Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-21
THEY SHED At THE RECORD
But the Mccall Test Bill Passed
the House.
RUNNING MATE FELL DOWN
There Was S my in the Ranks of the Cars
Cohorts.
WALK 3 OF MASSACHUSETTS LED IT
zig : Servant Dogp" He Asked in the
j of Bitterness-That Vetoed PEN
Z ~ sion Bill Comes Back-G Gorman
Shocks Sherman.
RUNNING MATE FELL DOWN
ak 6 OF MASSACHUSETTS LED IT

| Washington, May 2o.-The house dis
posed of the immigration question today
| by passing the Mccall educational test
| bill, together with the Corliss bill, in-
tended to protect the lake cities from
Canadian competition. The latter was
| agreed to by vote of 121 to 45, and the
amended bill was passed by a vote of
1876 to 26. A record of the vote by yeas
and nays was refused only thirty-six
members rising to second the demand by
Mr. Fitzgerald, democrat, of Massachu-
setts, therefor.
The consular inspection bill proposed
by Mr. w. A. Stone, republican, of Penn
sylvania, was rejected-75 to 49, He,
too, was unable to get vote of record.
The debate on the question was particle
pated in by Messrs. Wilson, democrat, OF
South Carolina, and Danford, republican,
of Ohio, in support OF all the bills; by
Messrs. Mccall, republican, of Massachu-
sets, and Bartholdt, republican, of Mis-
souri,, in support of the educational test
bill, and by Messrs. Mahany, republican,
of New York, and Hendrick, democrat,
or Kentucky, against any additional re-
strictions. The continuation of the de-
bate was preceded by a sensational out
break in the republican ranks against
the management of the majority. 1t was
precipitated by the presentation of an
order from the committee on rules by Mr..
Henderson, republican, of Iowa, setting
aside Thursday and Friday (private bill
day under the rules) for the considera-
tion of measures reported from the COM
mittee on labor. 1t was opposed by
Messrs. Walker, republican, of Massa-
chusetts; Pickler, republican, of South
Dakota, chairman of the committee ON
Invalid pensions, and Mahon, republican,
Of Pennsylvania, chairman of the COM
mittee on war claims, who protested
against depriving the house of the oppor-
tunity to consider and dispose of the
bills on the private calendar.
Mr.. Walker vehemently denounced the
leaders and asserted that their reign
would come to an end with this congress;
that In the next house rules would be
adopted by which business could be
| transacted in accordance Herewith, or
| nothing would be done. He condemned
| in bitter terms the policy which prevent
! ed the government from paying its honest
| pebts; denouncing 1t as q shame and dis
grace, such as no other country In the
world labored under, and then asserting
that the same policy had been pursued In
all the congresses of which he had been
a member, by design of the leaders.
although / have been member of this
congress for eight years." he dramati-
cally exclaimed, II get no more consider
alton than q dog"
President Cleveland's message vetoing
the bill to pension Lydia A. Taft was
read and referred. She obtained divorces
from Taft fourteen years ago. Taft died
five years ago in a soldiers home. The
president sees no merit in her claim to a
pension under this showing.
At 4:50 the house adjourned.
The Senate.
The last but one of the general appro-
priation bills, the one which provides for
fortificationS and other works of defense,
occupied the attention of the senate to-
6ou nd na espd hpfpra aHiOfIrpmant
| 1t carries nearly $11,0OO,000, about $5,000,-
| 900 more than 1t carried when 1t passed
the house. The principal item of increase
| Is one of SO, 900 for gun and mortar bat
teries. There was little or no controversy
over any of the provisions contained in
the bill, but rather important discussion
was precpitated by the amendment Of
fered to the bill by Mr.. German. This
amendment proposed to authorize the Is
sue of $100, 900, 900 of treasury certificates
of indebtedness, bearing per cent inter-
est in order to meet the expenditures
called for by the appropriation bills OF
the present session, the aggregate OF
which Mr.. German puts at $500 900 600.
The amendment was opposed by Mr..
Sherman, who declared that never be-
fore had such a proposition been made
to meet the current expenses of the gov
ernment in a time of profound peace, and
who argued that the proper course for
| the senate to pursue was to take up the
| tariff bill passed by the house in the early
| part of the session, leave off the free sill
yer amendment which the senate had at
| tached to 1t and then pass 1t, with such
| additions as might be deemed wise, IN
| Guiding q tax on tea and coffee. He said
| that he would tear up all the appropria-
| ton bills rather than make such confess
son of bankruptcy.
Mr.. German argued that the deficiency
| in the treasury could not be met In any
other way than that which Is proposed.
| At the close of the discussion the amend
ment was laid on the table by vote of
AZ to 8.
Earlier in the day a conference report
on the river and harbor bill was pre-
sented by Mr.. Frye, republican, of Maine,
and an effort was made by him to get
immediate action on 1t. That was re-
sisted however, by Mr.. Bacon, democrat,
of Georgia, who had learned that the
appropriation for the harbor of Bruns-
wick, Ga, had been struck out In con-
| ference, and who wanted time to argue
| the matter before the senate. And SO
Mr.. Frye rather reluctantly consented to
have the report go over until tomorrow.
| The only question that was not settled
| in conference Is the one relating to the
| deep sea harbor in South California.
The senate bill passed on the I'd Of
March last, and to which motion to
| reconsider was pending, for the enlist
ment Of additional men in the navy, was
| taken up. The motion to reconsider the
vote on its passage was agreed to and
| the bill was placed on the calendar
Mr.. German, who had made and who
called up the motion to reconsider. ex-
led that the enlistment feature OF
bill had been provided for in the
val appropriation bill, but that there
we're other important provisions IN 1t
which he wished to discuss. One of these
/, provisions gives .authorfty to the secre-
| tary of the navy to charter transport
\ ships in case of emergency.
Three senate bills authorizing the con-
! struction by the Mobile and Ohio rail-
| road company of bridges across the War
| rior. Caha ba and Alabama rivers in Ala
| bama were passed.
At p. m. the senate adjourned until
tomorrow. -. .----l