The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-30
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS.
THE HOUSE TAKES THEM UP UN-
DER a SPECIAL ORDER.

Two Republican Measures Considered
to One Democratic-Mr. Edmunds of
Virginia Pours Forth Tale of Woe.
Mr.. Turpin Asks Unanimous Con-
sent to Have a Bill Passed Before
He is ousted. But is Refused-savan-
nah in Luck.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The House to-day
went into committee of the whole, with Mr..
Burrows in the chair on the public building
bills.
The special order setting apart to-day for
the consideration Of measures Of this char
acter provided that bills should be taken up
according to the direction Of the committee
on public buildings and grounds.
Mr.. Mills inquired what that direction
was.
Mr.. Milliken of Maine replied that, re-
garding bills politically, two republican
bills would be called up and then one demo-
cratic bill. This was about the proportion
of republican and democratic measures on
the calendar.
Mr.. Mills thought this arrangement un-
fair, and that the committee should alter
nate between the two sides. The first bill
called up was one introduced by Mr.. Milli-
ken for the erection Of public building at
Bar Harbor at cost of $4,000.
TALE OF WOE.
Mr.. Edmunds of Virginia poured forth
his tale Of woe. When he first came to con-
gress he had introduced bill for build
ing at Roanoke, and had pressed it before
the committee, and received gracious prom
ises; but, alas they were only promises TO
the ear. To-day he found himself in the
position OF the biblical animal which fell
between two bales Of bay. His constitu-
eEts wanted to know why he was
to do honor to the great Lee; and he would
have been there but for the fact that day
before yesterday Mr.. Miliken had told him
that his Roanoke bill would unquestionably
be called mp to-day. But where was iti
and yet be was missing the glorious old con-
Tolerate time in Richmond on tho state
ment of the chairman. [Laughterl
BILLS LAID ASIDE PAvoRABLY.
The Bar harbor bill called out a good deal
of criticism, but it was finally laid aside,
favorably, as were also the following:
Mankato, Mimi. $4,000; Meridian, Miss,
$4,000; Milwaukee, Wis, increasing the
limit TO Sl.400,000; Youngstown, o..
$75,000; Camden, Ark, s25, 900; Sioux
Falls :. D., $15O,OO0; St. Albans. VT,
GAG, 900; Stockton, CAL, s75OOO; Norfolk,
Va, @lOV,VVVi beatrlce, Nep, SoJ,UOu;
Davenport, Ia, 100000 Rock Island, ILL.,.
s75,000;. .Reidsville, N. G., s25 600; South
Bend, Ind, $4,000; Fargo, N. D., S100, 900:
Newburgh, N. Y, 500, 600; Madison, Ind,
10000; Pueblo, Col, $150,000; Sioux City,
Ia, 100000; Lima, o., $50, 600; Portland,
Ore, 100000 Haverhill, Mass. $4,000;
Char lesion, s. G., increasing the limit to
$3.50, GOO; Bloomington, ILL.,, 800, 900; Lew
iston, Me-, $4,000; Kansas City 81 200, 900;
Staunton, Mass, $4,000; Racine, Wis,
| 1000; Savannah, Ga, increasing the
| limit to 100000; Pawtucket, r l.,
| $4,000; Akron, o., 100000; Rome, Ga,
$4,000; Rockford. ILL.,, 100000; Fort
Dodge, Ia, $4,000; Sheboygan, Wis.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Turpin Of Alabama obtained unani.
nous consent to make statement for one
minute. Very much to his surprise, and TO
the surprise of the people who sent him
here, the committee on elections had de-
cided that they did not want Mr.. Turpin
any longer and had named Tuesday as the
day on which to put him on the rack. He
therefore asked unanimous consent for the
passage Of a public building bill.
Mr.. Williams Of Ohio objected.
The House then proceeded to consider bills
reported from the committee Of the whole,
the first being the Bar Harbor bill.
Mr.. Turpin raised the point of no quorum,
o'clock, adjourned until Monday.
NO MORE BILLS TO PASS.
Especial TO the NeUs.l
WASHINGTON, May 29.--Speaker Reed
and the other republican managers do not
propose to let any more public buildings
bills go through the House this session, IL
they can help IL, and they showed to-day
that they could. After the committee Of
the whole had ordered favorable reports on
bills calling for s5,000,000 Speaker Reed
took the chair and got the House into such
state that even Mr.. Turpin, the member
from Alabama, who is about to be turned
out of the seat TO which he was elected by
| 1900 majority, could not get recognition
on that plea for the bill for building al
Selma. in his district. The speaker,
like the President, does not like to see
money going south for public buildings.
The bill increasing the Savannah buildings
cost limit to s400, 900, which Representative
Lester steered safely through the commit
tee OF the whole, and the Rome 900 bill,
which Representative Clements had gotten
the committee Of the whole to approve.
both 60 over with the rest.