The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-27

WAsHINGToN, April Especial
After three private bills were passed by
the House the regular order was de-
manded and the Speaker stated it to be
the passage of the Walker expunging
resolution. Mr.. Blount, of Georgia.
askedS unanimous consent that the
House go into committee of the whole
for the consideration Of the diplom attic
and consular appropriation bill There
was no objection. but Mr.. Blanchard, of
Louisiana, gave notice that on Monday
next he would call up the river and
harbor bill. The House then went into
committee of the whole (Mr. Oates of
Alabama, in the chair on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill
Mr.. Blount explained the provisions
OF the measure. 1t appropriated ST, 5S4,-
025, being S72, 900 less than the current
law and S553, 541 less than the estimates.
The reduction on missions was S25, 600;
on consuls, S37, 900; in bureau of Ameri-
can Republics, $40, 600. The number of
missions had been reduced by placing
Denmark, Sweden and Norway under
one mission, Columbia and Ecuador
under one mission and Peru and bolivia
under one mission
The retrcnchmcnt policy Of the ma.
jority, as explained by Mr.. Blount,
formed the topic Of debate during the
rem ainder of the session.
On motion OF Mr.. Blount, unanimous
consent was given that general debate
on the bill should close after two hours
debate tomorrow. The committee then
arose and the House agreed to the re.
quest OF the Senate for conference on
amendments made by the Senate to the
Chinese exclusion bill passed by the
House. Geary, Chapman and Hit we're
appointed conferees. The House then
adjourned.
After somo routine morning business
Senator Coke addressed tho Senate in
favor of free coinage OF silver, basing
MS remarks on Senator Morgan's rcso-
luton on that subject.
During the first half of his speech
Senator Coke had many attentive and
apparently interested listeners. Among
the Senators Mr.. Allison had como owe r
from tho Republican side of the chamber
and taken seat near him. Messrs.
Stewert and Teller had done tho same.
MIR. Mills (his colleaguc) had gotten a
chair in tho area, almost fronting him.
Bland had come over from the House
and taken Il seat behind him. German.
ID an1el and other Democratic Senators
sat near him. But as the speech pro-
crossed the interest in it seemed to de-
cline. Allison found some other en-
ploymens for his time, so did German
and Daniel and even Stewart retired to
his own seat. But Mills and Bland con-
tinued to give the speech their close at.
tention and remained in their seats un.
til the ond of IL.
Senator Daniel was the next Speaker
on the Same sa:biect and on the Same
side OF the question. At tho close OF
Daniels speech the army appropriation
Dill was taken up. After several Senate
amendments had been agreed to Senator
Cockrell called for separate vote on
the amendment striking out of the bill
tho proviso that no moaoy shall be paid
Tor the transportation of troops and
army supplies over any of the non
bonded lines owned, controlled or opcr-
ated by the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany including the lines OF tho Oregon
short line and Utah Northern Railway
Company or by the Southern Pacifl.
Company over lines en- braced in It's
Pacific system. Debate on this amend
ment lasted till O'clock, when, without
disposing of the amendment the Senate
adjourned