Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-04
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4 EepubtfcGn Paper Exposes Ho,U Re.
publican Congress SqWanders the Public
Funds.
Washington Special Maya Chicago Tribune
Within two hours they passed bills for the
construction of public buildings at Detroit.
Mich; Jackson, Tenn; Denver, Colo; Greens.
boro. Tenn; Council Bluffs, To-; Lynchburg,
Va; Peoria, ILL.,, and Galveston, Textile
total of which will be nearly $l,5O0,oO0. All
these bills were for new buildings, and each
OF them was passed by q two.thirds vote.
The whole job was put up beforehand, and the
friends of this log rolling business stood by
each other until dinner time After four or
five bills had been passed few members of
the house became frightened and tried to ap-
ply the brakes. The first man recognized to
move to suspend the rules for public build
ing was Lord, of Detroit. AS soon as Mr..
Lord was recognized to move the passage OF
the bill appropriating 100000 for O public
building in Detroit, there was
AeENERAL DIVING INTO DESKS
by members for copies of their own little
building bills. When Mr.. Lords bill was
passed, seventy five or more gentlemen
jumped to their feet, and waving their arms
above their heads, shouted "Mr. Speaker"
" Mr. Speaker" in unison. Atkins, of Ten
nessee, was the next lucky man, and he asked
the passage of bill appropriating $780, 600 for
the construction of public building ct jack
son, Tenn. Holman, of Indiana, with an un-
usually large guild of tobacco In his mouth,
and very sallOw expression of countenance,
lonEGd with hpaldpd diefouor nnon tho rrO.
ceedlngs. He demanded the reading Of the
report accompanying the bill. The members,
in their anxiety to rush business and put
through as many bills as possible before ad-
journment for the day, protested against the
modest demand of the gentleman from Indiana.
MANY DEMOCRATS WENT TO HIM PRIVATELY
and.protested against his asking for the read
ing of reports accompanying bills. 1t took,
as general rule, about five minutes to read
the reports accompanying these measures,
which, in most instances, were almost identi-
cal in phraseology. They differed, as Holman
afterwards said in debate, only as to the
amount Of money appropriated. After Atkins
bill had been passed the speaker next recog-
nized Belford of Colorado, who secured the
passage of senate bill lying on the speakers
table granting 100000 for the construction
of public building at Denver. Mr.. Keifer
recognized first Republican and then DEM
ocrat. Scales of North Carolina, Sc.
cured the pass sag Co.. Of +. bill
ton OF pubic building at Greensboro, in
that state. Next SlOO,OOO was appropriated
for public building Council Bluffs, 10. A
few of the members seemed to think that the
money was being voted away
ALTOGETHER TOO FAST,
and Thompson, of Kentucky, at this juncture.
moved to adjourn. Only twenty-three votes
were secured in the affirmative. Randolph
was the next man to come to the front, and he
secured $1,000 for new building at Lynch
burg, Va, None of the members seemed to
have thought beyond securing the eye of the
speaker to pass their respective bills. Hol-
man vainly attempted to stop the outlay by
moving to adjourn. Only thirty. eight mem
bers voted with him. Lewis, of Illinois; was
next recognized, and he moved the passage
of a bill, recently adopted by the senate appro-
priating 100000 for the construction OF q
court house, internal revenue office and post
Office OF Peoria. He presented an amendment
to the bill reducing the amount to 1926, 000
The proceedings were temporarily arrested,
by the shrill voice OF Robinson, of Massachu-
sets, who demanded to be heard, and he
asked the pertinent question whether there
was any United States court at Pc
oria. Springer, who looked with disfavor
upon all the proceedings of the day,
promptly answered that there was no court
at Peoria. Robinson protested against the
house adopting bill which came
THERE UNDER FALSE coLoRs.
Townshend, of Illinois, shouted that more
whisky was made in Peoria than in any other
city of the United States. "That settles it,"
VA a &l,a 1t
and the speaker was about to put the bill upon
its passage when Robinson again protested
against the passage of the bill in its present
form. He said that there might be necessity
for public building at Peoria, but certainly
there could be no necessity for court house
where there was no court. Cannon, of Illinois,
said that twenty millions Of internal revenue
taxes, in round numbers, were collected there
every year. Townshend supplemented this
statement by saying that more internal reve-
pue taxes were collected at Peoria than In all
of Massachusetts,. Cox jumped from his
seat, and, pointing his fioger at Townshend,
said: "Whoever drinks that whisky pays the
tax. and the gentleman from Illinois knows
it," The last three words were
EMPHASIZED VERY PECULIARLY,
and the house burst into roar OF laughter.
A motion to adjourn was lost, division
showing that no quorum was present. Bragg
of Wisconsin. attempted to secure sufficient
backing to successfully flibuster, but he
failed. The yeas and nays were called for
on motion to adjourn, and it was lost
by vote OF ~ to 1875 When the motion
to adjourn had been voted down the bill
was passed; 13l voted in the affirm.
alive and only seventeen in the negative
Jones, the Texas Greenbacker, was the last
man recognized. He moved the passage of a
bill approprIating sl25, 900 for public build
ing at Galveston, Tex. 1t was o'clock when
he moved this bill, and many members had
left. Bragg moved to adjourn, hut the mo-
ton was lost. The vote showed that no
quorum was present, and fifteen or twenty
minutes elapsed before a quorum could be
procured. The bill was finally passed by
vote of 131 to 18.