The record-union., 1896-04-25
Caustic Comment on the Practice Taken
by the Lower House
In Cutting Down Appropriations and
Throwing the Responsibility and
Blame of Swelling Them Upon the
Senate-The General Pension Bill
Occupies the Greater Part of the
Day i'm the House.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Sen
ate made considerable progress to-day
on the sundry civil BILL having dis
posed of all the amendments reported
to it by the Committee on Appropria-
tions. Some comment was made on the
practice attributed to the House of
Representatives of appropriating sums
only sufficient to cover the cost of serv-
ice for six or nine months in the year,
and throwing on the Senate the respon-
sibility and blame of swelling the ap-
preparation bills
The advice proffered by Mills of Texas
to cure that evil was for the Senate to
pass the appropriation bills just as the
House sent them, leaving to the Presi-
dent the duty Of notifying Congress that
additional appropriations were neces-
sary for the public service.
There was also some little criticism
of the action of the House in cutting off
appropriations for the Providence Hos
pital in Washington-that action being
attributed to religious bigotry and in
tolerance.
The fact that the First Comptroller
refused to audit the accounts of the
Nenezuelan-Guiana Commission for
severely.
until tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, april 24-Nearly
five hours were given by the House to-
Gay to afurther consideration II Com
mittee of the Whole to the general pen
sion bill. The speakers generally sup
ported the bill, but all criticised one or
the other sections, especially those
which authorize the pensioning of SOL
diers who, previous to their honorable
service in the Union army, had served
jn the Confederate army. or had not re-
ceived an honorable discharge.
The speakers were Layton DemD
of Ohio, Tracey (Rep.) of Missouri. An
drews (Rep) of Nebraska, Burton
tRepl Of Missouri, Ove4 street s4.e.5.,j -5l
Indiana and Connolly CRep.) of Illinois,
and their efforts were marked with Incl
dent of choice
Bills We're passed authorizing the
town Of Tucson, Arizona, to issue $780,
600 dollars of water works bonds: au-
thorizing the free entry into the United
States of articles or animals exported
for exhibition in other countries, and
nine private pension bills favorably re
ported at the last Friday night session.
The Senate request for a conference
on the Indian appropriation bill was
agreed to.
The report of Elections Committee
No. upon the contested election case
of Cornell VS.. Swanson, from the Fifth
District of Virginia, in favor of the sit
ting member Swanson, Dem), was re-
ceived, and the minority given until
Wednesday next to present their views
At o'clock the House took a recess
until p. m, the evening session to be
for the consideration of private pension
bills.
AT the night session the House. act
ing as a Committee of the Whole. or
oered to be reported, with favorable re-
commendation, twelve pension bills.
One Of them proposed an increase TO
SoO month of the pension of the widow
OF Major-General Samuel Sprigg Car
roll, who is now and has been all win
ter an inmate of the Providence Hos
Iital in this city an invalid cripple
A bill providing a pension Of 500 a
month to General Norris of New York
was reported unanimously from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, but
Picker (Rep) of South Dakota, Chair
man of the committee, moved to re-
duce it OF SO a month, and that was
agreed to-73 TO 20
Another bin increased the pension of
the widow of General w. III. Enochs
from $50 TO $50 a month. General
Enochs was a member of the Fifty-sec-
ond Congress from Ohio. Favorable ac-
ton on this bill was prevented by the
, expiration of the session.