Evening star., 1894-03-30
HE is IN EARN ES 7
Senator Harris Will Oppose the Malone
Printing Office Site.
He Wns Surprised mt the Senate's Ac-
tfon-Why He Favors the
Present Location.

The Senate will start on Monday to de-
bate the tariff BILL to the probable exclu-
sion Of all other measures, including the
bill for new government prin ting office
Owing to the keen foresight of Senator
Harris week ago yesterday, when the
Malone lot amendment was adopted, the
bill now stands in an interesting position
with motion pending to reconsider the
vote by which the amendment was agreed
to. The Senator said this morning. in an
swer to question by Star reporter:
i shall not allow my motion to reconsid-
er TO be put and voted on until we have a
full Senate-that is. as full an attendance
as can ordinarily be obtained Then. with
the chances in favor of a favorable result
l shall press my motion. 1 hope it
then make a vigorous effort to Sc
cure the rejection of the Malone amend
ment end finally the passage of the COM
mittee's bill. If my motion should be lost,
however. am free to state that 1 shall in
terpose every possible objection and OBJ
stacle to the bill as ar ended and endeayor
to prevent its passage by every effort Of
which / am capable. / can show the Sem
ate. by indisputable figures that when they
take into consideration the water mains.
sewers. gas mains. electric lighting wires
heating and power plar IS. row in use at
the present site. which can be utilized with
perfect ease in a building adjoining but
which would have to be abardoned IL any
other lot were choEen, the cost of a new
building would be upward Of 1000, 900 or
II can show. too. that by preserving the
section OF the present building that is un-
questionably safe. and tearing down the
unsafe old shell as soon as the strip of land
alongside Is built upon, and then replac cling
II Dy a new structure, there will be estab-
lished on the lot a splendid building, per-
fectly secure, and Of ample dimensions for
years to come. Then, too there comes in
the matter of time. Talk as they may, they
cannot convince me that an adequate build
Ing can be erected on the Malone lot. or on
any other lot, for that matter, except the
present site, within two or three years ut
the least On the other hand counting the
saving OF time as well as n oney, that can
be secured by utilizing the present gas. wa
ter. sewer and electric mains and lighting
and power plant now in use, | am confident
that there can be erected on the strip of
sufhcient office within six months from the
passage of the act.
ou see. none of the water, gas and sewer
connections could be transferred from the
old building to the new, should the latter
be built at a distance, and much IL not
all of the heating and power plant would
be disabled in a transfer
Il confess that / was astounded at the
result of the vote in the Senate the other
day. The reasons given by the committee
on public buildings and grounds for the
passage Of the bill they presented seemed
TO me so excellent that / fully expected
the BILL to pass as II was reported. / was
prepared for close vote, perhaps on the
Malone site amendment, but not for it's
success, yet 1 was able to change my vote
just in time to move reconsidera ton l
was keeping note of the vote as it pro-
gressed, and made the change as soon as
L saw the amendment had carried"