers who died In the District
was increased so as TO allow $40 for the expenses
OF each burial.
Senator Hawley yesterday from the committee
on military affairs, reported faverably the bill APP
prOpriating 100000 to enable the Secretary or
War to contract with the Pneumatic Gun Carriage
and Power Company for one eight, one ten and one
twelye-inch gun-carr1age, and one ten-inch disap-
pearing carriage and such seacoast carriages as
may be necessary.
The Senate has confirmed William b. Franklin,
OF Connecticut, TO be cOmmissioner-general, and
SOmervilie 2. Tuck, OF New York, TO be assistant
commissioner general to the Paris exposition.
Slowly Gaining.