The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-28
HOW THEY DID 1T.
Report of the Day in the Lower
House.

Report of the Day in the Lower
House.
Washington, Feb. 27-The House met at
IL o'clock CockreH Democrat, of Texas,
moved concurrence in the Senate amend
ment to the joint resolution prohibiting
the Importation of goods in bond from
the United States through the free zone
OF Mexico.
Crane Oemocrat), of Texas, vigorously
opposed concurrence in the amendment
which struck out the provision limiting
prohibition to any point between the
western boundary of the city OF LAREDO req
amendment he declared, would in effect
prohibit the importation OF goods through
the United States into Mexico, unless the
latter country abolish the free zone.
But twelve. per cent of the goods re-
manned in the free zone and he repealed
with Yig0r the ISLANDERS that the zone Was
an abiding place for smugglers and out
laws.
Cochrelrs motion was agreed to. The
bill TO amend the Chicago public building
bill 50 as to provide for the sale Of the
old poStof1ce to the best bidder, passed.
O'NeiH, of Massachusetts,, presented the
conference report on the pension dppro-
priation bill an agreement had been
reached, he explained, on all points.
After further debate the report was
agreed to, $50 to Y. The conference re-
port on the bill to pension General Harri-
son c. Hobart ana 70 amend the act Ior
to-, after which under The special order
adopted yesterday. the House proceeded
to the consideration of bills reported from
the Commif tf on gnr Fu R 6 aad ana R5
Chairman Bankhead was that to pur-
chase the south half of what is known
as the "Mahone Square" as site for a
new building for the government printing
office, and it caused considerable DISCUS
sion.
Mr. Milken RepublicaD. Of Maine, de-
clared his opposition to the Malone site
While Mr. Abbott DemocraD, of Texas,
| was debating the question of the purchase
of the MahIae site, Mr.. English Demo
craD, OF New Jersey, asked; If the
hone, do You think the Senate would be
so anxious to purchase the lot Of Ma
hone?0
That is question would not under
would not feel at liberty to cast any
aspertlons on any, member Of the other
end OF the capitol"
| Later on, while Mr.. Meredith Demo-
craD of Virginia, was speaking Of the
necessity for the passage of the Senate
bin. MI. English interrupted him; you
mean job. not bill ~,
Pennsylvania. to demand from Mr.. Eng
/ Hsh an explanation of his charge that
there was a job in the Malone site. As
the House was dlyid Me- h9 f0 TseTv MI
| A preliminary Snarl deadlocked the
| House soon afterwards and the whole
! question of a selection of a printing
| office site was abandoned.
I Mr. CuIbertson, chairman OF the Judi
! ciary committee, thereupon called up the
| conference report on the bill to redis-
! trict the Indian territory fog julRcial pur-
poses, to provide additional United States
commissioners, etc The report was
agreed to.
| Mr.. Henderson then called up the con-
I ference report on the postoflce appro-
| priatfon and MIR. Loud (RepublicaO, Of
| California moved to concur in the Senate
amendment designed to destroy the effect
| of the poStmaster-generaf5 order reQuir-
I ing every mail clerk to live on the line
! of railroads to which they are assigned,
/ but requiring future dpp01nteeS to do SO.
I Mr.. Wilson OenocraD, of West Vir-
ginia, protested against interfering with
Tnaster-generai for the regulation of his
dapartment After some further debate
! Mr.. Loud's motion was agreed to-122
I to 81.
( Mr.. Wheeler Oemocrat), of Alabama,
! for unanimous consent for the cOnSiderd-
| tion of a Joint resolution providing for
! the participation of Congress in the dedi-
| cation of the Chickamauga military
park next September.
The tWenty-one pension bills faYorably
I session were passed in half that number
| of minutes.
| BY unanimous consent bills granting an
! American register to the British built
| steamer Kahului and to amend the act to
forfeit certain lands granted TO railroads
! were passed. Then, at 5;S5 o'clock, the
House adjourned.