Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-02
THE MALONE SITE
It is Adopted by the Senate for . Govern.
ment Printing 0Hica
A Point of Order Overru1ed and q
Motion to Lay on the
Table Lost.

Events subsequent to the publication Of
last evenings Star demonstrated the mo-
tive that caused Gen. William Malone OF
Virginia to be SO diligently at work in the
lobby Of the Senate with his son Butler
buttonholing Senators and checking them
OF one by one, as was stated yesterday.
Before o'clock had arrived the ex-Sen-
ator had checked of on his little list a neat
majority Of Senators who were ready and
willing to vote for the purchase Of the prop
erty owned by him as a site for new
printing office for the government
The Malone Printing Ohlce Site
Gen. Malone and his friends had chosen
the general deficiency as the vehicle for
the desired legislation, and late in the af-
ternoon Mr.. Butler offered an amendment
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
buy the property known as the Malone lot,
being the south half Of the square bounded
by North Capitol. L, ID and LIST streets
northeast In case of a failure to secure
the property by direct negotiation the Sec
rotary Is empowered to proceed to acquire
title by condemnation. AS soon as the site
has been acquired there Is to be erected
thereon, under the direction of Gen. Casey,
a new printing establishment, and the cost
OF the entire enterprise Is to be paid out OF
the appropriation of $25O,OOO made for a
similar purpose in the sundry civil bill of
1S9O. now remaining unexpended- The
third section of the amendment provides
that before any step be taken toward the
construction the officer in charge shall OBJ
tain one or more designs for such a plant.
which. when approved by the public printer
and the chairmen Of the committees on
printing of the House and Senate, shall be
adopted as the plan for the buildings.
Immediately MIR. Harris raised a ques-
ton Of order that this appropriation was
not estimated for, was not recommended
by any committee, was general legislation
md ha -Ia1 6n6o
these being about all of the grounds of OBJ
lection that can be raised against any
matter The presiding officer, Mr.. Faux
ner. Immediately decided the point of or
from the decision. The appeal was sus-
tanned, ayes, %; nays. 2S and the amend
ment was thus declared to be in order.
The vote was as follows: Yeas, %; Allison,
Bate, Berry, Blackburn. Chandler. Cock
rell, Daniel Frye Gallinger, George. Glib
son, Harris, Hawley, Hill, Irby. Lindsay,
Roach. Turpie. Nays, d; Aldrich. Allen.
Brice. Burrows, Butler, Cameron. Carey,
Clark, Davis, Dubois Gray. Higgins. Jones
(Nev.). Kyle. Lodge, Mantle. Murphy, Per-
Smith, Squire, Stewart, Teller White, VOL
colt.
Motion 10 Lny on the Table Lost.
Mr.. Palmer entered his protest against
the adoption of the amendment. He said
it was not right for the Senate to bring
so important a matter before the Senate
on an appropriation bill. He thought it
was mistake on the part of Mr.. Butler
to offer the amendment whether it was in
OF .er or not A vote was then taken, on
motion by Mr.. Berry to lay the ameEd
ment on the table, which was lost-ayes,
20; nays, 81. This vote follows: Yeas. 20
Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Cockrell, Daniel,
Faulkner, Gallinger. George, Harris, IIaw-
ley. Hill, 1rby. Lindsay, Manderson. Nor
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