The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-27
1T TOOK A PERSONAL TURN
THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE 1T
 ONE TIME NAKED WARM

 
 It Was Between Senators German and
 Terry Over the Provisions Offered in the
 Civil Appropriation Bill aud Was Com
 tinued by Other Members of the Senate.
 Washington, Feb. 26.-The house joint
 resolution in reference to the Mexican
 free zone-suspendlng the operation of
 the law permitting the transportation
 of merchandise in bond through the
 United States to the free zone between
 Laredo, Texas, and the Pacific ocean,
 was reported and passed with an
 amendment striking out the words be
 tween Laredo and the Pacific ocean" |"
 and conference was asked on the dis
 agreeing votes.
 MT. Voorhees,, dem., of Indiana, chair
 man of the finance committee, reported
 back a substitute for the resolution of
 fered las. Saturday by Mir Wolcott and
 referred to that committee. It provides
 that whenever the president of fhe
 United States shall determine that this government shall be represented in any
 International conference, to be called
 with view to secure international flxity of relative value between gold and silver as money, by means of a common ratio between the metals, with free mintage at such ratio, the United States shall be represented at such conference by nine delegates-an appropriating $1O0,000 to cover compensation and ex- penses of delegates and the proportion to be paid by the United States of the joint expenses of the conference.
 MT Voorhees said that it would be offered as an amendment to the sundry civil bill and remarked that the three senators should be appointed before the adjournment next Monday.
 The consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was then resumed.
 The appropriation committee having reported am amendment to the provision for protecting timber on the public land" s"-reducing the appropriation from $90,000 to $60,000-Mr. Berry, dem, of Arkansas, chairman of the committee on public lands, moved to increase the amount to $120,000, and gave the reasons l why the larger sum should be given. The estimate of the secretary Of the interior, he said, was $240,000 and he (AIr. Berry) could not understand why the public lands should be delivered over to the operation of the timber thieves"
 Mr. German, deln., of Maryland, dep- recated the tendency of heads of de- partments to swell estimates, and said that if the estimates for this year had been followed the appropriations would 1 be over $550, 000 In the case of pro- tecting public lands he said that many useless offices had been created and 1 gross abuses had been committed.
 The discussion took a somewhat per sonaI turn between Senators German and Berry, the latter intimating that l Mr. German was influenced by animos- ! ity against the secretary of the interior l in the provision that the timber agents ! should be appointed under civil service i rules and MT. German indignantly re- l polling the insinuation and suggesting l that MT. Berry had some political friends | among those timber agents whom he | wished to protect
 'tIt seems to me most remarkable MT. Berry continued, that the senator from Maryland should insist that a civil service provision should be aD- piled to these agents. I had never heard that senator being accused of being civil service reformer. It has been charged that he has filled one of the public offices with his own ap- pointees, and that there has never been any compalint from that office about the appropriations"
 The discussion was continued by Sem ators Stewart pop, of Nevada; Harris, ofT Va Yato nj WWn- ! ming; Dubois rep, of Idaho; Bate, dem, of Tennessee; Teller, rep, of Colorado; and Vest, dem., of Missouri.
 The committee amendment reducing the amount for protection against tim Der depredations from $90 900 to $60, 900 was agreed to- years 30, nays 25.
 MT. Berry made a point of order that the committee amendment requiring timber agents to be selected under the civil service law was general legisla- ton on an appropriation bill' and was therefore not in order The point was sustained by the vice president, and the amendment was excluded.
 The committee amendment increasing the appropriation for surveys and re- { surveys of public lands from S175,000 ( to $3O0000 having been taken up MT. Dubois, rep. of Idaho, moved to make ( the amount s4OO,OOo. Agreed to-
 An amendment was offered and ' agreed to appropriating $25OOO to begin work on the public building at Brock ton, Mass, MT. Frye, rep. of Maine, offered an I to place on the retired list officers on the revenue marine service. He spoke briefly in favor of it, and S -ead a letter from the secretary of the | treasury approving it.
 MT. Cockrell, dem., of Missouri, made r l point of order against the amend e nent The question of order was sub nitted to the senate and the amend nent was declared to be In order, yeas 6, nays 1S, and it was then agreed to. It provides for board of three sur seons of the marine hospital service to ,xamine and report on all officers of the y evenue marine cutter service, and II hose who are incapacitated from active 7 ervice are to be placed on waiting z 'rders" out of the line of promotion. 7,