The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-05

Not Allowed by Speaker Reed to Crit
fcfse the Senate. =

Not Allowed by Speaker Reed to Crit
fcfse the senate.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The first skirnish
over the Senate amendment to the, naval ap-
preparation bill. reducing the number Of bat
tie ships provided for in that bill from four
to two. occurred in the House to-day when
Mr.. Boutelle, chairman of the naval COM
mittee, moved TO noncoDcur i'm all the Senate
amendments and request a conference Of the
Senate. Mr.. Boutelle undertook to chastise
some of the Senators for their inconsistency.
He referred to the war scares of the past
and the bellicose resolutions introduced in
the Senate. and then sarcastically contrasted
the war talk of some of the Senators with
their votes to reduce the number of battle
ships provided for in the BILL Mr. Quigg
called Mr.. Boutelle to order for criticising
members of the upper house. and was sus-
stained by the Chair. after some very lively
sparring. Mr.. Boutelle, however, accom-
plished AL he had intended despite the
Chairs ruling. Subsequently, Mr. Sayres, of
Texas, moved 10 concur in the Senate
amendment reducing the number of battle
ships, but by consent the motion went over
for action until tomorrow. when it is likely
that the whole question of large appropria-
tions at this time for strengthening the navy
number of bills were passed during the day.
mostly of minor Importance. Among them
we're bills for the protection of yacht owners
and ship builders: to authorize the construc-
ton of bridge across the Illinois river at
Grafton, ILL.,; to create a new division of the
Eastern judicial district Of Texas; TO PEN
sion Joseph II. West at the rate of $50 per
month, and to authorize South Dakota to Sc
lect the Fort Sully military reservation as
part of the lands granted to that State. :,
ha nrann NO nf hQ r
moved that the House nonconcur in the Sem
ate amendments to the naval appropriation
bill ana request conference Mr. Bouteile
proceeded in connection with this motion to
call attention to the action of the Senate in
reducing the number of battle ships provided
for in the bill from four to six. He char
acteriZed the Senates action as "a remark
able change OF front" He referred to the
fact that when four battle ships were pro-
vided for by the House the public mind had
and rumors of wars" The Senate, he ar
gued. had contributed largely to this state of
the public mind. He rehearsed briefly the
warlike message Of the President with refer
ence to Venezuela. and the precipitate action
of the House and Senate. He went on to
refer to the remarkable and extraordinary ao1n ~
maintain this novel and aggressive atti-
tude." He briefly sketched the bills intro
dueed ed by Mr. Chandler for the purchase OF OF
Mr.. Hale for calling out the naval reserves
and the purchase Of vessels, and all other
the Cuban question. He quoted from Mr..
Vests speech in the Senate, in which the
Missouri Senator referred to Spain, as a
said ad CAUSED Prea
throughout Spain He was proceeding to
read Senator Mills's, resolution when Mr..
Quigg jumped to his feet and called Mr..
Boutelle to order for violating the rule which
provides that members OF the House snail
not criticise the proceedings In the SeEate.
he rn has n xs the be saa mat
Mr.. Boutelle protested against such rul-
could not read from the records of the Sem
ate or any other legislative body on earth
was "monstrous proposition He said ne
was amazed at such an infantile point OF
order.
Speaker Reed explained coolly and cour-
teously to Mr.. Boutelle the rule which pro-
hibits members of the House from criticising
members Of the Senate and the reasons Tor
Mr.. Boutelle still contended that the
Speaker declined further than to say that
he could proceed in order"
I With this indefinite license. Mr.. Boutele
er to tell him whether he could read from
the Record. He did not. want to be inter-
rupted again, he said. by. the superserv,
I'D on every occasion" Mr. Boutelle then
moved to nonconcur in the Senate amend
ments.
MI CdnHon, cHdiIHidh VI tnS opPi opi "a
tions committee, gave notice that he would
demand a vote in the House on the Senate
amendment to reduce the number OF battle
ships. After some sparring Mr.. Sayers en-
tered the motion to concur in that particu-
lar amendment, after which ii was arranged
that the matters should go over until to-
morrow, when the vote will be taken.
Mr. Pickler moved to suspend the rules
and pass a resolution setting aside Wednes-
day. the 9Th, and Wednesday, the 13th for
consideration of private pension bills under
a rllle allowing ten minutes debate on each
BILL The Democrats resisted the motion and
when the roll was called the quorum failed
-1l4 to A-and thereupon the House ad-
journed.