The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26
PROCEEDINGS IN THE ROUSE.
Groscenor Makes Most Peculiar
DecJurutfOu.


bill was made to the House to-day and
agreed to, another conference being or
dered upon the few remaining matters in
dispute. The principal subject settled
upon by the report made to-day was that
liking the salaries of the United States
District Attorneys and Marshals.
AS agreed upon. the total of salaries OF
attorneys carried in the bill as it passed
the House was increased $23, 900, and that
OF marshals increased $4,000.
An animated and unexpected incident
was precipitated in connection with this
report. Grosvenor of Ohio inquired re-
specting provision prohibiting the Legis-
lature of Oklahoma from considering any
proposition to relocate the capital of the
Territory. Being informed that that had
already been agreed upon by both houses,
Grosvenor declared that ait ought to de-
stroy any man party to it.
This brought Flynn, delegate from Okla
homa, to his feet with the statement that
a similar provision had been contained in
every instance, in obedience to the almost
universal demand of the people for pro-
lection against repetition of scandalous
scenes enacted in the first meeting of the
Legislature. The gentleman from Ohio,
he assumed, must be ranking under the
recollection OF other matters, or he would
not have made that onslaught.
Grosvenor repelled the suggestion, say
ing he did not know what the enormously
distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma
meant by these words. He had but done
his duty, and the Bomb bastes Furioso per-
formance made no impression upon him.
The general pension bill was further dis
cussed for couple of hours by Grosvenor
and Kerr (Republicans) of Ohio in support
of it and by Bartlett CD of New York and
Miles CD of Maryland in opposition,
when, at 2:20 o'clock, under previous
order, public business was suspended and
the House listened to the eulogies upon
the late Representative w. III. Crane of
Texas. Upon the conclusion of them, at
4:10 o'clock, as further mark of respect,
the House took a recess until clock, the
evening session to be devoted to the dis
cussion of the general pension bill.
Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania submit
ted the report of the conferees on the leg
lslative, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill. 1t made the following settle
ment of disputed points: Salary of As
sistant Comptroller of the Treasury, $4,000;
board of ten examiners of surveys at
$1,000 each, to be appointed in the General
Land Office.
The appropria ton of $4,000 for clas-
sification division of the Patent Office is
stricken out.
The increase of $685. made by the
Senate over the House provision for sala-
ries of district attorneys was reduced to
SO, 900, and the increase of $71, 800 in mar
shals' salaries was reduced to $4500.
Several subjects were still in disagree
ment, including provisions for Senator's
personal clerks; and as to these, further
conference was asked. The report was
agreed to and the additional conference
ordered.
A bit of Presidential politics was unex-
pectedly injected into the discussion by an
apparently innocent inquiry by Grosvenor
(R.) of Ohio. he wanted to know if there
was anything in the bill relatingSto the
capital of Oklahoma intended to prevent
the people of that Territory from express
ing an opinion as to its location.
Bingham replied that a provision for
bidding the LEGISLATORS to entertain a prop
osition to change the location OF the capi-
tai had been agreed upon at the first con-
Grosvenor - 1t is proposition that
ought to destroy any man who was party
to it.
Flynn (R.) of Oklahoma said that prob
ably he was responsible as much as any
one for the insertion of the provision in
the bill. 'If the gentleman from Ohio"
e continued, was not ranking under
other matters he would not have made
this onslaught. That provision, or sim
liar one, has been IN every bill since the
establishment of Oklahoma Territory"
Grosvenor responded to Flynn, saying
he was not ranking" under things, and
did not know what "the enormously dis
tinguished gentleman from Oklahoma
meant by these words" He had spoken
because he happened to be the recipient of
several letters from prominent residents
of the Territory, protesting against the
provision referred to-one of which he
read-and he had done what he conceived
to be his duty.
Flynn replied that he was induced to
speak at all only by the statement which
Grosvenor had made that the provision
should destroy any man connected with
it. Il am willing to be destroyed by my
people, but am not willing to be destroyed
by the gentleman from Ohio"
The house then went into committee of
the whole for further consideration OF the
general pension bill. 1t was opposed by
Bartlett CD of New York in detail and in
toto.
Grosvenor criticized the provisions of the
bill by which Confederate soldiers who
later also served in the Union army NAV
be pen stoned. He said the only way to
get the question of pensions out of tie
heat of partisan debate was to adopt either
the service pension system outright or the
per diem pension system. He would sup
port The bill, however, for the good things
there were in it.
The bill was advocated by Kerr Cry of
Ohio and antagonized by Miles CD of
Maryland.
The hour of 80 having arrived, under a
special order, the House suspended public
business and listened to eulogies on the
late Representative w. H. Cram of the
Eleventh District of Texas
At 4:3o O'Clock the House, on motion of
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