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commended in the amendment, there will be
deficiency in the next fiscal year Of from $lO,-
100000 TO $15,O00000.
Mr.. Cockrell-In other words the Pension
Office was mistaken in estimating that there
would be surplus of over $10,000,000 for the
current fiscal year; and, instead of there being
surplus, there has been a deficiency OF over
100000. And the chances now are that the
Sl44 900 600 to be appropriated in the pending
bill will not meet the actual demand for PEN
sions under existing laws, by from $l0OOO,OOO
to SIS, 100000.
Mr.. Stewart-It depends upon the work in
the Pension Office.
Mr.. Cockrell said the Commissioner of Pen
sions had made statement to the committee
| in which he said no one could tell the actual
amount that pensions would run up to; 1t
might be 1880 900 or S200000,000. The
committee amendments were agreed to and
the bill was then passed.
The Postofiice appropriation bill was then
taken up, and after a short debate was passed.
The silver coinage bill was then laid before
| the Senate, and an agreement was reached that
a vote should be taken on the bill on Friday
next.
The Senate then adjourned.
After call of the House to secure quorum
the Agricultural appropriation bill was reported
back with the Senate amendments, and Mr..
Hatch Mo-, d. moved that the amendments
| d
ordered.
The Army appropriation bill was called up,
| and the House insisted on its disagreements to
the Senate amendments and a further confer
| ence was ordered.
The Indian appropriation bill was then re-
ported from Conference Committee and dis
agreed to. The bill increases the appropria-
ton $49056S more than when it passed the
| House. Another conference was ordered.
Mr.. Reed Me- R. moved that the House
adjourn until Friday next, and no quorum
voted, and a call of the yeas and nays was or
dered. The motion was lost Nothing further
was done and the House finally adjourned.
THURSDAY, JUNE 80.
In the Senate Mr. Hale, from the Conference
Committee on the Naval appropriation bill,
reported that the Committee had been unable
to agree, and he proceeded to state two points
| of disagreement. First, the item inserted by
the Senate providing for an international
naval rendezvous and review at New York and
| Hampton Roads in April 1898; and, second,
the provision inserted by the Senate for build
ing one battle.ship, one harbordefense ship,
four small gunboats and six torpedo boats. As
TO the first Mr.. Hale stated that under section
3 of the act for the Columbian Exposition there
was direct order for the holding of the review,
which was to be one of tile graudest and most
| inspiring pageants that the American people
| had ever witnessed. The Senate and House
conferrees were at loggerheads over this item,
the House conferrees refusing to agree to it, and
| the Senate conferrees refusing to strike it out.
The House conferrees also refused to agree
to the provision for an increase of the Navy !;
while the Senate conferrees firmly believed that
those ships ought to be authorized now, so that
the contractors might be prepared to work on
! them when they have finished the construction
of the vessels now being built.
A new conference was ordered.
The Conference report on the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill was submitted and
agreed to. All points of difference between
the two Houses Mr.. Allison said, had been ar
ranged, except that on the question of the en-
tertainment of the GAR. The House con-
tended that the amount should be reduced from
/ 100000 to $4,000, and should be paid exclu-
siyely out OF the taxes of the District, while the
Senate conferrees were satisfied that even $780,
600 would be inadequate, and that it should be
paid as the other expenses of the District.
The report was agreed to and a further con-
ference asked on the GAR. item.
Mr.. Butler called up resolution offered by
| him on January IL last, instructing the Com
mittee on Finance to report bill repeating all
taxes imposed by Congress on the circulation Of
| State banks of issue, and addressed the Senate
| in explanation and advocacy o! it.
The resolution was laid on the table at the
close of Mr. Buffers remarks. Conferences
were ordered on the Pension, Postoifice and
| Legislative appropriation bills, and on the two
| bills to amend the pension laws.
The free-coinage bill was then taken up, and
Mr. Dolph moved that it be recommitted to the
/ Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Mcpherson referred to the unanimous
consent given to take vote on the bill on Fri
| day. and said that it had been given in his alb
sence and the absence of all the members of
the Finance Committee. He desired to debate
the bill, and felt constrained to object to vote
on the bill tomorrow.
Mr. Morgan said that this was the first time
| he had ever heard of a unanimous agreement
ever being violated by Senator
Mr.. Stewart characterized the refusal to come
| to vote as gross violation of good faith.
The Conference report on the Agricultural
appropriation bill was presented and agreed to,
and then the Senate went into Executive ses-
sion, leaving the vote on the free-coinage bill
undecided. The Senate adjourned at 400 p. IN.
In the House, the Legislative appropriation
bill was reported back with Senate amend
ments and Mr.. Forney ALA, d. moved that
| the amendments be -concurred in. Agreed
to, and conference ordered.
Mr.. Holman Ind, d., from the Committee
| on Appropriations, reported joint resolution
extending for fifteen days from to-day the APP
| preparations for the support of the Government
during the present fiscal year. He obtained
| leave to have printed in the Record statement
as to the amount of appropriations made by the
general appropriation bills as they passed the
! House during the present Congress, and COM
| pairing them with the amounts appropriated in
| the last two sessions.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, said that the appro-
priation bills as they passed the House this ses.
sion appropriated $4S5. S84777. The appropria-
tions of the first session Of the Fifty-frst Con-
gress were SAB, AS, G65; so that the aggregate
Of the appropriations which passed this House
was $40. 400 ll2 greater than the appropriations
of the first session of the Fifty first Congress.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine-So that instead of giving
US economy, the gentleman from Indiana has
given US evasion. He has given us bookkcep-
ing instead OF virtue.
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, asserted that the
| Democrats had received no assistance from the
Republican side in their attempt to keep down
the appropriations.
Dir. Sayers (Texas, d. contended that the
figures of the gentleman from Iowa were abso-
lutely and entirely incorrect. The decrease OF
expenditures accomplished by this House would
be at least $50. 000, 900 as compared with the
expenditures of the last session.
Mr.. Reed said that if it were wicked for the
Republicans in the first session of the Fifty first
Congress TO spend S46l, 600, 000 how much more
wicked was it for the friends of economy to
spend S35, 100000 more. The appro, rations Of
the present Congress showed the ineffablc hum.
bug Of the Democratic talk two years ago
Laughter.
After further debate the joint resolution was
agreed to.
MI McMillin Tenn, d. moved that the
House 20 into Committee of the Whole Oh
| Revenue hills INIT tbn Repuhiicans fiihust