The record-union., 1893-02-28

renee to force the Senate to recede from
Its action on the Sherman bond amend
mem. Il IS believed that the amendment
IS not as siren. as it was in the Senate,
and that the bold front on the part of the
House will cause the Senate to recede on
that point in order to get the other
amendments through.
Wise moved to suspend the rules and
concur in the Senate amendment to the
| car-coupler bill. Opponents of the bill
showed disposition to filibuster.
The anticipation bill came in for some
talk. Taylor of Illinois said that it was
pelng pressed on the Senate by the great
est combination of millers ever formed
IN the world to limit the markets.
Coombs of New York sent to the
Clerks desk and had read newspaper
dispatch from Mankato, Mimi, declaring
that combination of millers is in favor
of the bill.
Hatch replied at some length. He said
that the bill would not limit the sales of
wheat but the sales of wind on the Chi
cago Board of Trade.
Wise moved to suspend the rules, and
agreed to the Senate amendment to the
car-coupler bill.
richardson demanded second, which
| after some delay was ordered. Richard
son moved an adjournment, and OH this
motion the yeas and nays were ordered.
Then for some moments there was
great confusion and noise in the House,
which compelled the Speaker finally to
! state in tones of stern reproof: "Gentle-
! men, you must understand this is the
House of Representatives and not a beer
garden" EApplausel
The motion to adjourn was defeated
yeas g, nays 225.
The motion to suspend the rules and
concur in the Senate amendment was
agreed to-yeas 1S4, nays 50.
The conference report on the military
academy bill was agreed to.
On motion of Springer bill was passed
continuing for one year the present tariff
on line linen goods of not less than 100
threads to the square inch.
breckenridge of Arkansas moved to
suspend the rules and pass the bill for the
relief of William NJ. Burns, one of the
asslgnees OF the interest of w. II. Sibley.
the inventor of the Sibley tent. No
quorum voting, the House adjourned.
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
An Average for the Past Five Years of
Over S9,0O0.OOO Each Session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-At the request
of the Committee on Ways and Means
the Clerk of the House Committee on
appropriations has submitted a state
ment of the deficiencies and appropria-
lions during the past five years. 1t shows
that the deficiency appropriation bill, as
1t passed the House at this session,
amounted to 81 ,209,63S, of which a little
more than Sl4,000,00O was for pensions.
The deficiency for 1894, exclusive of pen
slons, If it reaches the average deficiency
appropriations for the past five sessions,
will probably be 100000 for the five
sessions, including the present deficiency
appropriations, which amounted to S47.-
220,S66, or an average of S9,440, 1913, of
which the largest was S13, 295, 5H in the
first session Of the Fifty-first Congress.
The pension deficiencies during the five
sessions amounted to SS4, 4SI PA, or an
average of SIC, 500, 254. the largest being
$29, 1876, 59S. in the second session. and S25.-
32l ,907 in the first session of the Fifty
first Congress. The appropriations, ex-
elusive of miscellaneous matters, made
by the House at this session, aggregate
S5l3, 1873, 0S5, and this was increased to
5l9,213, AZ by changes made by the Sem
of