Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-13
ECONOMY ENFORCED.
Retrenchment Begun by the
Fifty-second Congress.
The House Passes Its First APP
preparation Bill.
A Saving of $65, ,000in Military Acad-
emy Expenditures.
Tom Reed Tries to Trifle with speal<er F
Crisp--silver Men Pushing the
Free Coinage Bill to
the Front.


Free Coinage Bill to
the Front.
Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE house
passed the first regular appropriation
bill today, and the representatives are
congratulating themselves that at last
the regular work of the session has been
entered upon.
When the committee of the whole re-
ported the amended military academy
appropriation bill, the Republicans de-
manded the yeas and nays on one or
two Democratic amendments reducing
various items of appropriation. They
were voted down, however, and the bill
as finally passed contains various reduc-
tions aggregating in the total about
$65.000.
The committee on printing reported,
and the house adopted resolution pro-
viding for the printing of 5000 copies of
the presidents Chilean message.
REEDS SARCASM.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the private cal en6ar.
After discussion of the bill to credit
Aquilla Jones, late postmaster at Indian
apolis with $2438, loss sustained
by him by robbery, the result on a
standing vote on a motion to report the
bill without recommendation, was 65 to
70.
Reed, from his seat, suggested that
evidently there was quorum present.
The chairman (sternly)-H the gentle
man from Maine will rise in his place
and address the chair. and make that
statement to the chair, the chair will
answer.
Reed (rising smilingly)-If felt en-
tire confidence in the chair, | should not
hesitate to'do so.
The motion was lost-yeas 50; nays
101-and the bill was laid aside with
favorable recommendation.
The committee rose and the house
adjourned.
THE COAL ROADS COMBINATION.
Representative Stout OF Michigan to-
day introduced resolution citing the
new combination of coal roads, repre-
eenting in the words of the resolution
"a nominal capital of $500, 1000, 900, the
plant of which could be duplicated for
half the sum-" requesting the commit
tee on interstate commerce to investi-
gate the matter; report if such consoli-
dations should not be prohibited by ma
tional law, and whether bureau of
interstate transportation should not be
organized, headed by cabinet officer,
known as the secretary of commerce.
SWAMP LANDS PURCHASERS.
Representative McRea today reported
favorably from the house committee on
public lands, with the recommendation
that it pass, bill for the relief OF pur-
chasers of certain swamp and overfiowed
lands. The bill proposes to give the
states the purchase money realized fro m
the sale of lands within their boundaries,
enormously sold, and at the same time
confirm the title to the purchaser from
the United States. Two years is fixed
as the time within which all claims
shall be presented.
SILVER MEN PUSHING THINGS.
The silver men have some eight or
ten petitions in circulation on the Dem
ocratic side of the house, urging that
silver bill be made special continuing
order, and it is said they. had early to-
day secured about a hundred signers.
There is some doubt entertained as to
the expediency of the petition move
ment, but the silver men mostly believe
it may advance consideration of the bill,
and are doing what they can to bring
the matter to an issue early in the ses-
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delay and working to that end in the
hope that there may be developments
which will aid their cause and enable
them to find some way out of the diff
Guilty. The free coinage men are in
favor of speedy action, and say that ON
political grounds alone, aside from the
monetary principle, the sooner the issue
is met the better.
The rules committee has notyet taken
up the subject. The Peoples party
members OF the house have joined with
the free coinage people in demanding
prompt consideration of the Bland bill.
A member OF the rules committee said
this afternoon there was no disposition
ON the part of the committee to retard
consideration of the silver question, and
the committee would be found disposed
to bring the matter a conslusion in the
house, and he was personally of the
opinion that there would be no flipue-
tering.
THE SPRINGER WOOL BILL.
The Democratic member of the ways
and means committee held another con-
ference today on the Springer wool bill,
bat like yesterdays conference it end
ed without an agreement being reached.
The members now in the city are evenly
divided on the question as to whether or
not there should be a further reduction
made in the duties than that proposed
by the special Democratic wool commit
tee. The arrival of Shively of Indiana
is anxiously awaited, and the members
of the committee believe that conclu-
sion will be speedily arrived at, as the
views of Whiting, the only other absent
member, are known.
CHEAPER BARLEY AND HOPS.
There is practical unanimity among
the Democratic members Of the WAYS
and means committee in favor of the
bill reducing the duty on barley and
hops, and there is little doubt that this
measure will be favorably reported to
the house.
Bering Sea Negotiations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Beripg