The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-15
Tuesdays Proceedings.

The House devoted most OF Tuesday
20 the consideration Of private bills re-
ported from the Committee on Claims,
and ten bills were passed. The most IN
poTtant was a bi.l 20 rrrait The penalties
imposed by the government on the mon
Iron Works. of san Francisco. the build
ors OK the monitor Monterey. tor her
failure TO make contract speed.
Before the consideration Of these bills |
vas entered upon. the House oyerruled 4
the act.0n of the Ways and Means Com
m.--ze 10 reporting against a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Treas
Ury for information regarding the ma |
teT.als used in the manufacture Of oleo-
margarine. which is on Gle IN the internal 1
reyCIue office. The majority or the |
committee coutended that this inforEd-
tIoa could not be- furnished under the /
Revised Statutes, and that it would be
tray trade secrets, but the resolution was /
adopted. This Is preliminary 10 the re-
opening OF The night for the GTOut bill In /
the Committee on Agriculture. The TesO- |
luton IS as follows:
Resolved. That the Secretary Of the Treasury be /
and .s hereby requested TO furnish the House OF |
Representative Information concerning the amount
and character q she material used IN the manu- |
fac;ure % 0le0u4rgaflEc b. the several manUtas- }
N-iE.r - sSna aalll4tE S-F4sI3Nes % I4h'S
and o; form -I6. :0g the fzcal year ended June
90 1859. also for the month o' December Oi the /
T-ar returned ty TIE various manufacturers
o. o.eoLars4ras throughout TIE United states for
the A06ge per DDS.
The House under the special order then |
went into Committee Of the Whole am /
entered upon the consideration Of busi- /
ness reported from the Committee on
Claims The first bill on the calendar |
OH relief OF the SA4k- /
building firm OF William Cramp * Sons, /
OF Philadelphia, bat by unanimous con-
sent II was passed Tor TINS session ana
the next bill, 10 pay Franklin Lee ana |
Charles +. Dunbar, Of Bunalo, SZ,2J Tor
extra work done at AShtabulA harboG, |
Ohio, was taken no. The bill was taVora-
bly, acted upon by the committee.
The committee also acted favOrably up
on a bill To pay the Union Iron Works, OF |
san Francisco, S2.S2S, being the amount
Withheld from the contract price or the
monitor Monterey for her failure 10 de-
SelOp the speed called for by her contract |
The other bills faVUrably acted upon
were as follows: To pay the General Ma
rine Insurance Company, Of Dresden
s. 434 for coupons Of United States bonds |
lost on the Cunard steamer Oregon sunk |
az sea March IL. 1886; to pay Edwin l.
Field, of Cray, Cumberland County, Ne,
500 to pay John NJ. Martin, or Ocala, |
T,a.. s9l2; 10 pay ". II. l.. Pepperell. Of
Concord,a kans., Sl5i5; to pay judgments
against Capt. John c. Bates and Lieut.. J.
A Yeckley amounting to &,400; TO pay
Mary A Swift, widow of the late Amer
lean Minister TO Japan, $1,000. and 10 pay
the employees of William NJ. Jacobs, or |
Lancaster Pa, whose tobacco factory
was seized, the salaries due them. The
bills were passed by the House
Subsequently a series of biilsswer pass
ed 10 reimburse collectors of internal rev.
euue for the value of adhesive stamps
charged TO them. but lost IN the con.
fusion following the passage Of the act OF
June l3, 1898. AT 40 =. m. the House ad-
iourned.
A bill giving the widow of the late Maj.
Gen. Henry W. LawtOn a pension Of so
per month was yesterday favorably re-
ported 10 the Senate from the Committee
on Pensions.
Secretary Root has sent to Congress a
recommendation by Surgeon General
Sternberg that the present law be changed
so as TO permit army medical supplies TO
be forwarded by express instead Of Dy the
usual processes Of the quartermasters de-
partment.
Secretary Long Tuesday submitted 70
the Senate a reply 10 q recent inquiry as
10 the progress in charting the coasts OF
cur new insular possessions. Rear Ad-
ruiral Bradford, of the Naval Bureau OF
Equipment, in charge Of the work states
that the charting OF Samoa and Hawaii Is
complete. Three naval vessels are now AT
work around Cuba. and Admiral Brad
icrd dwelIs on the need Of thorough sur
Vevs OF that island while the American
occupation lasts Similar work IS being
done H. Porto Rico. The admiral states
that the most pressing need Is in the phil
ippines the charts OF which are anuquated
and defective. The charting OF Midway
Island is now in progress, with the Spe-
Cial PURPOSE of utilizing that spot as
landing station for the proposed Pacific
cable.
nj ,,ut.a-,, academy 9nnrODriation bill
the last but one of the supply bills, was
taken I'D Tuesday by the House Connie
tee on Military Affairs. and Col A.L-Mills,
superintendent of the academy, was
heard on the needs OF the institution. The
estimates amount TO S02S2 Of which
S28 S4S Is for buildings and grounds. Tie
bill last year carried So'5''4.
The Committee on library OF the United
States Senate has commissioned Mr.
Frank Edwin Elwell, of New York CITY,
10 make bust of the late Vice Presl-
dent Hobart. for the Senate chamber IN
accordance with the custom Of placing
chamber.
The following measures were passed by
the Senate Tuesday. 4 Joint resolution
for the appointment of first ieutenants
of volunteers in the Signal Corps of the
army. 10 provide lot lhc ti@ioSil 'i 'iS
Fort Ruford abandoned military reserya-
ton. in North Dakota and Montana.
The act amending the general pension
laws known as the Grand Army Of the
Republic pension bill. was laid before the
Senate yesterday. as it passed the House.
and the House amendments were agreed
70 without debate.
Representative King, OF Utah, Tues
ray introduced in the House a bill 10 pay
Brigham H. Roberts 5000 for mileage
and cxperses while defending his right
o. q seat IN the House.
The Senate Tuesday confirmed Benja'
min II Eidgely, Of Kentucky. TO be con-
SUI al Malaga. Spain. and Richard NJ
EarfTernan Of Massachusetts, 10 be con.
sul al Geneva. Switzerland.
Secretary Root had long conference
Nth Cen. Miles Tuesday which gave
rise. 10 a. rumor that the subject OF dis
appearing gun carriages, which has latel
figured so largerly tn a controversial
manner was under discussion Secretary
Root. however said afterward tElt tha
subject was not mentioned.
Wednesdays Proceedings.
The petition OF newspaper publisher
relative 10 the price Of printing paper wa
presented 20 the Ways and Means Com
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