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Show Ai'rnoi'itiiTtosjs. The Unrstloii lumes I 1 lu The llonseor llepeesentnlltew. WvsiiiMrrON, July 15. Connon moved that the House go into committee com-mittee of the whole on tlie bill appropriating $5,IS9 for additional t Itrlcal force to carry out the pro. v Worts of tlie dependent lien-ion act. Pending tills motion hemoved that general debate be limited to two hours. Agreed to yeas 114, nays 60. Tho prcvlousquestion was tht 11 agreed to--yeas 113, nays ?.T and the House went into committee of the whole. Dockiiy (Mo.) criticised the majority ma-jority of the committee on appropriations appropri-ations for nt reporting a bill making mak-ing appropriations to -inypinslons which would liegranled under the dependent pensions bill, and intimated inti-mated that the failure was attribut able to political reasons. The a--propriation would not lie made before be-fore the Novimber elections. Cannon said tlie money v-oald U appropriated aud paid just as rapidly as the pension certificates were issued. Dockery charge d that the majority w as frightened by the startling njs. prcpriations made at thu present se-sion for enslons nnd that it was the intention of tlie majority to tiring In au etiormous deficiency bill alter t lee tlons. Say ers (Texas) predlileil that the next session of Congress would be tailed ii-mii to appropriate not less than S4(,no0,,X) to supply deficieu-eies deficieu-eies III tlie apt ropriatio'is for ten sions. Fnloe (Tenn.) thought tiiat lufore nny lnerea.-eof force were granted tlie Pension Itureaii itasliould lie ascertained whether tne cliarges brought against the present commissioner commis-sioner In the reolit'on oirered by Cooier(Ind ) were true. . Cot per (Iml.) said that he was ready to prove liefore a coal, tent committee th it tlie CIMUIIs-sluM K OS I tMsIONSj outrageously sold out a ruling on Initial! Ini-tial! of n firm of ptiiloii attorneys in Washington. If the commissioner commission-er of jnions would devote his time to the dichaige of tho duties of tht bureau, Instead of becoming pri-i dent an 1 thief in inagtr of a relrig-1 relrig-1 rating Institution, lu-cd, isil.ly, oil no substantial foundation, thtrt would be no neci-'siiy for a considerable consid-erable number of clerks. C union Niid he did not know until un-til Lart Friday that Cooper had III-trrftluTsI III-trrftluTsI nn investigation resolution. If lit- ( ( ninun) Iintl introduced such a re-olutlou nnd n hearing was in pn-gn, lie would wait until tht lieariiyw iscomplitisl. Cooper nulled that the eommitt-o on ruliw, after hearinghls st iteiiM n ndJiKirned to meet la-t M iiav. Is t it did nut nicer to pur-tie the iirfimry becau-etiu gi nlleinaii front liliimu (Cannon) aud '.''her nieiiium ab-"iiled ab-"iiled Ill-Hi' Ut. ( ontnii anil h" bad Incnots"' Mondiv for tin ftrtt'im IikI.Ii titti years Tut gililkiiun's-- tf iv-s woUIJ seem tu show .111 auxit ty to figt'r" 'V tUe Iitvt'lKJi'Crs. It might bt thai !.c -il"-iulFr:tiop of the Pension Itureau was cu'r3 t Jf it be corrupt, let it be show 11 Front .111 acquaintance of t.ttnty years witii (i-eiu It ICaum,fro'ii tiislion-orabk. tiislion-orabk. career in responsible positions held by him for years in the Treasury Treas-ury Deinrtnient, nuJ his uniform (s-xkI nBBiatf frttn H tlieso things lie woiSfttj :n-tiriMH9M Ih! true tint iu these last days he lira! 1 tu us l Mil It amtTATlU.N lr was a rare i-c-i, anil for one he would not coudtiiiu him until jiroof vies slum 11 Mcjslnl li'l, owing f.i serious Illness in iiis f iiii'y ' - -il not inen present nt the luvetiiig of the m-mlttee m-mlttee on rules to w hiih Cooj er had alluded. t-afiras tht investigation vtas coiictruttl, if any gtutltn an would rise and charge irregularities or corru lion or di-huiiesty or un fair de ding on the aittof the commissioner, com-missioner, that would lie suflitiiut reason for him to glv clilj Vote fur au Itivestiation Lanncri spid i did not gj so far as the gentleman from Ohio. A hargt on tin- -art of a merrdr of t ongress, vtho frequently did not wtigh Ids Herds, ot uialaiimi.iistra-tiou uialaiimi.iistra-tiou against au executive ortleer.w as not sutlicieiit to authorize the House tonnler au investigation. It must be a specific charge, for vtiiiih the representative made himself responsible. respon-sible. He must state suih facts and circunr-tnticcs as would satisfy the 1 louse that au investigation ought to Is- made. llouk (Ttnn.) odtred an a-ntnd ment providing that -nr-ons em plotnl under tills bill If iipjiortloneil among the congressional districts of the sivtralbtateg aud rtrrilorii-a not now having thtirquoLi of employes under the existing law. Ruled out 011 point of order. Daring a colloquy betwituCan-.'Oti betwituCan-.'Oti and Houk cuncerulugthetivil service law there vtas considerable warmth of expression. Finally the committee rose, pas-ed the bill icd the Hou'e adjourned. 5sennte WaSiiLnCtom, July 15. In the seuate bnirnian nportcil a sulisti-tute sulisti-tute for the bill Introduced by him on the bill of May to redute the amount of United states bonds to benquircd of the National banks, and to restore to the channels of tradelhoixccssive accumulation of money lu the Treasury. It proviJct. that the foni-u!eory requiixunul depofilof Uiiitesl ritates bonus with Hie rreosurer of the United otaics by National Innks, tie limited ill amount to$HKXJ of bonds for eaili Itmk; provitits that the voluntary w ithdran tl of Imids for the retirement retire-ment of National bank notes sliall not txclsrd ttire iniilious iuauy month, and also jrovided thai tin nit sliall not apply to dt'iosits of londs to secure dtpotlts of public mouty, also providing that National Nation-al banks shall be entitled to rect ivt tlrculating notes not fceediiigtlie whole amount of value of bonus deposited, nnd that at no lime the total amount of sueh shall exccesl thennuunt of capital stock actually .aid. Tlie Senate resumed coiisIJ. ration of the sundry civil appropnation bill, the first item Imng $Jj,ikm for surveying public lands, the committee recommending an Increase In-crease to $fi0M,0tW. Without dL-e-lug of the amendment the Senate adjourned. |
