New-York tribune., 1890-07-15
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL IN THE SENATE.
MR.. VESTS ATTACK on THE PROPOSED LATIN
AMERICAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
SENIOR PIERRA's LETTER.


washington, July II (SpecaD.-The sundry Civil Ap-
preparation bill taken up by the Senate TINS ait'r-
noon Mr. Morrill, yielding the right of way, ana about
half the text was gotten through with. The Dill j.
more than 100 printed pages in length ana us COZ
sideraton is likely 10 consume at least two days moe
The only feature Of interest in todays discussion was
dyspeptic attack by Mr.. Vest on the proposed Lam
American Memorial Library for the creation OF Wmch
$500 900 is appropriated in the pending measure MI
Vest condemned the lbrarg project as piece OF senti
mentn and protested against 1t As friend OF the do"-
trodden taxpayer Sentiment. whether patriotic or
merely historical and liberal is apparently at dls-
oount in "Oh Mizzouryo Mr.. Vest suggested tha''
instead Of erecting separate library oulio'IV' u'0
nroposed Latin American collection should be mace
part Of the Library of Congress ana be hou9o Il" q ,
separate part Of the big building now III course Va
construction on Capitol HILL senator lia"lcy iaVoIcu
this suggestion and offered an amendment emDou1 "H
IT, The paragraph finally passed over without ac
tlon but not before Mr. Frye had hah an oppoF'"'''
20 make crushing exposure Of the slanders upon the
international Conference recently put III cH'uia'''I
hv Mr. pierra and foistcd into The CongrfSslonaI
Record, by Mr. Vest. The Missouri senator theu 10
defend himself from the imputation OF iurtierhs thS
dsgraceful publication, but, on previous OCCASION
made a sorry show Of It, ,,,, ~,
Tnon the senate taking up the sundry Civil BILL Mr
Edmunds asked Mr.. Allison If he was prepared I"
give 10 The senate the status Of the various aPPio
priaton bills. 49,,
Mr. Allison said that the Agricultural bill ana tIle
Army bill had become laws, the Consular anu D'pio
matte bill was in the hands Of the President 'le DIS
,rict Of Columbia bill was pending IN the ho"So ="
REPRESENTATIVES on conference report inc fort'n"
ton bill was in the hands Of conference 'o''''
the Indian Appropriation bill would be repoFcu 'u''
or tomorrow from the senate Appropriations 'om
r,i,tco the LEGISLATIVE Executive and Judicial Appro
niation hill va, A law; the Military Academy till' inc
yoval Appropriatlon bill. the Pension Appropriation
bill and the Postohce Appropriation u'h WIZ -'
la,ys the River and Harbor bill and the olurS ''N
b,lI were stu unaceG 10y the senate 'he ucnc" d"
neGcicncv bill-which would probably cover @l"ooVo
or a. 900 ooo-was stl behind. All those aPpropI'a
ton bills with the River and HaFoor eu"uIS C"n
9d rseciAncv hills estmatcd) would aggregate about
$3.50 100000.
Mr. Gorman-That does not include the permanent
apnropriatons Of about S1O0,oo0'OOO.
Mr. AIlson-It does not. II only includes the reg
ular appropriation Oins' .,. ,
Mr. German presented a statement in refutatioh oi
statements that the delay in the matter OF the sc"'
arnropriaton bills was tho fault Of the Senate
Among the amendments to the sundry CNH uH
ronorted from. the Committee on Appropriations ana
a,,ed % by the senate was ono inserting AZ
tom of $40 900 for public building at New-Londoh
Conn. ..., ,o, IT,
The amendment 10 insert an item Of 100000 i'f
establish hing in Wa>hin yton Latin American H'''O'
library the site TO be selected D! INC ''''N''''
state and the building to be erected under ms VI
rcc,ion and supervision. having been reached '''
Vest opposed it a, beng part of the senimen'"' p''
,ramme TO sccur, commerce with The 7onHi Am .',L
stsfc. n wa, nonsense 20 expect that any Ni'i''
,o-,i1 he thrown over the Subicc' ia %" WN- -.
rcrt that would bring such trad'. II ,"".'
hr,uf,ht only hv making II the interest o4 VI -.
.mcSran states 10 trade with th' Lhl.rH -.
pesidrs there We uOT being erected u ma -'l'' @ ~.
iu,rary buildiuE. at a cost of 1c,V)Voo1' @-G 49,,
rooms In tlat hulldng might Dc d''l'''' 40 '''
nrrnpsc Indicated lu th" ancudmrHt ~, .-, ,bt t, q
IL Uawlcy said that Dee concurTcd WIN cE.V ."e '
N Vcet had .ad IN" Library %! C'ngn''' h'" a'T ~ a.,
, Gr. Collection ~ old manuscripts maps 49," ,.. .
ciat.og n c carl, history of the AHrHcI
nI Le suggested that. instead % df.d'hs ln.''
s'wr,cs n would bee much l'it"r 20 titc &
Lrinrh Of that library and call II tho Ldl.H.
V,n,r!al Library. lie offered am aii..'I @ '
c,'ort and auurOpu1tug F4','Np ij' '"' Ptll' f.t
w. Tryc re- ir,d to tie letter - s.n"I ~ u
"A t.-, rad recently had read. rnH'' li- " Jl '.
.t,,o- deliberate, to tl' PAM -I.-r.'dh 20, ,.i
,,aracterlLed II - Infamous ana shNc ~ ,a', -, o
,i" writer and of tho motives when ma
Kim Tho f1ct, have all appeared .u P'lh' an, ,.
Mr. VT aid that. II be had Or't FiN'n p' i,
10 tt3t letter be would have been r-p"h'l',s - A., Nd
pnt II wa. A. much a public docuu'Ht ~ " '' '''
truoared in The Congressional hc'oI'. ..,...o-.
~ the suggestion oi Mr.. GoFu4au' 'le ""'V"''
went over without action