Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-08-11
THE LAST SESSION.
Record of the Final Days Operations In
the House.

the House.
WASHINGTON. Aug. Cat noon the house
resumed in committee OF the whole the
bill. Mr.. Cummings OF New York opposed
the appropriation with bitter speech. Mr..
Fellows Of New York elequeuty supported
the bill. The debate continued until
o'clock. Much OF it was entirely foreign to
the question pending and reHrred TO the
commissioner of pensions. At l o'clock tine
chairman OF the committee of the whole
stated that under the order Of the house the
committee must rise. Having arisen, the
bill was reported to the house. The
pending amendment and the only
one, was a substitute offered by Mr..
Dearmonh OF Missouri. for the first section
OF the bill. 1t provides. if the worlds
Column bian exposition shall deposit at a
mint OF the United States a sufficient
quantity OF silver bullion it shall be coined
ana delivered TO the exposition in hall DOL
lar coins in amount not exceeding IS. OoO-
900. This substitute was rejected-76 TO 139.
The Durborrow bill then passed-l3l to 50.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Durborrow bill was p ssed was aid on
the table after a futile effort to fillbuster
was made by Mr.. Bailey OF Texas. Ad-
journed till Z p. M.
THE WIND.CP.
At the evening session the Durborrow
bill came over rom the senate and Mr..
Holman presented the conference report
on the snndry civil appro priation bill. He
stated that the bill as finally agreed upon
appropriated $27, 1927. O00. This was So, 6OO,-
GOO less than the bill as it passed the senate,
and s., 6l4.OO more than as it passed the
house. As to the Pinkerton amendment it
provided the following:
That no employe Of the Pinkerton detective
agency. or any similar agency. shall be en-
p,oyed i'll any government service, or by any
officer OF the District OF Columbia.
As the proposition originally passed the
house it provided That Ito government Off
cial having the right to make contracts
could contract with any corporation. firm
or person who employed Pinkerton or other
armed guards. Mr.. O'Neill OF Missouri, the
author OF a provision in regard TO the
Pinkerton amendmen /, strenuously OBJ
jected to the compromise suggested. 1t
was backdown on the part of the house.
MIR. Bingham of Pennsylvania said that the
issues OF this congress had been made up.
Among those issues was the issue Of ex-
travagance. Mr.. Simpson OF Kansas re-
garded the conference report as q cowardly
surrender OF the repr, sentatives of the house
After some further discussion the confer
ence report was agreed to-l69 to IA. Thi.
disposed of
THE LAST APPROPRIATION BILL
pending On motion oi MIR. McMiliiu a
committee was appointed to join similar
committee OH the part OF the senate to wait
upon the president and inform him that
congress is ready TO adjourn. Shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock message was received
from the senate announcing the agreement
OF that body to the report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. At 1920 the speak
er signed the bill and his signature was a
signal tor general leave taking. The
speaker laid beore the house the senate
amendment to the resolution ior final ad-
journment. The amendment which
liked II o'clock tonight as the hour
of adjournment was agreed to without OBJ
lection or debate. MIR. McMillin as cha r
man in charge of the subject, reported that
the committee had waited upon the presi-
dent and informed him that congress was
ready to adjourn. The president had stated
in reply that he had no communication to
make. A resolution was adopted tor the
appointment of special com mittee to codi-
fy existing pension laws.
/ The hour OF IL O'clock having arrived, the
speaker declared the house adjourned with.
out day. The galleries broke INTO a doxol-
ogy, bu. the adjournment was very tame
one.
Rev. DR.. Frank I. Ingalls, OF Springfield, Mo. "a
CONGREGATIONAL cleryymau of wide reputation