Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-13

RruInm shouted excitedly: II am re-
sponsible for all say, and am ready 10
answer for 1t at the proper time.
| Sneaking of the arguments Of the veto,
Mr. Brumm declared that they were in
! tended as a cheat, a fraud and false
/ hood.
When he had finished, Mr.. Sayers as
serted that the language of the gentle
man from Pennsylvania is not only un
parliamentary but absolutely indecent.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman Of the committee
on appropriations, declared that there
were 100 insurance claims in the BILL not
wlthstanding Mr.. Grosvenor's denial. He
had differed from the president radically,
but always respectfully. but he agreed
with the president in his veto. This
amendment never should have gone on
the bill. It is a whitened sepulchre filled
with dead mems bones"
The question Of passing the bill over the
veto was then put to the house and the
vote on roll call was yeas 49, nays 149.
Mr.. Cannon then sent to the clerk s
desk the substitute bill.
Mr.. Richardson protested against the
bill, because in it Mr.. Cannon had we
toed" not only the French spoliation
claims and the Choteau claim, disap-
proved by the president, but also the
southern war claims, which the presi-
dent had not mentioned, and had given
the committee no opportunity to pass
on the bill.
Mr.. Evans of Kentucky and Mr.. Wei
lington of Maryland pleaded for the
southern war claims.
Mr.. Cannon explained that he had pre-
pared the new bill because there was not
time for the committee to frame a new
one, and had omitted the Bowman act
claims because they could not be put on
a bill originating in the house under the
rules. This provoked a tumult, in which
Mr.. Cannon yelled; Il do believe the
house cares to follow the lead Of the
gentleman from Maryland" and M
Wellington retorted: 1.-The house will
not go wrong if it does SO in this mat
ter" and was called to order by the
speaker.
The vote on the passage of the bill
was, yeas 172, noes 49, wide margin over
the necessary two-thirds TO pass the bill
under suspension of the rules
sundry Civil Bill.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was reported by
Mr.. Cannon. The house voted to agree
to the senate amendment which author
lied liens on the arid lands ceded to the
states by the Carey act to cover the cost
of reclamation, after an amendment had
been added, at the suggestion of Mr.. La
cey of Iowa, vestng the sole authority
TO make liens in the states. The bill was
sent back for further conference on the
public building amendments the house
rejecting motions to accept them. The
house voted further insistence on it's orig
inal propositions in the naval bill and
sent it back to conference.
The conference report on the postoftice
appropriation bill was adopted
In explanation of the Indian appropria-
ton bill, the conference report on which
he called up, Mr.. Sherman of New York
said that the house conferees had given
notice that they would never accept the
odd settlers " or Cherokee claims pro-
viso, but had offered to refer the matter
to the court of claims. This the senate
conferees refused and a compromise was
reached, instructing the secretary of the
interior to retain the money so that the
question could be decided in the next ses-
sion. The compromise to end appropria-
tons for sectaran schools on July /, 1897,
inspired an eloquent speech from Mr..
Fitzgerald of Massachusetts.
He asserted that millions had been
spent in building Indian schools on the
understanding that they would receive
government aid. Millions of property of
the Catholic church was to be destroyed
without justice or fairness; hundreds of
children We're to be turned adrft with
out means for their education. In Massa-
chusetts the people We're pursued by a
secret, un-American order, and while the
Catholic church had never interested it
self in politics it might be driven to