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bill for public building at Dallas, Tea,
with the action of the House passing
the bill over the veto) was presented
and referred to the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds.
Eulogies were then delivered on the
late Representative Walker, of Missouri,
and as mark of respect to his memo
~ the Senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The House
bill coming over from Friday evening
increasing to 500 month the pension
of the widow of General Custer was
passed by the House the first thing yes
terday.
Mr.. Wickham, of Ohio, asked unani-
nous consent for the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures to sit
during the sessions of the House. Mr..
Hopkins, of Illinois, objected but subse-
quently withdrew his objection and the
leave was granted.
The army and pension appropriation
bills were sent to conference.
Mr.. Abbott, of Texas, from the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
reported back the bill providing for the
extension of the public building at Dali
las, Tex, at cost of $500, 900. This
bill passed Congress last session but
was vetoed by the President. The rec
ommendation of the committee is that
the bill be passed over the veto. The
bill was passed-yeas 141, nays 69-the
necessary two-thirds voting in the AZ
| frmative.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, moved 10
discharge the Committee on Expendf
lures in the Treasury Department from
the further consideration Of a resolu-
ton offered by him ten days ago, call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to the expenditure
of money for the geological park. It
was defeated, rs to 1os.
The House then went into committee
on the legislative appropriation bill.
In the general debate the Barrundia
case was revived by Mr.. Dalzell, %
Pennsylvania, who defended the action
of Commander Reiter. The public rep
rimand administered to him by the Sec
rotary of the Navy was, he said, IN
warranted and unjust A naval officer
had been degraded By a public rePri-
mand without the Intervention Of q
court martial. The letter Of the Sec
rotary was an open, public reprtmsnd
of a naval officer Of heretofore unques-
tionable courage and fidelity to duty.
It had placed a stigma on his
name and a blight on his career.
It took from him his dearest pos.
session and from his children theiI
richest inheritance. To Commander
Refers demand for a court martial
came the reply that the demand showed
/ ignorance of naval discipline. Yet this
| disgrace was at the dictum of an OFF,
cial whose career began yesterday and
might lin the mutations Of politiesl end
tomorrow. If it could be so, It was
high time that there should be some
legislation on this subject. The Secre-
tary had exceeded his power and
done wrong that called for redress.
| Those who feared disgrace to this
country's flag would result from the
failure of a United States officer 70
play the part of bully in defiance Of
the law, failed utterly to appreciate
wherein the true glory of the state
consisted. They would SOW the seed
that some day or other would blossom
into bloody war, without glory. o.
would ripen into the fruit of national
humiliation and disgrace. Applause
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, defend
ed the course of the Secretary of the
Navy, as did also Mr.. Dolliver, Of Iowa
Mr.. Boutelle, Of Maine, said that
while he entertained the greatest re-
spect and esteem for the head OF the
navy he was so unfortunate as not to
be able to commend the Secretary's &c
ton toward Commander Reiter. He
simply rose TO say that looking at the
case from his own standpoint he would
not have written the letter 70 Com
mander Reiter that the Secretary had
published, and if he had written It he
would not have published it
Mr.. Fithian, of Illinois, opposed the
shipping bill and attacked Mr.. Charles
Hill, secretary of the shipping league,
on account of his statement that he
(Fithian) was British emissary. He
denounced the statement as lie and
the author of it as an unmitigated liar.
Mr. Farquhar, of New York, briefly
defended Mr.. Hill, and without dispoe.
ing of the bill the committee rose and
Al, LTo,,-1 81 crTr-T1ad.