The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20

last under consideration, and il was post
poned until a more suspicious occasion.
Upon the reading OF the title. Mr. Miner,
rep, of Michigan. announced that since
that time the proposed beneficiary or the
bill had died. and he, therefore, moved
that the bill lie on the table, which was
agreed to.
In the course of the afternoon the army
appropriation bill was received from the
Senate. and proceedings under the order
of business were suspended long enough
for the House to vote to disagree to the
Senate amendments, and to agree to
conference thereon. Messrs. Hull rep,
of Iowa, Parker, rep, of New Jersey and
Mcclellan, dem, of New York were
named referees.
After spending three hours in passing
upon bills as placed upon the calendar,
Mr. Thomas, rep, of Michigan, in charge
of the bills, stated that many members
had told him they had bills pending,
which it was important should be passed
at this session. For himself, he was will
ing to waive objection to members calling
UP bills out of the regular order for the
rest of the day. His motion that mem
bers be permitted thus to call for bills
they were interested in was agreed to,
and a most amusing scene occurred.
Mr.. Willis, rep. of Delaware, was the
first gentleman to obtain recognition, ana
steps leading to the speakers chalr
swarmed with members urging Chairman
| Henderson to favor them. The struggle
| was earnest and noisy, and the few mem
| bers remaining on the floor laughed and
| app4auded their more energetic associates.
| The hubbub was so great that the pro-
| ceedings had to be suspended until some
| thing like order was restored. Progress
| under the new order was much slower
| than previously, there being half hun
! bred representatives on their feet and
! yelling Mr.. Chairman" after each bill
was passed, until the chairman had made
| an election from among them. For forty
| five minutes the House proceeded amid
much confusion, when something of a sen
| sation occurred.
! Mr. Steeple, rep. of Indiana, stated that
while he recognized that many bills were
reported from the committee on invalid
| pensions proposing legislation in behalf
| of soldiers or their, dependents, who We're
| entitled to special legislation, it was true
| that nearly or fully 80 per cent. of the
| bills were for persons no more entitled to
| 1t than were thousands for whom it was
| not asked or if asked, the requests had
! died in the committee room. He was op-
! posed to the recent order; it was irregu-
lar ana unfair, and he protested against
| its continuance. He had applied among
| the first to the chairman for recognition,
repeating the application a second and
| third time, but unsuccessfully.
Mr.. Woods, rep, of Illinois, resented
the reflections cast upon the committee on
invalid pensions by the gentleman from
Indiana, saying that the House had in
| creased the pensions of many claimants
over the amount recommended by the COM
mittee.
Mr.: Steele responded that he meant to
make no reflection on the committee. but
| believing that such proceedings were not
| right, he should vote against Friday night
| sessions in future if this method of OBJ
| tanning recognition was to be continued.
| Chairman Henderson explained that in
| his recognition of members he was en-
! deavoring to follow the suggestions of the
committee on invalid pensions, so as to
| reach some cases that demanded immedi-
| ate action and at the same time to do
what he conceived to be fair to the demo-
| cratic side of the House.
| Mr.. Steele-Well, the bill wanted to call
| up was for the benefit of a widow entirely
| helpless and destitute
Several HENDERSON,, you don't believe
| in such legislation, why do you want to
| call it up?
Mr.. Steele moved that the committee
rise, but the motion was lost.
However, on motion of Mr.. Payne, rep.
of New York, the committee voted to take
| UP bills in their order on the calendar.
This restored quiet, and few other bills
were acted upon, making a total of fifty
two for the afternoon.
The committee rose at $40. At the re-
| quest of Mr. Walker, rep, of Virginia, his
minority report upon the contested cleo
ton case of Yost VS.. Tucker in favor of
seating Yost was ordered printed.
At 5:15 the House adjourned until to-
morrow.