Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-29
SOP FOR THE SOLID SOUTH.
Cleveland's Gross Discrimination
Regarding Public Buildings.
STATUS OF THE OMAHA MEASURE
An Indication That 1t Will BE Re-
duced to 100000 and Passed
Dorsey Gives Crisp a Piece
of His Mind.
Wasting Money on Southern Hamlets.

WAsuINGToN BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE, !
513 FOURTEENTH STREET.
WASHINGTON. d. c., August %.
On the floor of the house this morning Just
before order was called, Mr.. Dorsey went
over TO the desk where MIR Crisp, of Georgia,
was seated. Mr.. Crisp, it will be remem-
bered, fought the adoption of and defeated
the conference report on the Omaha public
building bill.
81 would advise you not to go out to
Omaha" said Mr.. Dorsey.
"Why!n inquired Mr.. Crisp.
"They have a rail out there to ride YOU on
said Mr.. Dorsey, adding: "But aren't you
really ashamed of yourself now!n
Mr.. Crisp said he opposed the bill only be-
cause it made the appropriation too large,
but he that he understood the new confer
ence committee would reduce the amount D
be made available TO 5000, coo, and if it did
the bill would pass
at occurs to me- said Mr.. Dorsey, "that
if you had known how you were sapping the
administration in the face you would not
have made the objection you did. Mrs.
Clev Gland owns lot just across the street
from where the public building is to be put
up, and the Improvement proposed would ell
hance the value of her property"
~ am glad you told me-" replied Crisp,
'but it is too late now Mrs. Cleveland must
suffer with the rest of you. Now think |
shall go out to Omaha. My course is vindi-
Gated"
When tho members who have been tele-
graphed for return it is probable the new
conference committee will report that the
bill be reduced to s600,0O0 and it will pass.
CLEVELAND FAvoRs TIE SOUTH.
untn of thn ini "
City public building bill, the full text of
which was telegraphcd to THE BEE last
night, was the subject of much lively COM
ment in the senate day. The two Iowa
senators were greatly dlspleased over the
veto, and this afternoon took occasion to make
some racy comments. After Mr. Allison had,
with more than his usual vigor made a
speech brstling with figures, showing the
lack of candorn the administration claim
to economy, and pointing out the great neces-
sity of public building at Sioux City, MIR.
Hale, of Maine, rose and made some remarks
showing that there was great deal of hypoc-
risy at the bottom of the presidents vetoes
He pointed out that the president had ap-
proved of large number of bills making ap-
preparations for federal buildings in states in
the south with from 1900 to 10000 popua-
tion, while he had vetoed large number of
bills making, in many instances, smaller ap-
preparations for northern cities with four to
five times as much population. The presi
dent has approved of bill ,appropriatng
100000 for a public building at
Gransville, S. c., "a town which has,
according to the census of 1880,
only 9l9 population, and and a bill appropri-
ating SO, 900 for u building at Helena, Ark,
with population in 1850 of 3,652. Quite a
number of instances of this kind were de-
scrbed by Senator Hale who, in closing his
remarks, said: 1.-THE world will live longer
and be great deal wiser than now before 1t
sees in the line of economy a democratic ad-
ministraton neglect the demands of the
south to supply the wants of the business in
terests of the north"
A caucus of the republican senators will be
held at the residence of Senator Edmunds on
Thursday evening, when the tariff bill will
be reported by the committee on finance. 1t
Is not believed the measure will be made
public under two or three weeks. 1t is now
practically completed.
PERRY S. HEATH.