The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-09
Was the Only One Which Passed the
House Yesterday,
DISCRIMINATION WAS CHARGED
in Favor OF Certain Cities-Seycnteen
= b. Enacted ON Cause the Trou-
blc-Senatc Transacts Only
Routine Business - sol
diers' Pensions
Restored.

WASHINGTON. Fob. S-The net result
of tho work during the two days allotted
for the consideration of public building
bills n the House. was the passage Of a
single bI. providing for the erection Of
O. burdns at Newport Ncws, Va, at a
cost of $1,000
slxy-ago thousand bills in all carrying
or authorizing the expenditure Of about
N2Wm. were favorab.y considered in
Committee OF The Whole when the COM
mitee rose to-day, but because scyen-
teen other bills reported had not been
acted upon in committee. hnbustering
tactics were rosortcd 20. and an efforts
t0 advance the bills fay0raby acted upon
in committee were blocked.
FMmUsTERING BEGINS.
The second b.n, appropriating $4,000 for
q building at Blair city Neb.. got as
FAR as the third reading. when a de-
mand for the production OF the engross-
cd ban prevented 80 from being placed
upon its passage. The previous question
had been ordered ON the Altoona Ua)
II
journed. So that IL Will Doe the unfinished
business tomorrow. All the other hills,
however. lose the status they had.
Assurances had already been obtained
for another day as soon as the appro-
priati0n bills are out of The way. Twen-
ty-f0ur bills were iavorably acted upon
by the conmtttee to-day.
The FIRST bil considered was for a site
for a public library in Washington. for
which Andrew Carnegie contributed
$4,000 The site selected by the bin was
Vernon Square. 40 present government
reservation. so appropriation conse-
quenuy was involved. The bin was laid
aside with q favorable recommendation.
DISCRIMINATION CHARGED.
when the newt biA fort public build
inc 40 Joplin. 1l0. 90 Cost $4,000. was
called up Mr. Maddox Democrat. Of
Georgia. made general onslaught upon
the work of th. Committee ON Public
Buildings and Grounds charging that the
committee had Disseminated outrage
ously in favor of certain cities. He cited
particularly CarOllton, ky. There were,
Dee said. thirty-tw0 larger towns than
Carr0lltOn in Kentucky without build
ines. bat the popularity Of the member
representing that district ldr. Berry, had
Fl
The b.I WAS fayorabiy acted upon as
were others as follows. Tampa. Fla.
$4,000. Ann.st0n. Ala. 5000. Bristol
Tenn. $4,000: Abilene Tex. S15 600: Ma
con. Ca. S5s.O00: Winston y. c.. $50Dc:
Columbus. Ca, To- enlarge p0stoftcc,
$50 O00.
At $50 p. NJ. Mr.. Mercer moved that
the committee rise.
~ AN UGLY HuMOR.
As seventeen bills Still remained un-
acted upon. there were loud protests.
But the motion prcvai.cd-l0 90 30. The
opposition was in an ugly Humor and
after the passage or The frst bin on
the list for public building at Newport
News. 10 cost $1,000. the opposition was
marsod aea inst the Blair city. Ncb.. bill.
which carried $4,000. IL was advanced 20
n.rd reading however but was then
blocked bv q demand from Mr.. Loud
moDublican. Of california; for the read
inr Of the encrCssod bll AS the bill
was not cngrossed, it was laid aside.
Mr. Dockery democrat of Missouri
then moved an adjournment. and forced a
rou-cau The motion 10 adjourn was de-
fc4ted-if2 to 12l-and the Senate bin. for
q building az Altoona. Pa, 10 cost 1880
was taken up but the flibustering tac-
tie OF the O|uoslllou continued anu az
last. 525 =. M. ten minutes before the
sDeciaI order expired. the House adjourn
al the previous question having been
ordered on the BILL
IN tho Senate.
Tho Senate confined itself largely to the
transaction Of routine business to-day.
The Indian appropriation bin. which has
been pending for several weeks was com
pieted and passed. The legislative. ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bllL
was taken up. but after twenty-four
pages Of 70 had been disposed N. # was
ia.d aside for the day. The bin carries
s23 4o0g-7. an increase of N1l0i0 over the
amount as Il passed the House
A few measures Of minor importance
were passed.
Mr.. Galinger (of New Hampshire)
chairman ~ the Pensions Committee. re-
ported bin 10 restore pensions 10 sol
diors who had forfeited them by enlist
mcut in the war with Spain.
Mr. CaIingcr explained that these men
rot only had lost their pensions during
their service IN the war with Spain, but
had lost them permanently. The bill
provided that the pensions may be re-
tr -. tr. date nf tho aunlfea u 2 6