The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-06


silence to the Majority Party-How
Holman Was "Cashiered''-The Behring
Sea Bill Passed by the House-Provi-
sions for Seizures Based on the Slave
Trade Treaties
Washington, April 5.-In the House
today, Mr.. McCreary, Democrat, OF Ken
tucy, asked unanimous consent, which
was granted, for the present considera-
tion of the bill to enforce and give
effect to the recommendations Of the
Paris tribunal OF arbitration for the
preservation of the fur seal. The bill
was read and Mr.. McCreary explained
its provisions.
Mr.. Dingley, Republican of Maine. re-
ferring to the clause providing for the
seizure of American vessels by British
officers upon condition that the reciprocal
right be granted American officers to
seize British vessels, asked whether this
was in pursuance of any part of the
award by the arbitrators or taken from
one of the various treaties looking to
the suppression of the slave trade.
Mr.. Hit, Republican of Illinois, a
member OF the committee of foreign
affairs, replied that the section was
drawn by the gentlemen who represented
tie United States .before the tribunal
and deemed essential to the enforcement
of the provisions of the award. 1t was
based upon the terms of the treaty of
1870 for the suppression of the slave
trade.
The bill was read third time and
passed without division.
The House agreed to resolution Call
ing upon the Attorney General for lnfor-
nation as to the receivershlp of the
Union Pacific railroad.
The House resolved itself into commit
tee of the whole on the general appropri-
alton bills and Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri,
took the chair.
Mr.. Savers. Democrat of Texas, asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
of the urgent deficiency bill reported
yesterday.
Mr.. Reed, Republican of Maine, asked
the probable amount of the deficiencies
that the House would be asked to cover.
Mr.. Sayers said about twelve or four.
teen million dollars.
Mr.. Reed wanted to know why it was
lEa
had been cashiered, SO to speak. as chair
man of the committee on appropriations
for exceeding the appropriations of the
wicked 51st Congress, known as the
"billion dollar Congress" Inasmuch as
there was, in addition to that excess,
further addition of twelve or fourteen
millions, he thought that this was the
"gliding of refined gold and the palntlng
of the lily"
Mr.. Holman declined to consider the
failure of Speaker Crisp to reappoint
him to the head off the appropriations
committee as a punishment. The same
sort of change, he said, was made by
Mr. Reed when Speaker. in the case OF
MIR. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and he sug-
eested that reason might be given for
that. INV
"Oh.n responded Mr.. Reed,rr"I am
always ready to give reasons for my con-
duct, which some of my predecessors and
successors seem reluctant to have done
or to do. I did not appoint W.D. Kelly
to the head of the ways andsm cans com
mittee because I believed he had reached
that5period in life when his physical
abilities were not equal to The demand
that would be made upon them.
After securing from Mr.. Sayers an ad-
mission that the necessities of the pub
lie service required the speedy passage of
the bill, Mr.. Reed said that no objection
WOulQ D0 mduG ny UIlO hCpuO
The5bilI was read. 1t carries. as reported
from the committee, 81. .237, 255. The bill
was discussed by Mr.. Cannon, Republi-
can of Illinois, who said the bill under
consideration was the fifth of the series
and .the total amount carried by the
five wes 81, 571, 577. Other remards were
made by Mr.; Henderson, Repu bll-
Dingley. General debate was closed by
Mr.. Reed, who pleaded with the Demo-
cratic mem bers for change of conduct
in the future regarding the charges of
extravaganza against the 51st Congress,
suggesting that they show at least t he
penitence of silence, remem mber1ng how
the SIND CONGRESS e1eeeaed rne appr0pfl-
Mr.. Sayers offered an amendN ent
making several changes in the law relat-
ing to the census bureau. The most
important were to extend the time for
completing the workcof the bureau from
June 80, 1894, to March 4, 1895, to trans
fer to the pension bureau lists OF soldiers
and sailors who served in the Union
army. with the surviving widows of
soldiers and sailors; to incorporate the
report on fisheries with the agricultural
renort and to print 100,0 900 copies of the
abstract of the census, not to exceed $50
pages. The present law requiring the
publication of the names and addresses
of soldiers aQQ SdllOl0 anu SuIVItluS
widows thereof is repealed by the
amendment. The amendment was agreed
to as was an amendment giving the
Department of State $4,000 for printing.
The bill was reported to the House
and passed.
In Committee of the whole, the House
took up the postal appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr.. Crawford, Democrat of
North Carolina, $50, 600 of the appropria-
tion for inland mail transportation was
ordered set aside for increasing the SER
vice on lines where postage stamps. etc.,
are NOT sufficient in themselves, under
existing regulatio to warrant an in
crease.
Mr.. Springer, Democrat of Illinois, offered
the following amendment: Hereafter
ali publications issued from known
place of publication at stated intervals
as frequently as four times year, by
or under the auspices of benevolent or
fraternal societies or orders organized
under the lodge System having bona
fide mem bership of not less than 1000
persons, or a regularly Incorporated in
stitution of learning, shall be admitted
| to the mails as second class matter and
tbe hostage thereon be the same as on
second class matter and no more"
M. Henderson made the point that the
amandment changed existing law and