Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-12
AUGUSTA PUBLIC BUILDING.
sharp Strugble Over the Biil-Mr. Mill.
ken Makes q Plucky and Able
Fight.
From Special to the Boston Journal.]

from Special to the Boston Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 10.
The bill for new building At Augusta,
Me-, was taken up, and Mr.. Milliken
made a speech in its favor. The special rea-
son he urged in favor of the bill, aside from
the ordinary arguments about the necessity
of it for the accommodation of the public
business, WAS that Augusta is the only State
capital in the Onion in which the government
has not built a public building. He had
about finished his speech when he WAS drawn
into a violent personal alteration with Mr..
Storm, of Pennsylvania, who repeatedly de-
nounced the whole business as log rolling
job. and declared that whatever might be Mr..
Milliken's reasons in favor of the Augusta
bill, he would vote for one and all of the
bills reported by the committee, whether
they were meritorous or not MIR. Milliken
was on the demscratic side, standing within
two or three feet of Mr.. Storm, and very hot
words passed between the two men, who.
With clenched fists, made threatening ges-
lures at each other, Mr.. Reed and the other
Maine congressman came over in body to
the support of their colleague. and the oppo-
neuts of the bill rallied around Mr.. Storm.
For few moments the scene was an exciting
one, but the difficulty finally subsidized with
out further trouble, and the bill was passed
by the committee, after which, in spite OF
the efforts of Mr.. Stockslager to take re-
cess until tomorros, the House adjourned.
After the discus sion between Messrs. Milli-
ken and Storm had closed, MIR. Mills, Of
Texas, and other democrats gathered around
the Maine congressman. and congratulated
him upon his conduct in support of the bill.
Washington Special to Boston Advertiser.
Over Augusta the btterest contest was
mo la hy Mr. Miliilan wh m made n spppCh
setting forth the need of building, and the
large post Office business done there. Mr..
McAdoo, young New Jerseyan, vigorously
opposed it, He denounced the whole busi-
ness worse than the river and harbor bill,
and nothing less than systematic log rolling.
Mr.. Burleigh, of New York, the nervous look
ing man from the Troy district, who was ac-
tive in preparing the river and harbor bill,
ASKED what MIR. McAdoo knew of that bill.
Mr.. McAdoo went on to declare that the
public building combination is "A syndicate of
localized selfshness. He complained that
the House knew nothing about the bills. save
as il was told bv members interested in them,
whom he thought to be unfair jurors lie
disclaimed any reflection upon Mr.. Milliken.
Mr.. Holman was honest enough TO admit
that Augusta ought to have a building, but
he thought 500 900, enough, and especially
the granite quarries are so near. The PEN
sion once AT Augusta. ne preulcteu wouiu
soon be abolished by consolidate Why
New Albany, in his State, with tm,ce the
population, should not have much as Au-
gusta, was more than Mr.. Holman could un-
derstand. Mr.. Miliken said he only wanted
money enough to put up proper building,
but the site alone in Augusta would cost from
S25, 900 to $40 600. Mr.. Storm arose and
asked Mr.. Milliken how he had voted and
how he intended to, intimating that there
was a combination to put them all through.
Mr.. Milliken said that Mr.. Storm was not
his confessor, and that it was none of his bus
iness. MIR. Milliken answered that he voted
az his consciencs dictated, and denounced
the opposition as made up of hypocrites and
cheats. MIR. Storm, amid a perfect howl
from the majority, reiterated that Mr.. MILL
ken did not dare to vote against any bill for
fear his own would be defeated. Finally,
the amendments were voted down, and Au-
gusta W ent into the list of fortunate towns
whose claims have been granted.