Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-26
REPUBLICANS APPEALED TO
Senator Sherman, for Once, Got Into Good
Democratic Company.
ONLY THREE REPUBLICANS WITH HIM
An Unexpected, but Lively, Debate Was
Precipitated in the House Between
Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Flynn,
Delegate From Oklahoma.

Washington April 25.--An effort was
made by Mr.. Sherman, republican, of
Ohio, to have action taken on the house
bill relative to the distillation of fruit
brandy, so as to have engrafted on it
provision of the repeal of that section
of the tariff law which allows drawback
of the tax paid on alcohol used in the arts
and in medicine. That section was put in
the Wilson bill while it was pending in
the senate with the understanding that 1T
would be thrown out in the conference,
but owing to the circumstances the bill
that became a law was not the report of
a conference committee, and so the alco-
hol provision was embraced in the pres
ent tariff act. Mr. Sherman explained
that owing to the action of the treasury
department the drawback was not opera
tive, but that claims running into the
millions were being piled up, and 1t was
therefore highly important that the pro-
visions should be repealed before the ad-
journment of congress. He met, howev-
er the combined opposition of the sena-
tors on his own side, only three of whom
voted with him to take up the bill. and
these votes were offset by the opposing
votes of three populists. All the demo-
Gratis but three voted for Mr.. Sherman's
InOtIOD lie result w dS, yeas nays ~,
as follows
Yeas-Allson, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Brice, Brown, Caffery, Call Chiffon,
Cockrell, Gordon, Gray. Martin, Mills,
Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Sherman, Teller,
Vest, Walthall Wolcott-22.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Baker, Burrows,
Butler Cannon, Carter, Chandler, Clark,
Cullom, Davis, Frye, Gallnger, Gear,
Hansbrough, Hawey, Lodge, Mantle.
Nelson, Peffer, Pettigrew, Platt, Proctor,
Tillman, Turpie, Warren. Wilson-27
Only three republican Senators-MesSrs.
Allison, Teller and Wolcott-voted with
Mr.. Sherman. The three populists who
voted-Messrs. Allen, Butler and PETER
voted against the motion. All the demo-
Gratis voted for it except Messrs. Bacon,
Tillman and Turpie
The consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was then proceeded
with.
The senate made very brief work Of the
bill, having taken only two days in dis
posing of it. When it passed the house
1t carried appropriations ,aggregating
$30,000,00O. The senate appropriations
committee reported 1t back with an addi-
tion of IS, 100000, largely made up of sums
necessary to carry on work on public
buildings and river and harbor improve
ments and United States courts
for the whole twelve months of
the year, instead of for six or nine
months. And the senate itself, besides
carrying out the recommenda tions of the
committee, added items which amounted
TO some 81, 100000 more, so that the bill as
1t passed today appropriates in round fig
ures $37 100000. There was very little
friction in the consideratio of the bill.
Among the amendments adopted were
the following: Increasing the limit of
the cost of the public building at Savan-
nah from 100000 to $500,000; appropriat-
ing $4,000 for postoffice building at
Ia E.,xsft Nn p{.tsx
for purchase of additional land for the
military cemetery at Key West, Fla; ap-
propriating $150000 for a revenue cutter
for the gulf of Mexico.
The PETER bond resolution was then
taken up and went over till Monday as
the unfinished business.
An inquiry was made by Mr.. Chandler,
republican of New Hampshire, as to the
minority report of the committee on priv
ileges and elections in relation to cleo
tion frauds and outrages in Alabama.
The delay was stated to have been
caused by the sickness and absence of
Mr.. Morgan. A statement was made by
Mr.. Allen that If the forty-four republi-
can senators would vote for the proposed
inquiry the votes of populist senator's
would sustain them and the investiga-
tion would be made
At $40 the senate adjourned until Mon
day.
Washington. April 25.-The second con-
ference report upon the Legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
was made to the house today and agreed
to, another conference being ordered up
on the few remaining matters in dis
pute. The principal subject settled by
the report today was that fixing the sal
aries of United States district attorneys
and marshals. AS agreed upon, the total
of salaries of attorneys carried in the bill
as 1t passed the house was increased
$23, 900 and those of marshals increased
$4500. An animated and unexpected in
cident was precipitated in connection
with this report. Mr.. Grosvenor inquired
respecting provision prohibiting the
legislature of Oklahoma from consider
ing any proposition to relocate the capt.
tol of the territory. Being informed that
that had been already agreed upon by
both houses, Mr.. GrOsvenor declared that
'it ought to destroy any man a party
to it."
This brought Mr.. Flynn, delegate from
Oklahoma, to his feet, with the state
ment that similar provision had been
contained in every bill since the first
year of the territory's existence, in obe-
dience to the almost universal demand
of the people for protection aginst a rep
etition of the scandalous scenes enacted
in the first meeting of the legislature
The gentleman from Ohio, he assumed,
must be ranking under the recollection
of other matters or he would not have
made that statement.
Mr. Grosvenor repelled the suggestion,
saying he did not know what the "enor-
mously distinguished gentleman from
Oklahoma meant by these words" He
had but one duty, and the Bombastes
Furioso performance made no impression
upon him.
The house then went into committee of
the whole for the further consideration
of the general pension bill. 1t was OPP
posed by Mr.. Bartlett of New York in
detail and toto.
Mr.. Grosvenor criticised the provisions
of the bill by which Confederate soldiers,
who later also served in the union army,
may be pensioned. He said the only way
to- get the question of pensions out of the
heat OF partisan debate was to adopt