The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
LIVELY PASS ,uE AT ARMS.
Cannon and Htsam Have lille Tit
Coucerhiug prOprietics,


Cannon and H}.am Have Little TIL
Concerning prorrle,ics.
| WARRINGTON, July l7.-Immediatel,
after reading the journal the House wen
into Committee OF the Whole (Mt
Peters, Of Kansas, In the chair on TIT
land grant forfeiture bill.
A short debate, participated in by Mr.
Rae, Of Arkansas, Mr.. Cobb, Of Alabama
and Mr. Paysop, Of Illinois, ensued, but
the heat OF the chamber was 80 grea,
TINT n majority Of the members sough!
the breezes TO be found In the lobby and
but little attention was given 10 tho dis.
cussion.
Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana, offered all
amendment iorfcitingall land not earned
within the tine limited by tho granting
acts-lost, 10 to ~.
MIR. McCrea, Of Arkansas, offered an
amendment directing tho Attorney
General to institute suit against persons
holding lands opposite 10 the constructed
portion Of railroads which was not con.
strnc,ed within the time specified in the
granting act.
In speaking on this amendment Mr..
Buchanan, OF New Jersey, alluded TO an
attack made upon Speaker Reed and the
! Republican party Bome days ugo, by Mr..
Stone, OF Missouri, and d-plorei the
fact that an unfortunate dispensa.ion OF
Providence had taken from the Demo.
cratic party Randall, and the wisdom
OF the Kentucky legislator had taken
from it q Carlisle, because 1t seemed thu,
pigmles rushed in where giants feared
| to tread.
Referring to a remark made by Mr..
payson, OF Illinois, to the effect thut tho
Senate would not agree to the McCrea
amendment, mir. Rogers, Of Arkansas,
suggested that the gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. Belden) should issue an.
other bulletin to instruct the Senate
what to do.
MIR. Bynum, OF Indiana. in the course
OF some brief renArks read from the
manuscript: oi the official reporters OF
the Record the report OF the colloquy be.
tween Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Houk in
which they referred to each other as
nuisances. This reference was omitted
from tho Record and al'udiug to the
omission, Mr.. Bynum quoted from
speech made by Mr.. Cannon during tho
Ftftiett Congress deprecating mutila.
ton Of the Record.
MIR, Cannon said that during the COL
loquy referred to, in heat OF debate he
(Cannon) and the gentleman from Ten
nessee douk) had said things which
they would not have said in cooler
moment. Eu. that colloquy had been
PERSONAL to themselves, anu from time
,mmemorial prrsouai matters Of that
kind had been ION agreement between
the gentlemen left out OF the Record
The gentlemen from Tennessee and
himself had met as gentlemen should
turet alter their blood had cooled
little. They had agreed that it was due
to themselves aud to the esteem which
they entertained for each other TO leave
out OF the Record the purely personal
matter. This had been done Thousand
,imes, and SO fer as he knew heretofore
no man had questioned the right or the
proprlrty. 1t had remained for the gen
ileuAn from 1nGiaua to rise in his seat
and put in the Record what had been
stricken tiieretrum by agreement be.
tween the two gentlemen concerned.
In justification for this the gentleman
iurne,t back to the Record OF the last
Congress and read where he (Cannon)
protested against mutila.ion of the
Record. lie recollected the circum.
stances well. 1t was 4 controversy be-.
tween the gentleman from Indiana (By.
nam} and Limself. The gentleman had
not come to him and agreed to strike
out what had been said. but had struck
it ont without consultation. He {Can-
non) was gratitied 10 believe that there
was no Representative on the other eide,
save alone the gentleman from Indiana,
who had the heart on the one hand or
the matignancy on the other to seek to
obtrude himself where under the par.
usage OF the House he did
not belong. tApplause on the Rspubli-
can side
Mr. Bynum said that the gentleman
was mistaken in regard to the contro.
versy between them at the last Congress.
He (Bynum) had not kept anything out
y. Aa&h4hEhotof bNk hhh hl8AG uuG VI
his statements more specific.
Mr.. Cannon tdeprecatingly)-I beg the
gallant gentleman from Indiana not to
hurt me outside Of the House. laugh.
ter
Mr.. Houk, Of Tennessee, said that both
the gentlemen from Illinois and himself
isd felt that they had been guilty OF an
impropriety in their remarks.
The amendment vas os:-seventy.two
to ninety.three-and the bill was report.
ed to the House.
Mr.. Holman moved to recommit the
bill with institutions to the Committee
on Public Lands to reports it back with
4 proviso forfeiting all lands not earned
within the time limited in the granting
acts. Lost, yeas 81, nays l07. The bill
was then passed. FL
y The bull, which is Senate bill with |
a House substittute, therefore iorfeits all |
land granted to aid in the construction
Of a railroadopposite to and contentious
with the portion Of any such railroad not |
now complete.
The House then adjourned.