Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-15
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THE ExF xsR1HSI OONGnHBSs Bills That Are Now Laws-An AAend-
 menS te the sundry Civil Hill For .
 Public Building as New London
 District of Columbia Day in the
 House.
 WASHINGTON, July 14.-Mr. Hoar intro daced bill sppropriating $50, 900 for the erection of a statue or monument in Wash iugton to the memory of Major General IsraeI Putnam and appointing the secretary of war, the chairman of the joint committee on the library and the architect of the capitol to contract for it. Referred.
 The presiding officer, Mir. Ingalls,, sn- nounced his signature to the silver bill.
 The senate proceeded to the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 MT. Edmunds asked MT. Allison if he was prepared to give to the senate the statue of the various appropriation bills.
 Mir. Allison said that the agricultural bill and the army bill had become laws. The consular and diplomatic bill was in the hands of the president, the District of Co., lumbia bill was pending in the house on a conference report, the forti6cation bill was in the hands of c conference committee, and the Indian appropriation bill would be re- ported to-day or tomorrow from the senate appropriation committee. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was law; so was the military academy bill, the naval appropriation bill, the pension appro- priation bill and the postofdce appropriation bill, the river and harbor bill and the sundry civil bill were still unacted on by the senate; the general deficiency bill (which would probably cover four or five million dollars) okf hohf ind al with the river and harbor, the supdry civil and the deficiency bills, estimated, would aggregate about $359, ,000, ,600.
 Mir. Gorman-That does not include the permanent appropriations of about $1O0,- 100000.
 Mr. Allison-It does not. It only includes the regular appropriation bills.
 civil bill reported from the committee on appropriations and agreed to was one insert ing au item of $50, 900, for a public building at New London, Conn. Among the amend ments reported by the committee of appro- priations and agreed to by the senate were the following: Inserting items of light houses, beacons and fog signals at Lubec Narrows, Maine, $l5, ,5O0, and at Cornfisld Point light vessel, Conn, $70, ,000. Inserting an item of $14. GOO for fish hatchery at Craigs Brook and Green Lake, Maine. Increasing item for transportation of silver coin from $25, 900 to $55, ,00O The amend- ment to insert an item of $500, ,000 for estab- fishing in Washington 8 Latin-American memorial library, the site to be chosen by the secretary of state and the building to be erected under his direction and supervision, having been reached, MT. Vest opposed it as being part of the sentimental program to se- cure commerce with the South American states. It was nonsense to expect that any glamor could be thrown over the subject in the way of sentiment that would bring such trade. It could only be brought by making it the interest of the South American states to trade with the United States. Besides, there WAS now being erected a magnificent library building at a cost of $6,000, ,00O, and certain rooms in that building might be ded- icated to the purpose indicated in the amend msnt The senate was asked to appropriate $6O0, 900 for @ spectacular performance and at @ time when there was not room in the public buildings to transact the absolute and exigent public business.
 MT. Hswley said that he concurred with everything which Mir. Vest had said. The library of congress had already very fine collection of old manuscripts, maps and
 books relating to the early history of the | American continent, and he suggested that | instead of dividing those resources, 1t would | be very much better to take @ section or branch of that library and entitle the Latin
 American memorial library. He offered an amendment to that effect and appropriated | $25 ,000 for the purpose.
 MT. Vest sent to the clerks desk and had
 read the presidents message suggesting the | establishment of the Latin American Memo | rial library. He contended that 1t would be
 no discourtesy even to to the advocates of the plan if an apartment in the library of congress were set apart for that purpose. The delegate from Columbia, Ar. Silus, who | originated the plan, had used the words, Ca | building or apartment"
 Having disposed of fifty of the IA pages of the bill, it was laid aside till tomorrow. The senate at 5:50 adjourned till to-mor- row.
 HOUSE.
 The house went into the committee of the
 whole on the bill known as the Atkinson bill {supplemental to the act authorizing tke construction of the Baltimore and Potomac | railroad in the District of Columbia) After debate Mir. Moore of New Hampshire moved that the bill be reported to the house with | the recommendation that 1t be recommited to | the committee on the District of Columbia | with instructions to report back a substitute,
 providing tha. before January 1, 1894, the
 railroad company shall remove its present
 station from Sixth and B streets to the in- | tersection of Virginia and Maryland avenues.
 This was agreed to, 69-54.
 l The committee accordingly arose and re- | ported its recommendation to the house.
 The recommendation was agreed to 59-52,
 and accordingly the bill was recommitted | with instructions as stated.
 MT. Hemphill of South Carolina moved to
 reconsider and also to lay that motion on the | table.
 On the motion to table the vote resulted
 yeas 90, nays 50-no quorum.
 | The house then at S:50 adiourned