The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-07
THE House SUSTAIHs The Veto
Cleveland Objected to the French
SpoIiation Claims.
A Substitute Bill Was offered and
Passed. Which Omitted Them-A Penn
sylvania Republican Lectures tho
President-A Peace Monument at APP
mitted.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-The House
cleared Its decks for adjournment by
disposing of all the essential business
before it. which consisted Of conference
reports on appropriation bills. The
Presidents veto of the general deficiency
appropriation bill proved effectual, as
the House. by Q vote of 40 to 149, re-
fused to pass the bill over the veto, and
sent to the Senate q su bstitute omit
ting the French spoliAtion and other
claims which had incurred the Presi
Dental opposition.
Although there was little debate on
the Indian bill conference report, which
involved compromise extending Gov
eminent aid to church schools for
another year, when it came to q vote,
the compromise was rejected by the
narrow vote of So to SIS.
When the speaker laid before the
House the Presidents veto ON the gen.
eral deficiency bill, there was applause
by that portion of the House which had
opposed the claims, and which included
many Republicans.
Chairman Cannon, Of the appropri-
stions committee. arose after the read
ing and said: "In my Judgment IL the
Senate amendment covering 700 items
and aggreRating $4,000, 600 had been
fully understood the House would not
have voted for 1t. II we had known
that, fastened SIS o leech, under false
pretenses, the Chouteau claim WAS ins
cluded, do not believe any member
would have voted for 1t.
Mr. Richardson Dem, Tenn.) sug-
gested that as the President had not
objected to the Southern war claims
thoy should remain in the new bill, but
Mr.. Cannon declared they would be
subject to point of order.
Thereupon Mr.. Mnhon (Rep., Pa)
spope with great warmth. II want to
put against the gentleman at the other
end Of the avenue, men like Calhoun,
Clay and Webster" he said, land pre-
fer to take their judgment on legal
questions rather than that of the man
who now occupies the Presidential chair.
He has repudiated his own party, he has
repuoiated the courts of the United
States and now he proposes to repudiats
Congress. This ia not matter for the
President to settle. If we propose to let
him dictate what bills are to be passed,
we might as we'll 20 home"
The question of passing the bill over
the veto was then put to the House and
the vote on the roll call WAS yeas 40,
noes 149.
NIX. cannon tnen sent TO Inc clerkS
desk the substitute bill and asked con.
sent to have the reading dispensed With.
The vote on the passage of the bill
was, yeas, 172; nays. 40, wide margin
over the necessary two-thirda to pass
bill under suspension of the rules.
MIR. Boutelle, Maine, called up the
report OF the naval appropriation bill,
which had been rejected by the Senate.
The House voted further insistence on
It's original propositions and sent the
bill back to conference. At 1870 took
recess until 10 q. m. Monday.
Senate Proceedings
The Senate made some progress to.
day toward clearing away the great ap-
propriation bills. The Indian bill was
finally disposed Of, the contracs school
item being modified so that Cath Ollie
schools will be abolished July 1, 1897.
After discussing the items of battle.
ships and armor plate, the Senate de-
clined by vote of "a to 90 to accept q
conference report recommending three
battleships and armor plate ct a maxi.
mum of S425.
Vice.President Stevenson was in the