The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-11
REED IN ANOTHER RUMPUS.
He Insists on Taking Up the Report
Of the SGTgeant-at-ATmS.

Speaker Crisp Denies That the Report
Is the Regular Order-The Matter
Finally Goes over by Consent-The
Postofioe Appropriation Bill Again
Under Discussion.
Washington, April l0.-After the Jour-
nal had been read and approved Mr.. Reed
asked If the regular business were not
the report of the sergeant-at-arms, upon
which the House was dividing when il ad-
iourned Saturday.
The speaker thought not; Mr. Reed
thought IL was being a privileged ques-
tion, insisting that until the matter was
disposed of the House could not proceed
with other business A colloquy ensued
between the speaker and Mr.. Reed upon
the question oforder, the former being of
the opinion that the matter was merely
unfinished business, the previous question
not having been ordered, and that IL
would not come up Of itself until after the
regular morning business had been dis
posed of.
The speaker ruled that the matter
could come up only when called for.
Thereupon, Mr.. Reed asked that it be
considered
MIR. Springer said he would withdraw
the motion to discharge the order Of
arrest issued to the sergeant-at-arms on
March 20.
Mr.. Reed made the point that it could
not be withdrawn at this period. This
led to another colloquy between the
speaker and MIR. Reed as TO the order OF
procedure in this case.
The matter, by consent, went over
until tomorrow in order 10 give the
speaker an opportunity to examine the
question
The Senate amendment to the House
bill authorizing the ST. Louis and Bir-
mingham Railroad Company to bridge
the Tennessee river was concurred in.
MONEY FOR THE MAILS.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole on the postotiice appropriation
bill, the pending question being the
amendment prohibiting the Postmaster
General from having the postage stamps
printed at the bureau Of engraving and
printing.
The point Of order made against the
amendment by Mr.. HENDERSON, dem, OF
North Carolina. chairman of the commit
tee reporting the bill, was argued at
length. Chairman Hatch sustained the
point of order and the amendment was
ruled out.
Mr. Dunphy, dem, of New York, tried
TO reach the same end by an amend
ment prohibiting any bureau of the gov
ernment from doing this work, but it was
also ruled out of order.
NEW DELIVERY SCHEME.
Mr. Wheeler dem, of Alabama. Of
fered an amendment extending the limits
If dat rihutiop of iettarQ fhraa rnflaa
from the office 10 which they are ad-
dressed at an additional expense Of 10
cents mile.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Hen
derson, reducing from S249, 900 to sl62, 900,
the appropriation for printing postage
stamps upon the strength of the propo-
sition made by the superintendent of the
bureau of engraving and printing! was
agreed TO.
On motion OF Mr.. Henderson an addi-
| tional section was added to the bill re-
quiring the publication of books In serial
parts, novels issued periodically, etc,
bound or unbound, to pay postage at
third class rates for transmission through
| the mails The amendment was the text
of bill recommended by the Postmaster
General, and unanimously recommended
by the committee on postoffices and post
roads
The discussion then recurred to the
paragraph of the bill appropriating $780,
900 year for special mail facilities on
the lines from Springfield, Mass, to At
lanta, Ca, and New Orleans.
Mr. Kyle, dem, of Mississippi, mem-
/ Der Of the committee, moved TO strike out
the item.
II was defended by MIR. Henderson,
dem, of North Carolina, in charge Of the
bill.
WILSON RAISES LAUGH.
A laugh was raised by MIR. Wilson,
rep, of Washington, who asked whether
or not this appropriation was a subsidy
Mr.. Henderson thought not, "but if it
be subsidy" he asked, why do you
want to strike out this little bit OF an
an appropriation, and deprive the south
ern part Of the country of these special
mail facilitiesfn
Mr.. Wilson disclaimed any such pur.
pose, but said he wanted to get subsidy
! for a road out in his section of the
! country.
Mr.. Livingston, of Georgia, advocated
the appropriation contained in the bill.
He said there were $50 democratic votes
| in the states traversed by the line re-
| ceiying the subsidy 'If the Democratic
party" he said, "is TO be of any benefit
TO the country l think it should pay
some respect to the necessities and de-
sires OF that section Of the country"
| Mr. Dingley, of Maine-Is the appro-
priation to be made for election purposesl
Messrs. Gear and Deliver, reps, of
| Iowa, urged the retention of the appro-
priation as something deprecating the
adoption of policy which would abolish
! fast mail facilities.
The committee then rose, and at 5
| o,cloelx the House adjourned until to-