Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09
To Have an Exhibit at the International Expo
 stion Accepted.
lleHT LIVELY INCIDENT IN THE HOUSE
Lewis. of Washington, Insists That the House Is an Illegal One-He Is Sat Down On-Baily, of Texas, Ap-
 peals fer the Cubans.

Washington, July 8.-The session of the senate today was uneventful, the dei- ciency appropriation bill, carrying s7, ,411,- 116. being considered throughout the day.
 The principal provision is one accepting the invitation of France to participate in the Paris exposition of 1900 The bill was not completed up to the time of ad- journment
 During the day MT. Berry, of Arkansas, offered resolution requesting the pres ident to demand of Spain the release of Ona Melton, one of the Competitor pris- oners.
 The resolution was referred to the com mittee on foreign relations.
 An effort w. made to have the pending Pacific railroad resolution taken up, but the appropriation bill was decided to have the right of way.
 The provision accepting the invitation of France to take part in the interna- tional exposition at Paris in 1900, and authorizing the president to appoint a special commissioner at a salary of S5,Oo0 to secure space and arrange for proper exhibit, caused extended discussion, but was finally agreed to. A new committee amendment was agreed to appropriating $6,000 in full in- demnity to the three Italians lynched in Louisiana in 1896.
 MT. Butler offered an amendment linn iting the cost of armor plate for battle- ships to $500 per ton, and providing for a government armor plate if private. bids were not within $500
 The amendment went over
 At 5:20 D. m. the bill was laid over, and after executive session the senate ad- journed.
 HOUSE.
 The house today sent the tariff bill to hotr IDax of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Hopkins, of Illinois, and Grosvenor, of Ohio, republicans; and Bailey, of Texas; McMilhn, of Tennessee, and Wheeler, of Alabama, democrats, were appointed conferees. The proceedings were in no wise sensational
 A lively incident occurred immediately after the reading of the journal.
 MT. Lewis, democrat, of Washington, was on his feet clamoring for recogni- tion as soon as the journal had been ap- proved, but the chair announced mes sage from the senate. Amid a burst or applause from the republican side, See-- retary Cox of the senate then announced the passage of the house bill 379 (he tariff bilD with sundry amendments, upon which the senate requested a conference.
 Mr. Dalzell republican, of Pennsylva- mia, and MT. Lewis both claimed the at tention of the chair as soon as the m. S. sage from the senate had been read.
 Mir DalZsll had speciaG order from the committee on rules to present and the speaker was disposed to recognize him, but MT. Lewis loudly demanded to be heard onla matter of the highest priv ilege affecting the Integrity of the house. At last the chair decided to hear MT. Lewis who proceeded in an excited man. ner to declare that the house was a d S. organized body without legality and that constitutionally was dissolved He con- tirued amid many interruptions and calls for the regular order At length the speaker put an end to MT Lewis spsech by ruling that he had not presented a question of privilege.
 The gentleman having stated his propo- sition, namely: that this is not house. said the speaker, "the chair rulsS that he does not present @ question of privilege"
 MT. Lewis attempted to appeal but the chair declined to entertain the appeal MT. Lewis thereupon subsided and MT. Dalzell offered the special order agreed upon by the committee on rules 1t pro- vidsd that immediately upon it's adoption it should be in order to move to non-con- cur in the senate amendments to the tariff bill and agree to the confersnce asked for by the senate with provision for the appointment of conferees and the re-numbering of the paragraphs of the bill
 ''If we adopt this order and send theb.l to conference wiN opportunity be given to move concurrence at future time ?" asked Mir. Swanson, democrat, of yir-i ginia. I'd "T1hat depends upon the action of the, house. replied MT Dalzell. MT. Dingley called attention to the fact that these proposed, proceedings wslse exactly similar to those had when the Wilson bill was sent to conference in 1895 On that. occasion, he said, the other side gave this course its full concurrence
 When MT. Dalzell concluded he yielded ten minutes to MT Bailey. the minority leader, but at the latter's request increas- cd it to twenty minutes, Mr. Bailey in turn yielded part of his time to MT. McMilin, of Tennessee, ard MT. Swanson, of Virginia
 The former tried to offer an amendment to the special order setting aside tomor- row for the coHsi5ara ton of the senate's Cuban helligeraney resolution and Sat urday for the consideration of the bank ruptcy bill but MT Dalzel1 said he had not yielded for the purpose of amend ment. Besides. he submitted that the amendment was not germane.
 Mir McMTilin argued that if the house was to proceed alt last to do business those matters should be disposed of
 You should enact legislation," said he. "io release the people from the bankrupt- cy into which you ane shrusting them and to aid the people of Cuba in their struggle for freedom"
 MT Swanson contended that the house should have an opportunity to vote on such of the amendments as they now desired TO act on.
 MT Bailey, in closing the debate for his side, said if the minority had been given assurances of reasonable time for de- bate when the conference report was pre- ssnted to The house the adoption of the special onder would not have been an- tagonizpd. He defended the course of the democrats in the senae. showing that no ; attempt had been made there to delay action on partisan tariff measure. and contrasted with that the refusal of the house to consider the non-par fsan Cuban resolution and the bankruptcy bill both. of which. he said, were approved by the overwhelming sentiment of the people,
 Mr. Bailey's aIlusiou to Cuba was