Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-26
ALE AND GIN.
NECESSARY EXPENSES" or CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSIONERS
The Civil Service Appropriation Again III
the House-Thc senate on the Lanu
Forfeiture Bill.
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| sumed consideration OF the rahroau III
| forfeiture bill. and Mr.. Call went on W.T.
| his argument in favor of the amena,,lenii |
offered by him as to forfeiture OF raiiioau
lands in Florida. c -,
| Pending the discussion the Senate. on
motion Of Mr.. Gibson. took up ana plss:eu
| the House Joint resolution approprIalin7
| S1JO. 900 TO be used by the Secretary "
War for the relief Of destitute R person, -,
| the district overfowed by the MlsslssipPi
river and its tributaries; .-... hill
Consideration of the land forfeiture oiii
| was then resumed.
ISATTESTIoy IN THE SENATE.
| Mr.. Blair, noticing the inattention OF Ine
| few senators who were IN Their seats, chiIou
attention to the fact, and on his motion
call of the Senate took place. during Its
progress senators came in from tne coln-
| mittee-rooms and cloak-rooms ana hIty,1sylA
| of them responded to the call. men Pr.
| Call went on with his speech, but before
| he had been talking half an hour the same
state Of things had repeated itself. ana ne
| stopped TO make complaint that ne had
| but few hearers. He said II the peopie
could only look and witness the scene IN
the Senate chamber they would be OF the
opinion that the day was passing by When
senators were of any use IN the govern
ment of the country. If public demand
! could have no response in the senate Ine
people would find il ont at no distant dayi
| and there was enough Intelligence anu
| force and power in the public for the PEG
pie TO demand that proper attention shouu
! be given TO the consideration OF questions
Of public interest.
| FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION.
| In spite of the inattcntion on the part OF
| the senator's. Mr.. Call started of once
again and resumed argument IN cxplana-
ton of and advocacy Of the amendment
offered by him in the interest Of certain
railroad lands in Florida. The land IN
! question. on the line of the Tampa road,
| had been sold. he said, 10 the late Edward
| n. Dickerson, and were now owned by great
| capitalists and men Of great political I'M
portance. who were standing behind the
attempt to deprive the poor settlers OF
their homes He declared that the transac-
ton (the sale of the railroad lands 10 MI
! Dickerson) was fraudulent IN every par
| ticular. He excepted Mr.. Dickerson from
all PARTICIPATION. The amendment which
| he proposed was wholly in the interest OF
the settlers of the place. -,
Mr.. George spoke in favor of Mr.. CalPs
amendment and said some pretty severe
| things about the absence Of senators from
| their seats.
RELIEF FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS.
At 3:15 O'Clock the Vice. President an
nounced that he had signed the Joint reso--
| luton apprOpratlng S150000 for the relief
| of the sufferers by the Mississippi over
| flow and the Joint resolution was sent to
| the President for his signature.
| Mr.. George proceeded with his argument
| in favor Of the amendment. lie wanted
| the Senate to understand and he wanted
| the American people TO understand that
| the question before the Senate was whether
| the settlers on those lands in Florida were
| 10 be allowed chance TO show that they
| had a right to them and that the railroad
company or it's assigns had no such right.
| Mr.. Pasco took the floor and the bill went
over without action until Monday next.
The Senate bill! approprating $4,000 for
q public building at Fayetteville, n. e.,
was passed.
| FULOGITs on TIE LATE MR.. GAY.
Mr.. Gibson offered Joint resolution de-
claring the profound sorrow Of the Senate
| at the announcement of the death OF Hon.
| Edward J. Gay, late a representative from
| the State of Louisiana. and suspending
| the business OF the Senate to give an OPP
portunity for tributes to Mr.. Gays emil
nent public and private virtues;
| EulOgies were pronounced by Messrs.
| Gibson. Cockrell. and Eustis.
| The resolutions were agreed to. and az
! further mark OF respect the Senate at 4;3O
adjourned till tomorrow.
House OF Representatives.
Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois, from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported the
| Joint resolution appropriating $l5OOO 10
| enable the Secretary OF War TO distribute
rations for the relief of the destitute peo
| pie in the district OvertOwed by the Missls-
| eppi and its tributaries. The Secretary OF
War is to cooperate with the State authorl-
| ties in distributing the relief here pro-
| vided. Mr. Cannon urged the immediate
necessity Of governmental aid TO prevent
] great and terrible restitution in the over
| flowed districts. The Appropriation was
| sufficient to enable the Secretary to give
one ration day for twenty-one days TO
35 900 people. The committee did not
make large APPROPRIATION because ~ was
| informed that on May 18th next the Legis-
lature of Louisiana would be in session,
and the appropriation recommended would
| furnish rations until that time.
| Mir. Bland, Of Missouri, inquired where
| Congress found authority TO appropriate
money for the relief Of people OF the va
Mr.. Cannon replied that it found it in
precedents and i'll the starving demands OF
| 5000 persons. 800
| The JOINT resolution was passed-l3s
| On motion of Mr.. Butterworth, Of Ohio
yeas 1lO. navs 100-the House went into
| Committee of the Whole (Nr. Payson, of
| Illinois, in the chair on the legislative APP
preparation bill.
ON motion of Mr.. Savers. Of Texas. an
amendment was adopted providing that
hereafter every application for examine
ton before the Civil-Service Commission
! shall be accompanied by the certificate OF
an officer with his official seal attached, OF
the county and State Of which the april
cant claims TO be citizen; this provision
to apply to persons who may be in the ser
vice and seek promotion or appointment III
| IL ,l,,a e . ba 4. nuavnrnanf
ANOTHER DIG AT THE cIvIL-sBEvICE SYSTEM.
On motion of Mr.. Cummings Of New
York, an amendment was adopted pro-
| yiding for the actual" travelling eX-
| penses of the commission instead OF ne
cessary " travelling expenses, as PROVIDED
III the bill
Mr.. Butterworth gave notice that he
would ask for q separate vote IN the House
on the amendment, saying that actual"
travelling expenses might bankrupt the
Government. This disposed of the Civil
Service Commission clause OF the bill.
The appropriation for the Office of d.
rector of the Mint having been reached,
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, offered an
| amendment providing that the appropra-
ton shall not be available until all laws
limiting the free and unrestricted coinage
of silver or making any distinction be-
tween the coinage of gold and silver are
| repealed.
After a short discussion the amendment
was ruled out on point of order.
LEMONADE, ALE, AND GIN FOR cIyII-sERVIcE
COMMISSIONERS.
In speaking to verbal amendment Mr..
Cummings gave his reason for striking ont
the necessary" travelling expenses OF the
| Civil Service Commission and inserting
"actual" travelling expenses. He read
list of the expenses of membe OF the
commission IN which the articles lemon,
ade," ale" and gin" figure. He did
not consider these necessary expenses;
MIR. Wilson, of West Virginia, inquired
whether a civil-seryice commissioner dla
not have to see double in order to see any
civil-service reform under this Adminlstra-
ton. tlaughter.l
Mr.. Cummings: | think he does; or
under the other, either. lLaughter
without completing the consideration OF
the bill the committee rose, and the House
at o'clock, took a recess until o'clock
the evening sessionto be for the consldera-
| of 20.