The sun., 1892-03-06
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Mr.. HOLMAN AND MIR. HATCH HAZE A
DISAGREEMENT IN THE HOUSE,


The Proposed Investigation Of the ssiums
or Cit'es-.'rhe Pruning KNIFE to bo Used
on the River nnd Harbor Hi.
WASHINGTON. March 5.-The House to-day
passed the Urgency Deficiency bill. appropri-
ating S4:}S00O for certain expenditures.
S35OOO0 Of which wns for public printing.
papcr. and binding.
Tho bill appropriating Sl50.OOO. from the
Committee on Agriculture. for carrying out
the provisions Of the Meat Inspection law. and
SlO.'TO for sugar experiments. Gavc rise to II
discussion chiefly confined to Mr.. Holman and
Mr. Hutch lin charge Of tho bilD. which at
times was both personal and emphatic.
MI. Holman attacked the lill On tho ground
that the Committee on Agriculture. which rc-
ported the measure. hui no jurisdiction over
Il. contending that nll deficiency bills belonged
to tho Committee on Appropriations Ho
criticised tho heads Of departments for violat-
ing tho statutes by creating deficiencies. OF
what use were laws II they were to bc violated?
Hc said further that IN his opinion tho bill hud
not been properly ii -..,satcd by tho Com
mittcc on Agriculture.
MIR. fIatcl, said that tho trouble with the gen.
tleman from Indiana was Jealousy. Ho felt
aggrovcd that nny other committee should
havo jurisdiction over any appropriation bills
except the committee OF which he was Chair
man. It was the samo old story: IL was notl,-
ing new. Excepting the Chairman Of the Com
mittco on Appropriations he had never seen
an ahlcr committee. This bill came into tho
House with unanimous report from the Com
miiteo on Agriculture. and yet Mr. Holman
snid tho subject had not boon properly inyesti-
gated. In his tMr. Hatcl'sl long experience
he had never made u report from my commit
tee involving an appropriation which was not
attacked bythe Cnmmittec "n Aprropriationss
tlaa al ifSt ft,.tu lif
not lmss O.. muster irrespective" that commit
tee. Hs in red 70 M iny tnat til. C9,n,mi,,en on
regard to any iii. He did not tt propose TO be- t
cnterhiscd by the. gentleman, from lndann as
to Sn whether ta the Asricultnr,l CoMmt5ee Ind
Was @ none @ Of Mr. Hoimans b business sir, @ 1t was VAS
the business of the committee. AS for invcsti-
CATION on this subject. the committee had ex-
esrtain ali the taets: ThS Asrsataral Com: NJ
from the Committee on Appropriations He
had seen tho gentleman andy. tho knife and
not not see tncm With mcroscope. % Int VIII when 'H lis
own state was CONCERNED he had opened tho
doors tI"., wide en- enough +" admit tn" Capitol.
stance whore the gent enan from Indiana had
urged, voted for. and, by dligent work. sue;
lI.aughtcr
Str. Hatch with emphasisJ.Ies sir, I did.
1ncNer voted for anything OF this kind I will
p"ver f, vote s;, to an%pr9p,ratc % rablie money to
wen! into COMMITTEES Of tIs Whole on tie In;
savs rise t II the mel Merits a both
parties in their dealings with the soldier. each
s ns sest as9 the bISts. EssS5a s serysn
notice on the Democratic party that they would
be held ssG%nsin;s ,"r their taray rec"g2ion
An amendment was agreed to in Committee of
the Whole Pr?vidins that no member Of a Pen,
in cnso OF actual attendance when examining
applicants. Up9n agreeing to this amendment
members voted. This not being a quorum
the House adjourned until Monday.
The war that rnged 80 hotly in the summer
OF 1sSS between tho advocates and opponents
OF steam plato printing rrcsscs in tho
Government Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing. is about to be renewed in this Con-
gross. There are now in the bureau. but not
in operation. eighteen OF these steam plate
paid sci BOO, They were legislated out OF
dry dry fH"Ss Tss''sa tSy sr4 in y1a !ss isS Sse
tte used in the bureau unless the natsntsss os
Federal Msnuinctnring and PrinGins Compa.
s %hs rseess Ssns 9eyay aHf t4
could not afford to accept such u rate OF royal
y nna Ef a s Il ihi shs s wS
them the work Of printing the GOVERNMENTS
ppotes revenue stam.s and securities could
cured with hand dresses. or at a saving
o. over Slo9.o'D ~ a ysar;; The plate printers
notwithstanding, tho combined opposition OF
q the chief Of the EuroaY 1t EPgraying and
TreasTor oi tho United statSs s and the Come tme
missioner OF Internal Revenue. to secure the
abandonment Of the presses in favor Of hand
ter work. and tho Fifty first Congress did not
sce fit to revoke the action of tho previous Con-
wcro, discontinued It was found necessary by
the the. bureau = to employ y,t,; oyer :, hundred new
nDGscs tn %o and thso nSy
and fre!uently ~ nt night to. keep up with tho
,,oman'l,, and even then ther" was u great
been forced to adont letter presses in printing
tynosrarhical s presses ea.I do "tfs the worf
prntsr necdea to run nit tbe% %n' RRhs Rhs
one plate printer is reauircd to run each stsall
plate printin2 @ press y, e Gibson @ Of New
noioro tho Committ.." on Apnr"priations Of
'%S 'n9' Sr &c sas
.:.r tbs proposed provision ihS, patentc's
would be free to make II reasonable contract
fH ns SSyaY Sl nso tnIs T0 {. c1nier SS Will a
th"r royalty rights to the Government for
ii::soo0 io ,.,, annually for the eighteen presses.
government would save over SiOO O0ij a year.
Mr. Gibson claims that tho FiftietL Congress-.
81 Ic.islatng liese presses out OF use in Qbe-
dien'o to tho, camor OF mon opposed to labor
Sy"f w is min ha. II 5 torn % nSd
looms and break ur moving aud reaping ma.
that while tho American, nation is, about
I" hold great "Nnosition mt Chicngn
bus to let tho world witness, the progress made
BY our reoplc particularly in lni,or-snyine
mnchincry. yet Congress has itself obliged
the Secretary of tho Treasury to discontinue
tho usc nf steam plate printing presses and 20
>Ack TO- u mode Of pri@ting that was in vogue
efore Columbus landed On our shores.
Tho ten block system of locating and num-
berng country houses. successfully intro
duc-d in Contra Cost. county. Cal. has re-
Gently engaged the attention OF tho Post
master General. who wants to see il it Is not OF