The San Francisco call., 1896-04-01
Silver Not Mentioned in Connec.
tion With the National
Party Platform.
sUNDRY CIVIL BILL CONSIDERED
An Attempt to Increase the Salary of
the superintendent of the Geo.
detic Survey Fails.

monotony OF routine consideration Of the
sundry civil appropriation bill in COM
mlttee of the whole in the House to-day
was enllvened by several references to
some politico-financlaI events of recent
date. Adams (Rep) of Pennsylvania
called attention to the reports that repre-
sentatives of the Manufacturers Club of
Philadelphia, in conference with certain
persons in Washington, had com mmitted
the club to the free coinage of silver in
connection with protective tariff as
satisfactory platform for the Republican
party. He sent to the clerks desk and
had read the resolutions dopted last night
by the club as refuting the reports.
In the course of the consideration of the
sundry civil bill attempts were made to
amend it to increase the appropria-
tion for the salary of the superin-
tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
from $4,000 to $4,000. the amount fixed by
law; to strike out the appropriation of
1000 for detention and furnishing viola
tors of the internal revenue laws, and to
strike out the appropriation of $69, 500 for
food, fuel and clothing for the Indians on
the Pribyloff Islands, Alaska, all OF which
failed.
The House passed the Senate joint reso-
lutions directing the Secretary of War to
prepare estimates for deepening the chan
mel into Portland (Me.) harbor to thirty
feet; to secure twenty-five foot deep
channel, 400 feet wide, in Providence
River and Narragansett Bay from Sassa-
fras Point to the ocean, and to expend
$40, 900 for walls to the canal locks at the
Cascades, Columbia River. Or,
Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania reported
back the legislative, executive and judicial
bill, with recommendation that the SEN
ate amendments be disagreed to. and that
conference be asked. Agreed to and a
conference committee was appointed.
The House then, in committee of the
whole. proceeded to further consider the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
Adams (R. of Pennsylvania took occa-
sion to refer to the reports which had been
published respecting the conferences of
representatives, of the chief Manufactur-
ers' Club Of Philadelphia and of the silver
party in Congress, which he characterized
as misleading and incorrect. These re-
ports conveyed the impression that the
great manufacturing and mercantile in
terests of Philadelphia as represented by
the Manufacturers Club were in favor of
free coinage of silver and had agreed to
yoke that issue with the principle of pro-
lection. These resolutions, adopted by a
nearly unanimous vote, contained no sup
port of the theory that the club was in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
Hartman (R.) of Montana explained
that published reports of that conference
had misrepresented the facts.
Alien (R. of Utah, who was present at
the conference, stated that no bargain had
been made, as reported, and that those
who were concerned in the conference
were not responsible for the errors.
Later Pickler (R.) of South Dakota, in
| the same line, brought the action of the
| recent Republican State convention in
South Dakota to the attention of the con-
vention.
'As to protection, as to finance and as to
every other doctrine of the Republican
party" said Picker, 1--WE refer for de-
scription OF our attitude to the Minneapo-
lis platform until the st. Louis convention
shall give US another" Applause.
somewhat acrimonious colloquy oc-
Cured between c. w. Stone (R.) OF Penn
sylvania and Cannon (R.) of Illinois, in
the former to increase the appropriation
for the salary of Superintendent of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey General Duf-
tield) from $4,000 to $4,000, as provided in
the statute establishing the Office.
The amendment was rejected. The
usual amendment to strike out of the bill
the provision for detecting and bringing
to trial and punishment persons guilty of
violation of internal revenue laws and
authorizing the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to pay for the arrest and detec-
ton OF such violators, was made by Linney
(R.) of North Carolina.
Tate (D.) of Georgia moved to strike out
the words 'including payments for infor-
nation and detection of such violations. !"
Evans (R.) of Kentucky, a former Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, antago-
nized the amendments, saying the pro-
vision was the most important in the bill.
He was followed by Sayers CD of Texas
| in the same strain.
Linney (R.) of North Carolina advo-
Gated the amendment. He said that no
similar amount of money was ever the
| cause OF so much corruption as this ap-
preparation of $4,000. Opinion denounced
the spy system which the appropriation
| fostered; it was against public policy and
ought not to be continued. Swanson (D.)
of Virginia advocated the amendment, as
did Skinner (Pop.) of North Carolina and
Mccall (R.) of Tennessee.
Layton CD of Ohio, opposing the
amendments. said that official reports
showed 1900 distilleries had been seized
and destroyed in the past six months
under the operation of the provision in
the present law, and he believed it had
better be continued.
The amendment offered by Tate was re-
| jected, "a to H. and Linney then withdrew
his motion to strike out the provisions.
Johnson (R.) of North Dakota moved to
strike out the item in the bill appropriate
ing $l9, 800 for food, fuel and clothing for
the native inhabitants of the Pribyloff
Islands, Alaska. Rejected.
The committee rose after passing over
| fifty pag es of the bill and at o'clock ad-
iourned until o-morrow.
The Revenue Cutter Chase.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 31.-The