Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-15
IN THE HOUSE.
The sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Still The
Subject ei Diicussion.

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Bingham, the House bill was passed ap-
propriating $4,000 to settle two Judgments
obtained against Brig. Gen. John r. Brooks
in 1867, in the New Mexico court, for
arrests made by him lin the discharge of
his duties. Hulick called up the House
bill authorizing the secretary of the navy
to loan the Columbus caravals to the Red
Cross Association for a year, end il was
passed. The House, ON motion of Sayers,
resolved itself into a. committee of the
whole upon the sundry civil appropri iation
bill, Lester in the chair.
Morse withdrew his amendment, pending
Yesterday at adjournment, to stri ke out the
appropriation for the interstate commerce
commission. In answer to statement
made in an anonymous letter received by
Wise, yesterday, Morse represented tha'
aeither his own state nor any other was in
opposition to the law. Morse had the clerk
read a number of editorial expressions from
ps srs in Massachusetts and other states
declaring against the law.
The amendment proposed by Holman in
tended to preserve to the contestants before
the general land tfiice the righN they pos
sessed at the date of the passage of the act.
March 3, 1891, repeating the timber culture
act, was agreed to.
The amount subject to the disposal of the
commissioner of the general land office fol-
examining surveys already made. was, on
motion of Sayers. reduced from S75 900 to
$40, ,OC0, making the total amount available
for new surveys, $l30, 900 instead of $780,
900. When the paragraph was reached
making the appropriation for the Missouri
river commission, Broderick asked that it
be passed over for the present.
Wilson said the work done on the Missis-
sippi river for 40 years past was to the
prejudice of improvements in other parts OF
the country. Many millions had been and
are being appropriated for this river. below
the Ohio river, but when he went before the
committee on appropriations for improve
ments in his part of the country, he was
told there was no money. Wilson's re-
marks was made in the mi lst Of the con
tinual rapping of the chairman's gavel, an !
an interested throng of auditors gathered
about him, as he stood talking sgainst the
efforts of the chairman to keep him in or
der.
Before the paragraph was finally agreed
to, Dingley called attention to the discrimi-
nation worked in favor of certain improve
menus Dy THIS system VI contldCtS. AHe
river and harb,r bill of 1898 appropriated
Sl4 200. 900 for 12 Improvements aud the
sundry civil bill of 1894 appropriated S.
900 900 more for the same IL objects, s22,-
OOO, 900 in two years. All the other river
and harbor improvements received appro
priations once in every two years, because
Of the large appropriations for these special
contracts. and appropriations for other i'm
provements are being and mnst be reduced.
On motion of Coombs, $3.50 of the appro-
priations for national cemeteries was au-
thorized ~ expenses for m srking the grave
in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y,
of Captain Samuel Chester Reid. whom he
designated ~ the designer of the Ameii-
can flag and . veteran of the war of 1872"
|. Coombs offered An amendment increasing
from 93l 900 to $9l 900 the appropriation
for the prevention of Injurious and obstruc-
tive deposits in the harbor Of New York
The amendment was rejected, IL to 80. To
the paragraph of the bill requiring the dis
burning officers Of the Soldiere' Homes T.
give bond and report to the secretary OF
war, Black raised poirt of order that il
changed the existing Law. and before ths
chairman ruled Oh the point Of order, or
motion of Sayers, the committee rose anc
the House adjourned.