New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-21
TWO GREAT APPROPRIATIONS PASSED.
THE NAVAL AND AGRICULTURAL BILLS CARRY
so4oooOcO BUT ARE RUSHED THROUGH
ibY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnIBU

ga 100000 But ARE RUSHED IHkOCGh.
,BY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE,
Washington Feb Colt is evident that Speaker
Crisp has become exceedingly uneasy on account OF
the backward condition OF business in the House OF
Representatives. In response TO his suggestion ana
request, two OF the general appropriation bscalTy
Ing an aggregate OF more than T24oooooo-"ere
passed today under suspension Of the rules. THIS
frcat sum OF money voted after an hour OF de-
bate ard no opportunity whatever was allowed to
offer amendments The necessity Of passing appro-
pration bills in this d!sorderly and improvdcnt man
per ought not exist, and would not exist to-day
but for the Incidence and incapaciiy OF the Demo
cratic majority I'm the House. which h2s lilltcreu
away more time during the last SIX weeks than woud
have been required to consider and pass all OF inc
apnronrstion bills In an ORDERLY and deliberate man
oer As Mr.. Doutclle well said in speaking to the
Naval hill TODAY there would be even now 10 necd
Of resort TO such methods If the House wouIu 'oi-
sent to waste less time upon unimportant matters.
The first appropriation bin passed today was lhe
Naval bill which carries a total OF S2l ,.34ooo rms
4. az ,Ao 600 less than the estimates submitted by
Secretary Tracy and S2300,C0O less than the appro
pr,atons fer the current fiscal year. Tie amount I'M
der the head Increase OF the Navy Is eo''oOoVo'
and this includes no appropriation for armoT plate
The only new vessel authorized Is ono hshtdf"usH'
cunhoat TO cost not exceeding 100000.
In discussing the bill Mr. Boutele crluclSeu ,l'
..,pra ot the committee 10 recommend that another
hattlesbip be authorized. and he ASKED unail'ho''
-, 60 oeor ON amendment To effect that object
49,, =, cou,se a Democrat stood ready to object
Nv Houtele briefly reviewed the WORK OF 'Le las'
uonsa I'm relation 10 the Navy, and compdreu II
u,th the work done by this House In the same IT,
80 This COMPARISON did not please Chairman
I,er3ert who replied With more tarthesS 'ihi u''
noc.s,on seemed TO demand. The other appIoP'i"-
,,o, hill nossed TO- day after thirty minutes oco'c'
u1th NO oupor,unity for amendment, was Inc All
eni'ur"i ol'' "a,r,a 90 ,ba. half hour NJ.
uipc,ev remarked on the absence OF any Item lor
. rain maklngr experiments, and wanted 10 hho" "a
the committee had reached the conclusion tha' Su'I
exprrfments We're failure. CHAIRMAN iid''" va"
not like to admit that, but said that no hoio 49,
,,on,e would he made and that an unexpend"d bal
ance OF $1,000 OF the former Appropriation Wo"u "
anvc I'd into the Treasury at the end of the fiscal
.ao- Then Mr. McNlllin anxious 10 Kho"
vnntrcr the appropriations for sugar experiment
80 :, la perprtual and that worried Mr. liitch
or,,n r., CAD the climax Mr.. Kilgole wanted 20
-, a, tho h,l did not contain u provision loofdn3 Z
- ,n c,u,rol of the dirt roads Of the country by
- c.no-al government Chairman Hatch sad That
:. ,n ,cutleman from Texas would read the bill he
,.oLi not Ask foolish questions. Inc Cini man H.
20 the provision appIOPrialing TlVoo 10 c"1 tP'
80" W u1rIment of Agriculture 10 HlN'oVe'''' -,
"a nf ,-o.dmaIing and disseminate inorma'l u
e. ;c,auon thereto lie referred to the ioa noal
raanS"n,iono recently held In Washington '.nu ~
e. ,>ro,ored rctOrt from HATCH when Wa, HoIc
.averr Than polite, and kigOr" a,neu M'il $ w.
not ;sc cut That provision III conHldrda,lIn u
Xoup bI through D., night without uOubc s ,,4u
'"M p holly replied Not item or WORD VIII
c,,S ont Of The IN on account Of your ihrats' I'm,
go in. Buck, n1S t ,me a agfa' his motion was
ne vniS in chorus Of nays. The bin was then
yaSs.d' but 1t required roll call to do 1t.