Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-18
DISPOSE OF sUNDnY CIVIL BILL.
Half of Naval Appropriations is Com
pIeteh in the House.

Half of Naval Appropriations is Com
pleted in the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE house to-
day finally passed the sundry civil appro-
p~riation bill, to which it had devoted over
a week. No important amendment had
been adopted. The speakers ruling upon the
motion to recommit the bill with instruc-
tons to incorporate in it the Nicaragua
canal amendment was sustained, 1876 to Sc.
The naval appropriation bill was taken
up and over half the bill was completed
during the remainder of the day. There
was no general opposition to the measure,
although it carries $44, 600, 900, being IS, 900, =
600 more than the largest naval appropria-
ton bill ever passed by congress-. An at
tempt to defeat the provision for a joint
arrangement between the government and
the Fitchburg Railroad company at the Bos-
ton navy yard failed. A point of order
against the provision in the bill relative to
the Encouragement and reconstruction IF the
buildings at the Naval academy went over
until tomorrow.
A bill was passed authorizing the presi-
dent to appoint five additional cadets-at-
largo to the Naval academy. During the
course of the brief debate upon the bill it
developed that one of these cadeLships was
to go to a son of Captain Gridley, who COM
manded Admiral Dewey's flagship at The
battle of Manila, and another to a brother
of Ensign Worth Bagley of North Carolina,
the hero of the torpedo boat WinslOw's en-
counter with the masked batteries in Car
denas harbor, Cuba.
The regular order" was then demanded.
This was the vote upon the motion made
just prior to adjournment yesterday to lay
upon the table the appeal from the decision
of the chair, wherein the speaker ruled that
q JIapl,,rns, Y,,AtfnV, =, pnn,n ~. $500.
dry civil bill with instructions to incorporate
in 1t the Nicaragua canal bill amendment,
was in order. No quorum having developed
upon the motion yesterday, the vote was
again taken by yeas and noes. The chair
was sustained and the appeal laid upon the
table, 1876 TO SO. The sundry civil bill was
then passed.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole, and took up the naval approprla-
tion bill.
The bill as reported carried $44, 1GS, O65,
exceeding by SS,4S5, $40 the largest bill ever
reported by the naval committee, but being
1885,, 800 less than the estimates. No gem
eral debate was demanded on the bill and
its reading for amendment under the five
minute rule was Immediately commenced.
Mr.. Mudd, republican of Maryland, made
a point of order against the paragraph for
the appointment of a commission to report
upon a comprehensive plan for the rear
rangement and reconstruction of the build
ings Of the Naval academy and suspend the
authorization and appropriation of $500, 900
made last year for the construction of GER
tain buildings at the Naval academy.
Before the chair could rule upon the point
of order, the committee rose, and at )
o'clock the house took a recess until 8
o'clock. the evening session to be devoted to
private pension legislation.
At the night session of the house fifty
seven private pension bills were passed,
none OF special Importance. At 1890 the
house adjourned.