The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-14
sUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS.
The House Discusses the Bill all Day
Without Finishing 1t.

The House Discusses the Bill all Day
Without Finishing It.
WASHINGTON, June 13-The House this
morning after the reading of the journal
went into committee of the whole, with
Mr.. Burrows in the chair, on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Cannon said
the amount of the appropriation carried by
the measure was in round numbers, SOS, ,O00,-
600. This was 81, 900, 900 less than the reg
ular estimates, and $4,000, 900 less than the
regular and special estimates. The sun
dry civil law for the current year
provided for an expenditure Of S25, 900, 900.
The apparent excess in this bill was largely
more than accounted for by certain extraor-
binary items. Among these were ex-
penditures for the lighthouse service, the
bureau Of engraving and printing, the
eleventh census, irrigations, surveys, library
buildings, artificial limbs for soldiers, homes
for disabled volunteer soldiers and aid to
state homes. These amounted to SO, zoe, 900.
The bill was liberal, effective and econom-
ioal.
MAKING THE MONEY FLY.
Fourteen regular appropriation bills, as
reported to the House, aggregated an ex-
penditure of $500, 900, 900. showing an ex-
| cess of S45, ,000, 900 over the appropriations
for the current year. This excess was
nearly all accounted for in three bills-pen-
sion 5000, 900. postofiice S12,000,0O and
naval 2,160,000. The other So
100000 resulted from the expansion
incident to the growth of the country. Mr..
Cannon then gave statement of the status
not reported to the House was the general
deficiency bill, and this would be reported
before the close Of the fiscal year. There
were pending the sundry civil and Indian
bills. In the Senate committee on appro-
priations were the agricultural and diplo-
matte and postoffice bills, and in the Senate
committee on commerce the river and
harbor bill.
Pendingin the Senate was the legislative
bill. The fertilization bill had passed both
houses, with the Senate amendments The
District of Columbis, naval and pension
bills were in conference. The army and
military academy bills were in the hands of
the President. This was a favorable show
ing as compared with the standing of the
bills two years ago.
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
A few amendments were adopted insert
ing new items and slightly increasing others
already in the bill, increasing the aggregate
of the bill by $z5, 1000
Mr.. Goodnight of Kentucky moved to
strike out the clause relative to the irriga-
ton survey. Upon this amendment a debate
arose, which consumed the remainder of the
days session. The opposition to it came
| chiefly from members from west of the
Mississippi river. They contended that the
House should repeal the existing law which
segregated the arid lands and prohibited
them from settlement, or make this appro-
priation.
Mr. Goodnight's notion was rejected by
vote of AZ to 81 Without completing
consideration of the bill the oommittee rose
and the House, at o'clock, took a recess
until o'clock, the evening session to be for
the consideration Of private pension bills.
The evening session was not prolific of
| results. Thirty private pension bills were
| advanced to the stage of third reading, but
none were passed, and the House at 1905
o'clock adjourned.