Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-18
THE LEGISLATIVE BILL
1t is Taken Up for Action in the House
Today.

Immediately after the opening Of the
committee on accounts. offered a resolu-
ton. for the assignment Of a clerk to the
&C committee on railways and canals. Mr..
Reed took occasion to make some criticism
upen the neglect of business on private
6iA sd6ys IN the House. and he hoped this
was symptom of attending to some other
business than the auditing OF national ac-
counts. @
The previous question being ordered the
resolution was agreed to. The regular or
der was then demanded and committees
called for reports.
The routine morning business being con-
cluded. and this being private bill day. Mr.
Bum, chairman of the committee en- claims
stated that he would not ask the House
TO go into committee of the whole to con-
s'der private bills. as he had made ar
Isngement whereby some other day would
be set apart for the consideration of pri-
vate bills.
Mr.. Reeds Inquiries.
Mr.. Reed inquired whether he had also
made arrangements for the substitution OF
scme other day for the day taken from
9th business to give to the consideration
of private bills. and so on ad infinitum.
but Mr.. Bum replied that he could only
take care of the present and allow the
future to take care Of itself.
Mr.. Dockery then moved that the House
go into committee OF the whole to con-
s.eer general appropriation bills, but Mr.
Loud (Cal) moved that the House 20 into
committee of the whole to consider private
bills on the calendar
The latter motion took precedence. and
a small-sized 1libuster was begun. On di-
vision the vote stood 6l-99-no quorum
Mr.. Loud asked for tellers Pending this
Mr.. Dockery demanded the yeas and nays
and the roll was called. and the motion to
take up private bills was lost-S3-l54.
Mr.. Burrows moved that when the House
adjourn today IL be to meet on Monday
rext and flibustering tactics were con-
tinued, the yeas and nays being demanded.
The roll call on Mr.. Burrows motion t.
adjourn over Saturday resulted 80 yeas and
13i nays. when an agreement was made
between Mr.. Dlngley on the part of the re-
publicans and Mr.. Dockery for the demo-
Gratis that the first reading of the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria don
bill should be dispensed with and general
debate be closed at o'clock this evening
so that the House could adjourn over to-
morrow.
The House then went into committee of
the whole without any opposition (Mr. Rich
ardson in the chairl and the bill was taken
up.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill.
Mr. Dockery. who has charge OF the bill,
explained Its provisions and showed where
reductions had been made. Among other
items absent was the sum of 100000 for
salaries OF assessors for the sugar bounty,
which was omitted from the pending bill, as
1t was drawn up in line with the recent ac-
ton Of the House on the tariff bill.
This led TO an interesting discussion on
the sugar question. in which the -epubli-
can end was held up by Mr.. Cannon of
Illinois, who inquired of Mr.. Dockery as to
the source OF his Information that there
would be no sugar bounty in the next fiscal
year. Was Ii courteous. he asked, to say to
the gentlemen In the other end OF the Capt.
tol that there was to be no further sugar
bounty?
Mr. Docke-y replied that so far as he was
concerned he was willing that the action
of the cor mittee in emitting provision for
assessors of the sugar bounty should be
taken as an omen. And that so far as
the democratic party in the House was
concerned II intended to repeal the sugar
bounty at the earliest possible moment
and all other bounties from the public
treasury fo- all other privileged classes
Democratic applaUse)