The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-15

sons why be had not approved the bill
passed by both houses last session refer
ring the matter to the Court Of Private
Land Claims) and having stated the questIon
to be "Shall the bill pass. the objection OF
the President TO the contrary." The vote
was about being taken by yeas and nays
when Mr.: sanders inteIposed with sns.
made Of why the bill should pass. He
thereupon entered into an argument To
show why, in his opinion, the bill should
not pass. Mr.. Teller followed In a brief
argument in favor of the bill The bill
went over, however, without action and
comes ND again tomorrow in the morning
hour.
The a~ntl-option bill was then taken up.
and Mr.. George esumed his speech In
favor of il. He commenced By say Ing that
he saw in one Of the New York papers
that the dealers in futures in the city of
New York had undertaken to punish the
people of the United States because the
senate had. yesterday, in the performance
of its constitutional duty. proceeded TO
consider this important bill. Cotton had
been made TO fall 3. or 4. or 8 points. the
dealers In futures thereby undertaking 20
force the Senafs TO cease the performance
OF a great cont -itutional duty. To show
that this fall IN cotton was purely ficti-
tious. purely in the spirit of bravado. be
called attention to the fact that. while cot
ton had gone down In New York. corn and
provisions had zone mp In Chicago. He
took it that Senators would treat such
threats with that degree of contempt TO
which they were entitled. In the course
of his argument he said, in reference
to the suggestion that the bill
should 90 over till after the
holidays. that p~ostponement of action was
impossible without giving up the bill.
There was. he also said, q blessing In dis
guise In the short crop of cotton with
which Providence had afflicted the South
ern people. That blessing was that,
while the gamblers and speculatcrs might
temporarily depress the price, there was q
deficiency for consumption, and the con-
sumers would be obliged to come forward
and take cotton at proper prices. III
present time was. therefore, the time when
poets of escaping the domination Of specu-
iat0rs. Most of Mr.. Georges speech was
devoted to q description and criticism or
the modes of business In the New York
Cotton Exchanges, which he characterized
as an 'eleemosynary institution" mention
ing frequently It's "unnailowed traffic" In
phantom bales" He spoke for over two
hours. but had not finished when be yielded
for other business The anti-option bill
went over without action.
The resolution offered yesterday by NJ.
Daniel, calling for on the sub
ject OF tie civil service, was taken up q
agreed to. After a short executive session
the Senate adjourned
Army Appropriation Bill Passed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The time of the
House to-day was consumed in considers
the regular appropriation bills to be re-
ported. and. as the outcome showed. tho
first to be passed But the early passage
of this bill presages nothing. The first APP
preparation bill passed by the first session
of the House IN the present Congress was
that providing for the expenses OF the Dis
trict of Columbia. However. Chairman
Cultivate aud the members OF the mill
tary committee were elated at the quick
action of the House upon their bill to-day.
In the morning hour Mr.. Cobb. of Mis-
souri,. reported o bill from the committee
on Wal claims for reference TO the private
calendar. 1t is for the relief of the heirs of
q Virginia lady who bore the historic
name of Mary Ann Randolph Curtis. The
amount involved in the bill is S2l7,000. The
bill was originally introduced by Mr..
bills were passed. and then the House went
into committee of the whole. Mr.. De Ar
mond, of Missouri, in the chair, on the
army appropriation bill. Mr.. Cultivate,
of Ohio. chairman of the committee on
military affairs, made q statement 90 to the
were S24.202, 740. against appropriations for
the current fiscal year of S24. 2SS. 450, and
against an estimate of Sos, 922. $50 for the
coming veal.
The bill having been read for amend
ments Mr.. Antony, OF Texas. cast O brand
OF fire into the committee. He moved an
amendment providing that before any re-
tired officer or retired enlisted man shall
be paid any part of his pay as such retired
man the Secretary of War shall ascertain
If such person receives pay from the gov
eminent in any other official caoacity, and
If such is the case he shall not receive any
pay under this act. Mr. Antony. in behalf
OF his amendment, cited the case of q post
master in his congressional district who
was upon the retired list of the army, and
who wat also receiving q pension from the
government.
Mr.. Bingham, of PennsylveDia, strenu-
Ously opposed the amendment. and referred
to the case of Generals Sickles and Rose
Grams. to both of whom he paid high COM
pliment. He was ably seconded by Mr..
Outh of Ohio. and. without division.
the amendment was rejected.
The committee of the whole having risen
and the bill having been reported to the
House., Mir. Antony moved to IL
to the committee on military affairs, with
instructions to the committee to report it
back amended in the manne in which it
would have been had his former motion
prevailed. This was rejected, aud the bill
was passed. The House then adjourned.