The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-02

the work on the private calendar. To
day, by sort of combination. the appro
priations committee was defeated. The
victory, however, was completely barren
so far as the Southern men were CON
cerned, ms after the house went into com
mittee the Republicans forced n motion
to pass over all claims on the calendar.
The Southern men rctaliated by filibus-
tering against the pension bills so that
the net result was less than half a dozen
bills passed. 1t developed during the day
that lively fight would be precipitatrd
Monday, when the sundry civil bill is
called up, on account Of the fact that the
bill carries appropriations for continuing
contracts on river and harbor work and
public buildings for only eight months of
the next fiscal year. That would carry
the appropriations up TO March !, 1897.
The appropriations committee suffered
another reverse just before the house
took recess tonight. 1t was Mr.. Can
mons intention to force the house to sit
tomorrow and proceed with the sundry
civil bill, but the members We're over
whelmingly in favor of taking n holiday.
and by n big majority voted 10 adjourn
until Monday.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, March 27.-Mr. Hepburn
(Rep.) of Iowa in the house today antagO-
civil appropriation bill, which Mr.. Can
non. chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, gave notice that he would call up
today, by moving TO proceed TO the con
sideratiOn of private claims. Friday,
under the rules. belongs to the committee
on claims, but this was the first time the
question had been raised at this session.
Mr.. Cannon opposed the motion of Mr..
Hepburn, but on n rising vote he was
defeated-SS to &C.
Mr.. Cannon demanded tcllcrs and Mr.. |
Grote Rep.) of Vermont called out:
vote with the. appropriation commit |
tee and adjourn May -
Again Mr.. Cannon was defeated.
Mr.. Cannon then demanded the yeas
and nays, which were ordered. The roll
call resulted 142 to n.
The announcement of the victory of
the appropriations committee was re-
ceived with great jubilation by members.
The house then went into committee of
the whole for the consideration of bills on
the private calendar.
Mr.. Picker Rep) of South Dakota.
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions, moved that the bills on war
claims be laid aside without prejudice and
that the committee consider only bills
from the committee on pensions, invalid
pensions and military affairs.
Some of the Democrats attempted to
flibusters by offering dilatory amend
ments but all were voted down and Mr..
Pckler's motion was agreed to.
Much of the afternoon was consumed in
the discussion of n single bill, the Demo
Gratis intmating that an unfair advantage
had been taken of them by the adoption
of Mr.. Pickler's motion. When the APP
bill had been displaced they
supposed that bills for claims and all
O5ther bills on the private calendar would
be considered in their order, not that the
pension cases alone would be singled out
for consideration.
After action on several bills the com
mittee rose.
Mr.. Hepburn moyed that when the ,
house adjourn today it bG - meet on
Monday.
Mr.. Cannon nntagonizcd the motion, :
but he was defeated, II
At 4:35 the house took II recess until 1
$50 o'clock this evening, the evening ses- J
sion to be devoted to private pension bills.
Quite number of private pension bills
were favorably acted upon at the night :
session and at 1880 the house adjourned
until Monday.
Mr.. Cur2on said that Frances an !
in regard to the annulling
# existing treaties with Madagascar was
If extreme Importance. When the gov
had received official notice of
his action, he said, they would take !
roper steps to protect British interests. q
Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state for y
he colonies, announced to the house that
boro WINS mn, -. o., tom of foundation for v
he reports of puchnse by Great Britain l.
Il Dalagoa Bay and an adjoining strip n
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