Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-02
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE.

The Senate was not IN session to-day.
HOUSE.
The calm after the storm was par
ticularly noticeable in the appearance
ofthe House this morning. The gale
ries were comparatively deserted, and
the floors were almost positively bare
of members. A general air of l~istless-
ness marked the demeanor of the two
or three score republicans in their seats.
They did rot even seem to be interested
in their mail or the morning papers, in
which they made q pretense of en-
gaging themselves. A subcommittee
of the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds was authorized to 60 to
Chicago and investigate the erection OF
a new public building there at the ex-
pense of the government.
The report of the Auditor of the
Worlds Fair, showing receipts and ex-
penditures, was ordered to be printed
in the Record to complete the congress
sional history of that affair.
Mr.. Kilgore offered his resolution
originally introduced Wednesday re-
lating To the enforcement of the law di-
recting the Sergeant-at-Arms to with
hold the per diem of members for alb
sence except on account of sickness
and it was referred to the committee on
the judiciary.
MIR. McRae, chairman Of the commit
tee on public lands, reported, claiming
it to be privileged under the rules, a bill
regulating the disposal by the Secretary
of the Interior of abandoned military
reservations.
MIR. Savers, chairman OF the commit
tee on appropriations, raised the ques-
ton of consideration against the report
in favor Of the Notifications bill, but by
a vote of so to 81 the House decided to
consider the land bill. The bill de-
clares all lands included within the
limits ofany abandoned military reser.
walton placed under the control Of
the Secretary Of the Interior for dispo-
%sition, where the area exceeds 5000
acres, except such legal subdivisions
as have government improvements
thereon, and except, also, such other
parts as are 10Y reserved for some
public use, to be hereby opened to set
Element under the public land laws OF
the United States.
An animated ~colloquy ensued, par
~ticipated in by various members, gen
orally from public land States, which
was unintelligible from the desk. The
confusion finally compelled the Speak
er to call upon the Sergeant-at-Arms
to request gentlemen to take their
seats, saying, ''The chair does moi
even know who is entitled to the floor"
An amendment was agreed to assess
ing half the expense of constructing a
sewerage system at Fort Monroe. Va,
against the hotel company and other
non-military residents on the va
ton. The bill was then reported to
the House, the amendments agreed to
and the bill was passed.
The House again went into commit
tee Of the whole on the pension appro-
priation bill. This bill carries an ap-
preparation S151 ISL, $40 for the year
lS94,95, against estimates Of S162, 631-,
$40.
The bill was passed, without a di-
vision.
Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsyl-
vani, was, by unanimous consent, al
lowed to be sworn in as a member of
the House, the certificate from the
Governor not having been received.
The House in committee ofthe whole
took up the Notifications bill. The ap-
priation carried in the bill as reported
amount to s ,219,654, being $5,21S,7 59
less than the estimates and $500 more
than the total of the last.