The morning call., 1895-01-17
MERE PARTISAN WRANGLING.
The House TASTES Day to the Profit of
Nobody.

The House Wastes a Day to the Profit of
Nobody.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Dockery of Missouri
occupied the chair in the House to-day, Speaker
Crisp being indisposed. On motion of Cockrell
3D. of Texas a bill was passed to authorize
the Kansas City, Oklahoma and Pacific Rail
road to construct a railroad through Indian
Territory.
On motion of Doolittle (R) of Washington
resolution was passed authorizing the expendi-
ture of the $4,000 appropriated for dredging
Everett harbor, Wash, in the construction
OF fresh-water harbor at that point.
In the morning hour Cultivate, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, called up and
had passed bills to authorize the Board of
Commissioners of the Soldiers Home to sell
asylum lot" on Pascagoula Bay, Miss, to
amend the act of March 2, 1889, relating to
the relief OF soldiers OF the Mexican and Civil
wars from the charge of desertion to give
brevet commissions conferred on officers of
volunteers now in the regular army for SER
vices in the war of the rebellion the force and
recognition of those in the regular service and
several others of lesser importance.
Curtis bill to amend the existing statutes so
that the corps of cadets shall consist of one
from each Congressional district one from each
Territory and one from the District of Column
bia and such number as may be appointed at
large not exceeding ten annually, and that
they shall be actual residents of the district
from which they purport to be appointed,
caused some dissension.
The morning hour expired and the House
went into committee of the whole for the
further consideration of the Indian appropri-
alton bill Flynn (R.) of Oklahoma started the
debate with an assault on the Indian Office,
which he charged with double dealing
Weadock 3D. of Michigan devoted some time
to the discussion of the proposed policy of dis
continuing the contract school system and
opening Government schools, taking the po-
sition that provision for school buildings
should keep pace with the discontinuance of
the contract schools. The charitable schools
should not be interfered with.
Walker RI of Massachusetts took advantage
of the latitude allowed for debate to discuss the
condition OF the treasury and the sources of
revenue out of which the enormous expendi-
lures of the Government were to be betrayed
He said all the Republicans asked was that the
sections of his currency bill be considered in
logical order. That being refused, they voted
against its consideration. He challenged any
one on the Democratic side to point out in his
bill single feature that should not be there.
The Republicans would vote for any measure
that would furnish sufficient revenue to meet
the demands on the treasury, and that would
reform the currency.
"Will the gentleman guarantee" inquired
Warner 3D. of New York, "that his own bill
will have the solid support of the Republican
side?"
"Never," responded Walker, "until we are
assured it will pass. We will not be placed in
the position of voting for bill that is not to
pass when We are without responsibility for
legislation. When we come into power you
will see what we will do.'' Applause on the
Republican side.l
"The gentleman from Massachusetts well
knows" said Warner, "that so far from this
Republican minority which he has Wanted as
so ready to assist us in the financial question
being agreed upon any point whatever the
measure which he proposed is the only one
that any member upon that side has dared to
expose to the air, and he will not claim there
are ten men on that side who will even vote
for the consideration of it. We all know" he
continued, "that on the day TO which he re-
ferred there was witnessed in this House an
unprecedented political event, when the two
wings of the fat money party, heretofore
estranged from each other by unfortunate po-
litical differences, the one led by the gentle
man from Maine (Reed) and the other led by
the gentleman from Missouri (Bland1, fiopped
together till they are sore from their attempted
cooperation. lLaughter.l
"1he gentleman viii also remember that
upon that day, for the first time on record
and it is a credit to his party that they have
kept so long apart from such alliances-the
soft-money Democrats, the silver Democrats,
the Populist party en- masse and the Republi-
can party unanimously, with the exception of
the one man who had not been here long
enough to be gotten into discipline, voted sue
cessfully to prevent further consideration of
the measures for the relief of this country that
the administration had suggested and that the
majority of the Democrats was then pressing
for action. do not blame the gentleman for
one moment, except as to the matter of taste,
for speaking of the nightmare which he has
before him in case by an extra session the Re-