The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-06
ESTABLISHED.
The Sway Of the Appropriation
Committee Broken by
the House.
MIR. Hatch's Committee on Agri-
culture an Active Agent
5 in the Result.
chairman Holman's Turnpike Road in
Farmer Hatch'A Dandsr Up
Other Washington News

| WASHINGTON, March 5.-'rhe magic power
q Chairman Holman, of the appropria- :
| 1loha committee, was broken in the house
To-day for the first time this session and all
barriers and traditions surrounding that
committee went down under tho impetuous
sway OF the committee on agriculture. Ii
was the old conflict Of preroQatiyes. the
lprecedents of the committee on agriculture
against the committee on appropriations.
And Chairman Hatch and colleagues car
rled tho day. The effect Of this is far
reaching and may break entirely the force
OF the appropriation oommittee's assump-
'tlon to scrutniZe and revise all appropria-
tions to be passed upon by this congress.
Inc Dill over which the struggle occurred
was one called up by Chairman Hatch ap-
proprlatine, as deficiency, $15O,o0O for
experiments in sugar production. Holman
Immediately objected on the ground that
tho bill came properly under the
jurisdiction of his committee. He further
objected that the agricultural committee had
not properly investigated the question of the
appropriation and propounded several in
qulrles. Latch declined to be catechised
and i'll the course of a sharp speech said it
Was none of the gentleman's business 1t
was the business Of the committee on ucri-
cultule, which had thoroughly investigated
the matter. Time and again he had seen
the gentleman from Indiana take consti-
tntlonal knife and pare appropriations so
they could not be seen under a microscope.
but when his own state was interested he
pened the doors wider than necessary to
let the capitol building through. Laugh
ter One of the first speeches he ever
heard the gentleman make was in favor Of q
bill to build turnpike road in Indiana.
Where the gentleman got constitutional
authority to build a turnpike road in In
diana he never could see. The bill was
then passed.
A letter from the acting secretary of the
treasury was received and filed this morn
ing, stating that $500, 900 would be required
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1898,
for the purpose Of collecting and preparing
the government exhibit for the Worlds
Colupfb1an exposition. A resolution was
ndopted directing the committee on private
land claims to make inquiry into the Max
we'll land grant in New Mexico A Joint
resolution was reported from the committee
changing the dates of the beginning and
ending of the terms of congressman. chang
lAQ tuo tlI1le Oh WHICH the annual session OF
congress shall begin, and the date of the
commencement of the term of president
and vice-president
The urgent deficiency bill was passed
without amendment. The bill appro-
priating, as deficiency. S150.000 for carrying
on the work of the bureau of animal indus
try, and $4,000 for experiments in ths pro.
duction of sugar was taken up. After the bill
was disposed of, rs noted above, the house
went into committee of the whole on the
invalid pension bill, and discussion Of a
political nature followed. When the pas
sage of the bill was in order, a dispute arose
over minor amendment, and Bailey (Tex)
made the point of no quorum. He did
this. he said, to call the attention of the
country to the fact that members did not
attend the sessions III sufficient number to
transact business.