The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
A Tut Between Holman and Hatch
Enlivens the PROCEEDINGS.

n 4tlb between norman ana Hatch
Enlivens the Proceedings.
WASHINGTON. March SIN the House
to-day Mr.. Blanchard Of Louisiana and
Mr.. Coombs Of New York were excused
from service on the committee on militia,
and Mr.. Meyer OF Louisiana szd Mr.. Crsig
or Pennsylvania were appointed to I'LL the
vacancies. Mr.. Craig was also appointed as
a member OF the committee on education.
Mr.. bynum, from the committee on the
Judiciary. reported a bill TO prevent desc
Grafton OF the United States flag. II was
put on the House calendar.
Mr.. Tucker of Virginia, from the COM
mlttee on the election Of President, Vice
President, etc, reported joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
changing the date for the beginning and
ending OF the terms OF senators and represen-
tatlves from March to Dec. 81, providing
that annual sessions shall begin on the
second Monday in January, aud further
and Vice President shall commence and end
April 80 instead OF March 4 Il was re-
ferred to the House calendar.
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was then, on the motion OF Mr.. Sayers,
taken up and passed without amendment or
debate.
Mr.. Hatch OF Missouri called up bill app
propriating las deficiency $4,000 for
carrying out the work of the bureau OF ami
NAL industry. and 900 for experiments
in the production Of sugar.
HOLMAN OPPOSES THE BILL.
ssMr. Holman opposed the bill on the
ground that the committee on agriculture
had no jurisdiction over the matter, and
that IL properly came under the Jurisdiction
OF the committee on appropriations. He
made further objection that the committee
had not properly investigated the question
Of the appropriation, and piopounded sew
eral inquiries bearing upon this point.
Mr.. Hatch declined to be oatechised by
the gentleman from Indiana, but Mr.. White
OF Iowa, member OF the committee on
agriculture, asserted emphatically that
proper inquiry had been made.
Mr.. Hatch regarded Mr.. Holman's objec-
ton as resting upon the foundation that APP
preparations carried in the bill had not been
properly inquired into because they had
been investigated by the committee on
agriculture instead Of by the committee on
appropriations. LLaughter.l
AN OLD FIGHT.
he (Mr. Hstch) had made the same fight
for many years. He had never brought In
report from the committee on agriculture
that had not been attacked because IL was
unconstitutional, or had not been recon-
mended by the committee ON appropria-
tions. Laughter The measures reported
by his committee were always unconstitu-
tional, or had not passed muster before the
committee on appropriations. Laughter. ]
The committee on agriculture would faith
fully discharge Its duty to the House
and to the country; but be did not
proposed to be catechised by the gentleman
from Indiana as to what information he
got about this or that 1t was none OF the
gentleman's business [Laughter.1 IL was
Nhah trot - H..
ure. The IA was that the committee had
had before 1t the Secretary OF Agriculture,
the heads OF various bureaus and three or
four members Of congress.
REPORTED UNDER THE RULES.
The committee had reported this bill, not
by leave OF the gentleman from Indiana or
by favor of the committee on appropria-
tons, but under the rules OF the House,
which gave to the committee on agriculture
Jurisdiction over all appropriations for the
agricultural department. II this was not
an appropriation bill, what was It'll
Mr.. Holman-It is a deficiency bill.
Mr.. Hatch-That is distinction without
q difference.
Continuing, Mr.. Hatch said time and time
again he had seen the gentleman from
Indiana take the constitutional knife aud
pare the appropriations SO that they could
not be seen under microscopes; and when
LAS O"h bbttbo was AubeESsbdu open tuo doors
wider than necessary to allow this capital to
go through. daughter. One Of the first
speeches he had ever heard the gentleman
make was one ia favor of bill to build
turnpike road in Indiana. Where the gen.
tleman got constitutional authority to build
a turnpike road In Indiana he (Mr. HATCH
could never see. [Laughter.1
The bill then passed.
INVALID PENSIONS.
The House went into committee Of the
whole. with Mr.. Outh waite IN the chair, on
the invalid pension appropriation bill. The
discussion which ensued was directed
the relative positions Of the Democratic
and Republican parties on the subject of
pensions. The committee rose and reported
the bill to the House. but hers
1t met with an obstacle. In
committee had been adopted an amend
ment providing that no fee shall be
paid TO any member of the
pension examining board. unless he Is
personally present and assisting in the ex-
animation Of the applicant and when this
amendment came up for action in the
House Mr.. Bailey of Texas made ION a
division) the point of no quorum. He made
the point out of no opposition to the amend
ment, but to emphasize TO the country the
fact that a majority of the members do not
attend the sessions of the House.
The vote resulted, yeas 145, nays 8. This
WAS not n 0uOrum and fha Hnuea al