The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18

IN relation to the comparative merits of
pure nickel alloy, aluminium alloy and
copper bronze as material for our minor
COINS and AUTHORIZING him to have struck
experimental coins.
! AT IL o'clock the District of Columbia
Dlll was sent to further conference
The house was eager for final adjourn
ment and Mr.. Dingley expressed the
nope that proper spirit of concession
would be shown by the conferees.
Mr.. Grout assured the house that the
conferees were meeting in concilatory
spirit.
Il understand from the announce
ment of the gentleman from Maine" in
| terposed Mr.. Richardson Dem.) of Ten
| nessee,' that nothing is to be done with
the anti-bond bill?'
The gentleman is well aware" re-
piled Mr., Dingley, that there is not
time. ;, Members are anxious to get
| away"
with your majority" retorted Mr..
Richardson, growing daily, sometimes
at the ate of two a day, it seems to me
you ought to be able to secure action if
you so desired"
The speaker declared the debate out
| OF order and the work of passing the bills
| proceeded.
Bills were passed to regulate the es-
tablishment of submarine telegraph lines
| in the United States; to change the time
| and place of holding court in the North
| ern district of Texas, and other bills of
| minor Importance.
At 1:5O p. m. the house took recess
| until 3 o'clock. After the recess a bill
was passed to pension the widow of the
late Brig. Gen. John II. Hibbon at the
rate of $50 per month.
Mr.. Cannon presented the conference
report of the sundry civil appropriation
bill: He explained that the conferees
buildings items. The senate still in
sisted on it's amendments. but he ex-
pressed the opinion that if the house con-
tinued to stand firm the senate would
yield. He appealed to the members to
not give way, but to make the senate, if
it forced the bill to fail, shoulder the re-
sponsibility.
Mr.. Sayers, the Democratic conferee,
expressed to the house the opinion that
the senate would not yield, and unless
the house did, congress would continue
in session indefinitely.
Mr.. Wilson (Repg of Idaho moved
that the house recede and concur in the
senate amendments. Speeches were
made by Messrs. Doolittle Rep.) of
Washington, Blue Rep.) of Kansas and
Henry Rep.) of Indiana against concur
ring, and by Messrs. Dockery DEM of
Missouri, Mondell Rep) of Wyoming
and Hopkins (Rep) of Illinois. in favor
of concurring.
On a rising vote the house refused to
concur, 81 to SO, but by tellers the mo-
ton was carried, 80 to "a.
Mr.. Owens Dem.) of Kentucky de-
manded the yeas and nays and the roll
was called. and the motion to concur
was carried, 100 to SO.
There was some cheering when the
result was announced.
The house then cOncured in the senate
amendments to the Cummings hill to
prevent fraudulent branding of bottled
spirits.
The speaker appointed the following
committees to sit during the recess of
congress-
To investigate the charges affecting
the LeavenwOrth CKan.) soldiers home,
Messrs. Grout of Vermont, G. w. Stone
of Pennsylvania, Wagner of illinois,
Savers of Texas and Layton of Ohio.
Mr.. GrOut presented the final confer
ence report on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill
Pending action on the report, various
members took occasion to speak on the
work of this congress.
Mr.. Cannon Rep) of Illinois con-
graduated the house on the work of the
session. He referred to the fact that
it had passed bill that would save us
from borrowing money. but that it had
slept the sleep of death in the senate.
Nothing was left but to make the apprO-
prations to carry on the work of the
government, taking care that they ap-
propriated only what was absolutely
necessary for the work. He reviewed
some things that had been done and
said, to sum it up in one sentence, NO
scandal can be charged to this house,
They Republicans could unite in as
surfing the country that if. in November,
they give that party full power they
would write on the statute books the
protection economic policy of the Repub-
lican party.
Mr.. Savers Dcm.) of Texas said he
had listened with pleasure to the utter
ances of the gentleman from Illinois. He
had heard similar utterances in the
Fifty-first congress, and. he added: "You
know the result"
what has the Republican congress
DONE" he asked. Instead of simply
ment it had made appropriations of
$500, 100000 and contracted for $780,
100000 additional as Il burden for
future congresses.
The Republicans. he declared, had
been just to the few at the expense of
many. The minority had not approved
the appropriations. but wherever and
however they could assist the majority
in reducing the appropriations they had
not failed to do sO
The conference report on the District
of Columbia bill was agreed to.
The senate amendment to the final
adjournment resolution, fixing tomorrow
at o'clock for sine die adjournment,
was agreed to.
At 7:30 the house took Il recess until
$50 to permit the speaker to sign the
enrolled bills tonight.
The house transacted nothing but
formal business at the night session. and
mt 1915 adjourned until tomorrow.
HE WANTED TO SEE A HANGING.
The English papers are full of stories
of the LATE shah of pprsia some of which