Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-05
UATCl AND HALL Have 6 Few Interesting Words in
 the House, THE SPEAKERS GAVEL Fails to Restore Order-Status of Affairs In the
 Senate.
Ii SPEAKERS GAVEL


 with resolution on the part of tue house to accept the programme of business out lined to it by the rules committee.
 h the morning hour the conference re- port on the army appropriation bill was agreed to and bills were passed granting right of way through the Indian territory to the Arkansas and Northwest Railroad company and providing justices of the peace for the territory of Alaska.
 The con inference report on the fortifica- tions appropriation bill was presented, showing that congress had agreed upon all differences except the amend ment of the senate provi ling that con- tract for fifty brt tech- loading mortars shall be entered into, to cost no more than s6500 each. This amendment was disagreed to. The report was adopted aud further conference required on this item.
 The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was reported from the appropriation committee. It carries to- tal of S21 S05, ,526, being an increase over the appropriations for the current year of S4S7 ,9CS.
 The bill carries considerable new legisla- tion, which is, however, ministerial in character. The recommendations of the Dockery com mission for the simplification
 
 utive departments, which were embraced in five bills introduced in the house and re- ferred to the appropriation com mittee, are made part of the present appropriation bill.
 The bill also provides for the repeal of section ? of the act Of May IA, 1880, for the relief of settlers upon the public lands. Until this act person whose title to land WAS irreg ular was frequently made the vic- tim of blackmail aud of contests in court, lad in Nhn tAaI of his home. Ia the opinion of the com- mittee the law worked 80 much injustice that it is necessary to repeal it. It Is pro- vided, however, that contests and rights already initiated shall not be affected by the repeal.
 Mir. Catchings reported an order from the rules committee alloting the day to the consideration of an omnibus bill provid- lng for q settlement of claims amounting to S718, ,663. The claims were for certain stores nd supplies reported by the court of claims under the act of 1853, known as the sBowman act. o
 Before the prev.ous question was ordered on the rule MT. Mahon, republican, of Pennsylvania, made the point of order that the rules .commitlee had no jurisdiction ovtr the bill, as It was stisl bsf,Fs the war cleims committee, and had never been re- ported tu the house. The opponents of the bill characterized the attempt to bring 1t before the house as u gross violation of alfrules and precedents, holding that II the rules committee had power to do so the ya- rlouS committees of the house might just as well be abolished.
 The point of order was discussed for an hour, after which the speaker overruled the point oi order. In thls rule he referred tc the jurisdiction of the rule, committee, and sad that the order was simply one to discharge a committee of the house from the consideration of the subject matter. It was no departure, az under such an or der the sugar, iron, coal and barbed wire bills amending the tariff act were passed.
 The previous question on the rule was ordered by vote of 128 to 90, after which 1t was deieated by vote of 145 to 30.
 MT. Outhwaite then presented the rules committee's order assigning Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week for the consideration of the administration bill. It provides that amendments and substitutes may be offered, the previous question on the bill and all pending amend inents to be considered as ordered at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday till o'clock Is to be devoted to general debate, the remaining time to be under the i've min ute rule.
 MT. Outhwaite, in presenting the matter to the house, stated that ''all interested in the question had been consulted, and he thought there would be no opposition to the rule.
 This brought Mir. Hatch to his feet. He
  ests, but only those of the banking and currency committee and the banks. He represented the other side-the great agrl- cultural interests of the country-and he was now trying to have the agricultural appropriation bill considered. The gentle man from Ohio (Mr. Outhwaite) was mis- taken if he thought there would be no op- position to the order. He hoped that the rule would be withdrawn and the agricul- tural bill taken up.
 bir. Hall, democrat, of Missouri, said that the statement of MT. Hatch was false, aud that he (Mr. Hatch) did not know what went on in the banking and currency committee. II he did he would not have made the statement that only the interests Of banks were considered.
 Mr. Hatch, in loud and angry voice, replied that he did know and that was why he made the statement. If the gen. tleman from Missouri Mir. Hall) could produce a single bill reported from the banking and currency committee which was not in the interest of banks he would withdraw the statement; otherwise he would not, "And want to say,' con. tinued Mr. Hatch .'that the language used by the gentleman from Missouri MT. hal) was such that he would not use to me outside this house.''
 This remark caused considerable excite ment and member began to gather around the two Missouri members. Speaker Crisp rapped loudly and repeatedly for order, and failing in his attemptto get it ordered the sergeant at- arms to request the members to take their seats. After a few minutes order was restored, and MT. Outhwaite said that it was evident that there was no in- ten liou to discuss the order, and he there- upon demanded the previous question on it, cutting of debate. His demand was sustained, though some signs of fiiibus- tering were shown, and the order was adopted.
 Haturday. the 23d instant. at~2 D. m,. was set apart for delivering eulogies of the late Represeptstive Stockbridge of Michi- gan.
 Tbca Agricultural appropriation bill was tkKeu up on motion of Mir. Hatch, chair man of the committee on agriculture, and after being discussed for two hours was passed. It carried total appropriation of 8, ,277. .160.
 The Hawaiian correspondence called for
 resolution of the h oase of the 1st in-
 .s Laid before the house and or
 fl. % siisrnoon Us pu,os'u, of Fsbrusfy 2e was sss kosrt for the deliverance of eulogies upon the late Representative Post of Illinois. Aok t AIw