Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-13
URGENT DEFICIENCY
The Appropriation Bill Has Passed
the House.
A MOTION TO RECOMlIIT DEFEATED
Senator Hunton's Speech on tho
National University Bill.
I II E NICARAGUA CANAL

Mr.. Brown Qnd.), chairman Of the cleo
tons committee. at the opening of the ses-
sion of the House today gave notice that
the election case of Williams VS.. Settle
had been postponed until January Is. and
then, without further preliminary busi-
ness, the House went into committee Of
the whole for the further consideration OF
'he urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Henderson's Amendment.
The pending amendment was that OF
Mr.. Henderson Qowa) to reduce the an
preparation Of $250OO0 for special pension
examiners to s125, 600
The amendment was debated under the
five-minute rule
Mr.. Coombs On. " declared he had in
vesugated the effect Of the proposed re-
ouetlon at the pension office this morning,
and he had ascertained that IL would N
the course OF the next six months impede
the adjustment of 5000 cases, 95 per cent
OF which, he had been assured by the COM
Messrs. Hicks Pa), Livingston (Ga),
Lacey Qowa), Bingham Pa.), Dingley
lMe), Bynum Qnd) Grosvenor (Ohio) and
O1thwaite Ohio also participated In the
Geoate. MI Henderson Qowa) denied Mr..
Bynum's imputation that his motion was
made In good faith. If the administration
OF the pension Office was friendly to the
0na 0ld SO soldier, he asked, why were over s23.-
OVo,VV appropriated last year for pensions
unexpended and the appropriation for this
star chamber special examining proceed
Ing increased from s225.OOO to 100000 per
annum?
Mr.. Henderson's amendment was lost.
es-SS. The committee then rose and re-
ported the bill to the House with a favor
able Recommendation.
Mr.. Cockran's Motion to Recommit.
The previous question was ordered, and
Mr. Cochran On " then moved to recon-
NIT the bill, with instructions to strike
out the appropriation for the collection OF
the income tax
The Motion Defeated.
Mr.. Cockran's motion was defeated-49
to 169. The detailed vote was as follows:
feas-Adams Pa.), Aldrich, Baker On.
H), Bartlett, Bingham, Boutelle, Brom-
well, Brosius, Bundy, Cadmus, Campbell,
Clancy, Cochran, Coffin, Coombs, Curtis
IN. Y), Dalzel, Daniels, Draper, Dunn,
Fielder, Gardner, Gear, Geissenhainer,
Graham, Grosvenor, Grow, Harmer, Hicks,
Hooker, Lefever, Loudenslager, Marvin IN.
-, Mcdowell, Morse, Page, Reyburn.
Russell tConn.) Scranton, Sickles. Ste.
phenson, Stevens, w. A. Stone, Storer.
Thomas. Wadsworth. Wanger, Viewer.
Nays-Abbott, Alexander, Allen, Arnold.
Avery, Bailey. Baker Ran.). Baldwin,
Barnes, Barwig, Breckner, Bell
!Col(, Bell Tex), Beltzhoover, Berry,
Black tHa1k Gao, Black Qll), Bland. Bowers
1er, Broderick, Brookshire, Brown,
Bryan. Bynum. Cabaniss, Cannon (Cai),
Sannon SsnssT cinlll. Gill. oGsr csruth. catchings.
;obb Ala.), Cobb CAIo.). CockrelI Coffeen.
cooper Qnd), Cousins, Cox. Grain Craw-
ord, Culberson, Curtis Qlan.), Davey, Da-
is, Dearmond, benson, Dockery, Dollver,
lurhorow, Edmunds. Ellis Oreg.), English
CALI, Enloe, Epes, Erdman, Geary. Cor
nan, Grady, Gresham, Grout Hager Hall
Minn.l, Hall Mo). Hammond, Harris, Har-
ison, Hatch, Haugen, Hayes, Heard, Helm
r. Henderson Qowa), Henderson On. c..
henry, Hepburn, Hit, Holman, Hopkins.
hudson, Hulick, Hull, Hunter, Ikirt, Izlar,
ohnson IN. Dak), Jones' KEN. Kilgore.
on. Lester, Little, Livingston. Lucas.
iarsh, Marshall, Martin Ii dndy.
!ky9, McDearmon. McEttrick.
ioney. Montgomery. Moore, Morgan, MUIR.
ay, Mutchler, Neill. Ogden. ONell (Ado),
,uthwaite, Patterson, Pearson, Pendleton
w; va, Perkins. Picker. Piggott, Rich-
'yan, Sayers, Settle, Shell, SibIey, Simp-
on, Smith. Snodgrass. Somers. Springer,
tallings. Stockdale, Strait. Talbert, Tall
oft, Tarsney, Tate, Taylor Qnd). Terry,
ucker, Turner (Ga.), Turner VaD, Turpin.
yler, Washington, Wheeler (Ala.). VIII.
ans QllD, Williams (Miss.), Wilson, Wood
rd, Wright.
The Dill Passed.
The bill was then passed, and the House
1 committee of the whole took up the
ortifications appropriation bill. Mr.. Liv-
lgstcne of Georgia, in charge of the bill.
Splained that 1T carried S5,47S,6i6 less
ian the estimates and authorized no
,ntracts in excess of sums appropriat-
L. Mr.. Bingham (Pa.) protested against
lie bill as entirely INADEQUATE. In every
EN-, he said. 1T largely reduced the recon-
erdations of the chief of ordnance and
1ief OF engineers, which had been ap-
roved by the Secretary of War;
THE SENATE.