Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-23
OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
House Passes the BilI Making II New
Iulir.inI DlsiricI in TcNmA.

WASHINGTON Jan. 22.--General Simon
Bolver Buckner of Kentucky, the gold-stand-
ard democratic candidate for vice president
at The late election, occupied a seat in the
reserved gallery when the house met today.
Ex-Congrtesman Bynum of Indiana, who
was chairman of the committee which con-
Quoted the campaign of the Palmer and
Buckner ticket was on the floor.
On motion of Mr.. Dalzell, republican Of
Pennsylvania, the house decided at the close
OF the session today to adjourn over until
Monday.
A joint resolution for the distribution of
the maps and aliases Of the geological sur
vey was adopted. bill was passed to grant
right of way through the Indian Terri
tory to the Galveston & Great Northern rail
way.
Mr.. Cooper, democrat of Texas. then called
up the bill recently vetoed by the president
to establish a new division of the eastern
judicial district of Texas and to provide for
holding court at Beaumont. He moved its
passage, the veto of the president notwith-
standing.
He explained the necessities which existed
for the enactment of the measure He said
the first objection to the bill he had ever
heard of came from the president. He re-
counted, as he said, with some humiliation,
that he had several times called upon Mr..
Cleveland to present the reasons why II
should be signed or to meet any objections
been denied admission to Mr.. Cleveland. On
the occasion of his last visit, he said. he had
been informed by Private Secretary Thurber
that it would be useless for him to see the
president as Mr.. Cleveland had already
made up his mind to veto the bill.
Mr.. Coopers' remarks about his inability
to get access to Mr. Cleveland drew from
Mr. Grosvenor a half humorous, half sar-
castle commentary upon the obstacles which
hedged the white house. Mr. Grosvenor said
cod i'm tn that limo
within the past three years any self-respect-
ing representative OF a respectable consttu-
ency would even make application at the
white house. Three years ago the present
occupant of the white house had been repre-
sented as having Issued an order that no
senator or representative should present him
self in person until he bowed at the seat of
the private secretary and communicated to
that august parsonage his desires and re-
ceved the sanction Of that person.
Mr.. Grosvenor recalled the fact that when
that order was issued one of the representa-
tives of an Ohio constituency swore he would
never again seek to see the president of the
United States. And he never did" contin-
ued Mr.. Grosvenor. And | desire to say
that my constituency never commissioned
me to percolate my business with the eXecu-
tive through the clay of private secretary.
II now appears that the president has made
a mistake. 1t is unfortunate that he eX-
cludes members of congress and fences him
crate capacity. l am sorry these remarks
are made too late to do any good. They
should have been made several years ago"
''Do you think the next occupant of the
white house will do better?" asked Mr. Dali
zell quizZically.
Il can't speak for the next administration"
replied Mr.. Grosvenor smilingly. 81 can
only express the hope that never again will
an administration refuse ready access to the
representatives of the people, The people are
greater than any executive" (Appiause)
The vote was then taken. Two-thlrds hav-
ing voted in the affirmative 144 to 6S, the
bill was passed over the veto of the presi-
dent.
A bin to pay William Buckmaster, sue
cessor of Murphy & Co. in the Fulton Iron
works, S223S6 for building the machinery of
the war ship Otsego in 1862 was defeated, 46
to II.
The bill granting pensions to the survivors
of Grants battalion OF Arkansas volunteers
who served in the Mexican war, and their
widows was passed.
A pension BILL giving the widow of General
Green Clay Smith of Washington $50 a
month"; bills pensioning Isabella Morrow the
widow OF Colonel Morrow, at SIS; the widow
of General George j. Leet at $25 were
passed. and at o o'clock the house took a
recess until s y. m.