The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-16
THE House.
Appropriation nil Passed Under !,
Suspension of the Rules.

SuspensiOn of the Ru,..
| Washington. rebrusrv TX TN.
.naa h., ~. 49,. 80. coup ar
W 'ne uouse ieauers TOT the passage
] OF the sundry civil appropriation bill under
success. and this b,y onnro,r,,,~,
ing $50. GA. 743 was r.ssaa n.,,,a.,, -
tunity for amendment inst M a ,.u,a 49,.
| the committees The main orr,s;,,s -.
directed against the river and harho.
in the bill
The bouse mazda tho hoe, =, e.,
| ,o1,v .,,-,.,, ~ -"'' '"''
"' was S"'pe"s''" uas' anu quite num-
Der OF bills were passed of more or less
| Impotence, among them the sanate hin
| appropriatiny soso ooo fr ,t
.,....a = -. Nioa'"s 'he
~ ass ou're oh the mississippi;
| 10 equip the National Guard with uniform
| Springfield rifles of As calibre md ,ho
senate resolution TO authorizes Tho secro,an,
of the navy to transport the contrlbutions
OF the Pacific coast states 10 ,ha ,an'Jns
sufferers of India.
| The report of the contested election case
| OF Benoit VS.. Boatner from Louisiana oon
firming the latters title to his seat, was
unanimously adopted. The conference re-
| port on the diplomatic and consular annro.
| pration bill was adopted and the agricul-
tural bill was sent to conference.
| Owing TO the brief time of MS session
vet remaining extra night sessions ware
| given. beginning tonight. for the consid
| Grafton of private pension bills. of which
| many hundred still remain on tho c.lendnr
|
| Washington, February 15.--The renerai
rusb NJ bus;ro.s which ,,,r,,s ~, 1T.
| 'N" VI "N'NH mains t"o ciosihs
uass oi congress was lorclpy Drought home
| to the members of the house today by the
| adoption of n snecial order for nigbt sossiors
| ,o,inh, 49,, ,,.,.,,. IT.. =.
anu ~" "'en' ioi 'ne con-
siaefa'ioh OF private pension biils. by the
terms OF the order these sessions will ter
inmate at ll:o0 y. IN. on motion,of Mr..
| HIT the mouse concurred In the senate
amendments to the diplomatic and consul
lar appropriation bill.
rms was suspension day and the speaker
recognized Mr.. reeves (hepD of Illinois to
move the passage under suspension OF the
| rules of n substitute for the senate bin
appropriating S25O'0oO for closing the
crevasse in the Mississippi leVee at Pass
IOutre La.
substitute appropriated the same
| amount 10 be deducted from the sum tue
under the Eads contract in case the courts
should decide that he was liable for the
repairs under his contract with the govern
ment. The bill was passed
Then came the coup which had been ar
| ranged by the house leaders. MIR. Cannon,
chairman of the appropriations committee,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
sundry civil appropriation Eli. General
debate on this measure carrying slightly In
excess OF $50 600 600, closed on Saturday.
and TO save time and avoid risk of amend
ment this plan of passing the bill without
debate under the five minute rule was
adopted The bill consists of III pages
and as the clerk began 10 read 1t MIR w. A.
Stone (Rep) OF Pennsylvania asked that
the reading be dispensed with. Mr.. Sayers
tDem) Of Texas essayed to make an ex
PLANTATION of why he did not think 1t was
necessary to pursue this unusual course
but Mr.. Cannon prot Asted az Snst debate
whereupon Mr.. Turner tDem.) of nevgia
objected 10 dispensing with the formal
reading OF the bill and the reading pro-
ceeded. The reading of the bill was com
pleted at 80 p. m. Under the rules twenty
minutes on side were allowed for debate
MIR. sayers CDem) OF Texas. the leader
OF the minority Of the appropriations com
mlttee, took the floor and briefly stated
MS reasons why the bill should not be
passed under suspension OF the ru'es. lie
agreed mat the contents oil the plii were
not lmproper' ana said that with the eN-
ception OF the rivers ana haroors items me
Dill N ms opinion couIn oe scIu,lnl@'d
without finding an item which would meet
win legitimate ob1ec'ion, 1,,,.
Mr. plerson 'hep,l oil Nor,h Carollaa al
tacked the Dill on IN" GROUND that the river
ana harpor items contained therein eouln
not stana on 'heir own iootins anu were
Included in THIS oili with lndispehsapie APP
preparations IN order mat they might es-
cape the executive veto;
Before the mouse diVlded Mr. riersoh ap-
pealed 10 'he DINER siae 10 give nm rec
ora making vote pu, Only sol ,hrty ,nree
HcHioeTs 10 secohu NJ ue'"anu' an" sh'
speaker declared the Dill passed uhder sus-
pension OF ,he rules inc mouse non con
CURED IN me senate ameha,hehts 10 me
agricultural appropriation Dill ana sent the
Dill 10 conference
Mr.. Catchings tDem' OF MISSISSIPPI
moved the passage under the suspension OF
the rules OF the Dill opening Tor entry ana
occupation the reservoir sites reserved by
the geological survey
| Mr.. Catchings said there was great In
terest in the West where lSS sites had been
reserved. ,
Mt cannon vigorously opposed inc Dill
ne declared that uhder the pi1 aierl in9i-
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