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Show : LATEST DIMES. FOItTY-FOUKfll CONGRESS. 1 SECOND SESSION. SKS.VTK. Washington, 23. Sargent called UP tho naval appropriation bill and tho comaiitteo'fl amendments wero agreed to, increasing the appropriation appropria-tion for pay from So,2ao,OUO to 87,. 270,000; increasing the amount for evneritnents with vessels, etc., Iroin 7IJ,000 to 970,000. Other auicudmcnts increasing the amounts appropriated from S75.000 to $13o, OOU were also agreed to. The eomiuitteo nlso reported an increase of the appropriation for the preserva- ' tiou of vessels on the stocks, purchase i of material, etc., Irom iil, 500,000 to , i;!,300,000, anil struck out the pro i viso added by tho bouso that no pro-rinsal pro-rinsal for iimffri-,1 trt l.n f., :. shall disoriuiinuto against or in favor of the production of any stato or section. The committee's amendment was agrocd to. Other committee amendments amend-ments were agreed to, increasing the appropriation for the bureau of steam engineering from $S00,000 to S2.000,-000, S2.000,-000, making sil,500,000 of tho amount appropriated lor tiie bureau of construction, con-struction, and 750,000 of that for tho bureau of steam engineering, available avail-able immediately to complete tho work on hand. Tho committee's amendment striking out the clauses appointing a co'nmittee of uino to examine into tho present condition of tho navy, etc., was agreed to. Tho bill was tbon reported to the senate and the question of concurring in the amendments made in tho committee of Uie whole was postponed. The senate then resumed consider-alion consider-alion oftiie naval appiopriatiou bill, the pending question being upon concurring in the amendments made ,u ooiuuiiueo ot tne whole. The f amendment increasing tho appro-; appro-; onahon for the preservation of vessels :u slja, etc., to 3,300,000 was cou-i cou-i ourreJ in.' The amondnient inado in , cummiitee of the whole to strike out of tho house bill the clause providing for tho appointment of n commission, commis-sion, etc., was concurred in. Other amendments made in committee of the whole wero concurred in without debate. The bill was then road a third lime ami passed. The senate then resumed consideration consider-ation of tho Pacific railroad bill but it was laid aside informally, and the bill granting the right of way to the Hot Springs railroad company over the Hot Springs reservation was lakeu up and passed. Alter the morning hour Jourdan cashier of the Third National bank of Aew aork, came to the bar of the senate and bad read a statement disclaiming dis-claiming contempt of the committee Jirag int ho declined to pro mco tho bank documents becau, they were out of uia control. Tin president of the board alone couk produce them. He declined t answer further, and asked permission to consult counsel. . Mitchell submitted a resolution slat ing tho facts, and directing the presi dent of tne senate to certifv them It tuo fjmted Slates district " attorney here-. A long debate ensued. Alter . lengthy discussion Jourdan stated that he was willing to appear More the committee and tcstifv. He declined to testify when before tne eomiuitteo some davs n-o because be-cause l,o was arrested after coming 0 Vlasaineiou and after tho chairman chair-man of tue committee (Morton) had received a telegram from him that 110 WOUld bo liwn,, , t eeiiain uav. i lne senate adopted a resolution , discharging Jourdan from contempt open his appearance before the com-1 com-1 mittee to lestilv. . After executive session, rcce-'s till to-morrow. IIOISE The house at 10 o'clock went into moved tlu! one-third of the ..o rtt) approprialed lor the survey Z "Ofjawestero lakes and the i-.a:s:j.pi be used solely for a survev t - t:'.o purpose ol reclaiming the i overflowed lands of the Delia On motion of Conger the 'amount (, l'l 01 I'lkea and the :i - v iJ, ionns amendment tuat f.o.O theretil be devoted to :he -urveyotlhe delta was agreed U3 :iv av I : .dment mak-.nt mak-.nt iuanabio for the survevs of the .ieaiioaofm.,r9, et0 mm v "ea VVVooi of formerl I'enJing a vols the committee rose a id a new legislative day began, Sd uw question ot smoking in tne' bail - av.ng ar.-sen, tne house, Sj to 70 Je.ea.ed the motion of Banks thai --sar stands and everv kind of nier ouandise but newspapers be banished ro-n tne house section of the canitol senate b;il for printing the memorial addresses on late Speakei Kerr and Senator Cperton wen passed. Iiib noii-ie then went into commit 'ee ot tlie whole on the suedry eivi lil, lied Haie's an.endmen: Hi -itloptid. tfohnan otlend an amendment prohibiting the commissioner ol pub-he pub-he grouiids from removing the fences rem the Capitol grounds. tehleieker moved to increase the ipprupriation for geographical survevs sur-vevs went of the lUotu meridian, from J2U iJU to ioO.OuO. Adopted. The paragraph for tho payment of riail carriers in the southern stales lure the war having been reached, Longer made the point of order tljal t was contrary lo an express law oi congress. Without action on the point of order the committee, at b'.lo on motion of Clymcr rose. ' Clymer then moved to take a rece-s nil to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Both motions wero made in rapid succession, and with a good deal of commotion on the floor, the general understanding being that the object was to stave off any further action on mo presidenliftl em,,.! nu had just reached the hall that the do c;sion in the Oregon caso was adverse to the democrats. The republicans insisted on a vote being taken by yeas and nays and the result was: yeas, 130: nays, 101). The following democrats voted against tho recess: Beebeo, liell Campbell, Cutler, Goodin, Harden-burg, Harden-burg, Huymond, Holman, Kehr, Landers of Connecticut, Leuioyne Morgan, Now, Potter, Powell, Kob-bins, Kob-bins, of Pennsylvania, 8:ovenson Warner, Wells, of Missouri, and Whitehouse 20. A democratic caucus was announced an-nounced to take plao immediately. |