Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-07
IN CONGRESS TODAY,
Both Branches Seem to Be Getting
Down to Business.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
Taken Up for Action by the House
of Representatives.
NIB. DINGLEY'S SPEECH.
He Compares the Work Of This
With the Former Congress.
MR. DINGLEY'S SPEECH.
SENATE.

| chapter Of the American Institution Of Archi-
| tects of st. Louis, Mo-. asking for the passage
Of the House bill relating to the appointment
| OF architects for the erection Of govern
| ment buildings for tho government
| Mr.. Vest (Mo.) said that for several
years the architects OF the United States,
| rough their organizations and individually,
had come to Congress asking for the passage OF
| law compelling the supervising architect
| OF the Treasury Department to advertise for
| plans and specifications from the architects
OF the country, for all public buildings erected
| BY tho government A bill had passed the
| House Of Representatives some weeks ago pro-
viding such legislation and containing clause
| that the supervising architect OF tho Treasury
| Department should pay reasonable price to
| the architects who submitted plans ard specifi-
cations. The effect OF that provision would
have been tina. any architect could have como to
| Washington or remained away and sent
his plans and specifications aud then had
claim against the government for $500 or
81 1000. rs the case might be. That bill lad
| come over to the Senate committee on public
buildings and grounds. Tho committee had
| struck out that provision and changed the bill
Is it had passed the Senate the other day.
| Tho change made was only that
architects would be paid whose plans
| the Treasury Department. In other words,
| the bill as passed by the Senate applied the
| same rule to the business Of the government as
every gentleman would apply to his own bust
| ness, and only the successful architect in the
competition was to be paid. He hoped that the
statement would answer all the letters sent on
| the subject.
BILLS PASSED.
House bill granting to the Santa Fe. Prescott
and Phoenix Railway Company tho right of way
across the Whippie Barracks military reserva-
| ton in Arizona was taken from the calendar
and passed.
| The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
| tion OF unobjec:ed House bills on the calendar
and passed the following:
To restore to the public domain a portion Of
| the White Mountain Apache Indian reservation
! in Arizona with amendmsnts).
10 ratify and confirm agreement between the
Puyallup Indians and the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company for right of way through
the Puyallup reservation.
There were also sixteen House pension bills
| passed. The Senate bill for the relief OF the
assignees or legal representatives of John
Roach. deceased, to pay the balance due on the
United States ship Dolphin COS, 1867, was taken
from the calendar, and, after some opposition
| by Mr.. Mcpherson On j., was passed.
THE DOCTRINE OF ASYLUM.
Mr.. Turpie Qnd.) offered the following reso-
| luton, which was laid on the table and ord cred
printed: Believing that the doctrine of asylum,
! as anu uppIOFcO Dy very large
| majority OF the members of the family Of ma
tions, is highly expedient, and that jurisdiction
| In what are known political offenses
ought not to be extra territorial
| it is concluded, the sense Of the Senate. that
no treaty should be approved which proposes
to Gust the courts or magistrates of the United
States of the right to determine in each case
under the allegations and proof therein whether
the offense charged be political or not political
under the law Of nations.
The Vice President appointed Messrs. Gull
lom (Ill) and White Ola. on the board Of Wis
ftors at the next annual examination of cadets at
the West Point Academy.
THE NEW YORK BRIDGE.
Mr.. Blackburn {ky.) moved to proceed to the
consideration Of Senate bill to authorize the
New York and New Jersey bridge companies to
construct and maintain a bridge across the
Hudson river between New York city and
the state Of New Jersey (tbe bill originally in
troduced by him March Is, 1892, and reported
adversely May 20, 1892.
Mr.. Cullom en- rose to make a statement,
but was met by the objection (from Mr. Black
burn) that tho motion not debatabie.
know it is not said Mr.. Cullom; if it were I
would say something.
So would l, retorted Mr.. Blackburn.
hope the motion will not prevail, said Mr..
Cullom.
hope it will, rejoined Mr.. Blackburn
The vote taken and Mr.. Blackburn's mo-
ton was defested-yeas, %; nays, "a.
THE CAR COUPLER BILL.
The Senate then resumed consideration Of
the substitute reported from the committee on
interstate commerce to promote the safety OF
| employees and travellers upon railroads by COM
pellinR common carriers engaged in interstate
commerce to equip their cars with automatic
couplers and continuous brakes, and their
locomotives with driving wheel brakes.
tAx. 1917 Al
Mr.. CuliOm (Ill.), who was in charge
| OF 1t, said Tin answer to questions) that
there were ,l00. 600 freight In the country;
that there were forty different pat
| terms OF automatic coupiers which worked
together, and that if owners Of IS per cent of
| the freight cars agreed upon n particular type
Of coupler the interstate commerce commits
| sion would fix that the one to be used.
Mr.. Harris Tenn. asked Mr.. Cullom whether
| the railroad companies were not adopting the
automatic coupler rapidly as their financial
condition would enable them.
Mr.. Cullom admitted that railroad companies
| insisted that they were doing the best thew
| could, but not one-thrd Of the freight cars
! were provided with couplers or brakes.
| Mr.. Villas tWis.) asked Mr.. Cullorn whether
| he knew of any instance where railroad COM
! pany deferred paying dividends in order to
| adopt means to protect the lives of its en-
| ployes
Mr. Cullom knew no instance Of the kind.
Inc trouble was tDat railroad companies were
! looking more to finances than to the protection
| Of the lives and limbs of their employees
Mr. WOlcott Col inquired whether the as
| ISOLATION of freight men had not protested
| against the adoption Of automatic couplers and
| expressed preference for the LUX and pin?
Mr.. Cullom admitted that the freight men
would prefer the link aud pin rather than have
! the variety Of eouplers that were now being
used. but if there was uniform coupler estab-
iished they would, Of course, be in favor Of it.
He gave statistics Of the loss Of life and limi
| by railroad employees through accidents, and
said that the country looked to Con-
| gress to hasten tho time when such ire
| mendous slaughter would cease. II had been
stated q startling fact II true) that the total
loss OF railroad employees in killed and injured
! in eight Year, was equal to the total number Of
men engaged in railroad service ono year.
| These men, he said. would be safer il they were
| enlisted in the army in time Of war than they
| wore now, as railroad employees.
! Mr.. Hunton (vs. said that he was not able
| 70 give his assent to the bill, notwithstanding
| its very seductive title. He believed that men
| who had devoted their lives to the building and
management OF railroads would conduct their
business better than it could be conducted BIZ
! Congress, by the interstate commerce commits
sion or by the national convention Of each Of
| tho two great parties.
He quoted Mr.. German ~ saying that Il
would cost the railroad companies Of the
country e50, 000, 900 to comply with the re-
| or,ireu.enta ~ the hill