The National tribune., 1892-03-17
bill text for a lengthy speech, in which he ar
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up and discussed at length, but went over with
out action.
The amendment to the urgent deficiency APP
| preparation BILL appropriating $4,000 for the
collection of garbage i'll the District of Column
| bia was made the test for bitter speech re-
buking the Commissioners and the Health
| Officer of the District, by Mr.. Blackburn. He
suggested that the officers should be removed.
The bill and amendments were then passed
and the Senate adjourned.
In the House. on motion of Mr.. Curtis On.
Y, r., bill increasing the pension of George
Il. Allen S25 a month was taken up and passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the free-wool bill, which consumed
the days session. Without reaching conclu-
sion the House took recess until until p m,
the evening being devoted to private pension
bills.
The House met at p. M, but adjourned be-
cause of a lack of quorum. This is the third
evening session wasted because of lack OF
quorum.
SATURDAY, MARCH u.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
In the House, according to the journal OF
yesterday, Mr.. Coombs Y. Y, d. was reported
as brought to the bar of the House under ar
rest. Mr.. Coombs stated that page had come
for him and he had come to the House of his
own accord, aud asked that the journal be cor
rected.
Mr.. Bynum lind, d. inquired if the gentle
man did not know that the page was acting as
a Deputy Sergeanta alarms, and was told that
he did not, but that they came together in
car to the House. Upon a vote to change the
journal so as to show that Mr.. Coombs was not
in arrest, quorum did not vote, and upon that
question being raised, Mr.. Coombs withdrew
his request so as not to impede business.
Mr.. O'Neil pa, r. also took exceptions to
the Journal which reported him absent sick,
when he was not. He said he had been
member of the House for % years, and had
never been sick but one day and half, by the
blessing of God, and he wanted the Lord to
continue that blessing. He was absent from
the evening session because he had no private
pension bills TO attend TO.
The Senate amendments to the urgent de-
ficiency bill were non -concurred in, and Messrs.
Holman, Sayers and Dngley were appointed
Conference Committee on the part of the
House.
Private business was then taken up, the
first bill being for the relief of the First Metho-
dist Church, Of Jackson, Tenn. On its passage
the vote stood 81 to %.
Mr.. DUNCAN tOhio, d. said that in the alb
sence of the gentlemen from Texas (Messrs.
Kilgore and Bailey he would make the point
of no quorum. Laughter
On Mr. Bailey putting in an appearance Mr..
DUNCAN withdrew the point, but it was
promptly renewed by the gentleman from
Texas.
The bill was finally passed-yeas 147; nays,
81.
The next bill was one for the relief of the
estate of Andrew ]. Dinner, and it was also
passed; but roll-cali was again necessary in
order to obtain quorum. Public business was
then suspended, and the House proceeded to
the consideration of resolutions in respect to
the memory of the late John Z. Gamble, of
South Dakota.
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kota; Mr. Perkins, of Iowa; Mr. johnson, of
North Dakota; Mr.. Lind, of Minnesota; Mr..
Bryan, of Nebraska, aud Mr.. Jolley, of South
Dakota, the House, as mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, adjourned.
MONDAY, MARCH IA.
In the Senate Mr.. Pettgrew reported favor
ably Joint resolution authorizing and request
ing the President to extend TO the King and
Queen Regent of Spain, and all the living de-
scendants of Christopher Columbus, an invita-
ton TO attend the opening ceremonies of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition as guests of the
Government; but Mr. Cock rell objected to its
consideration until be had information as to
the number of the living descendants of CO.
lumbns, as they might embrace the half of
Span's population.
The Senate went into Executive session at
o'clock, whore they remained for an hour.
When the doors were opened the postofiice
DuAIIIBS DaIt Was taken up, WHICH was pdSseu
by 4 vote Of "a yeas to 81 nays.
The bill directs the Secretary of the Treas
ury to cause to be prepared, by the Supervising
Architect of tile Treasury, designs plans, work
ing drawings. and specifications for postofiice
buildings, which, before being adopted, shall be
approved by the Postmaster General, Secretary
of the Interior, and Secretary of the Treasury.
The designs and plans are to be so devised as to
provide for the construction of buildings of
m nc ha sra1 for In
transaction of the business of Presidential post
Offices. and so that additions to their capacity
may be constructed from time to time without
injury to the harmony of the design or useful
ness of the building; aud such designs and
plans are to be as nearly uniform as practi
cable.
The Postmaster General Is from time to
time to cause to be CONSTRUCTED buildings,
in accordance with Auch general de.
sign, for the accommodation, in towns
and cities having no Federal building,
of all Presidential postoffices the gross receipts
OF which for three years preceding shall have
exceeded the sum of $1,000 and have not ex-
ceeded $4,000, such buildings to be fairly dis
tributed among the several States and Terri
tories, the places to be designated from time to
time by the Postmaster General, the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the In
terror. The cost of such building and site is
not 10 exceed $4,000 at any place where the
gross postal receipts for each Of the three pre-
ceding years shall not have exceeded $4,000,
and at no other place shall it exceed sum
equal to the aggregate of the postal receipts
therein during the three years preceding, nor
shall it exceed $75 900 in all.
The Postmaster General is annually to report
TO Congress statement Of all postoifice build.
ings constructed under the provisions of the
act and various other details; also a list Of the
buildings with the estimated cost thereof. to
be erected during the next ensuing year. When
ever in the opinion of the Postmaster General,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secre-
tary of the Interior it shall be necessary to
/ provide for the accommodation oe Government
officials other than those connected with the
Postofice Department, the building is to be
erected with view to furnishing such accom-
mediation.
The Senate again went into Executive Ses-
sion, and when the doors were opened ad
journed.
Ia the House the floor was accorded to the
Committee the District of Columbia and a
great many local bills were passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
! Whole on Army appropriation bill, but without
disposing of the bill the Committee rose and
the House adjourned.
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