The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-10
CONGRESSIONAL news.
The Samoan Chestnut Forced
Into the House Debate.
SILVER BILL IN THE SENATE.
Mr.. Cockretf Opposes tho Conference
Report and u Lively Discussion {
Ensucs-Thc Missouri Scna.
tors eticy Shown. 4

WASHINGTON, July 8.-Alr. Hit, Q
Illinois, from the Committee on Foreigl
Affairs, reported back "a resolution re
lqucsting the President 10 furnish th'
House with the correspondence between
the Government OF the United Slater
md Great Britain touching the subjects
in dispute in Behring sea since March
4, 1859. After some debate the resolu.
tion was adopted. .--J
Mr.. Hit presentedrthe conference re.
port OF the Diplomatic and Consular
appropriation bill. In tho course OF the
discussion reference having been made
to the appropriation made by the last
bill ior the protection OF United States
rishts in Samoa, Mr.. Mcmillan declared
that 1t now appeared that tho entire
result of the Samoan negotiations had
been to en,hronc King who had been
detlironed by his people, fact not gem
erally known. Our representatives sent
abroad for the purpose Of settling Samoan
matters had actually gone to the extent
Of overriding the will OF the people Of
Samoa and setting up as King scape.
grace who had been dethroned, and,
moreover, this American administration
had undertaken 10 pay part Of the ex-
penses Of his Kingdom.
Mr.. McCreary who was Chairman OF
Committee OF Foreign Affairs, during
last Congre eee, said be believed we had
done the best that could he done and
that the gentleman (Mr. McMillin) was
putting 1t too strongly.
Mr.. Mcalillin-Did not the United
States consent to put back the deposed
king?
Mr. McCreary-I an not here to de-
fend that but
MIR. McMilin--I am glad you are not.
! am calling the attention Of the country
to the iact thnt we are attempting to
keep mp u deposed king.
MIR. McCreary-~hy do you bring
that up now? You cannot accom- plish
by it.
Mr.. McMlllin-I can accomplish some
thing byit.
Mr. McCreary-Thele is in this bill |
not 8 single word about Samoa.
MIR. McAlillin-Tue gentleman has ad-
mitted the taking up Of deposed King
and placing him Oh the throne. Was
there not another agreement that a |
chief juetice with kingly powers) should |
be appointed and that the Government
Of the United States and Great Britain !
and Germany should kindly guarantee |
his aalary?
Mr.. McCreary-The gentleman states
It rather too strongly. The Samoan |
question the gentleman has brought in |
hes nothing to do with this appropria.
lion bill.
Mr.: Hit then demanded the previous
question.
Mr.. Alcslillin declining to yield, raised
he point Of no quorum. --
Pending whicn Mr. Rogers, OF Arkan.
gag, moved that the House adjourn.
Lost-yeas, 70; nays, 9S. %
Tho previous question was then or
Tered, and then MIR. McAlillin moved q
reconsideration. fal-
The vote on ;ablipg the melton to re-
consider resulted-yeas, l04; naye, 60
he Speaker counting through the clerk
quorum and declaring the motion
:arried.
MIR. Breckinridge, Of Kentucky, chal-
epGed the correctness OF the count, in.
,.ancing the names OF Enloe, Herbert,
Grain and Flthian, and stating that they
nad not been present, Subsequently on
representations made by Mr.. Taylor, of
Illinois, and Stockbridge, iie withdrew
Dls challenge to the names OF Grain and
Fithian, but persevered iu itas far rs the
names Of Euloe and Herbert was con.
,erned. ,If,,..a
The Speaker stated TINT, even elimi-
mating the names Of Ealoe and Her
bert, there was quorum present. He,
therefore, declared the motion to table
:urried, and put the question on agree
ny to the conference report.
The vote resulted: Yeas, Ill; nays,
%, and the Speaker was unable to count
l quorum, SO the conference report Was
not agreed to for the present. N
Mr.. Dingley, OF Maine, entered mo-
lion TO reconsider the vote by which the
marine eisnal bill was passed, and then
The House adjourned.