Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21
HOUSE.

On motion of Mr.. Herman (Ore.) Senate bill
was passed extending until January /, 1894. the
| time within which entry may be made of for
feited lands along the Northern Pacific railroad
between Walla Walla, Wash, to Portland, Ore.
Mr.. Bankhead (Ala.), chairman of the COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds, re-
ported back the resolution calling on the Score
tery Of the Treasury for information regarding
the amounts appropriated for public buildings
and condition of the work.
Mr.. Scott (Ill. in advocating the resolution
said that the Fifty-first Congress had author
lied the construction OF seventy-five public
buildings, and few of them had even been con-
tracted for. The resolution simply called for
information as to the cause of the delay.
Mr.. Dingley one. declared Certifying his
declaration with statistics) that more had been
done during the present administration in the
way Of the construction of public buildings
than had been done during the previous admin
istration.
The resolution was adopted
Mr.. Bacon (N.Y), from the committee on
banking and currency. reported bill to pro-
vide for the speedy redemption of United States
currency and national bank notes which have
become unclean and unfit for use Calendar.
There was also placed upon the calendar q
bill reported from the committee on commerce
to establish buoys on the Michigan lake front,
Chicago, Ill.
In the consideration morning hour Mr. Cum
mings N.Y. withdrew the Fort Green monu-
ment bill.
On motion Of Mr.. Cultivate (Ohio) a bill
was passed to establish companies of the hos
pital corps Of the army.
Also Senate bill for the abolition Of post
traderships
Then Mr.. Cultivate called up Senate bill for
marking the lines Of battle at Gettysburg, Pa.
Several amendments were recommended by the
committee on military affairs and these gave
the opponents Of the measure an opportunity
to flibuster against it.
The tilibusterlng was confined to the Texas
delegation, but 1t was successful, and the morn
ing hour expired without final action on the
bill
Mr. Blount (Ga.) reported the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, and it was placed
on the calendar.
Then the floor was accorded to the committee
on commerce. Mr.. Rayuer (Md.), having in
charge the quarantine bill, yielded long enough
to allow Mr.. Randall Mass to secure the
passage Of bill to establish life saving station
at Gay Head, Mass.
Then the quarantine bill was called up.
Mr.. Rayncr, in advocacy OF the measure
said that he thought that the members OF
the House we're agreed on the proposition
that something should be done to avoid the
threatened presence of pestilence on our
shores during the coming summer and
that there should be adopted some permanent
plan Of protection. 1t was useless for him to
attempt to estimate the loss that would be in
VOWED il the scourge Of cholera should gain
an entrance in this land. War or famine
would prove less destructive. Against war we
could defend ourselves. Against famine we
could seek deliverance from the kind
! ness of humanity. But il we looked
heedlessly on, without combined ef-
fort at resistance, at the approach OF
. dread disease; IL we defled it: IL We relied on
temporary expedient to avert, 1t would be q
miracle II the country escaped; and he was
tempted to say that the entrance Of the disease
would be . Just punishment