Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-19

United States.
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, favored Mr.. Ham
mond's amendment. He did not svmpathi,,
with the friends on his side. Who thought In.
republicans we're in . minority and the dem
ocrats in majority; that it was q GOOD mol
ICY for tine minority to help the majority Z
enact rules which everybody admitted voult
lead to extravagance.
Nobody admits it," declared Mr.. Morri
| son.
1T is admitted all over the country re-
piled Mr.. Mckinley.
The distinguished leader of the other side
OF the House, the gentleman from Pennsvl
vania, man who for 20 years has occupied ,
conspicuous place on this door, q man who
has stood at the fore front of his party and
knows his party better than any other man In
the country, knows its purpose and knows il,
desire, appeals to us to help him keep down
the brakes and keep it out of the public
treasury. The gentleman from Pennsylv.-
MA said the other day-and he said it feel.
ingly and appealingly to this side of the
House-belp US. save US from ourselves. l
cannot resist that feeling appeal. Laughter /
i! cannot resist it,coming from such q source,
iof repeat If there is . man in the country
VINO knows the desires or purposes of the
democratic party, it is the gentleman from
pennsylvania, for he has been with it.~
''He was with US last year." ipterrupted
Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania
Yes" replied Mr.. Mckinley.
"And we were glad to have him. We were
glad to have him help US defeat the Morrison
bill, and is he to be punished for thatp Ii
that the meaning of this fight? If it is, then
let US vote down these rules" continued Mr.
Bingham.
Mr.. Mckinley severely arraigned the DEM
ocratic party, saying that if ever a check was
needed on the treasury it was needed now
when the democrats were in power.
Messrs. Hammond and Holman Withdrew
their amendments and the former then of.
fered an amendment to strike out the distri.
button feature OF the report
This brought the House to a square vote
upon the question and the amendment was
rejected by vote, yeas 70, nays 226.
An amendment was adopted granting to
commissioners authorized BY law to report by
bill to the House, to report at any time.
An amendment was adopted granting CON-
mittees on public lands leave to report at any
time on bill for forfeiture aud land grants to
prevent speculation on public lands and for
the reservation of public lands for the bene-
ut of actual and bonafide settlers
No other amendments were adopted to this
portion of the report, and that portion which
provides to an amendment of rule 81 was
taken up.
Mr.. Hammond of Georgia, offered an
amendment, having for its object the pro-
hibition of attaching any general legislation
on appropriation bills.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment allow
ing such legislation when it shall directly
reduce the number, salary or compensation
of officers or EMPLOYEES of the House.
After debate the amendment was rejected !;
yeas, SO; nays, 2O5.
Mr.. Hammond's amendment was then re-
jected by viva vOce vote, Hammond de-
clining to call division, saying sarcsstically
that it seemed preferable that the other side
of the House should manage the affair.
Mr.. Adams of Illinois thereupon offered an
amendment, and which was adopted, and
which leaves clause three of the twenty first
rule reading as follows:
"NO appropriation shall be reported in any
general appropriation bill or be in order as
an amendment thereto for any expenditure
not previously authorized by law, unless in
continuation of appropriation for such public
works and objects 40 are already in progress,
nor shall any provision changing the existing
law be in order in any general appropriation
bill or in any amendment thereto.
The remainder of the report was agreed to
without objection and then the report was
adopted in toto.
Mr.. Morrison of Illinois called up the res
olution for a holiday recess. After being
amended 30 as to read that the recess begin
on Monday next and end Jan. 9th, the reso-
luton was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Matson of Indiana the
Senate bill granting pension to the widow
of General Grant was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Rice Of Wisconsin alone voted in the
negative.
Adjourned.