New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-26
THE SENATE STULTIFIED.
GENERAL LEGISLATION FAVORED.
THE EARNINGS OF EyAITs, SHERMAN AND ED
,,,.xps NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WITH APPRo-
PRATT NJ.

PgiAu M.
far ryIrauArR TO TRIBUNE
vAsuxGsoS. jar. 25.-Ihe Senate stultined
nscif today hy asserting 90 one OF the most i'm
poran, p eos OF ncral legislation ever intro
I'd in an appropriation bill This it did in
81 g vi sle f..ct tat ample time remains for the
co ia Eaten Of the question at issue al the proper
ma Ger ~ site Of the fact that it has at every
ses ~ ci Congress denounced the introduction Of
en- al legislation in appropriation bills the
rart II the House; and in spite Of the fact that
such men as Eyars. Ldmupds and Sherman en-
tcr,d earnest protests against the proceeding The
Qut Stcn involved concerns the payment TO i'm
rorters Of interests and costs in claims on fude-
incnts. aud discontinued suits in customs cases IN
OF deposits for unasceFtaincd duties, OF du-
ties or other moneys pad under protest. A clause
ms rted in the deficiency bill as il came from the
House and VS. passed by the Senate to-day ADDS
the following proviso:
That section three I housa nd and eleven OF the
revised statutes OF tie United States be. ana me
same is hereby amended by inserting after the wora
pad IN The seventh me the ioit ,p" ,e 81 three
per centum per annum
In vain did Mr. Evarts point out that this was
clear violation Of the Constitution; IN vain dld
Mr. sherman show in the most forcible manner
possible that such a provision was hastily con-
sidcrcd. badly expressed, and liable to lead 70
endless trouble by misconstrucuOn; in vain dld
Mr. Edmunds plead the Vicousness OF incor-
porating such important legislation in an appro-
priatiOn blll-egls alton when established an en-
tircly new principle. The Senate. Gne-thrd OF the
members of which absent and another third
paving no attention to the debate. declined 10
strike out the prOviso by ote of "a TO %.
An Rem added by the Senate again served TO
expose the old trick Of Mr.. Randall Of leaving
out Of appropriation hills Just and unGuestioned
debts incurred BY the Government, and compelling
the Senate TO add them, with the object Of being
able afterward to point to what he calls the
extravaganza Of the Senate The item involved
the payment to n Connecticut firm Of nearly
500 900 for stamps and stamped envelopes. Mr..
Hawlcy showed that but for the generosity Of
this firm the Post-Ofice Department in May last
would have found itself without single stamp,
the Deficiency bill of last year, which contained
an appropriation for this purpose having failed
owing so the manner in which it was kept by Mr..
Randall in the House, not reaching the Senate
until four days before the close of the session.
IN this case the Government had been given the
goods on trust asst were, had
sold them. and held the proceeds
of the sale in its possession while its creditor was
obliged TO pay six per cent TO Hartford banks
for carrying the loan. And yet the House re-
fused 10 make an appropriation TO settle what the
post-MastcrI iencral in his report TO Congress
STYLED a debt of honor The Deficiency BILL
as finally passed by the Senate TODAY appropri-
atcs a tribe less than appropriated by the
House.