Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-22
THE HOUSE.

Among the items of morning business
transacted by the House today was the an
pOintment of Mr.. Docl.ery (AIo.) to be COM
missioner of the reform school of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
y House joint resolution was introduced
by Mr.. Cultivate (Ohio) authorizing the
committee on naval affairs of the House to
investigate the armor plates. bolts and
other appurtenances delivered by the Car
negie Steel Company and Carnegie, Phipps
q Company to the government, the amount
of injury received by the. government from
the delivery of defective armor, bolts, etc,
and the amount of damages to be assessed
against the Carnegie Steel Company and
Carnegie. Phipps & Company.
The resolution led to considerable debate
which was finally checked by the ordering
or the previous question.
An Amendment rs to Price.
Mr.. Stone CKy) endeavored to have an
amendment considered extending the in
vestigatiOn to the price paid for steel armor
plates by the government. He asserted that
there was no reason why the government
should pay 500 per ton for steel armor
while steel rails could be purchased by rail-
way companies for SO per ton.
Mr.. Cummings On. ". chairman Of the
creased cost might be due to the Harveyiz-
ing process.
Mr.. Stone said that if the process was
investigated it would be found that the
production Of Harveyized steel did not cost
any more than any other kind of steel
and he thought an amendment should be
made to the resolution extending the in
vestigation so as to inquire into the cost of
plates The amendment was finally crowded
out by the order of the previous question.
MIR. Coombes IN. " asked whether the
resolution authorized the investigation of
other armOr plate manufacturers than
the Carnegie Steel Company and Car
negie. Phipps & Company. and in reply to
the statement Of Mr.. Cultivate that IL
did not extend beyond the manufacturers
named, for the reason that no charges had
been brought against other manufacturers
he said. further. that he had heard that the
contract price of the first armor plates in
cluded the cost Of constructing the plant
The Presidents Action.
The discussion drifted into the question
of the Presidents action in reducing the
damages levied against the Carnegie Steel
Company, and Mr.. Burrows desired to have
such an amendment Incorporated in the
resolution should inquire into this fea-
ture. but such an amendment needed unan-
tmous consent, which not granted, and
the resolution was adopted.
bill TO extend the time for building
bridge across the Missouri river at Yank-
lOAs oOulu DdhOtd, was passed.
Legislative Appropriations.
At 1875 the House went into committee
of the whole on the legislative appropria-
ton bill Several amendments were offered
and voted down, among them being one Of
fered by Mr.. Doolittle CWash), taking
the law library of Congress from the con-
troll of the librarian Of Congress and put
ting 1t under the control of a law clerk
Against the Civil Service Commission
When the paragraph making appropria-
ton Tor the civil service commission was
reached numerous amendments were offer
ed. nearly all being for the purpose of
striking out all provision for it. Mr.. En-
loe CTennD offered an amendment to this
effect. and after some discussion it was
agreed to limit debate on the paragraphs
relating to the civil service to three hours.
Mr. EnlOe delivered a sharp attack on
the civil service commission.
Mr.. Dingley (Ne.) believed that the civil
service laws had come to stay, as they had
the support of the great majority of the
people.