The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-12
Interesting Times in the Bouse

WASHINGTON, March lin pursuance of the
agreement that Saturday, as public building
day, be passed in committee of the whole, it
came up this morning and the previous ques-
ton was ordered The bills passed provide
for the erection OF buildings at various minor
towns with an aggregate expenditure of
S, $50, GOO.
Enloe, as matter of privilege, moved the
discharge of the committee on invalid pensions
from further consideration of the resolution
calling on the secretary of the interior for the
evidence taken and reported to him by the
committee appointed to investigate the man
agement of the pension office under Commits
sioner Tanner. Commissioner Tanner kept in
good. faith the promises he made
on the stump and the country wanted
to know the reason why he had been kicked out
The entire administration of the pension Office
should be thoroughly investigated and over
hauled by a committee of the House. The day
for shaking the bloody shirt as an excuse fol.
robbing the public treasury ought to be past If
there had been robbery and corruption let the
men Who were concerned in it be consigned to
eternal infamy.
Morrill,, chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions, said he had never heard OF the resolu-
ton until to-day. he had been informed by the
clerk OF the committee that it had never been
presented to him.
Yoder, a member of the committee, corrobor-
ated this statement.
In view of Morrill, s statement Enloe withdrew
| the motion.
| Baker, from the committee on territories.
reported q bill for the admission of Wyom ing.
| He asked immediate consideration OF the bill
which, under the new rules, is q privileged
measure.
| Springer protested against this action. 1t
had been agreed, he said, in the committee on
| territories that bills should not be called up
until the consideration of the Oklahoma bill was
completed.
| Baker, although not denying that such an
agreement had been made, said that Perkins.
who is in charge of the Oklahoma bill had given
his consent that the Wyoming bill should be
proceeded with.
| Springer raised the question of consideration
The House decided to consider the bill by q
strict party vote. On q point of order raised by
! Springer the bill was referred to the committee
| of the whole and Baker moved that the House
go into such committee.
Springer interjected q motion to adjourn
which was defeated Bakers motion was
agreed to and accordingly the House went into
| committee OF the whole. The bill having been
read, Baker denied that ne had acted in baC
faith in calling up the matter at this time The
purpose of the gentleman from illinois (Sprin
GER, was to delay consideration of the measure
unit he had an opportunity to bring in an ON
pibus bill.
Springer reiterated his statement that the bill
had been called up in violation of the agree
ment made in committee. The gentlemen from
Kansas CPerkins) had told him he was mucf
surprised when the WY Oming bill was called no
All he (Springer) asked was that REASONABLE,
time should be given to the minority to prepar,
amendments which it desired to offer
Pending further discussion the committee ros,
and the House adjourned