The morning news., 1894-06-13
WORK OF THE ROUSE.
Aid for the Home for Colored People
Il Postmaster's Claim Cut Down.

Aid for the Home for Colored People.
a Postmaster's Claim Cut Down.
Washington, June - In the House to-
day Mr.. Outhwaite asked unanimous cou-
sent for the consideration of bill in aid
of the national home for aged and intirm
colored people in the District of Column
bia. The bill appropriates 100000 in
moneys due the estates of deceased col
ored soldiers transferred to the freed
mans bureau, and later deposited in the
United States treasury.
Representative Murray, tho colored re-
publican member from South Carolina,
supported the bill, but intimated that he
wanted the remainder of the unclaimed
fund in the treasury, amounting TO bout
S4O0.00O, set apart to found industrial
training schools for the education Of col
orcd youths.
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
Amendments by MIR Cannon, Of Tli-
nois, as amended by Mr. Sayers, of Texas,
were agreed to, providing that the insti-
tuition should not at any time become q
charge upon the treasury of the United
States and making the entire expenses of
the home charge upon the revenues Of
the district. The latter was adopted only
after yea and nay vote-l13 to lO7.
Nr. DeArmond, dem, of Missouri,
moved to commit the bill to the commit
tee on appropriations. This was lost.
ON the passage of the bill the House
divided in its favor-l07 to 20.
Mr.. DeArmond made the point of no
quorum and Mr. Outhwaite asked for
vote by yeas and nays This resulted;
cas- l4I; nays 81; present and not voting
2. SO the bill was passed
BIT OF HARD EXPERIENCE.
A bit Of hard experience, which was
not greatly alleviated by the action of tho
House, was brought to Mr.. Hooker, dem,
Of Mississippi He called up a bill for
the relief of Benjamin f. Jones. it ap-
peared from the report that Mr. Jones
was postmaster at Beauregard. Miss,
when on April %, 1883, the town was
wiped out by a cyclone and sixty per-
sons killed The railroad company, hav-
ing no place to leave the mail,icarried it
to WessOn, mile away for
period Of thirty-four days. During that
time Mr.. Jones had the mail carried to
its destination at his own expense and
claimed S97 therefor. In order TO get the
bill through Mr.. Hooker was compelled
to consent to reduction of the amount
carried by the bill to S8-a dollar year.
MONEY FOR THE INDIANS.
The committees were called for reports,
and at o'clock the House went into com
smittee of,the whole, TO further consider
the Indian appropriation.
Mr.. Cannon, rep, of Illinois, offered an
amendment appropriating $4,000 for the
payment of the expenses of the Indian
commission, appointed originally under
authority Of the act of 1863.
MIR. CannOn's amendment was discussed
for an hour or more, the question at issue
being the value of the services of the In
dian commission to the service.
A vote by tellers on the adoption of the
amendment was announced as, yeas 80,
nays 10 No quorum appearing. the roll
was called, showing 1856 members present.
Thereupon the vote was again taken by
tellers, resulting-ayes-67 nays 1l2.
So the amendment was rejected, the re
suit being that no provision is made for
con n,inuing the work Of the commission.
After disposing of twenty-seven pages
of the bill. the committee rose, and at
$40 o'clock the House adjourned until TO-
morrow.