The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-18
RyNUM STIRS UP CANNON
rzE EFFORT TO CHANGE THE
RECORD THE CAUSE.

Roth Messrs. Cannon and Houk Anx-
,o,,s to Have the Report OF Their
r,t Expunged-Mr. Bynum Insists
that it Should be Put in Print.
WASHINGTON, July 1L-lmmediately
after the reading of the journal this MORN
ipe, the House went into committee OF the
xrboIa with Mr.. Peters of Kansas in the
chair on the land grant forfeiture bill. A
short debate participated in by Messrs-
McRae of Arkansas, Cobb of Alabama and
povson of Illinois ensued, but the heat of
the chamber was so great that a majority
of the members sought the breeze to be
found in the lobby, and but little attention
was given to the discussion.
Mr. Anderson of Kansas offered an
amendment forfeiting grant lands not
earned at the time limited by the granting
oct which was lost by vote of 81 yeas to
5S nays.
amendment was adopted providing that all
cash entries heretofore permitted to be
made within the limits OF the grant TO ald
in the construction of the Alabama and
Florida or Mobile and Girard railroads be
validated. and patents issued to purchasers,
provided that the government retains the
purchase money.
Mr.. McRae offered an amendment direct
ing the Attorney General to institute suit
against persons holding lands opposite to
The constructed portion of railroads which
was not constructed within the time speci-
fed in the granting act.
Mr. Bynum in the course of some re-
marks, read from the manuscript OIL the
reporters of the Record the purport of the
recent colloquy between Messrs. Cannon
and Houk, in which they referred to each
other as nuissnces. This reference was
omitted from the Record, and in alluding
to the omission Mr.. Bynum quoted from a
speech made by Mr.. Cannon during the
Fiftieth congress deprecating mutllatlon Of
The Record
Mr.. Cannon said that during the colloquy
referred to, in the heat of the debate, he
(Mr. Cannon and the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. Houk) had said things
which they would not have said in a cooler
moment, but that the colloquy had been per-
sonal to themselves, and from time i'm
memorial personal matters OF that kind
had been on agreement between the gentle
man left out of the Record.
AN AGREEMENT.
The gentlemen from Tennessee and him
self had met, as gentlemen should meet, after
their blood had cooled a little. They had
agreed that it was due to themselves for
personal matter. This had been done a
thousand times, and, so far as he knew,
heretofore no man had questioned the right
on the one hand, or the propriety on the
other. 1t had remained for the gentleman
from Indiana to rise in his place
and put in the Record what
had been stricken therefrom by agreement
between the two gentlemen concerned. In
justification for this the gentleman turned
back to the Record of the last congress and
read where he (Mr. Cannon had protested
against mutilation of the Record. He
recollected the circumstance we'll. 1t was
controversy between the gentleman from
Indiana mr. Bynum) and himself. The
gentleman had not come to him and agreed
to strike out what had been said, but had
struck 1t out without consultation.
CANNON MISTAKEN.
Mr.. Bynum said that the gentleman was
mistaken in regard to the controversy be-
tween them at the last congress. He (Mr.
Bynum) had not kept anything out of the
Record, but had made one of his statements
more specific so far as the geutleman's de-
nunciation was concerned. The gentleman
had perfect privilege and right to utter 1t
here. [Republican hisses.]
Mr.. Cannon deprecatingly)-I beg the
gallant gentleman from Indiana not to hurt
me outside of the House. Laughter
HoUK's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Houk said that both the gentleman
from Illinois and himself had felt that they
had been guilty of all improperly in their
remarks. They had believed that with
propriety the remarks should be eliminated
from the Record, and by common consent
certain things which had appeared in the
papers had not appeared in the Record.
The gentleman from Indiana had now dug
up from some source what had passed be-
tween the gentleman from Illinois and him
self (Mr. Houk.) II this were any consola-
uon to the gentleman he hoped that the
gentleman would sleep better and eat better
and send the Record to his constituents
10 show them upon what their
member fed. [Laughter.l 1t had not been
palatable to the gentlemen from Illinois or
himself. and they had felt like ridding
themselves and the House and public of it.
But 1t seemed TO be palatable diet to the
gentleman from Indiana, and he could feed
upon 1t until he was full to the chin.
lLaughter.l Naturalists asserted that the
aillgator placed himself in the sun, opened
DIS Jaws and waited for flies and worms to
walk In, when he sucked them down. II
there was any member Who took pleasure
III feeding on that diet, God bless his soul,
let HIM keep it to his hearts content.
lLaughter.l
THE BILL PASSED.
Mr.. McRaes amendment was lost by a
vote OF 72 to SO, and the bill was reported
10 the House and passed.
The bill, which is the Senate bill with the
mouse substitute therefor, forfeits all lands
granted to aid in the construction of rail-
roads opposed tO and coterminous with the
portion of any such railroad not now COM
pleted. o0AA'
The House then adjourned
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