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Show In the House. Consideration of the sundry civil appropriation ap-propriation bill was concluded in the House today, and the bill was about to be passed when Mr. Sulzer forced a roll-call on a motion to commit the bill, with Instructions to strike out the paragraph par-agraph appropriating 5136,000 for rental of tho New York custom-house. Tho vote showed a quorum was not present, and adjournment was taken until tomorrow. to-morrow. The right of boards of receiver? of State homeB for disabled volunteer soldiers sol-diers to retain certain portions of pension pen-sion money received by the Inmates was dlsouBSod at length. Mr. Bell of California assailed his own State for permitting a canteen to bo established in the California Stato home, and oharged that tho old soldiers were allowed to draw their pension money from tho homo In most inmances only through canteen checks. After oxtonded dobate, an amendment by Mr. Bell to corroct the evils complained com-plained of day adopted. A violent attack on tho coaBt and geodetic survey, was made by Mr. Robinson Rob-inson of Indiana, who charged that scandal attached to that office in connection con-nection with allowances for' commutation commu-tation of eubslstance. Mr. Hcmonway, in charge -of the bill, indignantly denied de-nied tho charges made. |