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 Gala. chairman of the COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds. re-
ported back the resolution calling on the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury for information regarding
the amounts appropriated for public buildings
and condition Of the work.
Mr.. Scott GIL in advocating the resolution
said that the Fifty-first Congress had author
lied the construction of seventy-ive 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 (Me.) 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 beeh 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
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) bill
was passed to establish companies Of the hos
Also Senate bill for the abolition Of post
traderships.
Then Mr.. Cultivate called up Senate bin for
marking the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Pa.
Several amendments were recommended by the
committee on military affairs and these gave
70 s1ff taa
to flibuster against it.
Tho flibusterlng was confined to the Texas
delegation, but it was successful, and the morn
ing hour expired without final action on the
Mr.. Blount (Ga) reported the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, and it was placed
on the calendar.
Then the door was accorded to the committee
on commerce. Mr.. Rayner (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.. Rayner, in advocacy Of the measure.
said that he thought that the members OF
the House were 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. II was useless for him to
attempt to estimate the loss that would be in
volved il the scourge OF cholera should gain
I 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 If We looked
heedlessly on. without combined ef-
fort at resistance. at the approach OF
. dread disease; If we defed it: il We relied on
temporary expedient to avert, 1t would be q
miracle II the country escaped; and he Vas
tempted to say that the entrance Of the disease
would be just punishment