The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-02
In the House.


th g members during vacation.
Before the reading of the journal Mr..
Breckinridge of Kentucky raised the point
or order that there was no Quoru n present.
While waiting quorum, message from
the Senate announced the agreement to the
conference report of the tariff bill
Shortly before 1 O'Clock Mr.. Breckin-
ridge withdrew his point, hut it was i'm
medlately renewed by Mr.. Kilgore of Texas.
A few minutes afterward Mr.. Kilgore
relented and withdrew his point and the
journal was read.
Mr.. Mckinley called up the House con-
current resolution directing the clerk to
umberconsecutively the paragraphs of the
enrolled tariff bill. with the Senate amend
ments thereto. The amendments were
agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley, a concurrent
resolution was agreed to directing the clerk
TO make further correction in the punc5ua-
tion of the enrolled tariff bill.
Mr.. Mckinley offered resolution for
the appointment of a 'committee of three
members to join a similar committee on the
part of the Senate to wait upon the Presi-
dent and inform him that congress is ready
to adjourn if he has no further communi-
cation to make. Adopted.
PRIVATE ALLEN ATTACKS THE REPUBLICANS
Mr.. Carter of Montana submitted the
the Fort Ellis military reservation in Mon
tana. This bill Mr.. Allen of Mississippi
took as very remote excuse for political
speech, in which he charged the republican
party with degeneracy aud inconsistency.
To say that the Republican party had be-
gun with Abraham Lincoln aud ended with
Benjamin Harrison was proof that the
party had gone to see1. The speaker of the
House and the chairman Of the ways and
| means committee had been about the coun-
try making speeches.
A Republican-How about Mills?
Mr.. Allen-Oh, he is out speaking too.
Mr.. Allen then proceeded to criticise the
speaker for derouncing the Democratic
party for having allowed the tariff bill
and and force bill to go through wi hout
t1l1bustering, and then to filibuster
against the seating of negro In the last
| congress the present speaker had allowed
the Mills tariff bill to pass, but had filibus-
tered against the report of the committee on
elections. The 60 leman from Ohio (Mr.
Mckinley had id that he had resorted to
unconstitutin lai methods to defeat legisla-
ton, but taa5 he had never done it from
high or noble purposes. Hs (Mr. Allen had
resorte! - the same methods, but he had
always done so for high and noble purposes.
RIDICULED THE RADICAL TEXT BOOK.
He then took up and ridiculed the con-
tents of the republican campaign handbook,
when he was interrupted by the speaker
with the dry remark that if the gentleman
would permit him to in terpose he would lay
several enrolled bills before the House.
This was done, and the speaker further
appointed Messrs. Mckinley, Perkins and
Mcmillan as committee to wait upon the
President
MIR. Allen then continued his criticism of
the campaign book, and sarcastically re-
ferred to the fact that it made no reference
to the speech of the gentleman from Ohio
| kennedy making charges against the
chairman of the republican national COM
mittee-charges which had never been
denied.
Mr.. McCreary gave notice that he would
raise the point of no quorum against the
| conference report and Mr.. Carter there
| upon withdrew it.
REPORT ON THE WHEAT CASE.
Mr.. Caswell of Wisconsin submitted
| letter addressed to the speaker by James l..
| Wheat, postmaster of the House, rendering
his resignation.
Mr.. Eoloe inquired whether the speaker
had right to accept the resignation.
The speaker replied that the chair had
nothing to do with it. He simply laid the
| matter before the House.
Subsequently Mr.. Spooner Of Rhode
| Island, from the committee on accounts,
| submitted the report of that committee
upon the subject. The report states that
the charges mades by the Enloe resolution
| against the postmaster of the House have
| been substantially established, and although
| the relations between Mr.. Dalton A(the
previous postmaster) and Culbertson (the
mail contractor) give rise to grave suspicion
| that some private arrangement existed be-
tween them, whereby Dalton, during the
Forty-ninth and Fiftleth congresses, derived
personal profits out of his con-
tracts for carrying mails. no abso-
| Lutte proof has been obtained.
The report is accompanied by a resolution
declaring the office of postmaster of the
House vacant, and directing the assistant
postmaster to perform the duties of post
master until postmaster shall have been
elected and duly qualified.
NO GROUND FOR SUSPICION AGAINST DALI
| TON.
Mr.. Hayes of Iowa submitted a minority
report, agreeing in substance with the ma
| iority report, but dissenting from it in its
reference to Postmaster Dalton. Mr.. Dali
toms conduct of the Office had been clean,
and mere suspicion against him should not
have been incorporated in the report.
Pending action on the question. Mr.. Nc
Kinlev called up the resolution for final
adjournment, and moved concurrence in
the Senate amendment fixing the hour at 6
o'clock.
Mr.. Allen OF Mississippi, who had been
refused permission to print certain remarks
upon the tariff-the objection coming from
| Mr. Belden of New York--raised the point
of no quorum. After some warm passages
between Mr.. Allen and the speaker, the
| objection to Mr.. Aliens request was with
drawn. Mr.. Allen then withdrew his objec-
ton, and Mr.. McKinley's motion was agreed
| TO.
WHEAT GIVEN THE BOUNCE.
| The House then resum consideration
of the Wheat resolution and it was agreed
| TO.
The speaker laid before the House a letter
from Representative e. III. Conger, stating
that he had forwarded to the governor of
Iowa his resignation as representative from
| the Seventh district of that state. The
| speaker further stated that he bad received
a substantially similar communication
from Mr.. De Haven of the First district OF
California, but that the letter had been mis-
laid.