The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-31
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Requests for Leaves of Absence Laid
on the Table.

Requests for Leaves or Absence Laid
on the Table.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-The speaker laid
before the House this morning fifteen re-
quests for leave of absence.
Mr.. Cheadle of Indiana inquired whether
if the leaves were granted quorum would
be left in the House. The speaker an
nounced his inabili y to answer.
Mr.. Buchanan of New Jersey thought
that until this question was determined it
would be better not to grant leaves, conse-
quenJly the requests for leave were passed
over for the present
Mr.. McComas of Maryland called up the
conference report on the district of Colum-
bia appropriation bill, Mr.. Cannan resign
ing his right to call up the sundry civil
bill for the reason that sickness in Mr.
McComas family necessitated his speedy
return home.
Mr.. Mutchler of Pennsylvania opposed
the report on the ground that, according to
the statement Of the district commissioners,
IL the bill passed in its present form there
would be a deficit in the revenues of the
district of between s275, 900 and $4OO. 200.
A STATEMENT REFUTED.
In the course of the debate Mr.. Cannon
| said that the statement had been made in
some place he would not mention (alluding
to the Senate) that it was an unheard OF
thing to extend appropriations for more
Ihan ten days, and In this place, which be
would not mention, the responsibility for
the delay in the passage of the appropria-
tlon bills was laid upon the House In
this place which he would not mention il
had been stated that there was some place
under the shining sun that there was delib-
Grafton, etc.
To judge from the Record without an
swering anybody this was the fact about
1t: during the first session of the fiftieth
congress an extension resolution for nine OF
the regular appropriation bills had been
passed for thirty days. This had been
further extended thirty days, then thirty
days more, then fifteen days, then ten days
and again fifteen days
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
The present House had passed the sundry
civil bill June II. Two years ago it had
been passed June 81. Two years ago the
District of Columbia bill had passed or
May %. This year it passed the HOUSE
cally) could not be called q deliberativ(
body, it could stand by the record it had
made.
The speaker was about to put the ques
ton on the adoption of the conferences
| report when Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky
requested that he inform the House what
the question was upon which a vote was tc
to be taken.
The speaker informed the gentleman that
a vote was to be taken on the conference
report on the District OF Columbia appro-
priation bill: 1.-TWO hours debate" he
added, apparently not having revealed
the fact" Laughter]
The conference report was agreed to and
then the House went into executive COM
mittee of the whole for the consideration OF
the Senate amendments to the sundry civi
appropriation bill.
Pending action the committee rose.
The speaker announced the following
members on the committee to investigate
the charges against Commissioner Raum
Messrs. Morrill,, Sawyer. Goodnight
Smyser, and Martin of Indiana.
The House then, at $50 o'clock, ad-
iourned