Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-13
INSIST ON THEIR ITEMS IN APPRO-
PRIATION BILLS.
General Deficiency Bill Vetoed and "
New One Immediately Passed
in the House.

penslon Of the rules After passing some
,,nimnortant bills. Mr.. Loud Of California
moved the passage of the senate OH 10
amend the law defining fourth-class mali
matter. He explained the mails were
gorged with all sorts Of government sup
plies. He said it cost the government
twice as much to handle mails as II
should. The amendment brought up re-
lated solely to franked matter. The bill
was passed, 112 to 3s.
Mr. Powers of Vermont moved TO suS-
pend the rules and pass the bill 10 uelile
the rights of purchasers under mortgages
to the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, au-
thorized by the act Of April. 1871.
Mr.. Powers explained that the purpose
of the bill ia to enable the bondholders or
the Two sections Of this road to organize
themselves mo a corporation on the com
pletIon Of the foreclosure proceedings now
pending.
M Hopkins of Illinois opposed the bill
on the ground that it conveyed to the
company all the rights Of the old com
pany in respect to ths lands originally
granted to II.
Mr. Terry of Arkansas opposed it on the
same ground. After some further crit
icism Of the bill, Mr.. Powers withdrew it.
The speaker then laid before the house
the presidents message vetoing the gen
eral deficiency bill. The veto was APP
plauded by that portion of the house
which opposed the claims and which IN
cluded many republicans.
Of ha tiNnS
committee arose after the reading and
said: "In my judgment, if the senate
amendment, covering 700 items and aggre-
eating 100000, had been fully under
stood, the house would not have voted for
it, If we had known that, fastened as
leech under false pretenses. the Choteau
claim was included, 1 do not believe any
member would have voted for It,"
If any of the senate claims had been
proposed in the house, Mr. Cannon con-
tinued they would have been stricken out
on a point of order. He gave notice that
he would move to pass, after a vote on
the veto, a bill precisely similar TO the
one vetoed with the omission Of the
claims put on by the senate.
Mr. Richardson Of Tennessee suggested
that as the president had not objected to
the southern war claims they should re
main in the new bill, but Mr.. Cannon de-
clared they would be subject to a point
OF order.
Thereupon Mr.. Mahan of Pennsylvania
spoke with great warmth. Il want to put
against the gentleman at the other end
of the avenue men like Calhoun, Clay and
Webster" he said, land l prefer TO take
their judgment on legal questions rather
than that of the man who now occupies
the presidential chair. He has repudiateu
his own party; he has repudiated the
courts of the United States and now he
proposes to repudiate congress. This is
not matter for the president to settle
If we propose to let him dictate what
bills are to be passed we mignt as we'll
go home"
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio said the presi-
dent had Illuminated rehash OF all the
stock democratic arguments E3r repudl-
ating these claims. land had deliberately
misstated the facts as there were no in
surance claims in the amendment He
continued: This occupant OF the presi-
dental chair has done more to bring into
dsrepute the veto power than al his
predecessors, because he has defied public
opinion, defed congress and trampled on
the rights of congress TO appropriate
money for the expenses OF the govern
ment"
Mr.. Dockery Of Missouri supported the
veto on the ground that the bill Appro-
priating money for the support of the
government should not degenerate into
claim bills.
Mr.. Brumm of Pennsylvania believed
the policy of adding claims to the appro-
priation bills to be a bad one, and then
nrOVOka1 vuha ha
ting aside the billingsgate."
a u call the gentleman to order" shouted