The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-13
CONGRESS At WORK.
Urgent Deficiency Bill in the
House and the Fur Seals
in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1s97.-In the
House of Representatives, today, Mr..
Bingham (Rep., Pap, from the Appro-
priation Committee, reported to the
House the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill, which he gave
notice he would call up tomorrow
He asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of a resolution to print 2,OGO
copies of the testimony Of the Civil Ser
vice Commission before the Appropria-
tions Committee for the use of the House.
The work of the Commission was pro-
vided for in this appropriation bill and
as it was the purpose of the committee
to allow the widest latitude for debate in
the consideration of this item, he thought
the House should be in possession of this
testimony. There was no objection and
the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Cannon, Chairman of the Committee
or Appropriations, secured unanimous
consent for the consideration of an urgent
deficiency bill, which, he oo explained, car
struction of a building at the Naval Acad-
en1y $4,000 for the payment of the tenn
porary employees of the House and SEN
mileage of Senators and Representatives.
The mileage ordinary available at the
regular session of Congress, he explained,
had been used to pay mileage at the extra
session. The bill was passed without de-
bate.
There was, at this point, an exchange
of personalities between Mr.. Hepburn,
(Rep. Iowa.) and Mr.. Norton Dem. Ohio,
Record, which involved renewal of a
controversy that occurred between the
two gentlemen during the debate on the
Pension bill last week, over the word
tT0nCfp Tafaranaa
soldiers on the pension roll. 1t was claim
ed that ''most" was used, but the speech
when printed was changed to many"
Mr. Hepburn insisted that the use of the
word many placed him in a false light
long debate followed as to the practice
of the House
In the Senate. Mr. Davis, chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
called up the bill prohibiting the killing
of fur seals in the North Pacific Ocean,
but upon the suggestion of Mr.. Pettigrew
(South Dakota), who said he desired to
offer some amendments to it, the measure
went over until tomorrow.
A bill was passed for a public building
at Durham, N. G., to cost SIZE, 600.
Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d. called up the bill
granting to settlers the right to make
second homestead entries. He made a
brief explanation of the measure. 1t gave
all persons who were not at the time
owners of land acquired under the home
stead law the right to make second home
stead entries. Each person would be
entitled to acquire 160 acres of land. The
bill was passed.
Mr.. Butler CN..C.) spoke at length up
on amendments he had offered to the bill
which he had previously introduced pro-
viding for a postal savings bank system.
Such a system would, in his opinion, in
sure greater comfort in the homes of the
plain people of the land as a great ma
jorlty of them would certainly become de-
positors in such banks. This would cul-
tivate among them thrift and economy
and enable them easily to provide for
themselves in illness and in old age.
AS another argument in favor of such
a system, Mr.. Butler declared that if the
system were established there would
never be another issue of bonds by the
give men of Small means an opportunity
to increase their capital, would place a
greater amount of money in circulation
and afford benefits to all the people of
incalculable value.
A bill providing for the erection of an
addition to the public building at Los
Angeles, California, to $250,000, was
passed.