The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-13
Holmans Parsimony and Demagogical Gen.
duct in General Again Provokes Ex-
Speaker Reed 10 Administer Rebuke.
Close Call for The HOLSTERS $4,000 in
tie Senate Committee on Commerce.
Methods Of the Pinkerions TO Be Investigated
Tilt Between Mr.. Wanamaker and Mr..
Bostner-MoneY for The Miami Indiana


The House Cripples the Light Houses by
Cutting Down the Appropriation.
WASHINGTON. May 12.-The House spent
most of the day in considering the sundry
civil bill. One or two incidents of inter-
est occurred when the House went into
committee of the whole on the measure.
Mr.. Lester. of Georgia. in the chair. Mr..
Burrows, OF Michigan, made the point of
order against the provision that all articles
imported for the use of tho lighthouse es-
Enlistment shall be admitted free of duty.
1t seemed to him to be the beginning of an
effort TO revise the tariff on an appropria-
tioI bill. 1t was not germane to the sub
ject-matter of the bill. and the committee
on appropriations had no jurisdiction over
the tariff. The Chair sustained Mr.. Bur-
rows and ruled the provision out of order.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine. moved to increase
the appropriation for the lighthouse es-
tablIshment from $4,000 to S4OS.0Oo. Mr..
priated $4,000 plus the duty. or. In oil.
Si0S.C This was exactly what his amend
ment proposed.
Mr.. HOLMAN hoped that the increase
would not De made
Mr.. Reed inquired whether the gentle
man had not approved the bill as reported.
Mr.. Holman declined to state.
Mir. Reed again suggested that bis amend
mept did not increase the appropriation as
made by the original bill.
or not. He believed that the appr0pria.
ton in the bill was sufficient. and he hoped
that il would not be increased.
Mr.. Reed said that the gentleman from
Indiana had declined to state whether he
approved the bill as reported. If he had
not approved of il he would have said so.
Therefore. the committee has his ec0nom-
icai approval of the proposition he Mr..
Reed had made. He sincerely hoped that
the committee would follow the gentleman
In his first proposition. and not in his de-
sire to keep his totals where they were.
On division the vote stood AZ to 101-
Mr.. Burrows made tbe point of no quo-
rum, but In the course of a quarter OF an
hour quorum appeared and the amend
On motion of Mr.. Sayers. of Texas. the
appropriation for the iife-s saving service
was increased S2l,OOl. The provision that
none of the money appropriated for estab.
fishing life-saving stations shall DO used
for erecting u station on the grounds of
tho Worlds Columbian Exposition was
amended by adding that such a station
may be erected If q site therefor Is first
donated TO the United States as long as IL
shall be devoted to the uses of the station.
Mr.. Butler. of Iowa. chargedIthe Republic
ans with violating the rules by remaining
in their seats and not voting.
Mr.. Reed made one of his caustio speech
es, In which he criticised the Democrats
for making no explanation of the reduc-
tions they proposed. If the people knew
of these performances they would soon put
a stop to them. But, unfortunately. if there
was anything the people of the country did
not think much about 1t was the House of
Representatives. Laughter That could
DO seen by the bands that they put it i'm.
The argument in favor of the reduction
was brute force. The Democrats had three
to the Republicans one That was the only
reason for the reduction. The committees
pending further action. rose and the House
adjourned.