Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-18
THE HOUSE.

Mr.. Enloe (Tenn.) rising to question of
personal privilege sent to the clerks desk and
had read an article from the Ny. Press declar-
ing that a gigantic job had been discovered in
the southern war claims bill introduced by him.
The article further states that Mr.. Thomas of
Wisconsin, chairman of the committee on war
claims. had denounced the bill as one of the
most infamous jobs whicn had ever been foiste d
upon Congress.
Mr.. Thomas said that he had not censured
any member of the committee. He had stated
that il the bill passed the house it would he in
famous. because he thought he could prove that
a number of the claims in the bill were the
claims OF persons notably disloyal
Mr.. Enloe said that the charge in the article
that he had brought the bill before the House
in 4 surreptitious manner was a falsehood made
by the correspondent, or falsehood made for
him and repeated by him. His action in re-
gard to the bill had always been straightfor-
ward and he denounced the article rs a SLAM
der on the bill and on the members of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Thomas reiterated his statement that a
number of the claims in the bill We're those of
disloyal persons, and that number of them
had never been examined by the committee.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio moved that the
House go into committee of the whole for the
consideration of the legislative qpprop.iatio
bill, but the friends of the private calendar
mustered sufficient force to defeat the motion
yeas, 1l2; nays ll6.
THE zoo BILL.
Mr.. Cannon 0ll) submitted a disagreeing
conference report upon the National Zoo bill.
The report having been agreed to Mr.. Cannon
moved that the House insist upon its amend
ment, which requires the District of Columbia
to bear half the burden of the expense of the
maintenance of the park.
MIR. McComas (AId) protested against sad
ding upon the people of the District any Of
the expenses of national enterprise, especially
when those people had not asked for the park
Mr.. Payson (Ill.) declared that the people
had petitioned for it.
Mr. Cannon said that if the Senate insisted
on its disagreement to the House amendment,
SO far as he was concerned the zoo might go
into ''innocuous desuetude." ILaughter.I
Mr. McCreary (ky.) believed that the House
should insist upon its amendment. He was
opposed to the zoo. He was tired of these
propositions to commit the government to
build parks and gardens.
KISSES IN THE GALLERY
While Mr.. McCreary was speaking some
spectator in the gallery interrupted him with
Kisses, which called forth the emphatic decla-
ration from the Speaker that if demonstrations
in the galleries did not cease the galleries
would be cleared. This declaration restored
order.
Mr.. Gambler Mass believed that the Senate
was right in its position. He believed in con-
tinuing the management of the park in the
Smithsonian Institution.
The motion to insist was agreed to-l1S-27.
No further conference was asked for
DON'T WANT ANY DEFENsEs.
Mr.. Cannon presented memorial of the In
diana western yearly meeting of Friends pro-
testing against naval and coast defenses. Re-
ferred.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Mr.. Henderson Ill.) reported the river and
harbor appropriation bill and it was referred
to the committee of the whole.
The House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Allen OF Michigan in the chair) on
the private calendar.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS BILL
was the first on the calendar, the pending mo-
ton being on the resolution offered by Mr.
Thomas wis to report the bill back with the
Recommendation that it be referred to the COM