The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15


propriating 100000 for the erection
of an additional fire-proof building
for the National Museum, on the
grounds west of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition; appropriation of S75,oOOfor the
foundation and pedestal for the bronze
statue of Christopher Columbus on the
west entrance of the Capitol grounds on
Pennsylvania avenue (where the Peace
monument now stands); granting au-
thority to tho Mexican Gulf, Pacific and
Puget Sound Railroad Company to build
bridges over the Alabama, the Warrior,
Sipsey and the Tennessee rivers in Ala
bama; to authorize the sale of the site
of St. Francis barracks, st. Augustine,
Fla, and to provide for now site and
buildings for the barracks, and appro-
priating 100000; extending the privil-
eyes of free delivery of mails to cities
and towns with q population of not less
than 5000, and where the postofiice
gross receipts for the previous year
amounted to 5000.
The bill to amend the act, Ito csta-
blish circuit courts of appeals and re-
gulate, in certain cases, the iurdisdic-
tion of the courts of the United States"
was taken up. One of the purposes of
the bill is to restrict "infamous Crimes"
for which an appeal lay to the Supreme
Court to cases only in which the ell
tence amounted to penitentiary i'm
prisonment foc not less than year
Another was to limit appeals from a
court of claims and from private land
claims court TO cases which involved
questions OF law or constitution After
some discussion the bill was passed.
bill to facilitate the disposition of
cases in the court of claims was then
taken up. 1t provides for an appoint
ment of two additional judges of tho
court of claims and for the establish
mcnt OF two divisions of the court with
three judges to each. Without dispos-
ing of this bill the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session and soon afterward ad-
iourned until Monday.
In the House, MIR. Burrows, of Michigan,
rising TO question OF privilege, called
tho chairs attention to speech pub
lished in the Record this morning pur-
porting to have been delivered by Will
liam j. Stone, of Kentucky, to five lines
of his own remarks. Mr.. Stone appended
five chapters from Henry Georges book
on "Proteotion or Free Trade y" Those
chapters run from twenty one to twenty
six. There seemed to be something
preconcerted about this" confined Mr..
Burrows.
Gone gentleman had quoted chapters
from l6 to 20 inclusive, another Wash
ington) had quoted from chapters IL to
Is, another gentleman, Mr.. Fithian, had
quoted from chapters to 10. another
gentleman had quoted from chapters /
to 5. In other words under leave to
print, there had been published tho en-
tire volume of copyright book except
three chapters. Those, no presumed,
would he forthcoming tomorrow.
(Laug hter) When one member left off
at one chapter it was taken up by tho
next. and they had succeeded in getting
in the Record the entire volume OF a
copyright book to be distributed at the
public expense. His point of order was
that, under the leave granted to mem
bers to print romarlls in the Record, it
was in order to say simply, Il desire to
submit certain volumes as expressing
my views" and then publish q printed
book in the Record"
If that was in order the Republicans
had several volumes they desired to
publish. The Speaker said that as tho
chair understood the practice this had
always boon question to be determined
by the House itself Tho House must
decide whether the member had violated
the privileges granted him under leave
to print Leave to print always covered
extracts. How extensive they should
be the chair could not determine. The
House must decide it. Mr. Burrows
thought that the chair was perfectly
right in his ruling, and in order to test
the sense of the House he moved to
strike out of the remarks of Mr.. Stone
all that Horny George said in his copy
righted book.
After some discussion in which many
instances were cited that were open to
similar objection, notably extracts from
Blaine's book, Twenty Years in Con-
gress," Mr.. Burrows withdrew his mo-
tion and offered, in lieu thereof. reso
luton referring to tho committee on
printing those portions of the Record
containing the chapters of Horny
Georges book. with instructions to tho
committee to report whether, by the in
sertion of said matter in the Record, tho
privileges of the House had been VIC.
lated. Mr.. Fithian Ull.) moved to
table MIR. Burrows resolution, which
was agreed to, yeas, 1i9; nays, 20.
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up in committee of the whole.
The pending amendment was ono
olfere by Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine. for
the construction of two sea-goinp, coast
line battle ships. at cost of not exceed
ing S4.O00,0c0 each, and ten torpedo
boats at cost not to exceed Sl.O coo
each. The S, crotary oil the Navy is
authorized to readvertise for proposals
for the construction OF one swift torpedo
cruiser of about $50 tons displacement
and the limit of cost is EXTENDED to
$4,000. exclusive OF armament
Mr.. Herbert, OF Alabama. in charge
OF the bill spoke in favor OF the provis-
int, az thn hill rrn,,iA In. T..