Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-07
"PORK IN THE POT"
Representatives Indulge in
Repartee.
A LIVELY PASSAGE-AT-ARMS.
Cannon and Milliken Have Tilt
Clupie POlishes Off the
Whole Crowd.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, March 6.--The Speake
laid before the House a message from
the President transmitting the report o
the Chippewa Indian Commission
Referred.
Morse, of Massachusetts, presented &
petition from the Woman's Industria
League, asking that two women be ap
pointed on the Worlds Fair committee
OF 1892. Referred.
The entire morning was consumed in
the discussion of the bill for the compul
sorry attendance of witnesses before
Registers and Receivers of Land Offices
No action was taken. The House then
went into committee of the whole and
proceeded to the consideration of public
building bills.
The bill appropriating 100000 for a
public building at San Jose, CAL, when
called up, was subjected to vigorous
attack from Cannon, of Illinois. He
criticised the action of the commit.
tee on public buildings and grounds,
and alluded to it as "pork in the pot. ="
In his own town, Danville, a postofice
site was leased for $500 year. That
was sufficient for the postoffice building
there, and the business was more there
than the average business towns where
the committee provided for the erection
of public buildings.
Milliken replied that nobody doubted
that the gentleman's town was cheap
town.
Cannon said he would content himself
with voting against bills which his judg-
ment told him were not proper. The
gentlemen must answer to their con-
stitutents for their votes. If a members
constituency will excuse him when he
told them he had not got for them $75,-
600 or 100000 in compensation for i'm
provident appropriations, he (Cannon)
supposed it was all right.
Milliken said he would endeavor to get
along with his constituents without q
lecture by the gentleman from Illinois.
If it was not for his friendly feelings
towards the gentleman from Illinois, he
he would suggest further that he had
never seen man attempt to impute to
another man that he had "pork in the
pot" that he was not the first fellow to
get his hand into the pot.
Cannon asked the gentleman to be kind
enough to explain his last remark. Did
the gentleman mean to say that he
(Cannon) had asked or intimated that
ha daairad tho oon m ittaa to rooopo m and
any bill.
Miliken said the gentleman had Sc.
verely reflected upon the committee.
Cannon said he had criticized the COM
mittee, as he had right to do. He had
not criticized the gentlemen per-
sonally. "And if a gentleman" he
continued, "in his zeal, sought by
inuendo or by intimidation to allege that
if it had not been for his friendly rela-
tions with me he could urge aught
against my character or otherwise, here,
and now, let us have it Seth Milliken."
AS he was uttering these words, he
was slowly approaching Milliken, and as
he finished the sentence he tapped that
gentleman on the shoulder, amid the
laughter of the House. Throughout the
colloquy both gentlemen manifested a
good deal of excitement, but the House
was very good humored, and thoroughly
enjoyed the controversy which ended by
Milliken disclaiming any intention to in
sinuate anything against the gentleman,
who was as nearly perfect as any man in
the world.
Peters, of Kansas, criticised the bill as
extravagant, and asked Clunie, of Cali
fornia. TO give statistics showing the
postoffice business there transacted.
Clunie said if he had known his bill
was going to create 80 much disturbance
in the House he would not have intro
duced it, but he thought it would not be
immodest in him, not having a public
building in his district, to ask Congress
to give one. Laughter He was in.
formed by gentleman on the Republi'
can side that thete WAS disposition on
the part of Congress to expend the pub
lie money in giving the people buildings
necessary to carry on their business. lie
did not believe after he voted for every
bill coming from the Republican side
that the gentleman from Illinois would
create SO much excitement over the frs
bill coming from the Democratic side
Laughter. What better use could
Congress put the public money
to than in the distribution of il
over the country in public
buildings. While the pile was being di
vided round he did not think it i'm
modest to ask little slice for San Jose
Laughter. There was not a man on the
Republican side who had not patted hin
on the back and said: "Clunie, we will
stand by you," (laughter), and the Dem
ocrats were anxious to vote for his bill.
After further debate the bill was lait
aside favorably, and the committed
rising, it, together with the preceding
bills, were reported to the House.
In the House, Cannon made vigor
GUS fight against the Washington, D. @.
postoffice bill, moving to adjourn annie
cries of "Dilatory notion" from thu
Democrats, and raising the point OF NJ
quorum amid shouts of 'Filibustering,
from the same source.
The Speaker counted quorum, ant
the bill was passed, as we're the othe
bills reported favorably.
The House then adjourned.
Senate Proceedings
In the Senate today the bill to increas'
the efficiency and reduce the expenses
of the signal corps of the array and to-
the transfer of the weather service to th'
Department of Agriculture was reported