The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-26
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.
SENATE LABoRING ON THE NAVAL
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Interesting Silver Debate in the House Sun
dry Civil Bill Making Little Progress.
River and Harbor Bill Cut Twenty
FIVE Per Cent--Gunboat Concord.
SENATE.


long discussion on the question vote
was taken on the senate amendment
to the naval bill, providing for in
creases in the navy, and it was agreed
to, yeas SO, nays 10. Among the nays
being Senators Mills and Coke.
Senator Teller offered an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of one eight inch
calibre high power steel rifle,
and $4,000 for making
trial contests for three or four more
twisted one-pounder breech loading
rified guns and an equal number of
three-pounders and three-and-one-
half Founders, and was agreed to with
out discussion or division.
Senator Henderson offered an
amendment appropriating 100000 for
the purchase of torpedos, and was
agreed to. The bill was then reported
from the committee of the whole to
senate amendments agreed to and the
bill passed without discussion. Ad-
journed.
An amendment was reported by the
Senate committee on appropriations,
and adopted, for the construction of
one seafaring battleship, one harbor
defence double turret ship of monitor
type, four light draft gunboGts and
six torpedo boats.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The silver
question was feature of interest in
the House today, and much to the dis
appointment of silverites the speaker
sustained the point of order raised
against Mr.. Bartine's free coinage
amendment to the sundry civil bill,
and the House clinched the matter by
unfolding Speaker Crisp's decision.
Later on Mr.. Bland offered an amend
ment for the coinage of all silver
bullion purchased and now in the
treasury into standard silver dollars
Points of order were raised against
the amendment and the speaker re-
served his decision, which will be
awaited with interest and Impotence
from the free coinage men and op-
ponents alike.
After the transaction of routine
business the House went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Lester of Georgia
in the chair, on the sundry civil bill.
After some debate the chairman pro-
ceeded to pass on points of order as
noted above. Mr.. Simpson of Kansas
offered an amendment providing $780,
900 of the appropriation for topo-
graphic surveys to be expended in
North and South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas and Oklahoma. Agreed to.
Pending further action the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
THE GUNBoAT CONCORD.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The orders
to the Concord to go 10 st. Louis were
this afternoon on re-
ceipt of information from the pilot of
the vessel that the trip was unsafe.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The Sen
ate commerce committee today APP
piled the knife to the river and har-
Dor bill The committee decided the
total of the bill as reported to the SEN
ate $2l, 1856, 1915 too large and realizing
the endless trouble and dissatisfaction
that would follow any effort to dis
criminate between the various con-
tracts and continued appropriation
projects which 1t was determined
should bear the brunt of the reduc-
tion, adopted a course of reducing the
appropriations of all of them Is per
cent. The result was a reduction OF
the total appropriation made by $2O6,-
875.