The Portland daily press., 1894-05-16
NAVAL BILL PASSED.
The House Pegging Away at the Appro-
priation Bills.

Washington, May II. The House went
into COMMITTEE of the whole on the nav
al appropriations bill today. The bill
was amended by changes in the law reg
ulating the appointment of cadets to the
naval academy. The amendment of Mr..
MeikelJohn, Republican, of Nebraska.
proposing congressional investigation
of the alleged armor plate frauds and the
imposition Of a fine of SAG, 900 upon the
Carnegie Company was ruled out on
point of order. The bill was reported to
the House with the amendments, which
added S55, 500 to the total of the bill as
reported by the committee These were
agreed to and the bill passed. The
House then Went into committee of the
bill, Tor the year ending June 80, 1895.
AS reported the bill carries a total
appropriation Of So, 1sO,643. less by $142,-
SOL than the appropriations for the cur
rent year. After the bill was read, Mr..
Dockery, Democrat, of Missouri, report
ed the bill making appropriations for
Legislative. executive and judicial
purposes for the year ending June 30,
1885, ana it was placed on the calendar.
The report of the committee on agricul-
ture, accompanying the agricultural APP
Mr.. Hatch, Democrat, Of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the COM
imttee, explained the bill The only
new legislation propose was the proyis-
Ion recurring experimental stations at
agricultural colleges throughout the
menu IN investigating adulterated foods
ana drugs. At 5, six of the 20 pages of
the bill were disposed of, thecom mittee
rose and the House adjourned.
A Breeze in the Senate.
Washington, May Is. During the dis
cussion of the tariff bill this afternoon,
mr.. Vest said it, was very evident that
1t was the intention of the Republican
side of the chamber to kill the bill by
delay. (Cries of "Ohi Nein from Repub-
lican SenatorS).
"They sag Oil MOI nMr. Vest went on
"but their acts belle their words. They
spend day after day in discussing insec-
tivoroussmatters. They want to kill
the bill by representation. We, OH this
side, have got but one hand to do any
thing with, and we ought to do it with
out waiting or hesitating We want to
pass the.bill if it takes until the snow
f1es next winter, and we will leave to the
Senators on the other side the task of
defeating it by filibusterng. But we are
not going into the field of conjecture to
help them. "
Mr.. Aldrich expressed surprise at Mr..
Vests speech, and said: ";rhere is no
disposition, there has not been, and there
will not be, on this side to do anything
with this bill except to discuss it fairly
and properly. There will he no filibuster-
ing and no attempt at filibustering on
the part of the opponents to the measure. y
A Deficit of $4,000, 900.
Washington, May Is. The excess of gov
eminent expenditures over the receipts
for ten months and half to date
is $40, 600, 600
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, May 15.-The Senate has con-
firmed the nominations of George keenan,
of Wisconsin to be consul at Bremen; Her
bert FL. D. Pierce of Massachusetts,, to be
secretary of legation at st. Petersburg,
Russia Henry Z. Tibbetts, to be postmaster
at Saco, Maine. e
The Tension List.
Washington, May 15.-Ihe following Maine
pensions have been granted today:
Original-Leander D. Harding, Skowhegah.
Additional-Sylyeste Higgins, Oakland,
1ncrease-Alberi F. Herrick, Bethel;
Edward A. Crocksr, Bueksport; Joseph D.
Sawyer, Bangor.
Reissue Roberts. Edison, Togus; Charles
w. Clark, Weston
Original Widows etc.-Ida E. Black, North
Limington.