The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
SAYRES MAKES A PROTEST..
Chicago Wants Too Much Money for
a POStOffice.
Considering The Present Condition Of the
Treasury She Should Make the Old
Building Answer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-In the House to-day,
on motion of Cultivate (D.) of Ohio, J. D.
Richardson of Tennessee was elected Speaker
pro tenn. during the absence of Crisp, who is at
Asheville, N. c., for his health.
On motion of McRae 3D. of Arkansas a reso-
luton was adopted to direct the Secretary OF
the Interior to furnish an estimate of the cost
of surveying the lands of the Cherokee, Greek
and Seminole Indians in the Indian Territory.
Catehings D.) of Mississippi, from the Com
mittee on Rules, presented special order for
the consideration of the bills for public build
ings, including the one for Chicago. On rising
vote it was ordered, 1J9 to 10, but Curtis (R)
of Kansas made the point of no quorum.
Later, when he attempted to withdraw the
point, it was renewed by English The previous
question was ordered and the special order was
adopted without division.
The House then went into committee of the
whole and by the terms of the order took up
the Chicago bill. 1t authorized the erection of
public building at Chicago to cost 81, 900 900,
but the appropriating clause of the session on
August had been stricken from the bill.
Bankhead (D.) of Alabama, chairman of Com
mittee on Public Buildings, took the floor, and
explained the necessity for the building, the
visit OF the subcommittee to Chicago to select
a site and the decision of the committee in
favor of the present postofiee site. Personally
he had he said, favored the Lake front site.
He described the deplorable condition of the
present building, and urged ardently the i'm
mediate necessity for the construction OF new
building.
Sayres d. of Texas, chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, opposed the passage
of the bill, which he declared could not be
passed in the public interest. If the bill was
passed, it was to force an appropriation of
Sc, 000, 900 at this session, a sum the treasury
could not afford to lose.
Bankhea1, being appealed to by Sayres, ex-
pressed the opinion that the building was safe,
at least as safe as many others. Sayres de-
nounced the Postmaster at Chicago for being
in Washington lobbying in favor of this bill,
instead of remaining at Chicago attending to
his own business. If such bills as these were
passed, Sayres warned his colleagues that this
would be classed with the billion-dollar Con-
gress. McGann (D) of Illinois declared that
this building had been condemned by COM
mission that examined it in 1875, by a com
mission of engineers and by every supervising
architect who has given an official utterance
on the subject The bill was ardentIy sup
ported by Hopkins, Mccain, Goldzier and
Aldrich. It was amended so as to provide for
the objections raised, though still providing
for speedy work and to cost 81, 100000.
At 80 p NJ, on motion of Bankhead on the
terms OF the special order, the committee arose
and reported the bill along favorably with the
other six bills. Sayres demanded the ayes and
noes on the final passage of the bill and it was
passed, 1877 to 81. The other bills were then
taken up in their order and passed as follows
For Newport, KY, $4,000; South Omaha,
Nebr., 100000.
Boutelle made an Intellectual effort to bring
his Hawaiian resolution up, and at O'Clock
the House adjourned.