The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-13
The HOUSE LAUGHED.
The Watch Dog Of the Treasury and
a Problem in Arithmetic.
MIR. REED MADE 1T UNPLEASANT
FOR OBJECTOR HOLMAN.

An Attempt to Revise the Tariff in an Ap-
preparation Bill Spoi1t by Republican
Members of the House-Postmaster
General Wanamaker Tells About the
Baltimore Matter-The Senate Has Con-
frmed the Nomination of Mr.. Coolidge.
WASHINGTON, May 12.--The House to-
day went into committee of the whole
on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Burrows of Michigan made point
of order against the proviso that all ar
ticles imported for the use of the light
house establishment should be admitted
free of duty. 1t seemed to him the be-
ginning of an effort to revise the tariff in
an appropriation bill. It was not ger
name to the subject matter of the bill.
The committee on appropriations had no
Jurisdiction over the tariff.
After discussion the Chair ruled the
proviso out of order.
Mr.. Reed of Maine moved to increase
the appropriation for the lighthouse es-
tablishment from $4,000 to $408, 900.
Mr. Reed said the bill, as reported, APP
propriated 1910, 900 plus the duty or, in
all, $40S, 900. This was exactly what his
amendment proposed.
Mr.. Holman hoped the increase would
not be made.
Mr.. Reed inquired whether the gentle
man had not approved the bill as report
ed.
Mr.. Holman declined to state.
Mr.. Reed again suggested that his
amendment did not increase the appro-
priation as made by the original bill.
Mr.. Holman did not care whether it
did OF not. He believed the appropria-
ton in the bill sufficient.
Mr.. Reed said the gentleman from In
diana declined to state whether he ap-
proved of the bill, as reported. If he
had not approved of it, he would have
said so. Therefore the committee has
his economical approval of the PROPOSE
ton that he Mr.. Reedl had made. He
sincerely hoped that the committee
would follow the gentleman in his first
proposition, and not in his desire to keep
his totals where they were.
On the division the vote stood AZ to
101, and Mr.. Burrows made the point of
no quorum. In the course of quarter
| of an hour a quorum appeared and the
amendment was rejected.
Several amendments were offered, in
Guiding one to increase the appropria-
ton for a geological park from $4,000 to
$15, 1000. On this it took the Democrats
20 minutes to get quorum. Then the
amendment was voted down.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas moved to strike
out the entire clause relative to zoolog-
| ical park.
Mr.. Butler of Iowa charged the Repub-
licans with violating the rules by re-
manning in their seats and not voting.
Mr.. Reed made one Of his caustic
speeches in which he criticized the Dem
Gratis for making no explanation of the
reductions they proposed. If the people
knew of these performances, said he,
they would soon put stop to them.
Unfortunately, if there was anything the
| people of the country did not think much
about, it was the House of Representa-
tiyes. Laughter That could be seen
by the hands they put it in. The argu-
ment in favor of reduction was brute
force. The Democrats had three to the
Republicans one. That was the only
reason for the reduction. He hoped the
gentleman from Indiana Mr.. Holman]
would give something which, for de-
cencys sake, looked like an explanation.
| Laughter.
'sI call for vote,'' was Mr.. Holman's
only response to this appeal. Laugh
teri
Mr.. Bailey's motion was lost and the
committee, pending further discus
sion, rose, and the House adjourned.