The sun., 1895-03-02
MALONE HOPES TO WIN.
He Gets tho Senate to Adopt n Provision
for the Purchase of 81. Lot.

WASHINGTON. March l.-Ex-Scnttor Malone
of Virginia may succeed. after all. in selling to
| the Government rs u site for the new Govern
ment Printing Office the property which he owns
| IN this city. For three or four years a combine
of Senators has waged stubborn battle in his
behalf, and twice they have carried the PROPOSE
tion through the Senate against the protests OF
the Committees on Printing and Public Build
ings and Grounds. Twice the bill has boen de-
feated in the House OF Representatives, and for
tho third time the Senate to-day adopted IL by a
yea and nay vote In the House on Wednesday
during the discussion OF the bill, Mr.. English of
Now Jersey said:
There have been ugly rumors going around
and ask the gentleman for some information,
which, perhaps, he can afford me. want to ask
him IL he thinks il this House were to nppro-
pirate from 500, 900 to S25 900 to defray certain
notes made by William Mahono to Senators
whether the Senate would look with less favor
able eye upon the purchase OF the Malone steT'
THAT Is question 1 would not undertake to
answer" said Mr.. Abbott. to whom the question
was addressed.
After more debate OF this kind the bill was
withdrawn. and 1t was generally thought to be
dead, so far us this Congress was concerned.
To-day. however. Mr.. Malone and his son ap-
peared at an early hour in the private lobby OF
the Senate and jauntily assured everybody
that they would yet win. Their plan was to
have the proposition to buy the Malone lot
placed as an amendment on the General De-
fciency bill. The Senator's son held in his hand
a roll call of the Senate and would check of tho
name OF each Senator with whom his father
talked as they came out OF the chamber to meet
him. All day the buttonholing and checking
went on, and toward evening the senator and
his son had such complete and accurate can
with almost absolute exhctncss just what the
vote would be.
South Carolina an outgoing Democrat moved
to insert in the bill the provision for the pur-
point of order against it that 1t was lrgs-
lation. and therefore not Rermane to the bill;
propery s runs
appeal was taken, and the senate refused to
sustain the decision of the, chair. \ yea and
amendment was adopted by good-sized ma
jority. and senator Malone and his son folded
UP their little li1t and went home.
an item OF S12O. 900 for the construction OF an
passed in a anticipation OF the defeat ' Of . the Ma
hone proposition. 1t is now the plan OF the
amendment and agree 10 the amendment
adopted by. the Senate this, evening. The
never yield to the Senate and 70 the influence OF
the Malone men. but IL is well known to every
body who has any knowledge OF parliamentary
practice that when there is II contest in Con-
ference Committee the Senate nferees gener-
ally have their way In the end The cOnferees
on the General Deficiency bill will be largely
the same men who are cOnfcrees on the Sundry
Civil bill which contains the amendment pro-
Nding for the purchase OF the site OF the old
Blaine mansion. and it is practically the same
combination OF senators that are backing botn
propositions, under The lead of the cleverest |
wircpuller i'll Congress, senator Don Cameron.
The House confcrees declare thai neither the |
Malone amendment nor the Blaine amendment
can be agreed to, and they are also opposed to |
tho French spoliatton clai ms, the claim OF the |
southern Pacific Railroad Company. and the |
various other clai inns. big and little that have |
been loaded the appropriation bills in the |
Senate. The great bulk OF all the big appropri- |
ations that have been adopted during the past |
few days and those that are to he made to- NOR |
row on the Naval Appropriation bill under |
the absolute control or the members OF the ap-
committees of the Senate and |
House, who compose the cOnferecs on the va
rious bills. Cockrell. German, and Allison in
the senate and Sayers, DOckery and Hend erson
i'll the House are conferccs on nearly all the big
money bills. and the fate OF vast amount Ot
public expenditures will he decided by them and
heir committee colleagues between now and
the expiration of Congress at noon on Monday
next.