Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-21
THE HOUSE.
The Wrangle About Sending the
Chinese Bill to the President.

WASHINGTON, September 20.-ln the
House, Burnes, of Missouri, called uE
the conference report on the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, and the House
refused (32 to 47) to agree to it.
Payson, Of Illinois, moved that the
House insist upon its disagreement to
the amendment of the Senate relative to
the Library building. Coupled with his
motion is declaration, stating that a
part of the House favor the original
proposition OF the House, suspending
progress of the existing work, authoriz.
ing the Senate and House Committees
on Public Buildings to invite from five
leading architects plans and specifica.
tions for Library building, which will
not exceed in cost four million dollars
the committee to have leave to report at
any time and the report to be privileged.
Payson subsequently withdrew his
proposition and further conference was
ordered on the bill.
Holman reported bill suspending the
operation of the Presumption, Timber
Culture and Desert Land laws until the
pending bills relating to these laws are
acted upon. printed and committed.
Morrow, of California, offered q reso-
luton reciting the passage of the Chinese
bill by the House and Senate, the sign
ing of the enrolled bill by the presiding
officers of the two Houses, it's delivery to
the Committee on Enrolled Bills, and
the fact that it is now in the possession
OF Acting Chairman Kilgore. 1t further
recited the report of the Washington Post
tnat the bill is being withheld from the
President by the Committee on Enrolled
Bills, and declares that such action OF
the Committee is without authority of
law. 1t directs the Committee on En-
rolled Bills to transmit the bill to the
President without further delay.
Mcmillan, of Tennessee, raised the
point of order that the resolution did not
present question of privilege. There
was no allegation of the delay of the
transmission of the bill that was unrea-
sonable or unusual.
Morrow said that he had been told by
Kilgore this morning that the bill was
still in his possession. If bill could be
withheld for day it could be withheld
for six months. The unwritten rules of
the House required that bill should be
delivered promptly to the President.
Mcmillan said that when the gentle.
man sought to smirch a colleague he
ought to have the law on his side.
Would the gentleman point out the rule
which fixed any. particular time within
which bills should be transmitted to the
President.
Morrow replied that there was no
written rule, but there was an unwritten
law which governed the orderly pro-
ceedings of a house of this character.
Mcmillan remarked that the gentle
man admitted that no rule had been
violated, and the trouble was in the gen.
leman's own mind, and the foundation OF
the trouble had not existed twenty-four
hours.
Morrow replied vehemently, that rep
constituency that was inter
ested in this question, he had right to
insist that bills which passed the House
should receive proper consideration and
proceed in an orderly way.
Mcmillan suggested that the gentle.
man was exercising that right now in
fellow member for home con-
That was all that was in it.
The gentleman arraigned a colleague for a
Of the rules of the House, and
that no rule had been violated.
In the face of this, the gentleman said
that he represented his constituents, and
it must be presumed that he was simply
talking for home consumption.
Was the bill introduced for home con-
asked Rowell, of Illinois.
l voted to restrict Chinese immigration
ong before the gentleman from Califor-
1ia or the gentleman from Illinois were
thought of as members of Congress, said
Mcmillan.
McKenna, OF California-Why were
you in such hurry the other day and |
lot to-day? Why did you hasten to pass
he bill and now DO not want it to 90 to
he President? Was that for home con-
McMillan-I will state that I have
oeen in hurry for long time to put
! proper restriction upon Chinese immi-
grafton.
McKenna-Keep it up, old fellow.
McMillan-But there is no power on
arth, not even the loved ones left be-