The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-25
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Reception of Resolutions Passed on
the o'NeiII-Joy Case.


the O'NeiII-Joy Case.
Washington, April 24.-In the House,
the Senate joint resolution, authorlz-
ing the erctieng of a bronze tablet
in commemoration of the one hun
dreth anniversary of the laying OF the
corner stone of the capitol, was passed.
Mr.. Barthold Repubncam of Mis-
souri,, claimed the floor as question OF
privilege. and sent to the clerks desk
resolutions passed at a mass meeting
in st. Louis, declaring Charles 5. JOY
Illegally deprived of his seat.
Mr.. McMillin raised the point that
the resolution did not involve a ques-
ton of privilege.
Mr.. O'Neill, the object of the attack.
demanded the floor as matter OF
privilege, and was proceeding with a
reply to the imputation that he had
obtained a seat to which he was not
entitled, when Wise, of Virginia, raised
the point that O'Neill was out Of order:
At last the speaker ordered O'Neill
to take his seat
The regular order was then de-
manded and after the call Of commit
tees, the House went into a committee
of the whole and resumed consideration
of the postoffice appropriation bill,
which was interrupted some days ago,
Henderson Democrat, of North
Carolina.
The pending amendment was that of
Mr. Kyle OemocraD, of Mississippi, to
strike out the appropriation for the
fast southern mail. Mr.. Kyle continued
his remarks in opposition to the APP
preparation.
Messrs. Meyer and Robertson of
Louisiana, and Mr.. Hooker, of Missis-
sippi, warmly supported the appropria-
ton.
Mr.. Kyle's amendment to strike the
appropriation from the bill was de-
feated. An amendment providing
limitation of ten years on the payment
of money orders and for the destruc
ton of money order files at the end of
that time was adopted. The committee
then rose.
By arrangement, after the bill was
reported to the House, Mr.. Quigg was
given three-quarters of an hour to op-
pose an amendment adopted in COM
mittee of the whole, making all publ
cations purpOrting to be issued peri
odically and to subscribers but which
are merely books or reprints of books,
whether they be issued in complete
or in parts bound or unbound, sold by
subscription or otherwise, subject to
postage at third class rates when
transmitted through the mails The
!
and books Qeprints) given as premiums
with country newspaper subscriptions,
etc.
Mr.. Picker of South Dakota, to
whom Mr.. Quigg yielded a portion of
his time, opposed the amendment in
the interest Of cheap literature for the
farmers.
Mr.. Hopkins Republican,, of Hi
nois; Mr.. Daniels Republican), of New
York: Mr.. Bingham Republican,, of
Pennsylvania; and Mr. O'Nein Gre
publicaD of Massachusetts, also made
speeches against the amendment
Mr.. Henderson Democrat), of North
Carolina, defended the amendment as
| a step toward purging the mails of the
enormous amount of second class mat
ter with which they were numbered.
The amendment, on vote, was
stricken from the bill-26 to 11S. The
bill was then passed
Mr. Campbell OemocraO, of New
York, entered a motion to reconsider
the vote by which the race bill was de-
feated yesterday.
At O'Clock the House adjourned.