The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03

tinuation.
The reports adds that no good reason
has been assigned by the President why
the House should recede from its action
with regard TO the measure.
II must not be forgotten the report
concludes, ''that if this bill should fail
there are hundreds OF useful projects Of
improvement that have been in process of
complexion for a number OF years and
against which the most capuous critic
could urge no objection, which would be
suspended, whereby great waste would
De incurred and great loss sustained. Not
Wlths tanding all that has been said against
the bill your committee assert that if IL
should become a law IL would yield most
actual substantial benefit to the farmers,
the producers, the consumers, the mer-
cnants and the business interests Of the
country and contribute largely TO its pros
perity."
There was an unusually large number Of
members in their seats, and they listened
TO the report with close attention,
and applauded it warmly.
MIR. Hooker stated that in the opinion Of
the committee the Presidents veto raised
every possible objection and il was the in
tentlon of the committee by its report to
answer them, He said that many gentle
men mad spoken 10 him about discussing
the veto and if he had consented to give
them all the time asked for, it would
run over three or four days. The mat
ter was one for the House to determine:
II 1t wanted to engage upon a general
debate, well and good. In order TO test
the sense Of the House on the question,
the desirabillty of the course indicated,
he would ask the previous question on
the motion to pass the bill. (Applause)
Mr.. DOckery, DEM, of Missouri and
several other members were on their feet
demanding recognition. The former. with
great Vehemence of manner, denounced
York (Air. Hooker), shouting The genS
tleman agreed with me yesterday that
there should be opportunity for debate.
1t Is unjust, unfair and unmanly to cut us
Mr. Hooker seemed about to yield 10
Mr. DOckery's demand, but many mems
bers interposed with cries for the regu.
lar order, and the vote on ordering the
previous question was taken. 1t resulted:
ayes, I79; noes, 60. Mr.. Dockery de-
manded the ayes and nays, but could
muster only forty-siX members to second
his demand-not a sufficient number-and
that announcement was greeted with de-
risiVe cries Of triumph from the friends
Of the bill.
The speaker put the question: Upon
reconslderation, viii the House pass the
bill, the objections Of the President to
the contrary, Notwithstanding"
Whereupon Mr.. DOckery made another
effort to secure a hearing, so mildly as
TO be almost pathetic, he inquired: Upon
the question or passing a bill over the
Presidents veto, there can be no debate
under the course pursued by the gentle
man in charger"
The Speaker-When the House Of Rep
! resentatives has so voted, there can be
no debate. (Applause)
Mr.. Dockery-And it has so voted. Sti-
fled debate.
And ne sank into his seat amidst gen
eral laughter.
.The-vete was then taken on the passage
OF the bill over the Presidents veto, the
constitution requiring that it should be
! done by yeas and nays. There We're 220
yeas and GO nays, more than two-thirds
having voted in the affirmative, the bill
was declared to have passed
The following democrats voted to pass
the bill over the Presidents veto:
: Messrs. Bankhead, Berry, Buck, Catch
! ings, Clark of Al3bama, Cobb, Cooper of
Florida, Cooper of Texas, Culberson, Cum
mings, Denny, lhnsmore Elicit Elliott
| Fitzgerald, Kendall, Kyle, Latimer, Les
ter, Little, McCulloch, Mcmillan, McRae
Meyer, Money, Ogden, Owens Price Rob-
ertson, Sparkman, Strait, Talbert, Terry,
Turner of Georgia, Tyler, Underwood,
Washington, Williams and Wilson Of
South. Carolina-39
The negative vote was made up Of the
Democrats-Messrs Allen of NIissis-
sippi. Bartlett, Bell, Black, Clarity Cock
reL, DeArmond, Dockery, Erdman, Hall
Jones, Kleberg, Layton, Mcguire, Ne
Clellan, McDearmon, Pendleton, Richard
son, Sayers, Shaw, Sorg, Stalings, Sui
ger, Tate, Tucker, Turner of Virginia and
Republcans-Messrs Allen Of Utah.
Anderson, Andrews. Baker of New Hamp-
shire, Brown Calderhead, Connolly,
| Grout, Hager Hainer, Hepburn, Leighty,
Long, Mccall of Tennessee, Mcclure, Nc
! EVAN, pearson, Pltney, scranton, Settle,
Shafroth, Sherman, Traceweu and Upde-
graft.
Populists-Messrs Baker of Kansas,
Bell of Colorado, KEN and Skinner.
Mr.. Strowd of North Carolina was the
only populist who voted for the bill.
There were comparatively so few votes
| in the negative that 1t was found impos-
! sible to pair absent members in favor Of
the bill.
The rest of the session, mainly, was
| taken up with the argument on the con
| tested election case of Mitchell VS. Walsh
/ from the Eighth New York district, and
| voting upon it. The report of the ma
| jority of elections committee No. 2. recon-
| mending the seating of Mitchell, rep, in
| place of Mr.. Walsh, dem, was agreed
| to--yeas, 162; nays, 80.
By this action the democratic strength
! of the House was reduced to 81, and that
| of the republicans increased to 249
| Conference reports on the naval ap-
| preparation bill and the bill making ap-
! propriations for fortihcations and coast
| defenses were presented and the former
| agreed to.
The latter was the final report of the
! conferees, and provided for the expendi-
! ture of 1871, ,SSS and authorized contracts
! TO the amount of $4195,076.
The lack of quorum prevented the
! adoption of the report, and at $40 O'clock
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