Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-16
THE PANAMA APPROPRIATION.


 tee on foreign affairs, reported back to the House to-day the Senate bill appropriating $250, 900 to enable the President to protect the interests of the United States at Panama. MT. McCreary urged upon the House the ne- cesaity of making the appropriation to relieve the {, 900 or 5000 destitute American citi- zens on the Panama canal route. In reply to a question from Mir. Cox, Mir. MoCreary said that the money could be used in bringing home those American citizens.
 MT. McMillin protested against the infer ence which might be drawn from tine sppro- priation, taken in connection with the treaty obligations of the United States, that in or- der to preserve the peace in foreign coun- try it was necessary to bring our citizens home.
 MT. Hit urged the importance of the mea- sure. To-day the last of the impoverished army of day laborers would be discharged. There certainly would be widespread disturb and distress. There were about (, 1000 Amer jeans there The government could spend millions very readily in diplomatic quarrel which came after the event, over the protec- tion of an American citizen. How much better it would be to promptly remove ali prospect of disturbance by the expenditure of a small sum of money.
 The question being on ordering the bill to third reading, Mir. Kngore of Texas raised the point of no quorum. The yeas and nays
 
 hour of 12:4e arrived and the matter was laid aside temporarily to enable the House, under the special order, to consider the reso- lution instruoting the House conferees on the territorial bill as to the method they should pursue in arriving at an agreement.
 That portion of the resolution instructing the conferees to provide for the admission of North Dakota, Montana and Washington was agreed to without division.
 The Speaker then stated that the various sub divisions of the resolution having been disposed of, the question recurred upon the first clause of the resolution, which in strict parliamentary law Is the instructlng clause. The instructing clause was agreed to, yeas 149 nays 101. The bill now goes back to conference.
 The House then resumed consideration of the Panama bill. MT. K;lgore having with drawn his point of no quorum, the bill was read the third time and passed.
 On motion of MT. Sayres of Texas the Sem ate amendments to the forsifcation appropri- ation bill were non-concurred in and 8 con- ference ordered, and Messrs. Sayres, Randall and Butterworth were appointed conferees. On motion of MT. Foran of Ohio the pen- sion appropriation bill was also sent to con- ference.
 Sessions were ordered for Tuesday and Wednesday nights of next week for the con- sideration of business reported from the committees on military affairs and on con- merce respectively.
 After passing several pension bills the house went into committee of the whole on the postoffice, but rose without accomplish ing anything, as no quorum was present. The house at 5 o'clock took a recess till 7:3O.
 At the evening session Mir. Bingham. oi Pennsylvania, called up the Senate bill grant. ! ing @ pension to Irene Fucker Sheridan. MT. Cheadle gave notice that the bill could not be passed except by the vote of quorum. He was willing to have tho previous question | ordered on the bill with the understanding | that it should go over until Wednesday next | and that opportunity should be gixen for de bate and amendment.
 | Mr. Bingham was willing to accede to thess \ conditions, but MT. Kilgore, of Texas, ob | iected on the ground that the House had be \ fore it all the business it could dispose of be- fore March 4. MT. Bingham, realizing tha it would be impossible to pass the bill, with | drew it from the consideration of the House
 The House passed 38 pension bills.