The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-21
IN the aousE.
The sundry Civil Btii sed-AdJs~rasd
Till Thursday.


The Sundry Civil Btfl Passed -Adleurusd
Till Thursday.
WASHINGTON Cry, March a,--The sundry
civil appropriation bill Was passed hv the
house today without division. An amend
ment to the proposition for the general
land office amending the provision of the
act OF f,ai, repeating the timber culture
and pre-emption acts which was adopted
in the committee AZ the suggestion of Hol.
man and which was bitterly opposed by
the Western members. was defeated I'm the
house. The cianses which sought TO re-
quire an accounting by the disbursiug
officers of the soldiers's homes TO the treas
ury department aud annual reports by the
boards To the secretary of war fell under
Blacks point of order. The bill as passed
carries s2f7.0Do more than 10 did as report
ed from the committee ON appropriations.
The four appropriation bills passed by
the housc, District of Columbia, penslon..
fort,tcatons and sundry civil, carry re.
duction of s24. .sis s5s as compared with the
same bill for the current fiscal year.
When the house went into committee OF
the whole on the sundry civil bin tho
pending question was Mr.. Blacks point Of
order against two clauses in the paragraph
relating to soldiers homes and requiring
the dishursing officers OF the homes 10 give
bond and make an accounting 10 tho treas
ury department and requiring the board
OF managers to make annual reports To the
secretary of war.
simpson. Pop, OF Kansas. speaking OF
the general merits of the resolution, de-
tailed the correct state of affairs found at
the Lesvenworth Soldiers home. He was
not convinced that the policy Of placing
tho homes under the war department was
q good one. but he argued that an invcsti-
CATION into the general affairs Of the homes
should be made.
Black replied To some of the remarks in
regard to this matter. In regard to tho
criticism upon the fact that liquor was sold
under the authorization Of the board OF
managers at the homes he defended the
action of the board. Fifty years OF appe-
tite. he said, could not be broken. and tho
establishment OF beer halls. which corre-
spond to the cantsen system Of the regular
army. had been deemed wise and humane.
The chair then sustained the point Of
order. and the two paragraphs were
stricken from the bill.
This disposed Of the last paragraph OF
the bill. but by an arrangement agreed
mitted to submit some remarks on various
subjects. Hartman, Rep, Montana, and
McClesry. Minnesota. proceeded TO criti-
else the amendment TO the appropriation
for the general land Office. adopted at the
instigation of Holman. amending the tim
ber culture and pre-emptIon act of 1901.
Tawney. Rep. Minnesota. and johnson.
Rep. Maryland. also criticised the Hoi-
man amendment 10 the timber culture re-
peal act of 1891. Holman made brief er-
PLANTATION in defense Of his amendment.
and after some further remarks by Bowers
of California, Perkins and Wilson OF Nash
ington. the committee rose and reported
the bill and amendments To the house. A
separate vote was demanded by Tawney
upon the Holman amendment. On ris-
ing vote the Holman amendment was car
RED. McClcary demanded the yeas and
nays. The decision OF the rising vote was
reversed and the amendment was lost, 9s
to H.
The bill was then placed on its final pass
age and passed without division.
A clash then occurred as to the order OF
procedure. outh waite. Dem, Ohio at
tempting to move 10 so into committee Of
the whole for the consideration of the
military academy appropriation bill. but
Patterson. Dem, Tennesscr. IS q question
of privilege. called np the O'Seill-Joy con-
tested election case. Waugh. Rep. Indi-
ana, raised the question OF consideration
against il. Burrows of Michigan er-
piainsd that Rsrthold, Joys colleague, had
been suddenly called 10 ST. Louis today.
and thought IL courtesy to him. as be had
gwen much attention 10 the case. that its
consideration should be postponed until
his return, bat Patterson declined TO do
80, and the yeas and nays were dem andsd
ON the question of consideration raised by
Waugh. The Republicans fiiibustsred
with a view Of forcing tbs Democrats 70
prove their own quorum before the con-
tested election cases should be considered.
They RETAINED from voting and the Demo-
Gratis fell short Of q quorum twenty-five
votes, the result being I50 to 4, and a
cal! of the house was then ordered.
The call developed the presence OF 22s
members. Patterson offered o resolution
revoking all leaves Of absence and inssrust-
ing the sergeant-at-arms To telegraph
absentees 10 return. Il Vas adopted with
out division. Patterson moved that when
the house adjourn today II be 20 meet on
Thursday next The motion was carried.
ia TO as. aud the house at - adjourned
un tl Thursday.