The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-08
HOTTILTIN THE SENATE
-OORHEES AND PLUMB EXCHANGE
SHARP WORDS.

Charge of Extravagance in Connec-
ton With Public Buildings Leads to
the Row-The Public Printer not Re-
ouired to Enforce the Eight-Hour
Law.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Senate to-
day resumed consideration of the urgency
deficiency bill, the question being on strik-
ing out the provision inserted by the House
recurring the Public Printer to enforce
rigidly the eight-hour law. The item was
struck out by vote of 80 yeas to 20 nays.
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bate. Beck,
Blackburn, Brown, Call, Cockrell, Coke Col
Quit, Daniels. Farwell, George. Gibson, German,
Gray, Hale, Hampton, Harris, Hawley, Hiscock,
Jones of Arkansas, Mcpherson, Paddock, Payne,
Ransom, Reagan, Salisbury, Sawyer, Vance,
Walthall. and Wilson of Iowa-32
NAYs-MesSrs. Blair, Bowen, Chandler Cul-
lom. Davis, Dolph, Frye, Hoar, Jones of Nevada,
Henderson, Mitchell, Palmer, Platt, Plumb,
Sherman, Spooner, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller
and Trpie-D
An additional section was inserted in the
bill containing a large number of items
generally small in amount allowed by ac-
counting officers of the Treasury, or bv
judgments of the Court of Claims since the
dates covered in the bill as it came from the
House.
COURT OF CLAIMS JUDGMENTS.
BY amendment the total appropriation
for Judgment of the Court of Claims in
creased from $263, 900 to $455, 200.
Mr.. Payne offered an amendment appro-
priating $60,000 for the pay of assistant
custodians and janitors of public buildings
all over the country for the current fiscal
year, and made statement in explanation
and advocacy of it, showing reductions in
nov apd Sarvica of tho Naw VOry oOd Cio
cinnati custom houses, and other buildings
for lack of appropriations. This amend
ment provoked good deal of discussion, in
which Mr.. Faulkner stirred up Mr.. Plumb
by replying to some statement made by
MeSsrs. Plumb and Dawes ON Feb. 10 in re-
gard to extravaganza on public buildings.
Mr.. Plumb said his remarks on that occa-
sion had been principally directed to the
new library building in Washington. He
read from the list of expenditures in con-
nection with that bulldog, the first item
being S2,772 for watchmen, larger sum
than that spent for watchmen for the pen
sion building which had been five years in
course of erection, and that for a building,
of which the basement plans were not yet
drawn.
QUESTION OF vERACITY.
That is not true" said Mr.. Voorhees,,
rising
Il state that it is not true" repeated Mr.
Voorhees,. The plans for the basement have
been ready for six months"
Il am informed said Mr.. Plumb, 'that
there is an advertisement in one of the city
popers stating That tho specifications FOR 5he
basement of tnat building are not complete,
and will not be till Tomorrow"
There is no such statement or adver-
tisement in any city paper" Mr.. Voorhees,
asserted
81 am informed - said Mr. Plumb, that
when few days ago the Secretary of the
Interior came to consider the question of
advertising for bids for the basement of
that building, he was informed that the
plans and specifications for the basement
were not yet drawn"
GETTING IT DOWN FINE.
In continuing to read the list of expendi-
lures for the library building, Mr.. Plumb
mentioned ''a messenger at 5000 a month. D."
''Six hundred dollars month for a mes
senger" queried Voorhees,.
81 said S60,n replied MIR. Plumb.
'No, you said $780," Mr.. VOORHEES, in
sisted
"Well, l wonder it was not 5000 month, )"
said Mr.. Plumb.
And l wonder that you did not call it
S6,000" was Mr. Voorhees, rejoinder
Mr.. Plumb continued to read the list of
some time notified Mr.. Voorhees, that he
had now in his hands a paper containing
the advertisement which he had referred
to, and that the advertisement said that the
basement specifications could be seen to-
morrow.
Mr.. voorhees, suggested that the adver-
tlsement did not say that the specifications
were not prepared.
Mr.. Plumb-No, but still that is signif-
cant.
MIR. Voorhees-Everything is significant
to the Senator from Kansas.
MEN OF HIGH CHARACTER
Mr.. Voorhees, referred to the high charac-
ter of the men composing the Library Com
mlsson-one Democrat and two Republi-
caus-namely, the Secretary of the Interior,
Mr.. Spof rd, the Librarian, and Mr.. Clarke,
the Capitol Architect. These three men
might safely he thought, be entrusted with
the expenditure of public money.
AT the close of the discussion a vote was
taken on Mr. Payne's amendment, and it
was not agreed to, the vote being "A yeas to
"a nays
The bill having been reported from COM
mlttee of the whole, Mr. Payne renewed
MS amendment in the Senate, and it was
again rejected by vote of 25 yeas to 80
nays.
lhe pension bill went over till tomorrow
win the understanding that after the morn
ing business it would be taken up and dis
cuSSed under the five-minute rule, aud a
nnai vote be taken before adjournment.
after an executive session the Senate ad-