Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-21
THE HOUSE

Prayer was offered in the House this morn
ing by Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago, ILL
The Journal was a short one. and after its
approval and the reference of various execu-
tive communications and senste bills Mr..
Enloe Of Tennessee. rising to privi-
legged question. offered a resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for a list of all
persons employed in the coast and geo
dene survey whose salaries were in
creased or decreased during 1890
ard also for list of those
WAC were dismissed or who resigned during
that year Some tine ago Mr. Enloe offered a
simIlar resolution. which was referred to the
committee on expenditures in the Treasury
Department. ut as NJ report has been made
Mr. Enloe again called i. up as q matter of
privilege under the rules
MIR. Euioe stated that he did not wish TO 90
into the. question nov. but simply desired to
obtain information frOm the Treasury Depart
ment. BE had information from a discharged
employee that the coast survey was In the hands
Of ring
INFORMATION By DISCHARGED KMPLoYEs
Mr.. Cultivate Ohio did not believe that
the information obtained by the gentleman
from Tennessee was worthy of belief. He did
net take much stock in tbs information given
by discharged employees
Mr. Enloe suggested tia, the gentleman was
trying 70 smut out resolution which did moth
Ing but call upon the Secretary for informa-
:ion- The gentleman must know OF something
being covered up.
Mr.. ou,hwsIte emphatieslIy denied having
any such knowledge. He knew of nothing
being covered mp.
Mr.. Enloe said that there was nothing in the
poiat that the information had como from a
discharged employe. Discharged etluIoyes
were the kind that we're giving information
The people Who were in and pulling at the
public teat we're not the fellows that would tell
Mr. Blount Goa said that this was "a yery
simple question. The resolution was merely
one OF inquiry and Made reflection on any
au.nan beng on the face OF the earth.
The resolution Was adopted.
THE wnLIAxs-wAKEH SPEECH
Mr.. Richardson Glenn, from the commit
tee On printing, submitted the report Of the
committee on the resolution offered by MI.
Williams Mass to expung- from the Record
that portion Of the speech Of his colleague AIr
Walker which was Published in the Record.
but not uttered by him on the floor.
The report. which reviews the speech in de-
tail. ends with q resolution declaring that the
House. deeniing it a high duty that the cour-
tesy and deeorum required by parliamentary
law anu practice should characterize debate
and the conduct of members at all
times in their official relations. hereby
expresses its disapproyal of the unparliamen-
tary language used by Hon. Joseph II. Walker,
. kepresentative from the state of Massaehu.
sets. in that portion OF his speech printed IN
the Record Of the 18th instant, bat was not lie
hvered on the floor. and considering it inn
practicable TO separate the supplementary
portions Of the speech from such partE as may
Be parliamentary.
THE PART TO BE EXCLUDED.
Resolved. That the public printer is directed
TO exclude from the permanent Congressional
Record all of that portion of his speech begin
ming with the words: Hot shot for mug
vamps." &C., to the words for the ear mark
are ON ID"
This includes all the unGelivered portion o
the speech
Mr.. Richardson asked that the report b,
printed in the Record and gave notice that hs
would call il up for action tomorrow or at Ii,
earliest possible opportunity.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS BILL
The House then went into committee Of tn,
whole (Sfr- Wilson CIV. ya) in the chair OF
- army appropriation bill