The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-26

fiscal year for salaries and other ex
,penses, including the expenses OF the
board of lady managers and striking
out various items for salaries aud ex
jpenses and inserting in lieu of them
the bulk of the appropriation of
$40, 600 for salaries and other expenses,
il Guiding expenses of the board of
lady managers and providing that its
expenditure is to be approved by the
secretary of the treasury and the gov
ernment is not to be liable for any
further salaries, compensations or ex-
pensps inserting as addition a para
graph declaring that the several sums
appropriated in the bill for the expo
sition shall be deemed Il part OF the
81, 800 600 the limit of liability of the
United States.
he next subject that provoked dis
cus>ion was the item approprlating
$50 900 for the coinage of uncurrent
| fractional! silver coins in the treasury
of about $19, 00O, 900 abraided coins be-
low the limit of tolerance,
Mr.. Cuckrpll secuted the idea of
$2U, 900 being sufficient for the purpose
and moved 10 make the amount
$l50,000 Agreed to.
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which was agreed to adding TO the
i,tm the proviso requiring the secre-
| tAry of the treasury to coin iuto stand
ard silver dollars the bullion now in
| h treasury. the expense thereof to
be charged to the silver profit fund.
The paragraph author zing the use
of uneXp-nded balances for the pre-
vention of epidemics gave rise to
long discussion.
Senator Chandler moved to place
turther sums at the disposal OF the
president tor the same purpose, the
whole amount of expenditure for the
ytar not to exceed $25OU0O. In an un'
Inpassioned SPEECH Mr. German de
nouuces Chandler's proposition as au
atrocious one as giving the
president unlimited use OF
the money and more dangerous
to the people than any epidemic OF
cholera, yellow fever or smallpox
would be.
That remark was referred to by
Chandler as more atrocious than what
called it out and as showing the ne-
cessity of doing something also to pre-
vent the spread of presidential fever.
Senator Chambers amendment was
agreed to.
The death of the late Representative
Watson, of Pennsylvania, was an
nounced and after eulogistic addresses
the senate adjour ed
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. "a. MIR.
Mckinley of Ohio, from the com
mi tee on rules reported resolution
for the immediate consideration of
the direct tax bill, the previous ques-
tion be considered as ordered at 2
o'clock or as soon thereafter as this
resolution may go into effect.
Mr.. Mills OF Texas raised the
question of consideration. The house
| determined yeas 130, nays 80,
to consider the resolution and Mr..
Dingley of Maine offered an amend
ment providing that after the disposal
of the direct tax bill the house shall
proceed to the consideration of the
shipping bill. The previous ques-
ton to be considered ordered for six
hours debate. The previous CUES
| ton was ordered.
Mr. Blount of Georgia argued
against the resolution. 1t excluded,
he said, anything like decent de
bate.
Mckinley said so far as the question
of limiting debate was concerned, no
public measure had ever received a
more thorough discussion than had
the direct tax bill. The resolution
was then adopted, and the bill taken
up. .
Mr.. Cogswell, who was in charge of
the bill, offered an amendment pro-
viding that no money shall be paid to
any state or territory until the legisla
ture thereof shall have accepted by
resolution the sum appropriated in full
satisfaction of all claims against the
United States, on account of the levy
and collection of the tax. Adopted.
The previous question was then Or
dered on the BILL yeas ia, nays So.
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, moved to re-
commit. Lost-years 81, nays TT
The bill was then passed-yeas 1S7,
nays l01.
Boutelle, of Maine, presented the
conferences report on the naval ap-
preparation bill
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, made an
argument in opposition to the propo-
sition for the sounding of the Pacific
ocean between California and the
Hawaiian Islands, for the purpose OF
ascertaining the practcablllty OF a
cable between the two continents.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine, replied that
the propos ition had nothing to DO with
the laying of Hawaiian cable. but sim
ply gave appropriation for the pur,-
pose of ascertaiuing whether such
a cable could be LAID.
The report was agreed to.
The speaker appointed Caswell, E.
B. Taylor of Ohio and Oates as con
ferees on the direct tax bill. A dis
agreeing conference report on the Dis;
trict OF Columbia appropriation bill
was agreed to and further conference
was ordered.
House then adjourned.