Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-19

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Mckinley.
The distinguished leader of that side
Vi the House, the gentleman from Penn
ssyIVanla, the man who for twenty years
9as 9s occupied conspicuous place on this
noofs The man who has stood at the fore
'front.' OF his party and knows his party
DetUer Iuan any other man In the country,
knows Its purposes and knows its desires,
ana appeals to US to help him keep down
.ue .ue orakes and keep it out of the public
treasury.
RANDALL'S ALLEGED APPEAL.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania said
Ine other day, and said it feelingly, ap-
pealngly, to this side OF the House, "Help
US, save us from ourselvesw / cannot
resist mat feeling appeal. Laughter. |
cannot resist it, coming from such
source, Tor repeat that if there is a man
III this country to-day who knows the de-
slres and purposes Of the Democratic par
", II is the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
IOr ne has been with it,"
he was with us last year." interpolat-
Gu MI Bingham, Of Pennsylvania.
THE TARIFF FIGHT.
"Yes,' replied Mr.. Mckinley, sand we
We're glad to have him help us defeat the
Morrison bill; and is he to be punished
Ior thatY Is that the meaning of this
| hgnt! II 1t is, then let us vote down these
rules. say that to my side OF the House.
II 1t is to punish the gentleman from
pennsylvania, because he helped defeat a
Din intended to destroy the Industries of
the country, il that is what it means, l
ask what position a Pennsylvania is in
when he votes to strike him down.
COMPLIMENT TO Mr.. HAMMOND.
"The gentleman from Georgia Ham,
mond), gentleman in whom / have the
n1f9 = 4,yI al,
| that his party was now in the ascendant
on trial, that they had been kept from
| knowledge of governmental affairs, and
| were necessarily green, and then he said
he was afraid TO try this experiment. /
tell you 1T is good sense. 1t is good states
manship TO help the gentlemen on that
side to keep up the barriers, to preserve
| the dam at the head of the stream, lest you
may not be able to erect it at the foot"
LITTLE SWEAR WORD.
"Damn them altogether" suggested
| Mr.. Reed, sOttO vOce.
"Yes," continued MIR. McKinly, ''my
| friend says damn them altogether /
want to give him the benefit of that in the
| Record. He has been trying to do that for
| six or eight years in this House, but he
| has not succeeded. The party still comes
up smiling Laughter and applause
but another thing want
| to say in this connections:
If the Appropriations Committee in the
past having had charge of all these ap-
| preparation bills has acted as a check on
| jobbery, and as a waste of public eXpen-
diture, as Mr.. Randall will admit that it
has, in Gods name we need that check
now when the Democratic party has
taken control Of this government.
RIDICULOUS ALARM.
"If we ever needed it we need it now
against the wild projects and visionary
schemes that will find advocates in this
| House, and we especially need it in view
| of the fact that the first official message
! OF the President of the United States an
nOunces to this House and country that
on the estimated expenditures of the
| next fiscal year, We are $24,OO0,OO0
short Of the estimated revenues Of
that year. God knows if economy
was needed in the past 1t is necessary
now with the threatened deficit Our sur
! plus we left you is nearly gone. We can
! not save that, but we can do our utmost to
save ourselves from large deficit.
! Laughter and applause
| Finally Mr. Hammond offered an amend
ment to strike out the distribution feature
/ of the report. This brought the House TO
| a square vote on the question, and the
amendment was rejected by vote OF 20
| yeas to 226 nays.
On motion of Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama,
an amendment was adopted granting to
! commissions authorized by law to report
/ by bill to the House to report at any time.
LAND MATTERS.
On motion OF Mr. Cobb. Of Indiana, an
/ amendment was adopted granting the
! Committee on Public Lands leave to re-
port at any time on bills for the forfeiture
/ Of land grants, to prevent speculation in
/ public lands. and for the reservation Of
| public lands for the benefit Of actual bona
| nde settlers. No other amendments were
adopted to this portion OF the report, and
\ that portion which proposes to amend
/ rule 81 was taken up.
MIR. HAMMoND's PROPOSITION.
Mr.. Hammond-I offered an amend
ment having for its object the prohibition
/ of attaching general legislation upon ap-
/ preparation bills.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment al
/ loving such legislation when it shall
! directly reduce the number, salary or
! compensation of officers or employees of
the United States.
After some debate the amendment was
rejected by a vote Of CD yeas to 200 nays.
| Mr.. HammOnd's amendment was then re-
| jected by viva vOce vote, Mr.. Ham,
mOnd, declining to call for division,
saying sarcastcalIy that 1t seemed pre-
/ ltFaDlB ludb Tue Olltl 5tuC VI hAiS AAVuoS
should manage the affair.
THE POINT COVERED.
Mr.. Adams, Of Illinois, thereupon Otler-
| ed an amendment which was adopted and
which leaves clause Of rule Il reading
as follows:
No appropriation shall be reported IN any
general appropriation bill or be In order as an
I amendment thereto, for any expenditures not
previously authorized by law, unless IA con-
/ tinuatOn 81 appropriations for sch pub. &c
| works and objects as are already IN progress,
nor shall any pro sisiOn changing the existing
law be In order IN any general appropriation
| bill, or In any amendment thereto.
The remainder Of the report was agreed
/ 10 without objection, and the report was
adopted in toto. SO the rules OF the Forty
eighth Congress as amended by the report
| OF the Committee on Rules are re-enacted
as the rules Of the FOrty-ninth Congress.
THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
Mr.. Morrison, OF Illinois, then called
M The resolution FOR a holiday recess,
/ after having amended it so that the recess
will begin on Monday next and end Jan. D.
MIR. Beach, Of New York, opposed the
idea, which he considered childish, of TAX
! ing a holiday recess at this time. IL was
attended with danger, and he appealed 70
the Democratic House 70 10 as FAR as the
/ Republican Senate had IN taking some
/ action on the Presidential succession bill.
| The resolution was adopted.
ON motion Of Mr.. watson, OF Indiana.
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