The San Francisco call., 1896-02-18
Does Not Relish Being Jumped On
by Senator's With Hob.
nailed Boots.
SECRETARY MORTON ONCE MORE
No End to the Criticism of the Methods
of the Head of the Agricu!.
tural Depart tment.

w AO1 4N01ON, u. O.y ISDs III He
House to-day resumed the consideration
| of the agricultural appropriation bill, and
the attacks upon Secretary Morton and
his policy filled in most Of the time of the
session.
These led Pearson (R.) of North Caro-
lima to ask if there were not some one in
the House to defend the Secretary. 'Is
there not" he quered, "a Democrat Re-
publican or Populist who can stoop thus
low?"
The committee recommendation dis.
pensing with a chief clerk of the depart
ment was not agreed to, and the appropri-
alton was restored.
The ungent deficiency bill was sent to
conference.
a resolution F=7-5 reported from the
Ways and Means Committee agreed to
calling on the Secretary OF the Treasury
for information in detail as to the pro-
ceeds OF the sale of the bonds under the re-
sumption act of 1875; OF the redemption of
greenbaeks, National bank notes and
treasury notes since 1897, the movement of
legal tenders IN bank reserves and in the
treasury; what became Of the proceeds of
the bond sales and from what source the
treasury derived the money to meet the
excess OF Government expenditures over
receipts.
The bill to classify and arrange certain
public lands in California, which was Sat
urday made the special order for to-day,
was called up by Johnson (R.) of Califor-
MIA and passed.
Cannon (R.) of Illinois, from the Com
mlttee on Appropriations, reported the
urgent deficiency bill with the amend
ments made by the Senate recommending
concurrence in few OF amendments
and non-concurrence in the remainder.
Discussing this matter, Cannon said:
Il want to keep strictly within the rules
of the House, but when | read the debates
in the Congressional Record, speaking for
the committee over which | have the honor
to preside and for the House, l must say
that when we are jumped on with hob
nailed boots in another body for alleged
non performance af our duty, I do not
look upon such criticism with delight,
especially when every word of it is based
on false premises"
Sayres CD of Texas said that while the
urgent deficiency bill was much larger than
any urgent deficiency bill that had hereto
fore passed, it contained more than 81, ,OOO,-
900 which were not in the technical sense
deficiencies, which could not be properly
charged to any dereIiction on the part of
the last Congress. As to the work OF the
present Congress, he would say that in his
opinion the deficiencies arising under the
Fifty-fourth Congress would be less than
for many years past.
The report was agreed to and Cannon's
motion to ask a conference upon the dis
&c
The Speaker appointed Cannon, Northway
and Sayres as managers on the part of the
House.
Dalzell, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported substitute for the
resolutions referred to that committee
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury
for inform alton in detail as to the proceeds
| of the sales of bonds under the resump-
ton act of 1875; of the redemption of
greenbacks, National bank notes and
| treasury notes, since July 1, 1879; the
movement of legal tenders in bank reserves
and>ln the treasury; what became of the
proceeds of the bond sales and from what
source the treasury derived money to meet
the excess of Government expenditures
over receipts.
Washington CD OF Tennessee moved an
amendment calling upon the Secretary OF
| the Treasury for information as to the sale
of bonds between 1873 and 1879. This pro-
voked brief debate, in the course of
which Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio arraigned
| the Democratic party and the present ad-
| mlnistration for it's hostility to the credit
Of the country.
Dalzell object ed to the amendment be-
cause 1t was not germane to the subject of
the original resolution, and it was re-
| jected.
The resolution as reported by the COM
mlttee was agreed to.
| The House then went into committee of
the whole to consider the agricultural ap-
preparation bill under the five-minute rule.
The attacks upon Secretary Morton were
renewed when the paragraph covering the
appropriations for the Bureau of Animal
Industry was reached. 1t was found that
the bill legislated the chief clerk out of
ONCE, and made an assistant chief of the
bureau at salary of $2500. Against this
Livingstone CD of Georgia made the
point OF order that it was new legislation
and increased expenditures, and he was
sustained by the chair. Livingstone then
moved to insert the usual appropriation of
$2O0o for chief clerk of the bureau, and it
was agreed to-64 to so.
Amendments were agreed to, on motion
by Doolittle (R.) OF Washington, author
izlng the Secretary to expend a portion of
the $4,000 appropriation for grass and
forage plant Investigations for the pur-
chase OF hber-aax for the State of Wash
ington.
Long tR.) of Kansas asked several qles-
hons about the appropriation for the
chemistry division, which shad been re-
duced $4,000, which Wadsworth answered
oy saying that the reduction had been
recommended by the Secretary OF Agri-
culture. Also, that the appropriation OF
sIo,oOO, made on former bills for investi-
CATION OF the benefits OF irrigations, had
been cut out of this bill by the advice of
the Secretary, who was of the opinion that
the subject had been about exhausted. Mr.
Wadsworth stated that of the appropria-