Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
BY \ VOTE OF 200 ID 38 The House Passed the Arizona
 Land Bill OVER MIR. CLEVELAND'S TO Thirty-Two Democrats Voted With the Repub-
 licans and PopuIists. ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED An Amendment Was Made to the Legisla- tive, Executive and Judicial Bill,
 Providing for Salaries Instead
 of Fees for Marshals.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED

Washington, Feb. 29.-After an hour debate today the house passed over the presidents veto the bill authorizing the leasing of school lands in Arizona by a vote of 200 to 9S. The negative vote was confined to democratic members.
 The following democrats voted "aye" with the republicans and populists:
 Messrs. Bailey, Cobb of Alabama, Cox, Crisp, Cummings, Dearmond, Dinsmore, Downing, Hutcheson, Latimer, Layton, Little, Livingston. Maddox, McCulloch, McDearmon, McLaurin, McRae, Money, Moses, Neill, Richardson. Robbins, Stal- lings, Stokes, Strait, Talbert, Terry, Un- derwood, Wheeler, Williams, Wilson of South Carolina-32.
 Those voting in the negative to sustain the president were:
 Messrs. Allen of Mississippi, Bell of Texas, Berry, Boatner, Buck, Catchings, Clardy, Cobb of Missouri Culberson, Cookery, Elliott of South Carolina, liar rison. Hart, Hendrick, Kyle, Lawson, Lester, Mcclellan, McCreary, McMillin, Meredith, Mayes, Miles. Otey, Owens, Patterson, Pendleton, Robertson, Russell of Georgia, Savers, Sorg, Spencer, Swan son. Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Turner of Virginia, Washington, Yoakum, all democrats-3S
 Senate amendments to the army appro- priation bill were disagreed to and the bill sent to conference.
 In accordance with the notice given yes- terday, MT. Henderson, republican,, of Iowa, reported from the committee on rules an order making it in order not to subject to point of order under the rules as an amendment to the legislative, ex- ecutive and judicial bill the bill reported by the committee on the judiciary, pro- viding for the compensation of United States marshals and district attorneys by salaries instead of fees. He explained the object of the order to get the pro- posed legislation into the appropria tion bill for the reason it provided the money to pay this officer, and further to effect, by getting the provisions of the new bill in the appropriation measure, reduc- tion of $216, 900 in the expenses attached to these offices. He read statement showing that in the past seven years there had been an increase in the appro- priation for United States marshals of $756 000
 MT. Crisp, democrat, of Georgia, said that ordinarily he opposed the addition of new legislation to appropriation bill. but he recognized the fact that if there was to be any action at this ses- sion upon the fee and salary ques- tion, which had been before the house for many years it must be upon an appro- pria tion bill, and he would therefore vote for the order
 The order was adopted without dvis- ion.
 Mir. Daniel. republican. of New York, chairman of elections No..1, presented reports of the majority on the Aldrich- Robbins contested election case from the Fourth Alabama district. and asked leave to have them printed. Permission was given the minority to file their views not later than Friday next, the understand ing being that the case will be called up early in the following week.
 The house, in committee of the whole, then, under the five-minute rule, resumed consideration of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1897.
 Consideration of the bill was com pleted, save the paragraphs covering compensation for United district attor- neys and marshals. A few unimportant amendments were made to the bill. The paragraphs remaining will be further considered Monday, when the new salary law for those offices, prepared by the committee on the judiciary, will be of fered as an amendment to the bill under an order agreed to today relieving it from the operation of the rule which pro- hibits the addition of new legislation to appropria ton bills.
 At o'clock the house adjourned until Monday