Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-25
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Afforded the House Much Food
 for Discussion. H0AR'S PRESENCE KNOWN In the Senate by His Usual PractiCe-North Carolina's
 New Senator.
HOAR's PRESENCE KNOWN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Besdes passing
 resolution authorizing an investigation of
 the management of the office of the archi-
 tect of the capitol the house did nothing
 but consider in committee of the whole the
 sundry civil appropriation bill, which came
 over from yesterday. The reading of the
 bill for amendments was completed, but
 the senate bill Gin fact there were several
 matters which have been antagonized) re-
 mained undsposed of. The bill was made
 the order of business tomorrow.
 The policy of the war department in
 abandoning outlying military posts and
 concentrating the army in and near large
 cities and the Mississippi river improve
 ment offered themes for the principal de-
 bate of the day, but no change was made in
 the bill in regard to either of them. Eight
 thousand dollars were added to the bill to
 enclose the grounds of the arsenal at Co.,
 lumb bia, Tom.
 The item for the improvement of the
 Mississippi river evoked discussion, in
 the course of which MT. Hepburn, republ
 can, of Iowa, sta led that he objected to the
 diversion of public funds, under the plea of
 public improvement, to purely private
 purposes and enterprises. Nine out of
 every ten dollars appropriated for the Mis-;
 SlSSlDDl TlVeT, no d6SBTleu, udu Deen- tA-
 pended on the banks of the river, to the
 neglect of the bed.
 MT. Money, democrat, of Mississippi, {, denied that this was the case, and asserted
 that the benefits of the improvement of the Mississippi river did not accrue to the
 people of the lower valley, but largely to the northwestern states. It gave them
 water communication with Europe, by which their products were transported to market. He had himself seen vessels loaded at New Orleans for Liverpool with grain from the gentleman 8 own state. An amendment recommended by the committee on rivers and harbors and of- fered by MT. Savers was agreed to, direct ing that S1 ,500 ,0G0 of the Mississippi river appropriation be used in the employme n t or movable jetties and steel caissons in the removal of bars and Instructions between the mouths of the Missouri and Ohio rivers.
 The following amendment, offered by MT.
 Ray, republican, of New York, was
 agreed to:
 .'It shall be unlawful for any clerk of any court of the United States to include in his emoIument account or return any fee or fees not actually earned and due at the time such account or return is required by law to be made, and no fees not actually earned shall be allowed in any such &C., cOunt.'
 This amendment is an outcome of the congressional investigation of Judge Kicks of Ohio and the testimony of witnesses as to the practices in vogue iu the offices of some of the clerks in United States courts. At 4:40 the committee rose and the house adjourned.
 IN THE SENATE. MT. Hoar was present at today's session of the senate after long absence from the
 city, and signalized his presence by calling
 attention to the absence of a quorum. A roll call took place, and after some delay ho of a n sprurad Among the bills introduced and referred was one by Mir. Chandler, republican, of New Hampshire, to prevent the wrongful taking of news dispatches from telegraph or telephone wires.
 Another displacement of a senator oc- cured today when Mir. Jarvis of North Carolina, a democrat, who had held an ap- pointment from the governor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Vance. in ntroduced and made way for his successor, MT. Pritchard, who has been recently elected by the legislature to fill Senator Vance's unexpired term. Mir. Pritchard is a republican, and after being sworn in he took seat next to MT. Chan tion to pay Mir. Jarvis S24. 40 for his last two days services, which resolution was immediately agreed to.
 The state of North Carolina has not been represented by republican in the senate since the reconstruction period-Senator
 
 two years ago. On the 4th of March next Mir. Pritchard will have populist for his colleague in the person of MT. Butler, who was elected at the same time as himself to succeed MT. Ransom, democrat. The Hawaiian question was kept alive today by speech from Mir. George, democrat, of Mississippi, against the Lodge resolution, proposing annexation, , and by another resolution offered by MT. Allen, populist, of Nebraska, in favor o1 irY,n cd at ia ate gnnaYafinp MT. Aliens resolution went over till to- morrow, when MT. Mills, democrat, of Texas, will address the senate in opposi- | tion. A speech from MT. White, demo- | crat, of California, in favor of the Nica- raguan canal bill closed the speech. making for the day.
 Pension bills on the calendar were taken up and all of the twenty-one were passed |, | including senate bills granting pensions of S75 month to the widows of Rear Admiral General Carroll, and $50 month to the widows of Lieutenant-Com Rhodes of the navy and Brigadier General Vessels of the army.
 The house bill to authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railway company to construct and maintain bridges across Galveston bay, Buffalo bayou and Clear creek in Texas was taken from the calen dar and passed.
 Also senate bill for the transfer of a portion of the exhibit of the department of state at the Worlds Columbian expo sition to the Columbian museum of Chi cago.
 Mir. Walsh, democrat, of Georgia, in reply to question by MT. Chandler, said | that the exhibit consisted of photographs | and curiosities collected by the representa- lives of the state department in Spanish | America, and was part of the exhibit oi | the convent of La Rabida. He did not be- | lieve that the state department desired to retain them, but the city of Chicago was | exceedingly anxious to secure the collec- l tion for its museum. The bill, he said, had been introduced by Senator Palmer. The senate, after 8 short executive ses: sion, adjourned at 5:10 till tomorSsn Mir. Chandler's hi,i -