Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-21
So Far as the House Is Con-
 oerned, Is Assured.
JONES' SILVER BILL DEAD,
So Says the Senate--Appropri- ations Prove a Stumbling
 Block to 1t.


 increased by the contraction of three battle ships and nine torpedo boats. At the close of four days, deliberation on the bill mak- ing appropriations for the navy and naval estimate for the year ending June 30, 1886, the house passed the measure practically as 1t was reported from the committee, after having refused by a Vote of 19o to 67 to reconmit the bill, upon motion of Mir. Savers, with instructions to strike out the provision for the battle ships. An amend ment offered by MT. Savers was agreed to providing that the secretary of the navy should not contract to pay higher price for armor plate or gun steel than is paid the same parties for the same article by for eign governments. It was also provided that two of the nine torpedo boats should be constructed on the Mis- sissippi river. Efforts by MT. Can non, republican, Of Illinois, to make tho bill carry an appropriation of $20, ,000, ,000, or S5, coo, GOO toward defraying the. cost of the battle ships were unavailable. In this connection a letter was read from Sec- retary Herbert, stating that If the con- struction of the battle ships was auth orized in the pending bill there would be ex- pended In the ear ending June 30, 1896, on that account only $513 zoo.
 The naval bill being out of the way, tho house spent hour or two discussing the Hawaiian cable project upon the report of the conference over the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill.
 MT. McCreary, democrat, of Kentucky, opposed the construction of the cable as 6 government enterprise, and moved that the house insist upon it's disagreement to tue senate amendment authorizing the presi- dent to contract Tor laying the cable.
 MT. Hit, republican, of Illinois, one Of the conierees, moved that the house con- cur in the senate amendment and forciby nuyocated the construction of the cable. He read from the annual messages of Presi- dent Cleveland in 1886 and 1888 to show that as far back as that period the president advised congressional action to secure tele- graphic communication with the Hawaiian islands. The matter was not disposed of when the house adjourned.
 A bill was passed over the nnfavorable repurt of the committee of the whole, hav- ing been previously passed by mistake, aud recalled from the senate to increase the pension of Thomas Corrigan.
 A resolution introduced last December by Mir. Pickler, republican, Of South Da. kota, and referred to the committee on civil service reform, was called up by US author, that committee not having acted upon Il, and passed. It directs the secre- tary of the treasury 10 inform the house how many old soldiers have been dismissed from that department since March 8, 1893, and the reasons for their removal.
 An unfavofab!e report was made by Mr. Richardson, democrat, of Ten nessee, from
  resolution authorizing lhe publicatiou of the dairy test made at the Columbian ex- position. The reasons for the adverse re- port were that the matter was in no sense government affair, and that the expense would be about sS0, ,O00.
 The house at 6:l5 adjourned until tomor- row al F o'clock.
 IN THE SENATE.
 In accordance with the order made yes- terday the senate met today at Il o'clock, |, I,<.rr till the 4th of March next. There was a fair attendance of senators in the chant Der when the proceedings opened. - The vice-prt sident having laid before the senate the resolution offered last night by MT. Wocott declaring It as the sense of the senate that a consideration of the silver bill should not be entered upon at this ses- sion of congress, Mr. Jones, democrat, of Arkansas, who has charge of that biil, said: ''i wish to say-that the friends of the regular order-the pending silver bili-- have no disposition to incur the risk of an extra session.
 ssWe so stated at the beginning. De- velopments have shown that while the friends of the measure have majority in this body, it is impossible to pass the bill at the lre.ent late day of the session with out incurring very grave danger to the appropriation bills and an extra session. Under these circumstances the friends of the silver measure have authorized me to say that they will not further proceed at this session of congress.
 No comment was made on this announce meut by any senator, and no formal action was made on the resolution. Other busi- ness having intervened, the silver bill was made the text for speech by Mir. Higgins, republican, of Delaware, who referred 10 it's statues legislation let aioue, and said that all that the bill amounted to- ipasmuch as it could not become a law was declaration of policy, and that the resolution oi the senator from Colorado meant just the same thing.
 Mir. Higgins speech was interrupted at 12 o'clock by the vice. president, who an- nounced the close of the morning hour and the taking up of the unfinished business, being the silver bill.
 ssLeC it be laid aside informally,p MT. Jones Of Arkansas suggested, 'so as to allow the senator from Delaware to con- clude his remarks.'
 must appeal to the senator from Dela- ware," MT. Gorruan broke ln, 'as well as to the senator from Arkansas, to cease his discussion at this time. All the great ap- propriation bills are pending in the senate or in committee, and 1t will be almost 1m- possible to have lair consideration of them unless we begin now. must appeal to the senator from Delaware in the pupilc Inter est to give way and to permit me to make motion that the senate proceed to tue con- sideration of the Indian appropriation bill.'
 After further discussion Mir. German made his melton, and Mir. Butler, who de- sired to go on with the pooling bill, de- manded the yeas and nays. The vote was taken and the motion was agreed to--yeas 55, nays l2. The negative votes were given by Messrs. Blanchard, Butler, Camden, Cameron. Faulkner, Hunton, Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay, Martin, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Quay and Wolcott.
 The effect cf the vote was to displacs the \ silver bill-remitting It to the calendar nRd to bring the Indian appropriation bill
 the senate. On this blli Mir. Hig-
 sumed the floor end went on with
 Avery ot his speech on the Jones sil-