Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-18
"CLEVELAND'S WORST ACT" MT. Talbert's Opinion of Secre- tary Morton's Appointment OTHER ATTACKS WERE MADE Lyle, Fee Silver Employc, the Cause of the
 Trouble.
 MONROE DOCTRINE IN THE SENATE Senator Davis Spoke for an Hournn a Half on tho Subect-No Conference Was
 Asked For by the House onthe
 Silver Question.
MONROE DOCTRINE IN THE SENATE

Washington. Feb. 17.-Mr. Cannon, re- publican, of Illinois, from the committee on appropriations, reported the urgent deficiency bill with the amendments made by the senate, recommending con currence in a few of the amendments and non-concurrence in the remainder. Discussing this matter Mir. Cannon said:
 .I want to keep strictly within the rules of the house bill when I read the debates in the Congressional Record. Speaking for the committee over which l have the honor to preside, and for the house must say that when we are jumped on with hobnailed boots in another body Tor alleged performs of our duty, do not look upon such criticism with de- light. especially when every word of 1t is based on false premises
 MT. Savers. democrat, of Texas, said that while this urgent deficiency bill was much larger than any urgent deficiency bill that had heretofore passed, 1t con tained more than 8, ,O0O. 900 which are not in the technical sense deficiencies, which could not be properly charged to any derelction on the part of the last con gross. As. to the work of the present congress hc would say that Tn his opln- ion the deficiencies arising under the Fifty-fourth congress would be less than for many years past.
 The report was agreed to and MT. can mons motion to asK conference upon the disagreeng votes of the two houses passed The speaker appointed Messrs Cannon, Northway and Savers as mana gers on the part of the house.
 MT. Dalzell, from the committee on ways and means, reported substitute for the resolutions recommended to that committee, to call upon the secretary Of the treasury for information in detail as to the proceeds of the sales of bonds un- der the resumption act of 1875; of the re- demption of greenbacks, national bank notes and treasury notes since July l. 1879; the movement of legal tenders Tn bank reserves and in the treasury; what became of the proceeds Of the bond sales and from what source the treasury de- rived the money to meet the excess or government expenditures over receipts!
 MT. Washington, democrat, of Tennes- see moved an amendment, calling upon the secretary of the treasury for in formation as to the sales of bonds be- tween 1873 and 1879 This provoked brief debate, in the course Of which MT. Gresyenor, republican,, of Ohio, arraign- ed the democratic party and the present administration for it's hostility to the credit of the country.
 Mir Dalzel objected to the amendment because it was not germane to the object of the original amendment, and 1t was re- jected. r...
 The resolution as reported by the com mttee was agreed to.
 The house then went into committee of the whole to consider the agricultural appropriation bill under the five minute rule. The attacks upon MT Morton were renewed when the paragraphs covering the appropriations for the bureau or the animal industry was reached. It was found that the bill legislated the chief clerk out of office and made an assistant chief of the bureau at salary or $25Oo. Against this MT. Livingston made the new point of order that it was new legis- lation and increased expenditures. He said that the gentleman selected for as- sistant chief was medical doctor, With out knowledge of the science Of Veteri- nary surgery, as required by law; that he was to be paid $2500 year, and that the salary of the chief clerk whose of fee was provided for by express provis- ion of law, was but 5000.
 Mr. Picker, republican, of South Dako- ta, asked the chairman of the committee If it were not fact that the chief clerk Gyle) whom it was sought in this man. ner to legislate out of office was appoint ed upon the joint recommendation of the Missouri members of the senate, and if the movement to oust him had not been made since the recent attack upon Secre- tary Morton in the ssna.e by Senator Vest?
 MT Wadsworth said the committee had no knowledge on the subject
 The point of order made by MT. Living ton was sustained by the chair and MT. Livingston then moved to insert the usual appropriation of 5000 for chief clerk of the bureau.
 This was antagonized by Messrs. Wadsworth and Hill, republican, of Con- necticut, on the ground that the secre- tary of agriculture had officially inform cd the committee that the services of chief clerk were no longer necessary.
 MT. Williams, democrat of Mississippi, a member of the committee, warmly sup ported MT. Livingston's motion. He said the chief clerk, against whom the sscre- tary's recommendation was directed, was free silver democrat from Missouri. "If he wants to get rid of the man." said Mir. Williams, ''let this brave gentleman, who never before found it necessary to ;lide behind any subterfuge deliver the blow in the open and dismiss him. He has the power to do so."
 Continuing, MT. Williams said that the duties of the chief clerk were fixed by - law. They were clear and distinct, and their discharge was essential to the ad- ministration of the affairs of the bureau. It was puerile, re said, to contend that the services of a chief clerk were no longer necessary.
 Mir Livingston's amendment was agreed to on vote by tellers-64 to 50
 Amendments were agreed to as fol- lows:
 Appropriating $25,000 for distributing information on the methods of construct ing farm houses and printing books oi the diseases of the horse; reducing from $5e,000 to $30000 the amount for publish ing farmers bulletins; appropriating $15,- 900 for irrigation investigations.
 Mr. Skinner, populist, of North Car olina, offered an amendment to the sec ton providing for the purchase and dis tribution of seeds. requiring the secre tary of agriculture to carry out this pro- vision He thought that this provision should be made mandatory.
 Mir. Talbert, democrat, of South Caro- lima. favored forcing the secretary to carry out the law. His appointment he