Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-27
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS-.
THE SILVER COINAGE CLAUSE
TEMPORARILY SETTLED.

HOH Lue COMMITTEE on Appropriations,
reported with amendments the regular
annual naval appropriation bill, which
was placed on the calendar and ordered
printed. The bill was accompanied bv q
report which was also ordered printed.
Mr.. Hale said he would endeavOr to call
up the bill tomorrow at y O'Clock.
Mr.. Ingalls, said short executive ses-
sion was desirable, and moved that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of
executive business.
The Democrats opposed the motion and
called the yeas and nays. The call resulted
IN yeas 81, nays p, so the motion was agreed
to, and at l2:O5 the Senate went into eXecu-
tive session.
After 30 minutes were spent in executive
session the doors were reOpened and legisla-
tive business was resumed. The legislative
appropriation bill was passed and the silver
ulil was then taken up. Mr.. sherman took
the floor.
The discussion was further participated IN
by Messrs. Mcpherson, Beck, Hill and Coke,
md without action the bill went over.
Ihe senate at 6:05 went into executive ses-
sion, and at 7:2J adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House, Mr.. Foruey, of Alabama,
submitted the conference report on the army
appropriation bill and it was adopted Agree
ment was reported on all the amendments
except that relative to the hours during which
n
further conference was ordered.
3 he post Office appropriation bill, with the
senate amendments. was taken from the
Speakers table and referred to the Committee
on Appropriations.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
the fOrtlhcatlOn appropriation blll ami il was
referred to the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Ellis submitted a substitute for the bill,
which took the same course.
Mr. Randall moved to suspend the rules so
that the sundrY civil appropriation bill may
In fra tort I4fab
be occupied IN debate on the clauses relating
To the suspension Of silver coinage and the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Exposition,
three hours to be devoted to debate on the
first named item and one hour on the latter.
The bill shall be subject only to amendments
20 strike out or amend clauses, after which
the previous question shall be considered as
ordered.
Mr. Bland demanded a second The motion
was secOnded-l05 to 50. The half hours de-
bate under tn ru.es was not asked for, and
the House proceeded Immediately to vote on
the motion.
Mr. RandalIs motion was lost-yeas lis,
nays l49. The result was received with ap-
Diause from the silver men.
Mr. Randall then rose and said: ''Recog-
nlZlng the significance of the vote Just taken,
and knowing that the issue was distinctly
made as against the silver clause, and being
aware that the majority has declared against
that proposition, l therefore assume myself
the responsibility believing that the mem
bers Of the Appropriations Committee If the
opportunity was offered, would unanimously
sustain me IN the positiOn) of moving to sus-
| pend the rules IN the manner stated in the
| re OlutOn, with everything connected with
| the silver cOnege eliminated rom both the
/ bill and resolution
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Randall then moved to suspend the
rules so as to take up the sundry civil bill and
| consider for one hour the clause relating to
| the New Orleans Exposition. This was OBJ
| jected to not specifically eliminating the
| silver question, and thereupOn Mr.. Randall
| asked unanimous consent to strike from the
bii the silver coinage question, but Mr.. Hep
| burn, of Iowa, objected. Then Mr.. Randall
moGided his motion SO as to move to suspend
| the rules and pass the sundry civil bill with
| the silver clause stricken out. 4 two hours
| debate on the New Orleans Exposition then
ensued, without an opportunity being offered
| TO amend the same.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania said that he
proposed to vote for the New Orleans apprO-
priatlon, IN disregard as to whether there
bad been mlsmanagement, to whether
there had been failure; as to whether there
was any prospect that dollar Of the money
would ever come back to the treasury. The
faitn of the Uni ed states was pledged to
every nation of the world that the exhibition
should not fail in the midst Of its career for
want of government support. The govern
ment was attempting to make reciprocal
treaties Tor the sake Of trade, but he believed
that the New Orleans Exposition would do
more to promote the harmony of the country.
to strengthen the government, and to promote
our industries, than all the treaties that had
slderatlou by the department.
Mr.. Mills, of TcXas-If at that exposition
You should see articles, the product of the Ia
Dor of foreign people, that were very meri-
tOriOus. and IL was proposed to exchange
those articles for articles produced in the
united States, would GU be ready to vote for
:he law that would remove the barrier and
allow eXchange2
Mr.. KeIley-I will meet the gentleman at
Phillippi in the Ways and Means Committee
Just after the election Of the Speaker of the
Forty y-ninth Congress.
VOTING UNDER PROTEST.
Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, said that
though he would vote for the appropriation
IN order TO protect the honor Of the country.
he would do so under protest.
Messrs Milliken and Reed, of Maine, and
Potter, OF New York, protested against the
method OF passing appropriation bills under
a suspension of the rules without opportunity
for scrutiny.
Mr. Randall said that in season and ont of
season he had informed the House that unless
the Appropriations Committee had the right
of way there was danger of an extra session.
and repeatedly had the con mittee been voted
down. 1t was manifest that if this bill was
TO be passed in time TO become a law before
March 4, 1t must be passed in the way he pro-
posed.
Mr.. Randan's motion was then agreed to.
and the two hours debate allowed under it
was begun.
Mr.. Horr, of Michigan, opposed the New
| Orleans Exposition appropriation. Congress
had already in good faith loaned the eNpOsi-
tl 4 : l,lNO.UAV on the statement tnuL Sl5O.0t0
had already been raised, and that more would
DE raised. What had been done with that
Si.c00.O00? That vas a conuudTum. He deied
anv man 20 take the reports of the board of
mans cement and show what had been done
with &c. except in a general way, such as did
not admit of any accuracy whatever. The
exposition had had great success in getting
into debt, and had created an Indebtedness OF
$4,000.
Mr. Potter, of New York, opposed the ap-
preparation. 1t was entering upon a course
which was the overthrow and annihilatiOn of
the constitution. 1t was changing the gov
ernment into one of patronage. Ii was con
vertmg the states and people of the States in
20 beggars and suppllants. lie protested that
II Congress was to give this money it would
with equal reason be called upon to apprOpri-
ate for cNpOsitlons IN every seaport or 20, as q
new element IN the government of this COun-
try. and (he regretted To say IT, under Demo-
cratic auspices, there vas to be introduced a
doctrine that Congress might lay taxes, that
It might have money to bestow upon special
localities.
Mr. ElwOOd, of Illinois, gave notice that he
would at the proper time offer an amend
ment, that the Speaker appoint special com
mittee Of three members 10 investigate the
management of the exposition, and report
to the House before Dec. 10. TLen if Con-
gress wanted to pay out more money to the
exposition, or if It wanted to be defrauded
out of any more money it could make the ap-
preparation.
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, cOnteuded that
the honor of the United States was not in
vOlved in the exposition. The question pre-
sented was whether the United states would
undertake to pay debts which the exposition
might be unable to pay.
Mr. FOlleIt of Ohio, supported the apprO
priation, and contended that the honor of the
nation was a stake to make the exposition
success. He also maintained that the man
agement of the exposition had been conducted
not only honestly, but economically.
Mr.. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, SAID that bis
constituents would not lndOrse his action if
he did not vote TO give away this 100000 to
the exposition.
Messrs. Keifer of Ohio, Cannon Of Illinois,
and Russell of Massachusetts, also favored the
appropriation.
Mr.. Ellis, of LOuisina, answered and con-
troverted the charge that there had been mis-
1t was almost work of enchantment that so
much had been done with so little money.
The debate having closed, the bill went over
until tomorrow, and the House at sos ad-
jOnrned.
THE VOTE ON RANDALL'S MOTION.
The following is the detailed vote in the
House to-day on Mr.. RandalFs motion to sus-
pend the rules and consider the sundry civil
bill with the clause providing for a suspension
considered settling for the present the
question OF su b suspension:
YedS-Adam of Illinois, Adams of New
York. ArnOt, Bagley, Barbour, Barr, Bayne,
Beach, Belmont, Bingham, Blsbee, Boutelle,
ROWen, BrattOn, Brewer OF New York,
Browne of Indiana, Brown Of Pennsylvania,
Buckner. Burleigh. Campbell of Pennsylva-
MIA. Collins, Connolly, Converse, Cox of New
York, Craig, Cullen, Dargan. Davis of
Illinois Davis OF Massachusetts, Deuster,
Dlngley. Dixon, Durham, Eaton, Elliott,
Ellis. ErmentrOut, Evans, Everhart, Ferrell,
Eiedler Findlay. Follett, Garrison, Green
leaf Guenther, Hancock, Hardy, Harmer,
Hatch of Michigan, HAYNES, Hewitt Of New