The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-05

inT 49, Earsfu
Mr cons moved a. suspend the rules
aud take irum the spe tktr's tahle lof
reference 10 the Ca mitioO IN puhliu
lands, house bill reprRling the pre- -onip-
lion, timher culture bud desert land
laws, with senate aui rudWurts thereto,
supliOTling tue m0tIHu, Nj conn said a
greater evil had u0Hu dluHtp the iuiuTe
~ the country IMAM had been done
through fraud aud peri - under the
laws which u WAS proposed Ia repeal
MIR. Converse asserted that more fraud
had been committed under the hums-
stead than under the presumption laws,
Mr.. VALENTINE Thought hH voiced
the sentiment of tho people pfolestlug
against the repeal at these demands,
rho demand Tor tho repsal camo from
iva sources;
Flrst-Frum the great railway corpD-
rations whicn Cuuld not raise tho price
Of Iheis lauds aS long a. the presumption
law remained IN ilrc"i aud
Serund-Frnm the great cattle kings,
who wlsaud the tlmhrr culture act ru-
pealed IA order that their herds might
roam over ia" prdlries undistnrned by
settlers,
MIR. PERKINS took the same view Of
the question.
Mr.. MAGINESs thought the bill
should DO entitled, "An net IN the inter
est Of cattle kings and 10 double The
price OF railroad lands,
Mr.. HOLMAN summed up tho issue
presented ~ being, whether tho public
lands should no disposed OF % actual
settlers, or To spectators.
MIR. PAYsON referred the house 10
the fact that for the past four years ov-
cry suudry civil appropriation blll hhd
contained AN appropriation ui not less
than 500 900 % ferret out frauds unncr
tho pre-ompt;on laws, as proofs that
such frauds existed, and h Indignantly
denied mat the proposed legislation was
IN tho interest OF va,tlu KING,
The molten To suspend the rules ana
refer the bill MAS iu-t-ytdS, 100; nays,
Jj-nut Tho necessary twu thirds IN the
alternative.
the post.ollice appropriation bill, with
senate amendments, was taken ifuu
tho speakers table and referred To the
committee on appropriations,
MIR. HANCOs Is, from mo committee
ON appropriations, r,p ,rted the iOrtiiira'
lion appropriation al. Rtiufred 10 the
committee al tho whole.
Mr. RANDA LLIuuyeG to suspend tho
rules So that the surdrA ciNtl appruptii'
lion Till may ue considered Tor roar
hours, " hIcG time shall be occupied ia
bate on the CLAUSES ryihtius 10 the
suspension OF silver coinage aud the
worlds industrial and cotton eAposi-
ton.
The motion to suspend the rules was
lost-lio h. $40.
The announcement was received with
applause 10y the silver men.
Mr. RAID > Lii then said: "Recpg-
niZlug the significance of tho NuLu just
taken, and Knowing the ISSUE WAS dis
jiuctly ulaue a. against tho silver
clause, and being aware that a aiunty
Il 4 tlttai
sltlOu, therefore assume
upon myself ths responsibility
OF believing that .he monitors of Ino APP
prOprialiun committee, II an opporJl-
nifty were offered, would unanimously
sustain me IN my position, vi moving 10
suspend lha rules IL tho manner stated
IN the IT solution, WIN everything con
uected with coinage eliminated from
the bill and the resolution. Mr.. Randall
thou moved 10 suspend the raj, :, 50 Ms
to take up the sunGry Civii bill,
and consider for one hour tho clause re-
latIns to The New Orleans exposition.
This was objected 20 as NOT specially
eliminating The silver question, and
JhereupDn Mr.. Randall asked unani-
NOUS consent to strike from the bull the
silver coinage clauses, but Mr.. Hep
burn objected. Then Mr.. Randall
modified ms motion SO as to move sus
bill (with the silver clause stricken OUT.
After Two hours debate on the New
Orleans proposition, with an opporlu-
nifty being offered 10 amend the same,
Mr.. WHITE, of Kentucky, opposed
the New Orleans exposition appropriate
ton.
Mr.. KELLY said he proposed to vote
for the New Orleans appropriations, III
disregard AS to whether there had been
n n -
had been failure, o. as to whe her there
was any prospect thar dollar
of the money would ever
come back to the treasury. Tue
iaith of tho United States was
pledged to every nation OF the world
that the exhibition should not fail in
the midst OF its career for the want OF
government Support. The government
was attempting TO make reciprocal
treaties for the sake OF trade, but he be-
lieved the New Orleans exposition
wuuld do more to promote the harmony
of the couatry, To strengthen the gov
erument and to promote our industries
Lhau all the treaties that had been sent
to the senate, or were under cOHStdcra-
ton ny the executive department.
Mr.. Mills: II, at the exp sition,you
should see articles, the product o labDrOf
foreign countries, thar " ere very merlto-
rlOuS, anu ID " an pIOD''SStt w tNthbIsp
THESE articles for arJicles produced IN
the United States, would you 10 ready
to vote for u Law that would remove the
barrier ana allow exchange?
Mr.. KELLY: 81 viii meet the
gentleman ~ PnilliPpi, III the commits
tee OH ways aud means, Just after the
election OF speaker of the ioroy-ninth
congress-"
Mi. BAYNE would vote for the APP
4 "a
of the country, but he would do so un-
der protest.
Mpssrs. MIliken, Read and Potter OPP
posed passing the bill under suspen-
sion OF tho rules.
Mr.. ANDERSON did not want an eX
ira session, bus he did not want the APP
plopriatiOn cUmmlitee,y after year,to
pass bills i'm this manner.
Mr.. RANDALL said, in season and
out of season, he had informed the
house that unless the appropriation
committee had the rght-ui-Way, there
was danger OF IN extra session, and re-
peatedly had the committee been voted
down. 1t was manifest II this bill was
to be passed III time 10 become law
before the 4th OF March, IT. must be
passed in the way he proposed
Mr., RandatIs motion was then agreed
to and The two hours debate allowed an
der il was begun.
Mr.. nORR opposed the New Orleans
exposition appropriation. Congress had
already, in good faith, loanod toe expo
ston 81 ,0l0O)0 OF tho statement that
S75O,O0O had already been raised
aud more wuuld be realized.
What had been done with That
81 ,0G0,000? That was n conlindrum. He
detisd any man TO take the report of the
board OF management and show what
had been done with II, except III gem
eral way, such rs did not admit of any
accuracy whatever. The exposition
had mad a great success in getting into
debt, and had created an Indebtedness
of S6O0000. ss7