Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-16
WAR ON SUBSIDIES.
Watchdog Holman Gets In
His Work.
The House Favors Retrench-
ment in Appropriations.
Holman's Resolution Adopted With
out Alteration.
II II Considered Broad Enough to Per-
mit All Appropriate and Legiti-
mate LegisIation-Wash-
ington Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Tie house of
representatives of the fifty-second con-
gress has declared emphatic hostility to
subsidies, bounties and land grants, and
pronounced in favor of rigid retrench-
ment in appropriations. The Holman
resolution in its entirety, was today
adopted by the house, but not until
after its author had consented that it
should be interpreted in sense "broad
enough to permit all appropriate and
legitimate legislation" The advocates
Of the worlds fair appropriation are to-
night finding great comfort in this inter
probation, and even the friends of mail
steamship subsidies and the sugar
bounty maintain that the pledge of the
government. having once passed appro-
priations to fulfill those obligations, is
but appropriate and legitimate legis-
lation."
When the resolution was reached in
the order of unfinished business, it was
generally expected that Holman would
consent to an amendment modifying the
sweeping character of the second clause.
But he surprised all but few confidants
by refusing to do anything of the kind.
BY unanimous consent he withdrew his
motion of last evening to reconsider the
v0te.by which the previous question was
ordered, and said he had come to the
conclusion that the resolution was broad
enough to permit any and all appropri-
ate legislation. 1t would include all
such legislation as private pension bills
and the like.
Bowers of California asked the gentle
man to specify anything it cut off-any
matter or thing for which an appropria
tion was made by the last congress.
Holman's time having expired he
could make no reply.
The question was taken on the first
clause Of the resolution, relating to
bounties and subsidies. 1t was adopted
yeas, 227; nays, Al.
The question was taken on the second
clause of the resolution. referring to the
limitation of expenditures, Lynch of
Wisconsin making vain effort to pre-
sent substitute. 1t was agreed to-
yeas, 1854; nays, 95.
Upon the second resolution, the fol-
lowing members voted in the negative:
Amerman, Atkinson, Bartine, Belknap,
Beltshoover, Bergen, Bingham, Boutelle,
Bowers, Broderick, Brosius, Burrows,
Bushnell, Caldwell, Chapman, Clark,
Wyoming; Coolridge, Crosby, Curtis,
Cutting, Dalsoll. Davis, Dingley, Dixon,
Doan, bolivar, English, Enrich, Flick,
Funston. Geary, Gillespie, Grout, Hal
vorsen, Harmer, Harter, Haynes, Hen
derson, Iowa; Henderson, Illinois; Herr
man, Hoar, Hooker, New York Hop
kins, Illinois; Houk, Ohio; Huff, Hull,
Lind, Lodge, Loud, Lynch, McKenna,
O'Neill, Pennsylvania; Otis, Owens,
Ter, Post, Powers, Quack-
enbush. Raines, Randall, Ray,
Reed, Reilly. Robinson, Scull, Shank,
Stevenson, Stewart, Pennsylvania !;
Stockdale, Stone, Chas. W., of Virginia !;
Stone, VIM. A., of Pennsylvania; Storer,
Stout, Sweet, E. B. Taylor, J. D. Taylor,
" A. Taylor, Townsend, Wadsworth,
Walker, Waugh, Weadock, Williams,
Massachusetts, Wilson, Washington
95.
A reporter asked Holman whether he
considered that his resolution would
preclude an appropriation or loan for
the benefit of the worlds Columbian
exposition at Chicago. "That will de-
pend" said he, ''upon the construction
placed upon legislation that we have
already had in regard to the worlds
fair. Appropriations can be made for a
public object, and the worlds fair ap-
preparation will depend upon preceding
legislation"
OTHER HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The following bills were introduced
and referred: To test methods of SPELL
ing in schools and appropriating $780,
900 to establish spelling school at the
worlds fair; placing salt, lumber, nails.
cotton ties, binding twine and agricul-
tural implements on the free list; for
the admission of Arizona as state.
After the disposition of the Holman
resolution as above stated, the house
took up for consideration the report of
the committee on accounts, assigning
clerks to various committees of the
house, and discussion ensued as to
whether there was not extravaganza in
these assignments.
Dickerson quoted statistics to show
that there was undue expenditure in
regard to clerks and favored a minority
report cutting off several clerks.
In advocating the report OF the COM
mittee, Cooper, Of Indiana, incidentally
referred to the investigation of the PEN
sion Office last session, and said since
then it had become known that Com
missioner Raum's son had sold places
in the pension bureau and been removed
by the secretary of the interior.
Cummings, OF New York, rebuked the
house for voting regularly for an appro-
priation for clerk to every senator, vet
now processing to cut down its own COM
mittee clerks.
BouTELLE WAKES HUMOROUS.
Boutelle, of Maine, spoke at some
length in humorous strain, inveighing
against the Democratic party for lack OF
patriotism, saying that in the last 81 K
months be had heard of only one pa
triotic remark by Democrat, and that
by woman; he referred to the estima-
bic wife of the present governor of New
York. That lady, alluding to
the necessity OF refurnishine
the New York executive man.
sion, had said it was not necessary
in order to put the governors marsion
In order, to go beyond the confines of
the American republic; when firms in
Watertown did not have an article
called for. che would buy of manufac-
turers or importers. At the word 'sim-
porters," the Democrats burst into
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