Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-26
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Congress at Work on Appropriations.
ARMY BILL IN THE SENATE.
DEFICIENCY BILL IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.

to obtain the attendance of quorum.
BILL PASSED OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
Mr.. Doiph, from the committee on public
lands, reported back the Senate bill (vetoed
by the President) for the relief of VIM. r.
Wheaton and Chas. H. Chamberlain, of Cali
fornla with recommendation that the bill
pass Notwithstanding the objections of the
President. MIR. Dolph made an explanation of
the facts. claiming that the Presidents objec-
tlons were made under a Misrepresentation of
them. The bill is to reimburse the parties
formerly register and receiver of the land Of
hce In California; for clerk hire paid by them.
The vote was taken and resuited-yeas 35,
nays 8, so-two-thirds having voted in the af-
frmative-the bill was passed.
A number OF House bills (none of them inn
portant) were reported back from commit
tees and placed on the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. Plumb it was ordered that,
after the army appropriation bill is disposed
of, the Senate shah take up and pass bills on
the calendar unobjected to for three hours.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Sabin, calling on the Secretary of the Interior
for statement of his action toward discontinue
ing certain United States land offices, was taken
up and agreed to.
The House amendment to the Senate bill
granting pension of 800 month to the
widow of Gen. Fitzpatrick was agreed to. The
amendmendment reduces the rate to S75.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate at 1915 resumed consideration
of the army appropriation bill. Among the
additional amendments recommended by the
committee on appropriations and agreed to by
the Senate were the following:
Striking out two items of $500 and $1,000 for
completing the maps and finishing the surveys
of the battlefield of Chcamauga, Ga, and in
finishing surveys and completing maps of bat
tlefields
The item of sI50000 for the purchase
OF 225 acres of land directly south of the
military reservation at West Point, belonging
to the estate of Edward V. Kinsley, was OPP
After further debate the amendment was
On motion of Mr.. elatt supported by Mr..
Hawley) the item of $40 900 for the purchase
OF machine guns, musket caliber, was restored
to the bill.
The board of ordnance and fortification was
instructed to include the Watervliet arsenal in
its examination for site for an ordnance test
Ing and proving of heavy ordnance.
DEFENSE OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment (Which
was agreed to) appropriating s1s7,5OO for the
purchase of three pneumatic dynamite guns,
15-inch caliber, with the necessary machinery.
ammunition and carriages, to be placed, and
mounted for use, on the Pacific coast.
DEFENSE OF WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Hemphill offered an amendment (Which
was agreed to) appropriating s35,O 900 for a
counterpoise battery on the Potomac below
Washington.
THE ELL PASSED.
The bill was then passed, and the Senate
proceeded to the consideration Of the bills on
the calendar unobjected to.
House of Representatives.
Having become aware from past experience
that the rule setting apart the hour between 10
and IL for the consideration of measures by
unanimous consent had become dead letter by
reason OF flibustering, very few members we're
In attendance when the House was called to
order this morning. A few messages from the
President, vetoing various pension bills. having
been read and referred, the Speaker proceeded
to clear his table.
THE SIOUX RESERVATION IN DAKOTA.
The bill for the opening to settlement of a
portion OF the Sioux reservation in Dakota with
the Senate amendments having been laid before
the House, on motion of Mr.. Peel. of Arkan-
sas. the amendments we're non-concurred in
and conference ordered.
SENATE BILLS PASSED,
On motion of Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, the
Senate amendment was concurred in to the bill
authorizing the President to appoint William
English lieutenant in the army
On motion of Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri. the
Senate bill was passed providing additional tele-
graphic facilities in Washington during the in
augural ceremonies.
On motion of Mr. Joseph, of New Mexico. the
Senate bill was passed for the establishment of
the Lincoln land district in New Mexico.
The table having been cleared of business,
the Speaker, acting i'll conformity with the spe-
cial order, recognized Mr.. Abbott of Texas
who called up bill for the erection of a public
building at Fort WORTH Tex.
But the recognition availed him little. for Mr..
Bland, OF Missouri, was instantly on his feet
with u motion for half an hours recess
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
In view of this motion, and conscious of the
fact that the time Of the House would be frit-
tered away until IL o'clock, Mr.. Randall asked
unanimous consent to report from the commit
tee on appropriations the sundry civil bill with
Senate amendments. But, aggrieved at the
notification of the special order Mr. Briggs of
California, whose name stands high on the list
OF reccgnitions, objected; and the House re-
lapsed into the condition Of inanition which has
characterized il so much of late.
The hour of IL o'clock having arrived, Mr..
Bland withdrew his motion, and Mr. Randall re-
ported the sundry civil bill.
Aue neutrality-suspicious. OF the committee on
appropriations relative to the Senate amend
ments were agreed to. A conference was or
dered, and Messrs. Randall Forney, and Ryan
were appointed conferees.
THE DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL,
No effort was made to call up the contested
election case, and the House went into COM
mittee of the whole (Mr. Dockery, Of Missouri,
in the chair) on the deficiency appropriation
bill.
RULED OUT.
Some discussion arose on point of order
against an amendment offered by MIR. Rowell
(nl.) appropriating SO, 100 to reimburse Rob't
Smalls for expenses incurred in his election
contest. The point was sustained, and the
amendment ruled out.
MIR. Breckinridge (ky. offered an amendment
appropriating "a, 500 for the payment of the
claim OF the Mississippi Central railroad COM
pany for the transportation of the mails in
1851.
Mr.. Cannon Qlls.) opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Breckenridge Withdrew the amendment.
SETTING SENATOR BLAIR RIaRr.
In speaking to formal amendment Mr..
O'Neill, OF Missouri, referred to some remarks
made in the Senate recently by Senator Blair
in which that gentleman criticized the House
committee on labor and its chairman (Mr.
O'NeilD for neglect in acting upon the Senate
bills referred to it, instancing the educational
bill and the bill for the adjustment of the ac-
counts of laborers. The Senator certainly
should have known, said Mr.. O'Neill, that the
bill had not gone to the committee
on labor, but to the committee on education.
The Senator should have known that the adjust