Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
GENERAL DEFICIENCY.
A Conference Ordered on the Sem
ate Amendments.

ate Amendments.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The House
went into committee of the whole to-day,
with Mr.. Hatch in the chair. upon the
Senate amendments to the general de-
fciency bill. There was no opposition
made to the recommendations Of the Com
mlttee on Appropriations as to concur
renee or nOnconcurrence in the amend
ments, and their consideration consisted
chiefly in their reading The House sub
sequently raCified the action of the COM
mlttee Of the whole and conference was
ordered, Messrs. Burnes, Letevre and Nc
Comas being appointed conierees.
Mr.. Thomas, of Wisconsin, called up
the veto message on the bill granting a
pension to Mary Anderson.
MIR. Reagan, with the intention of call
ing up the Interstate commerce bill,
raised the question Of consideration, and
the House, Dy vote of ll2 yeas to 1T
nays, refused to consider the veto mes
sage.
Mr.. Sawyer, of New York, then called
up the vetoed pension case OF Andrew j.
Wilson, but the House also refused, by a
vote of so yeas to III nays, to consider it.
THE TRACK BLOCKADED.
But the track was not yet clear for the
Interstate commerce bill, Mir. Burrows
pIdClnS ODSbTuCllOuS III INC way III lue
shape of two other vetoed pension bills
which were upon the calendar. To thrust
these aside required two roll calls, and
then all the available timber on the cal
eudar having been exhausted, Mr.. Bur
rOughs had recourse to vetoed bills still
remaining in committee, and by motions
to discharge the committee from their
further consideration again completely
blocked the way. AS there are
q Of
committee there is enough material on
hand to etfectually prevent further pro-
gress Of the Interstate commerce bill il
the opponents OF that measure desire to
follow that line of policy. The Democrats
were profuse in their charges of tilbus-
tering-charges which were denied by the
Republicans, who asserted that they were
honest in their desire to secure action on
the pension cases.
SEEKING AN AGREEMENT.
The advocates of the bill finally at
tempted to reach an agreement, and Mr..
Matson, of Illinois, suggested that the
vetoed pension cases on the calendar be
taken up, considered aud voted upon, and
that then the Interstate com merce bill
should be considered. Mr.. Reagan as
sented to the suggestion, but called atten-
ton to the course pursued by the Repub-
licans yesterday and to-day for tLe pur-
pose Of preventing action on the inter-
State commerce bill. Every time that
he called up the bill, which the country
had been demanding for fourteen years,
the gentlemen on the other side called UP
privileged pension cases solely for the
purpose OF preventing its consideration.
REEDS DENIAL.
Mr. Reed deLy that statement in
toto. 1t has no foundation in actual fact.
Mr.. Reagan remarked that Mr.. Reed
could not succeed in deceiving the cOun-
try.
MIR. Hiscock, of New York, asserted
that the Republicans wanted to get a
vote on the pension cases. After that he
was willing to stay here a month IN order
to consider the Interstate commerce bill.
lncredulous laughter on the Democratic
side.
MIR. Dunn, OF Arkansas, objected to
the arrangement suggested by Mr.. Wat
son, on failing to secure an assurance
that after the votes had been taken on
pension bills nobody on the other side
would in any manner oppose the inter-
State commerce bill. After another roll
call, however, Mr.. Dunn withdrew his
objection, and in accordance with the
terms OF the agreement the House
took up for consideration the veto
message on the bill granting a pension to
A. J. Wilson, and refused, by a vote OF
l05 yeas to Sc nays, to pass the bill over
the veto, the constitutional two-thirds not
voting in the affirmative. The House
then at 5:l5 O'Clock took recess until 8
O'Clock, the evening session to be for con-
sideration OF private bills.
The proceedings OF the House this eve.
ming were marked by an absence OF any
friction. About twenty private bills were
passed, without any serious objection,
and at II o'clock the House adjourned.