The Indianapolis journal., 1894-03-21
MR.HOLMAN REBUFFED
His Radical Amendments to the
Sundry Civil Bill Rejected.
The Measure Passed by the House With
out the Clauses Making Soldiers Homes
Subordinate to the War Department.

civil appropriation bill was passed by the
House to-day without division The amend
ment to the appropriation for the General
Land Office amending the provision of the
act OF 1891, repeating the timber culture
and pre-emption acts, which was adopted
In the committee at the suggestion OF Mr.
Holman, and which was bitterly opposed
by the Western members, was defeated in
the House. The clauses which sought TO
require an accounting by the disbursing
officers Of soldiers homes to the Treasury
Department, and annual reports by the
boards to the Secretary of War, fell under
Mr.. Blacks point Of order. The bill as
passed carries s2l7O00 more than it did as
reported from the committee on appro-
priations The four appropriation bills
passed by the House-District of Columbia,
pension fertilization and sundry civil
carry a net reduction Of s24,SSi.95S. as COM
pared with the same bills for the current
fiscal year.
When the House went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil bill the pend
ing question was Mr. Blacks point of order
against the clauses in the paragraph relat-
ing to the soldiers homes, requiring the
disbursing officers Of the homes TO give
bond and make an accounting to the Treas
ury Department in requiring the board or
managers TO make annual reports to the
Secretary of War
Mr. Simpson, speaking to the general
merits of the question detailed the corrupt
state of affairs unearthed at the Leaven-
worth Soldiers Home He was not con-
under the War Department was good ohe,
but he argued that an investigation into
the general affairs Of the homes should
be made.
Mr.. Black replied to some of the remarks
made yesterday in connection with TINS
upon the fact that liquor was sold under
the authorization OF the board or managers
at the homss he defen9ed n9 natta Inf aGoe Se eaS
could not be broken and the establish
ment of beer halls. which corresponded s,t9 to
the canteen system of the regular army
had been deemed wise and humane.
Mr.. Sayres chairman of the commlttSe
defended the changes proposed by tne DILL
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 arrange
bers were permitted to submit general re-
marks on various subjects.
posed Mr the proposition to appropriate S5O65O
for the detection and punishment OF xIo-
lators of the internal revenue laws. me
appropriation was to be used principally In
North Carolina to bribe informers, ana
there was no justification for IL ~
will the gentleman tell me- ne "a aseed ee cents Mr
upon it. whisky is sold in North Carolina
for s1.15 gallon?"
That's as much as 1t brings anywhere
else in the country" Qaughter)s replied Mr.
Mr.. Tawney and Mr. Johnson. Of North
to the timber culture repeal act of 1891.
Mr. Holman made a brief explanation In
defense Of his amendment, and, after some
further remarks by Messrs. Bowers, Per-
kins and Wilson, of Washington, the COM
mittee rose and reported the bill and
amendments to the House.
A separate vote was demarled by Mr.:
Tawney upon the Holman amendment and
by Mr.. Bowers upon the amendments ap-
propriating $4,000 for the postoffice at Buff
falo and $4,000 for the postofnce az New
York city. On a rising vote the Holman
Cleary demanded the yeas and nays. The
decision OF the rising vote was reversed
and the amendment was lost-94 to 122. Mr.
ate vote on the Buffalo and New York
amendments and the bill was then, at 2:55,
placed on its final passage and passed with
out division.
A clash then occurred as to the order of
procedure. Mr.. Outhwaite attempted to
move TO go into committee Of the whole for
consideration of the military academy ap-
preparation bill, but Mr.: Patterson, as a
question of privilege. called up the ONeill-
Joy contested election case
Mr.. Waugh raised the question of consid-
Grafton against it.
Mr.. Burrows explained that Mr.. Barth-
oldt, Mr.: joys colleague. had been sud.
denly called to st. Louis to-day, and thought
in courtesy to him, as he had given much
attention to the case, that it's consideration
should be postponed until his return, but
Mr. Patterson declined TO do so and the
yeas and nays were demanded on the ques-
tion of consideration raised by Mr.. Waugh.
The Republicans promptly inaugurated
flibuster with view of forcing the DEM
ocrats TO produce their own quorum before
the contested election cases should be con-
sidered They refrained from voting and
the Democrats fell short Of a quorum twen-
ty-fve votes, the result being $50 to 4, and
/ a call of the House was then ordered. Inc
call developed the presence of pa members.
Mr.. Patterson offered a resolution revok-
ing all leaves of absence and instructing
the Sergeant-at-arms to telegraph absentees
to return 1t was adopted without d.
vision. Mr.. Patterson moved that when the
House adjourned to-day IL be to meet
Thursday next. The motion was carried
IA TO 33-and the House then, at o'clock,
adjourned till Thursday.