Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-08-04
IN THE HOUSE.

shire OF Indiana reported adversely Iroh p"N
committee on postofiices end postroads he
resolution regarding an invesef cation or
Postm aster- General Wanamaker's conIsee-
ton with the Lake Pneumatic Tube company
of Philadelphia. The resolution from the
special committee which Investigated the
pension office, recommending the dismissal
of Commissioner Raum, was then taken up
under the special order made on Saturday
last, and it was agreed that the debate
should proceed without limit. Discussion
was opened by Mr.. Little of New York. The
debate was Interrupted by the presentation
Of the conference report on the general de-
tciency bill, and the house insisted upon its
disagreement to the senate amendments and
new conference was ordered. Mr., Holman
OF Indiana offered a resolution instructing
his confreres to reverse the action of the
house last week in the matter of paying the
balances of any salary term to his legal
heirs lin no case to exceed S., 000) and to in
sert the balance for the session in which the
member died. Mr.. Hayes of Iowa, who Of
fered the original amendment which the
house adopted last week, said this was an at.
tempt on Mr.. Holman's part to again econo-
mize by the meatax process and as the house
had already voted for this question four
times he thought it entirely out of order and
improper. He moved to lay the resolution
on the table. The vote resulted: Yeas SO,
nays 1O1. The Raum report was then taken
UP. The debate was interrupted by the pre-
sentation of other business and was not re-
sumed. The house then spent two hours in
filibustering, and adjourned without further
action.
TUEsDAY.-In the house today Mr.. Hol-
mans resolution of instruction was adopted
regarding the amount to be paid to the heirs
of deceased members 1t instructs the con-
frercs on the general deficiency bill to recede
from the house amendments on that point.
'Confreres were appointed for new confer
ence on the bill. Although the air was in
tensely sitting in the house today, over $40
members answered to their names on roll
call. Many Invested themselves of their
coats and vests and lounged about the lob
bies. Bills were passed setting apart lands
in Oklahoma territory for school purposes
and forbidding railroads to charge more than
cents per mile on passenger fare in the In
dian Territory and Oklahoma. The confer
ence report on the deficiency bill was agreed
to- The appropriation for the French spoila-
ton claims, amounting to $7S7,7S5, was
omitted. The appropriations in the bill
amounted to s5,9OO,319, being 1923. $50 less
than as passed by the senate. The confer
ence report on the sundry civil bill was of.
fered by Mr.. Holman, all items in dispute
being agreed to, except those relating to the
worlds fair appropriation, and the appropri.
alton for the national commission and the
employment of Pinkerton detectives at the
Grand Army of the Republic encampment at
Washington next September. 1t was agret
that a vote on these items should be taken at
IL o'clock tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY. The house resumed consid-
GRAFTON of the general deficiency bill. YES
terday it refused to lay Michigan, fixing the
hour at $50 o'clock i After some time spent
in filibnstering, the bill was sent back to
conference. Mr.. Holman presented disa-
greement report on the sundry civil appro-
priation bill and Immediately demanded the
previous question on the report. Then came
up the worlds fair amendments. Mr.. Bank
head was the first member to offer AN
amendment, and this amendment was to re.
duce from $4,000, 600 to IS the appropriation
for the worlds fair Mr.. Cultivate opposed
the appropriation made by the bill. He de.
nounced the appropriation of S., 600, 600 for
the fair as the most outrageous piece of legis,
lation ever attempted in the house. Mr..
Taylor and Mr. Wike of Illinois and Mr..
Boatner of Louisiana, in brief remarks, fav-
ored the appropriation Mr.. O'Neil of Penn,
sylvania thought the appropriation should
not be gift, but loan. The house then
adjourned
THURSDAY. Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee.
as privileged question, called up in the
house the joint resolution that congress adj
journ Saturday at 2 o'clock. The original
McMillin resolution providing for the final
adjournment OF congress at 2 o'clock D. m.
Saturday was then adopted-yeas 12l to 81
The speaker stated the pending motion to be
thatm by Mr. Bingham to table the mo-
tioa to reconsider the vote by which the
nouse recedeo from It's disagreement to the
senate worlds fair amendment Immediately
the hlibusters came to the front, led by Mr..
outhwaite, who moved to adjourn. supple
menting this motion with one to adjourn to
Saturday. The seesaw game continued until
finally the roll call was reached, upon which
no quorum answered, and then the house adj
Journed, leaving the worlds fair amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill in the
exact state it was when the house adjourned
yesterday.
FRIDAY The sensation in the house to-
day was speech by Mr. Watson of Georgia.
ne reiterated statement made in docu-
ment issued BY him that members of the
mouse had reeled drunken along the aisle and
had addressed the ehairin amaudln man
ner. dis remarks gave rise T. great excise /.
msnt ana indignation. cominittss IVES