The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-28
Chairman Bankhead Prevents action on
The Matter in lhe House.
A VIGOROUS DEBATE ON lHE SUBJECT.
A Maine Republican Bitterly At'Aoks '"0
Bin-The Old Point aud newport
News Mail service.
TINES BrntAU. RAr1KY BUiLDINo.
WAsHl ot.N, Feb. n, 1925.

fnH COflEIufidAlDM
houi' "d9 "'''''' ,.. ,,..,
of bills reported ITO" 'ic i''''-
7uitt,o on Public Buildings and Hfouhus'
a. 49, t.1l f,.. tbo purchasc Of a site for
" ,., Cocoon
ana mo coi'''' -''" - 90
mcnt printng-oiice was cohsIu''eu oi
paramount importance TO the numerous
,,h.,s rcp,rtel from that committee II
,,,. ..ivru the preference By mutual con-
sem.
M. comuittp, having, on January 18th
a., ,..o,nrncndrI the purchase Of the
..,.,ib baIr of block C7s in this city, known
~ ths Nabouo lot. the bill authorizing
a.. .r,., Was urst called up. This
~, IA 100, rreviouslv rejected by the
- ,.,,,,,,i,-.,. ou piiblle buildings ana
,.,,.,,,,.Is and several members of the
,.'..,,,,.i,t'.. mad auuouuced their inten-
,io,,. of bftarIv autagouiZlng the bill.
Ilt "h'L'4ioN' 10 inh Noi'
\ minority 'epcIL sl6H'0 ny Cohtr'SH-
anon Jo. Abbott OF Texas ana Johh - -
Erctz. of Indiana, was submitted WIN
rn' following statements, "hlch were
Vouchei Tor bS several prominent resi-
dents of Washington.
Said site is removed lIom the taptol
aud iuoouv'nicnt OF access TO meInbtrs
Of Congress, Who are frequently co'H-
'III''i Ii hA"NI Tf'l'A D. iiA'ittn '.'i-N'
said site IS remote from the railroad
dcpots. and tho cost OF caytage of the
vast amount ol material used by the
public printing Office viii, i'm a few dec
aides, amount to as much as an
,hllblc site would now cost
The TIbcr creek. before the same was
converted into a sewer. ran through said
square. and ON said edtarc formed a
large pool of water. where the boys of
thirty and forty years ago went to FISH
aud swim.
no suitable foundation LOT su'n pullu-
Ing as is required Tor "a printing once
can be secured on SAID square without
Eredt cost o. the Government, as inc
land On either .ia' OF what as the origi-
nal ct anncl OF Ilber Greek was very low,
'Wamiy ana DOGGY
sand square Was Tor many years the
dumuug-pould for The street swcepings
ana refuse ol 'his city, and mas been MI
cd from hEe To thirty feet in depth, as
VIII appear from Tho STATE ments and
aiidaVts of olt settlers herewith filed
and marked Exhibits a, B, G, -, +, f,
g. ana n. vi ich are made a part OF this
minority report.
chairman Bankhead, OF the committee,
although ne has opposed this purchase
lrom the beginning, reluctantly acquesced
in the majority report for the reason,
tAN ENhli4 lF ili4Etlit NAdi ilt UtllfNtN Aildl
10 was impossible TO get the Senate 10
agree 90 the purchase Of any other site,
consequently no surprise was felt when,
after the reading Of the bill he offered
"a substitute providing for the creation of
"a commission, which shall be empowered
20 purchase a site and erect the building
thereon. the commission 10 be composed
OF the Secretary of the Treasury. Briga-
dicr-Gcueral Casey and the Architect or
the Capitol.
THE DISCUSSION.
The Introduction OF TINS substitute
brought on dlscusSlon "hlcn "@S N'b-
o,ousiy carried on NY NeSSl9' h'"N ,,'"i'
NlI'ih'n' "uoo,'' 'N .''.,'i ., ,''u o''',t9 D.
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iN on N'l'uDNS' ,'''' pa va -''''''' '''
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Mr' NlllNC' u' 'i'''''' " i',l''",'' l'.', ,t .L'
iia"' ''l.,
plll' nc - -',.'i''Ii ~ y.'N ",,
',F,' w. ;" ,', ti, -, t,'to,,,ia5 and
>,,,.,,i,. .t,t,5 tj,,t i,riI,c,,, and ofher mo
thod. bqd bosn r.sorfrd in Am ord,r to
eao,ra t7. ,asst,r, of This bin. He
,l.i,p.J tbat senatorial rressure had been
broucbt to bear ON the House. and stated
that MIR Morse. of Massachusetts. who
formcrlv opposed this bul. was now i'm
favor of II because public building bills
advocated by Mr.. Morse would be hung
up i'm tho Senate unless he (Mr MOrse)
voted for the purchase of the Malone lot
This brought Mr. Morse 10 his feet with a
denial. and rather unsatisfactory at
tempt at an explanations
MIR swanson made a short speech
against the Malone lot ahd also against
the Bankhead substitute, lie advocated
. the economical idcas advocated by the
Public Printer Whlch Is TO repair ana ddd
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THE BILL DEFEATED
IL was very evident from the tenor OF
the speeches ON both sides thdt ieehnS
WAS running hish ON the 1oor or the
House, and tnat the Malone lot bill or
any other proposition To acquire a site
Tor GoNu"ment Printing once was
doomed. Chairman Bankhead. whose op-
position 10 all bills for public buildings
reported from his committee TO this Con-
gres5 has been well known all along,
now inauguratvd a nlbuster, which left
the Malone lot proposition maCted upon,
destroyed tho chance of even a vote upon
the Newport News. Wnston-Salem. or
any other public building bill and lit
crallv wasted the balance OF the time al
lotted to the committee.
Had the Malone lot bill reached a vote
II would have been Overwhelmingly do-
feated and its managers seemed we'll
coptent ia LEI II co NV def.ult Tbue
closed the last act of the dram, which
bas rup through this whole Corgrass
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