The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-01
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CRISP PLAYS THE CRITIC.
HOUSE CONFERSES ACCUSED OF
BEING WEAKENED.

The Member from Georgia Declares
That Surrender to the Senate is the
Universal Rule-Mr. Dib5le Comes to
the Defense of the Accused.
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-In the house to-
day, Mr. Dibble of South Carolina called
up the conference report on the Omaha
public building bill The bill as originally
passed by the senate limited the cost for the
site aud building to 81 OPS, 900. The house
amended this by fixing the limit at 100000
without making any provision for the
building. The conference bill provides
limit of 81, 100000 for the building and site,
with a further proviso that the site shall
not exceed III cost 100000
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia severely criticized
tho practice whi ch, he said had grown up
Of the house conferees yielding to the senate
conferees in the matter of public buildings,
without oven the semblance of insisting on
the wishes of the house.
SCORING THE CoNFEREEs.
The house had right to expect that its
oonferees would endeavor to support and
maintain the views of the house, and if the
conferees in this case had endeavored to do
SO the house had no information of it, This
case presented such glaring instance Of
that he felt 1t his duty to call attention to
it. There seemed TO be an idea In the house
that because there was a large amount of
money In the treasury all kinds of schemes
should go through in order to take it out.
Bills were introduced for public buildings
in towns so insignificant that there could
be no reason for hope in the mind of the In
troducer, except the fact that measures
were not very carefully considered and
that there was large surplus in the treas
ury.
DIBBLE STIRRED UP.
Mr.. Dibble replied to what he termed the
lecture which the gentleman had given the
house conferees for their alleged delin-
quency of duty.
When the house decided that lot should
be purchased in Omaha for the sum of
S400, 900, it decided in effect that the lot
should 80 used for the erection of public
building. and 1t reserved the right to say ia
the future what limit of cost should be put
on the building. The bill, as originally re-
ported from the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds, limited
The house reduced this to S400, 900, but this
reduction was the action of the minority.
After three conferences the committee
had decided on what was substantially q
compromise The house yielded to the senate
i'll providing for site and building, whilo
the senate had agreed to the house PROPOSE
tion limiting the cost of the site to 800, 900.
NOT A SURRENDER.
| 1t was no surrender ON the part of the
house, and he repelled the insinuation that
| the house conferees had been unmindful OF
their duty as servants of the house or been
reckless in their assaults on the public
treasury.
MIR. Crisp ridiculed the conference report,
the claim that it was in the nature of Il com
promise aud argued that it was a complete
surrender. After argument by Mr.. Dorsey
of Nebraska, in favor of its adoption, the
report was rejected by vote of 81 yeas to
90 nays, and the bill was again sent to con-
ference
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
On motion of Mr. Townshend Of Illinois,
further consideration Of the deficiency bill
was postponed for the present, and the
house went into committee of the whole on
the army appropriation bill with the senate
amendments All the amendments were non
concurred in with the exception of those
relative to Notifications Mr.. Townshend
thef fmoved non concurrencein in these amend
ments in bulk, but Mr.. Buchanan of New
Jersey, demanded that they should consid'
cred in order.
Mr.. Townshend then moved non-con-
currence In the first amendment, appropri-
ating $4,000 for repair Of the sea wall and
WnarI hb w iuobs poInb, NeW IOrk.
AMPLE JUaIsDrcTICTIoN.
Mr.. Townshend contended that the mill
tary committee under the rule giving it
jurisdiction over the subjects relating to
the public defense, had ample jurisdiction
over tho subject of providing ordinance,
but the committee had not sought TO arro-
gate to itself a scintilla Of authority which
had not been given TO it, and directed him
to ask non-currence in the senate amend
ments.
Mr.. Reed characterized as absurd the
position taken by the gentleman from
Georgia. That position was, that because
the rules of the house sent certain bills of
the house 10 certain committee, the house
must not be- coerced. The position was in
conflict, not only with the senate-uhat the
house could siand-but with common
sense, and that the house could not stand.
He then spoke Of the importance of the
proposed legislation. He admitted that
there was not one chance In a hundred of
war, but If war should come the United
ates would undergo a national humiliation
more terrible than had ever before been in
fiicted on the face of the earth.
Pending action the committee rose, and
the house at o'clock adjourned.