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And Receives Strong Assurances that 1t Will
Be Passed by the Senate Before the Expi-
ration Of the Present Session.
AGOvernment Debt ThatIs About Twen-
ty-Five Years Old, and Still Unpaid.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Athert0n Furnishes information
Concerning the Alleged Kentucky Whisky
Trust-General Washington News.
VICTORY FOR BOvEY.
The General at Last Secures the Passage OF
His Evansville Hospital Bill.

The General at Last Secures the Passage OF
His Evansville Hospital Bill.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
WASHINGTON, July 2L.-General Hovey is
happy tonight. He has for six months been
making q gallant fight in the House for the
passage of his bill providing for the construction
of a marine hospital at Evansville. and has met
opposition from Bland, OF Missouri; Holman, of
Indiana, and other parsimonious Democrats who
are playing the economical dodge of saving
money for the country. This opposition became
SO formidable on the 9th instant. when General
Hovey made a determined effort to secure con-
sideraton of his bill, that he almost despaired
Of success, and was driven to announce that he
would permit no measure to pass by unanimous
consent for the Democrats until his bill secured
the consideration and fair show it deserved.
This afternoon. while private bills were being
passed. and at a time when Bland. Holman, and
the army of demagogues who have been OBJ
s~tructips commendable legislation all session.
were oat OF tie House, the General
called up bis bill, secured considera-
ton, and, after . brief statement
a. to its merits, it was passed. It was q great
victory, for there were many members less than
a quorum present, and it was due to General
Hovey's personal popularity that objection was
not raised. When tho bill was passed the Re-
publicsns, as one man. sprang to their feet and
vigorously applauded; the General was then
heartily congratulated. Objections to the bill
came solely from Democrats. on the ground that
1t contemplated the expenditure of 500. 900 now
and hundreds of thousands later. The Demo-
Gratis also held that it's passage meant q boom to
Hovey's popularity in the First district, and a
consequent accession to the Republican ranks
there in November.
Tonight the Journal correspondent met Gen.
Hovey and asked him il he was confident of the
passage of bis dill by the Senate at this session.
"Yss. I feel sure Of it." he replied. 81 have
just come from Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin,
who is q member of the committee on buildings
and grounds. which will have jurisdiction over
the measure in The Senate, and he has promised
to take care of my bill and see that it Is romptly
acted upon. 1t is Que of the most meritorious
measures that ever came before Congress.
Thousands of sailors are arriving at Evansville
every month. They come from the Ohio, tho
Cumberland. ths Tennessee. the upper and
lower Mississippi, the Green and the Wabash
rivers, and hundreds of them are turned in sick
there every year. There wers a thousand sick
sailors at Evansville last year. Sailors have
taken out Of their regular pay 20 cents a month
for q general fund TO care for the sick. and those
who die without heirs leave their property to
this fund"
General Hovey has had a repetition of his bat
driven back by rebels. but he kept on fighting,
and finally won. He has three times been
driven back in his efforts to have this bill passed,
but he would not be defeated, aud finally be