The record-union., 1896-05-08
WHOLE NO. 1900.

Inc consideration of the river and
| harbor bill was then resumed
10 the paragraph appropriating
SoUO,OoO for continuing improvements
on the Delaware River from Trenton
10 us mouth an amendment was re-
ported by the Committee on Commerce
| reducing the appropriation to $3.50, 900.
rms amendment was rejected and the
/. amount remains at 100000.
Inc committee amendment to the
ftem for the mouth of the Yazoo River
ana the harbor of Vicksburg Miss
striking out the provision allowing
contracts to be made not to exceed
SS60000, was disagreed to, and the
Item remains as inserted in the bill by
the House
The next item that led to discussion
was that allowing $4,000 to be used
If improving the Missouri River al
Omaha and Council Bluffs, at Roche
Fort 100000, at Glasgow 100000. at
Miami $4,000, and a st. Charles $50 =
OOO The committee amendment
strikes out these appropriations and
simply leaves the expenditures in the
discretion of the Missouri River Com
mission.
Baker (Rep) of Kansas moved to in
sert two specific appropriations for
$1,000 each for Leavenworth and
Atchison.
Vest combated specific appropria-
tons, and advocated leaving the gen
eral improvement of the river to the
Missouri River Commission as the only
sensible and feasible way of improving
the navigation of the Missouri. He
would not object, however, to Bakers
amendment.
That amendment was agreed to, and
the committee amendment thus amend
ed was also agreed to.
The bill was then laid aside-efghty-
eight pages of the bill having been dis
posed of-with the exception of some
reserved items.
The conference report on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill which was pre-
sented yesterday by Cullom (Rep) CT
Illinois was taken up and agreed TO.
That disposed of the question of COM
pensation to United States District At
tOrneys and Marshals- a schedule of
salaries being arranged varying with
the judicial diStricts-but there were
still half dozen other matters in the
bill not yet settled. A further confer
ence was ordered.
Senate bill to amend the Act authOriz-
ing the Denison and Northern Railroad
Company to construct and operate Il
railroad through Indian Territory was
taken from the calendar and passed:
also Senate bill to confer jurisdiction
on the Court of Claims in the case of
the book agents of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church against the United States
The Senate at 6:2O adjourned until to-
morrow.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, May. There was
a reminder of the scenes and expert
ences in the Fifty-first Congress to-day
when Picker CRep) of South Daktoa,
who was unable yesterday to secure as
long a session as he desired for the con-
sideration of private pension bills, made
the point of no quorum" before the
Journal of yesterday proceedings were
read. Fifteen minutes passed before
119 members appeared. and then Pick
Ter insisted upon having the journal
read in eXtensO, including the names Of
absenteeS ON roll-call. He also objected
to the pro forma suggestion that the
Journal be considered as approved, re-
curing vote on the question.
Throughout the session Pickler de-
manded the regular order at every OPP
portunity, finally esIs5aining that he
was moved thereto hy the hope that the
House would thus find time to consider
private pension bills.
Payne CRep) of New York called
Pickler's attention to the fact that his
action tended only 70 defeat his ex-
pressed purpose, inasmuch as these
bills could be taken UP only by unani-
nous consent.
This Picker interpreted to veil
threat that unanimous consent would
not be given, and remarked that he &C
copied service.
The incident there stopped, and after
transacting some unimpoTtant business
the House, at O'Clock, adjourned until
tomorrow.