The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-12
RANDALL TAKEN TO TASK
HE DENIES THAT HE HELD BACK
APPROPRIATION BILLS.

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Defeat of Revenue Bills Never Induced
| Him to Delay Other Legislation-Mr
! Reed Suggests That Anticipatory
Appropriations be Made-The New
| Deficiency Bills Amended Portions
! WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the House to-
day the Speaker, as the first business in or
| der, proceeded to call the committees, but
no reports of any character were submit
ted. The House. then, on motion of Mr..
Mills, of Texas, went into committee of the
whole, with McCreary, of Kentucky, in the
chair, upon the state of the Union for con-
sideration of the Presidents message. Mr..
Mills offered a resolution referring the
message to tho Committee on Ways and
Means The resolution was agreed to. The
| committee having risen its action was con-
! firmed by the House
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, offered a reso-
luton granting the Committee on Terri
| tories authority TO have printed papers
| bearing upon subjects of its jurisdiction.
! Various amendments We're offered extend
| ing the same privilege to other committees,
! and in order TO cut off these amendments
Mr.. Springer demanded the previous ques-
| ton, but the Republicans opposed the
| demand and, being in the majority, the
| demand was not sustained. Other amend
ments were then offered, but upon motion
of Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, the whole
subject was referred to the Committee on
| Printing.
A SCHEDULE WANTED.
| Mr. Randall, from the Committee on
preparations, reported a resolution call
/ ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
schedule Of all claims allowed by account
! atlOns, the balance of which have been
! exhausted or carried into the surplus fund,
under the provision of the act OF June 20,
! 1874.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, in speaking on
! the resolution, laid down the general prOpo-
! sitiOn that Congress should make antlcipa-
! tory appropriations for the payment of
| claims, and Mr. Reed, of Maine, inquired
whether Mr. Randall would permit the
House to vote upon proposition to make
such an appropriation.
Mr.. Randall diSClaimed any power to
| prevent a vote being taken, disclaimer
which had little weight with Mr.. Reed, who
! gave it as his experience that the gentle
man from Pennsylvania very often had
! power to prevent votes being taken. The
| resolution was adopted, and the House went
into committee of the whole, with Mr.. Cox,
of New York, in the chair, on the little de
| ticiency bill.
MR.. BURNES' STATEMENT.
Mr. Burnes, of Missouri, who was in
! charge of the bill, made statement in re-
| gard to the failure of the deficiency bill i'll
the last session of the Forty ninth Congress
! owing to the fact that it was not laid before
| the President III time to receive his sigma
ture. At that time the committee on con-
ference had agreed upon report. and that
| report had been substantially followed out
in the pending bill. lie hoped that unless
there was a case of extreme urgency pre-
Santed 10 one would attempt to engTaft
upon the bill anything which could be post
| poned until the u gent deficiency bill was
reported to the House which would be III
| the course of ten days.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, also stated that
| the Committee on Appropriations had taken
| the conference report of the last Congress
as the basis of the present measure, and he
| hoped that it would be passed, and passed
| speedily, substantially as it was, thus giving
| to the creditors of the government the poor
| pittances to which they were entitled.
! The debate upon the bill assumed politi-
cal character, the Republicans assailing the
! Appropriations Committee of the last
! House for their dilatory action in regard to
! all appropriation bills, and the deficiency
| bill III particular.
| RANDALL TO THE DEFENSE.
Nj Randall was the principal speaker in
defense of the last Appropriations Commit
| tee In reference 10 the failure of last years
| deficiency bill, he stated that it had been
due in part to the fact that the House con-
| frereS had stood against the payment of the
| Choctaw aud Pacific railroad claims. The
bill failed because those two claims could
| not be forced through on the back of sol
| diers' claims. and he commended the House
| confreres for their action Referring TO
| remark of Mr.. Henderson, he said that he
| had become quite used to the frequent
| seedlings which he Committee on Appro-
| priatiOhs received, and had become quite
patient and submissive under them, but he
! felt it his duty to say that be
| had never known of the committee
retarding appropriation bills through any
improper motive. 1t had been said that the
| appropriation bills had been held back to
! prevent consideration of revenue bills
| This ne denied. The reason revenue meas
ures had not been considered had been that
| they had not a majority Of the House in
! tons was not to blame for that.
| He made this statement before,
but he wished to repeat deliberately
that at no time within his experience had
any improper motive controlled the man.
agament of an appropriation bill.
The provision of the bill that
no part of any appropriation made
for judicial expenses of the United
States shall be paid to any civil Off
Ger who has neglected to make his emolu-
ment return in such manner as the Attorney
! General shall direct, was stricken out on q
| point of order An amendment was adopted
! appropriating 100000 for the payment of
! judgments and awards against the United
! States on account Of damages caused by
reason of the Improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers. Without further amend
ment the committee rose, the bill was
| nassed and the House at 30 O'Clock ad-