The morning times., 1896-06-07
House Passes Another Deficiency
Bill TO Meet the Veto.
ATTACK ON CLEVELAND
His Message Warmly Criticised by
Several Members-Maj jOrity of Both
PARTIES. However, Agreed With It's
ent-Confereuce Repor
Agreed 10 ON Other Measures.


afternoon with the return of the general
deficiency bill.
But few minutes elapsed until the mes
sage of the President was read and greeted
| with applause from all the Democrats and
| quite respectable showing of Republicans.
| 1t was generally regarded us sound
| state paper, and affirmed the judgment
of Chairman Cannon that the Senate amend
mcnts should not have been cOncurred in
| by the House.
The consideration of the veto was i'm
mcdiately begun and Mr.. Cannon, who
held the floor. limited its continuance To
the shortest reasonable limit making Iiis
distribution OF time in two minute aliot-
mcnts. But the extreme breyity of the
discussion was not sufficient to altogether
deprive it OF incident. Mr.. MahOn. chair
man Of the Committee on War Claims. de-
clared that the President had not only
repudiated his own, but now proposed to
rcpudiate the courts and Congress. IF
we are 10 allow him to dictat what bills
Congress shall pass and what it shall not,
we might as well quit and go home.
MIR. GRoSyEN0RS SARCASM.
Mr. GrOSyenor said he did not know
which most to admire, the enormous ca
pacity or the President to write such a
message within the brief period which
had elapsed since the bill was presented to
4
Committee on Appropriations, which en-
abled the gentleman from Illinois TO bring
Immediately TO the attention of the House
bill prepared to fit the veto. Ii showed
that we had a great country and were
equal TO any emergency. daughter Mr..
Grosvenor criticised the veto for the errors
| OF fact which he alleged it contained, and
in conclusion. said.
This particular occupant OF the EXecu-
tive chair, has done more 10 bring into
dsrepute aud unpopuiarity in the United
States tie power conferred on the Prest-
dent, to veto bills than all OF his prede-
ccssorS combined. Because lie has defied
public opinion; lie has defied the opinion OF
the lawmaking hrancb OF the government;
he has defied the power to which has been
assigned under tie constitution the sole
power to originate money bills, ana lie has
done il SO often that the people Of this
country are delighted to think that they
may count on the fingers of their two
hands and with surplus left over. the
months that he can thus tyrannizc over
the peoples wishes i'll this regard.
GOOD HAND AT VETOES.
He has made more vetoes. ten to oGe,
than all OF his predecessors combined; and
| ! suppose he jGStfies 1t under his state
nIent in the message sent here few days
ago. iii which he says that patriotism is
at Il low cbb But it will be news to the
country that this President is now up
holding he tag OF patriotism. tApplause.
MeSsrs. Dockery and Sayers approved the
veto. and Mr. Rrumm. chairman OF the
Committee on Claims approved it so far
as TO say that aside from tie Billings
gate the President INDUCES in. the state
mcnts he makes about the claims are facts. y
when Mr. SayerS sharply called him order
for his language.
Mr.. Brumm resented the call with con
iH,ara Ip1 AZ rpSnnuSlttg
for his utteranCes at all proper times aud
places.
Mr.. Savers Poohl THE gentlemap's re
sponsibility don't amount to anything
at amounts to as much as yours does,
shouted the angry Pcnnsylvanian.
DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Savers. taking the floor when Mfr
| BrumIu had closed, said. The language
of the gentleman from Pennsylvania was
not only uEparlianentary, but indecent.
He must protest against the Use OF suct
language with reaErd to the President.
Mr.. Willis. Rep. Del2 ware Why docs not
| the gcutle man protest gainSt the moral lee
lures which the President delivers to Con-
gress aud the inSruations he makes in
| them?
Mr. sayers do not understand that he
| has delivered any lectures. He has simply
discharged has constitutional litigation.
Mr. Cannon, closing the debate, said he
l had generally differed from the President
upou his official acts. but always respect.
fully In this case he was compelled to
/ approve especially as in his opinion the
vetoed bill was ''whited sepulcher. filled
| with dead mems bones" tAppiause.l
Ry a vote OF III To 80. the House SuS
| tanned the Pre- esident. refusing TO pass the
bin over the veto. Tire negative vote was
L cast by the following
THE NEGATIVE VOTE.
Republicans Messrs Adams Pa. Ander
+ son Arnold, Pa, Arnold r. l.. Atwood
BAKER n. H. Boute!Ie. Draper. Fairchild
Gardner Gibson, Grswold Grout, Grow
! Harner, Hartman, Henry. Conn, Hicks
, Hill, Howell, Hurley, Johnson, Cal, Knox
Mghany, Mahon, Milken, Moody. Rey-
burn, Smith HI. Sperry, Sulloway, Van
, horn, Wellington. Willis.
Democrats -Messrs. McDeaTmond. Mere
, ditt. Richardson, and Rusk.
= Silverite Mr.. Newlauds.
, Mr. C;Flnol move to suspend the rules ant
pass the general deficiency bill, which HI
, sent to the clerks desk. He stated that i
= was an exact copy Of the bill vetoed, will
! the exception OF the omnibus claims amend
ment made by the Senate and he asket
: unanimous consent that the reading b.
r dispensed with.
Mr.. Richardson objected. and an hour wa
+ occupied in reading the bill.
PASSED THE NEW BILL.
. Mr. Cannon asked that a second be dis
! penSed with, but Mr. Mahon demanded on
@ | and it was ordered
q Mr. Cannon announced that he was read
+ for a vote and there were loud cries t
4 vote II looked for moment that tn
question would be put without debate, bu
q Mr. Mahou decided to use his twenty mir
:. uteS Mr.. Richardson, Dem, of Tennessee
p | said the House ought to vote down tn
a motion to suspend the rules.
4 The gentleman from Illinois had presente
!, the BILL framed not only to meet the oil
n | jections of the President, as to the Frenc
o spoiation and Choteau claims, but he Ia
| assumed Presidential functions and adde
= his veto OF the Bowman war claims. Ha
:, | these been included, Richardson said, not
c word OF objections would have been mad'
and he pleaded that the motion to suspen
ii | the rules bc voted down, and then bi
: containing those items could be passed
+ five minutes.
y, Mr. Evans, Rep, KY, and Mr.. Wellin;
ton, Rep Md. followed in the same straii
n The voted resulted: Yeas, 172; nays, 4;
s SO the bill was passed.
Mr. Cannon tnen presented the latest r.
. port of the conferees upon the sundry civ
r appropriation bill, and it was agreed t
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