New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-25
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
SLOW PROGRESS IN THE SENATE.
MANY IMPORTANT APPROPRIATION BILLS YET
TO BE PASSED, AND ONLY A FEW DAYS
lay TELEGRAPH TO TuE rRIDUNE.l

Warrington, Feb. 24.-Thc senate failed again
n~dxy to make substantial progress on the
sundry Civil Appropriation bill and that bulky
measure won't over till to morrow. about hall
6ni,hed. senator Allison, the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, had hoped to dispose Of the
115 pages Of text by > O'Clock this evening. all had
arranged TO give way then to Mr.. Cameron for
euloges on Representative Watson. Of Pennsylvania
who died last summer. Rive O'Clock found the senate
still struggling along half way through the bill. and
As an adjournment is unavoidable after culoGies on
any member of either House. there was nothing TO I've
done but let the Appropriation bill be finished up
tomorrow. Three days will thus be devoted in all
to this big bill. instead of one as the COMM tee
sanuinely anticipated. The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial bill will follow the sundry Civil ana
then. as rapidly as possible, the Agricultural. POST
Office and General Deficiency bills. so that unless
tle Senate sits on sunday almost no time viii DC
left for other legislative business. The committee
amendment cutting down the appropriation for inc
chronological Bureau from $4,000 to $4,000. and
otherwise restricting the work Of American ethnolog'
cal research. was not acted upon when reached III
Commltt.e of the Whole. but was reserved for a specIdi
vote in the senate. This is encouraging TO The fHenue
of the Bureau, and there seems TO be an eNccHV"'
chsnce Of restoring this paragraph of the bill to 'Ho
shape in which it came from the House.
There was some dispute today as to the or"e. -"
business. and Mr.. Chandler asked Mr.. Allison II ne
WOuI1 permit lUc UIl Ii (t dHnN
marine to DC brought up some time to-day or tomorrow,
Mr.. Hale replied that an order Of business "du - -,
adopted by Republican Senators and that ofucr '"o"-
be carefully observed. Mr.. Hale said that pei'"r' ~
no time so near the close of the session la - -.
appropriation bills been Enacted upon he uu w.
see how much time Of the Senate could be gwen ''
other measures. Mr.. IIOar thought that inaSHuch Is
the Nicaragua Canal bill was a Senate measure a"u
could rot become a law at this session il should slNo
way TO other bills whose passage was absolutely he'o'
sary.
The discussion ended at this point. as the senate
went into secret session. after which the sundry 'Nh
bill was again taken up, and attention was gwen 70
the paragraphs relative to the Worlds Fair. The mat
Ter of salaries and the question OF the cooperation Oh
women received some discussion, and hnally the lohoW-
ing amendments were agreed to:
Reducing the item for the selection, purchase,
preparation and arrangement Of exhibits of the EXecu-
tive DEPARTMENTS from S35O.OOO to 100000: striking
ont Of the item the provision that $4,000 OF the
amount shall be devoted to the Depart
ment. and inserting In it a provision appropiating
10 the purpose of the item any sum remaining uncX
pended under Section Is Of the act authorizing the
Exposition, except that S33,000 Of such sum may be
expended for the balance of the current fiscal year for
salaries and other expenses, including the expenses Of
the Board of Lady Managers striking out the various
detailed items for salaries and expenses, and insert
ing, in lien Of them. a bulk appropriation of 100000
for salaries and other expenses. including expenses OF
Board of Lady Managers, and providing that its eN
~penditure is to he approved by the secretary Of the
Treasury, and that the Government is not to be
liable for any further salaries. compensation or eX-
ponSeS; inserting a declaration that the several sums
appropriated in the bill for the Fair shall be deemed
a part Of the sum Of 81 100000. the limit Of liability
of the United states on account thereof.
Mr.. Daniel expressed a desire to offer an amend
ment appropriating $3.50. 900 for the expenses of the
international naval review in New York lIarbOr; but
on Mr.. Allison's suggestion that that could be pro
vided for at the next session. he withheld it for the
present.
The para graph authorizing the use Of uneXpcndcd
balances for the prevention Of e%pidemics. gave rise to a
long discussion. Nj. Chandler moved TO place further
suns al the disposal OF the President for the same
prrpoSe-the whole amount Of the expenditure for the
wear not to exceed S25O,OO0. Mr.. German denounced
Mr.. Chandler proposition as an atroclCus one. as
giving the President an unlimited use OF money. ana
a. more dangerous 10 the people than an epidemic OF
cholera. yellow fever or smallpox would be. That
remark was referred to by Mr.. Chandler as more
" atrocious" Than what had caned it out. and as show
ing the necessity OF doing something also to prevent
the ,pread Of the Presidential fever. Mr. Chandler's
amendment was agreed to.