Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-24
LONG DEBATE.
About An Appropriation for a Pub
lie Building at san Diego,
California.
ARRIVAL OF eIRchELL's FATHER
IN-l1W'
E1-Speaker Carlisle and the Demo.
cratic Representatiyes.-The
Late General Crook.
By Telegraph to the news
a LONG TALK
In the senate NJ to n Question Of
AUGMENTATION

Sherman said all he desired was
to shave n general rule applied to
public buildings. Three or four
public buildings were asked for i'm
Ohio, but he thought 500, 900 was
the largest appropriation allowed
for them, in such towns as Dayton
and Springfield.
Spooner, member Of the COM
mittee on public buildings and
grounds, said the propriety Of APP
propriating for San Diego was not
affected by the appropriations for
other places in California. The
cost Of site there would absorb n
considerable portion of the appro-
priation. San Diego was within
fifteen miles Of the Mexican border,
aud was therefore an important
place in connection with the Gus
toms revenue.
Pratt spoke Of the recent remark
able growth Of san Diego and other
cities in Southern California, which
eastern people could hardly COM
prehend. The senators might as
well understand that this was a
great country and had great needs.
San Diego was n very important
place and its business was increas-
ing rapidly. In many growing
western towns public buildings had
been appropriated for, but before
completed they were found TO be in
adequate. He instanced Los An
geles as n case Of that kind, and
said that Southern California had so
grown in population since the last
appropriation that Nandener, its
representative in the House, now
represented n constituency Of about
100000. II San Diego increased in
the same ratio in the next ten years
the building provided for in the bill
Will not be large enough.
SpOOner said the bill as introduced
provided for an appropriation Of
only $500, 900; that he had referred
the matter to the supervising archi-
tect OF the Treasury, and he officially
recommended an appropriation Of
$500, 600.
Morgan said that six years ago
San Diego had not more than 1000
inhabitants, while now il had 81, 900
or 1000. IL was a remarkable in
stance Of the expansion Of American
enterprise and industry. Its harbOr
not only admitted the largest ships
and steamers on the Pacific, but was
perfectly land-lOcked.
Stanford Withdrew his suggestion
TO let the bill lie over till Monday.
He thought the Senate was now
prepared 10 pass it.
Hearst said that his colleague and
he intended 10 present to the Senate
at this session their claims for pub
lie buildings all over the State Of
California. They intended TO do il
honestly. They did not intend,
when they wanted only Sl0O, 900 to
ask for S3O0,0OO, but they expected
TO get every dollar they asked. They
expected to show that they were en-
titled TO it and that they would prove
1t by every Senator who had been
to California last year, and he
thanked goodness that there had
been a good lot Of them there and
some Of the best Of them. Laugh
ter.
Mitchell remarked that the post
office at San Francisco was a dis
grace to the city and nation.
The time allowed for debate hav-
ing expired, unanimous consent
was given for Hearst to continue his
remarks, but he did not avail him
self Of the privilege, only saying:
W ell, go ahead aud pass the bill;
L have plenty Of chances b talk on
other bills that are coming,
Dawes said that Of all appropria-
tons for public buildings that had
come befOle the Senate there was
hardly one more just than that for
san Diego. 1t was one Of the three
mostimportant harbOrs on the Paci-
fic coast.
StanfOrd-I have never known a
member OF the committee on public
buildings to attempt TO gain any,
thing for his locality that was not
based on public interests, and the
committee has made that n control
ing idea in determining the amount
Of the appropriation.
ingalls, said there was an impres-
sion in the public mind, and which
he had derived from reading the
newspapers, that the appropriations
on the river and harbOr bill and the
bills for public buildings went by IA
vOr and that large appropriations
had been made for which there was
no apparent Justification. Public
attention had been repeatedly called
10 the fact that after the formal
business Of the senate was over the
session had been continued with far
less than n quorum present. Bills
were taken up, read hastily and
passed, without reports being read
ana without discussion, and mil |
lions and millions of appropriations
piled up without giving any reason
why the bills should have been
passed. The debate today had been
instructive and advantageous. IL /
Justified the action of the commit
tee on the pending bill, which with
out the explanation given, would
have gone into the same category as
those which preceded it. He be-
lieved the government Of the Unit
ed States ought never to be a tenant
for the premises it occupied, but,
there was government
there should be govern
ment ownership. He had been
always in favor Of liberal appropria-
tons for public buildings and should
be glad 10 support n measure that
would provide for pOstofiice build
ing wherever the government had
occasion to hire buildings. He con-
demned, however, the practice that
had grown up OF extravaganza and
costliness ofpublic buildings.
At the close OF the discussion the
bill was passed.
Blair introduced another educa-
tional bill and it was referred to the
committee on education and labor.
Among bills on the calendar
passed were the following:
To confirm to the Territory Of
Wyoming certain lands occupied
Tor school purposes; appropriating
50. 600 for lighthouse at st. Mary,s
Island, Alaska.
To establish two additional land
offices in the State OF Montana.
Altogether there were fifty bills
passed, the most of them private
pension bills.
House.
WASHINGTON, March GA bill
was passed repeating the timber
culture law.
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