The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-12
OMNIBUS rider" NECESSARY
If THE HOOsIER CAPITAL Is TO GET
ITS MUCH NEEDED MILLION.
Ways and Means Committee of the
House Decides To Restore Mckinley
LAW Duty on Lead Ores.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.


to-day. gives Indiana a very limited allow
ance of pork" but by the time it gets
back from the Senate the showing may be
better The only appropriation OF impor-
tance locally to Indiana is $1,000 for the
Soldiers Home at Marion. which is $4,000
less than the estimate and S7l 600 less than
last year. when quite a sum OF money Was
voted for Improvements. In addition. the
inmates OF the Marion Home will get their
proportion of $4,000 10 be appropriated for
clothing the veterans i'm all the homes. The
substance account is accredited with S900o0
against $4,000 last year: household. $500.
same as last year; hospital. $4,000. no
change; transportation. Sl.000. a reduction
of 500: repairs. $4,000: farm s6OOo. When
the bill gets back from the Senate IL will
be loaded down with from $S.0Oo.Oo0 TO slO.-
.00D i'm appropriations for public buildings.
The Indianapolis item will have TO be added
after IL reaches the House. as IL has al
ready passed the Senate, and as Indiana's
vote will be necessary to "A successful re-
volt against the organized opposition TO
public buildings appropriations. 1t will be
given place all right. Indianapolis will be
in the omnibus rider and fare the same
the others.
The sundry civil bill carried a total
Ol SoI.cO1, his Il less lffstn lnc
estimates and sls.6l4.l lSO more than the APP
preparations for the current year: 81, so 053
Of the appropriations is for carrying out
river and harbor contracts and s4.072. 795
for public buildings. The principal items
for carrying on work on public buildings
are: Allegheny, Pa, $4,000; Boise City,
Idaho, SlVU, ,OUU; Buffalo, ~. n. $5UO,V ,VOO, Chey-
enne, Myo., slOo.0UO; Denver, Col, tminD
400. 40: Helena mont, Sl0O OU0; Kansas City,
Al
waukee, WIS, SiUV,UvV; New YORK city, APP
praisers warehouse. $3O0,UO0; Newport, KY,
1900; Portland, Ore, $2VU OU0; Pueblo, Col,
sl5o,Oc0; PotJsvilIe. Pa, S40.0oO; South Oma-
ha, Neb., S,0,UOO: St Paui, Minn., Sl25.VVV;
San Francisco. 100000, and Savannah. Ga.
sl.5,0O0 The limit OF cost of the Omaha.
Neb., building is increased 500 600, and Sl25-
100 is appropriated for 1nishing IL.
The large sums for harbor works con-
tracted for by the secretary of war include
Philadelphia narDor, tor removal OF Smiths
windmill and petty islands and shoals. sesi.-
| 500, 600; improvement OF channei connecting
the great lakes between Chicago. Duluth
ana Burralo. si.csc.oco; Humboldt bay. Cal;
sound, Ga, and Florida, 100000: Boston.
s4OO,00O; Buffalo. S550,oo0; Dunkirk. N: ".
s3ss, 100; Delaware bay, Del, si5OOoo; Win
pass, Tex, 100000; Cleveland S4O0.O00; Mill
waukee, $l6S,O00; Duluth and Superior. $780,
coo: Grays harbor. Wash. 100000.
The river appropriations include: Ale
gheny river, Pennsylvania, locks and dams
at Herr island. above Six-mile island and
Springdale, 1000; Upper Monongahela, six
locks and dams. siOO.U6o: Yazoo and Vicks-
burg harbor, 100000; Bayou Piaquemine.
Louisiana. 100000; Cumberland; above
of the Ohio. Louisville. $4,000;
Ohio river for dam No. 6 at
mouth of Beaver river. $500 600; Chi
cago river. S1l3.0OO: Illinois and Mississippi
canal $l,00J.OO0; water way from keweenaw
bay TO Lake Superior, 100000; Mississippi.
from the mouth OF the Ohio to St Paul.
S653 $685. not more than 100000 OF the sum
TO be used TO prevent the Mississippi break
ing into the Cache river, near Beach Ridge
at Cairo, ILL.,. from mouth of Missouri river
to st. Paul, $685. including $4,000 for
sandbar at Dubuque. and $1,000 for sand
bar at Muscatine, Ia; Mississippi. from the
head TO mouth OF the Ohio. 2.Ss5: SSS;
Missouri. from mouth to Sioux City. $780,
600, including $1,000 for repairing works 10
Nebraska City. Willimette and famhill riv-
The Treasury Department estimates in
cluded 81 ssh 7s5 for lighthouses, beacons and
fog signals, but the bill allows only Sls6.5o0.
Under this head there is an item OF $500
| for a steam tender for the second light
house district and similar item for the
| Seventh district and $4,000 for lightship
| for San Francisco harbor The secretary
| of wars estimate of 81, 100000 for the en-
| largement of military posts was cut TO 500,
0c0. and the estimates for military parks
| were reduced. The Chickamauga and Chat
| tanooga Park. for which Sl450Oo was asked,
| gets si5 OOO, and the Shiloh Park, for which
| the estimate $4,000. gets $4,000. There
| is ZOO carried for continuing the work
| of marking and improving the Gettysburg
1 Park. with authorization to the secre-
tary of war TO lease the lands for agricul-
tural purposes. The recomme endafson OF the
| joint committee on the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga park that state memorials be
placed on brigade lines of battle Is affirmed
and the limit OF cost OF lands in the Shiloh
| Park is increased from $4,000 TO $4,000. The
Yellowstone Park gets $4,000. The request
for $4,000 for service schools for the army
/ was not granted.
The completion of two revenue cutters
hefnp bnflf the great lakes lg nTONidQd
for by an appropriation of 500 600 and $40
| 000 Is given for establishing new life-saving
stations already authorized by law. One OF
the most important OF the new items Is
$200,0O0 for a government exhibit at the
Omaha exposition. The estimates for the
geological survey of $4,000 are cut TO tss.-
| 900. The greater part of the appropriations
| are for carrying on the regular works OF
various government bureaus and establish .s,t,,
throughout the country.
/
The most important decision agreed on
to-day by the Republican members OF the
ways and means committee. who are work.
| ing on the tariff BILL was to restore the
Mckinley duty on lead ores. The McKin-
ley rate is Ia cent "a pound. while the
present duty is 2, cent 1t was decided also
TO change the law on the assaying OF i'm
Il ported lead ores and instead OF having
| them assayed at the port OF entry. 10 ao-
nit them under bond and have them as
destination. Copper, brass, gold and silver
were also restored To the rates of the Nc
Kinley law. which are % per cent ad va
loren on copper. li2 cent pound on brass
| and 30 per cent al ValOrem on gold and
silver The committee also disposed OF "A
| number OF items among manufacturers or
! iron and steel by giving them specific rates
equivalent 10 the present ad valorem duties
on them. This list includes nails. spikes,
tacks needles. horSeshoes. nuts and wash
ers tacks. brads. needles. rivets engraved
steel plates. saws. screws. umbrella ribs.
The committee on elections to-day unani-
mously authorized a report in the Watson
| Black contested election case In favor or
the sitting member. In the report drawn
| by Representative Bartlett. OF Georgia. the
| committee finds that the charge of con-
| spiracy in any county is unfounded and
| that the registration lists were not .am-
/ pered with: that all officers connected with
! the election properly performed their du-
ties and put only honest voters on the list.
| No bribery OF voters could be found and
the only proof was the giving OF 10 cents 10
twenty-four negroes TO pay Ter car tare
after they had voted. No proof OF intimlda-
| ton or violence III Richmond county or