Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-14
AT TIE NATIONAL CAPITOL. The House Devotes Its Time
 Strictly to Business. MORGAN'S MANLY APPEAL
s MANLY APPEAL
To Democrats to Pass the Nicaragua Canal Bill-Senate
 Adjourns Till Monday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Asde from about an hour devoted in an animated dis cussion of the policy of the pension bureau under the admi nstration of Mir. Cleveland, in which Messrs. Henderson, republican, of Iowa; Bingham, publican, of Penn sylvauia; Bynum, democrat, of Indiana, and Coombs, democrat, of New York, took the leading parts, the ses sion Of the house was strictly business one. The bill ap- propriating S2, ,006 596 to meet urgent defi- ciencies for the current fiscal year, q, s79,- 059 for Notifications and coast defenses for the year ending June 3o 1886, and Sl57 .676 for the expenditures at the West Point Military academy in the same year were passed as they came from the committees.
 The pension appropriation bill, also for the year ending June 30, 1876, carrying S141 3S1 ,070, was also taken up and after oriei speech by MT. Picker, republican, of South Dakota, it went over without acton until tomorrow, when by agreement there is to be four hours general debate.
 Action on the contested election case of Williams vs. Settle, from the Fifth North Carolina district, which was to have been a subject of consideration today, was further post poned by Mir. Brown, chairman of the committee on elections, until January b
 
 testanI.
 When the urgent deficiency bill came up the first vote was upon the amendment of- fered by Mir. Henderson, republican, of Iowa, to reduce the amount of the appro- priation for special agents from Sz50, QUO to S125, GOO. It was deieated-S3 10 69.
 MT. Cochran's amendment to strike out the appropriation for the collection of the income lax was defeated on yea and nay vote-yeas 49, nays 165.
 -ho ad in tha affi IT tiva n n Mr Cockrans motion were: Messrs. Adam7, of Pennsylvania, Aldrich, Baker of New Hampshire, Bartlett, Bingham, Bouteile. Brownell, Broslus, Bundy, cadmus, copD Coombs, Curtis ' Si New York, Daizsli, Daniels, Draper, Dunn, Fielder, Gardner, Gear, Geisen hainer, Graham, Grosvenor, Grow, farmer, Hicks, Hooker of New York, Lefevre, Loudenslager, Marvin, Mcdowell, Morse, Page. Rsyonrn, Russell phenson, Stevens, w. A. Stone, Storer, Thomas Wadsworth. Wager, Weaver ana Woomer. Messrs. Tracey and Everett an- swered "nresent."
 support of the West Point Military acad-. emy for the year ending June 30, 1896, was taken up. It carries total of $457, ,676. 66, which is S51, 153. .5S greater than the appfo- priation Tor the currentlyear. Of this in- crease S46, ,S33 was due to the transfer to
 
 the general army service at West Point from the army and other appropriation bills.
 provision in the bill, which would in. crease the army by the number of men de- tailed for duty at the academy 215 men, was omitted on point of order made by MT. McMllin, democrat, of Tennessee. The bill was reported to the house and passed, and at 4:30 o'clock the house ad juurned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The railroad pooling bill was received from the house and referred to the Inter- state committee.
 A bill to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh was favor ably reported and placed on tho calendar.
 Mir. Hunton called up the senate bill to establish the University of the United States at Washington, and speeches in favor of it were made by Messrs. Hunton and Villas. No action was taken upon it and it was put back on the calendar.
 MT. Morgan asked unanimous cons ent to. Thursday at 8 clock, but objection was male by Mir. Caffery, democrat, of Louis- jana.
 MT. Black burn, democrat, of Kentucky, moved for an adjournment over till Mon- day.
 Mir. Morgan demanded the yeas and nays, and the motion was defeated-yeas p, nays 23.
 The Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up, and MT. Morgan resumed his argument in support of it.
 In the course of his speech he appealed to the democratic party, as party of progress, of strength, of power and of great traditions, to support the bill. There was no danger, he said, to democratic principles in doing their duty to the people of the United States.
 elf" he said, five are peoples party, if we intend to take care of the industrious, laborious and laboring people of the land; If that ba our mission and we are honest In it, do not let us sit by and refuse to aid them when we find millions of them ground to death by the monopoly of trans continental railroads and who are sending mp petitions to congress continuously in favor of action on this very broad and splendid scheme of building canal across the isthmus.'
 In conclusion he said-tha he would leave the matter in the hands Of the senate, and as objection had been made to fixing any time Tor taking vote he would ask the senate to vote on 1t. &
 MT. Pefier, however, took the floor to address the senate on the bill.
 Then the motion to adjourn over until Monday was renewed by Mir. Wolcott and it was agreed to--yeas 28, nays 22.
 An amendment to the Nicaragua bill was for by Mir. Morgan. The reading clerk glan ced over it and quietly informed the presiding officer that he was unable to de- cipher it.. Another call for it's reading was made, and the presiding officer announced that it could not be read as 1t was ilegfble. The reading clerk tackled it, however, but could get no farther than the words "The United States of America. :" Then he came to full stop and handed the paper in des- peration to MT. Gilfrey, the executive to make the attempt, and the senate had to adjourn in ignorance of Mir. Calls amend ment, which it did at 4:25 p. m., till Mon day next. ,,s,.,..-.