Evening star., 1897-02-20
A Resolution Of Sympathy With
: Crete Adopted. &
LABOR COMMISSION BILL SIDEqRACKED
An Exciting Personal Ences s,ter in
the House.
APPROPRIATION BILLS

In the Senate today q bill was passed
granting the right to build bridge across
the Alabama river to the Montgomery,
Gainesville and Atlanta railroad.
The Senate concurred in the amendment
of the House to the bill granting a pension
to the widow of Gen. Carr, fixing the
amount of pension at $50 per month, and
the bill was passed.
Sympathy With Greece.
Mr.. Cameron Pa) presented resolution
expressing sympathy with Greece, which
was agreed to without division or debate.
The resolution Is as follows:
Resolved, That the Senate Of the United
States being mindful Of the sympathy Of
the United States expressed for the Greeks
at the time of their war for independence
now extends like sympathy to the gov
ernment Of Greece with its Intervention in
behalf of the people of the neighboring
Island Of Crete for the purpose of freeing
them from the tyranny of foreign oppress-
ors and to restore peace with the blessings
or Christian civilization to that distressed
island''
Mr.. Burrows secured the passage of a
resolution directing the Secretary of the
treasury to appoint commission Of three
persons to inquire and report upon the
amount exceeding the contract price of
Gresham.
On motion Of Mr.. Quay (Pa.) the bill for
a non-partisan commission to inquire into
the problems of labor, agriculture and cap
ital was taken up.
Mr.. Platt (Conn.) opposed the bill. He
saio IL ought not to be considered at this
time. 1t was a measure to select a COM
mission to instruct Congress upon the char
acter of legislation it should pass.
Before Mr.. Platt concluded Mr.. Cullom
Presented conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill
Ihe conference report on the Agricultural
Dill went over. and Mr.. Platt continued his
speech In opposition to the non-partisan
commission bill.
Mr.. Allison. chairman Of the committee on
appropriations. appealed to the Senate is
allow the consideration of approximation
hills and asked Mr.. Quay especially to let
the commission bill go over. He then asked
appropriation bill
MI Quay objected and said that the hill,
was In charge of Mr.. Perkins of California
II ne consented to have it 20 over Mr.
quay would consent He called attention
10 the 1act that it was being pressed by
TIE great labor interests of the country
Mr.. Perkins said that IL the opponen,s or
the Dill would consume as little time as its
utes. ~
Mr. Aldrich Or. L. said he considered the
bill utterly impracticahie
Indian Appropriation Bill I'm.
After considerable sparrine in an efyor. tn
hx time to consider the bill as we'll as to
take vote, Mr. Allison moved tn take nm
the Indian appropriation bill. upon which
yea and nay vote was ordered
Mr. Allisons motion prevaiIed-34 to %
Ihe vote on taking up Indian bill: Yeas
-Aidrica, Allison, Baker, Berry Blackburn
Brown; Canery, Cali. Chandler, Chiffon.
ooekreli. Culiom, Daniel. Davis. Frye. Cor
man: Gray, Hawley. Hoar. Jones (Ark.) J.
Mcmillan Mills. Morgan. Nelson, Pasco
platt, Proctor. Sewell. Sherman, Stewart
Vest. Walthali, Wetmore. Wiison-34
Nays-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Burrows, But
Ter. Cameron. Cannon. Gallinger. Hans
brough Hill. Irby. Lindsay. Lodge, Nc
Bride. Mitchell CWisJ. Murphy, Palmer.
Pefer. Perkins. Pettlgrew. Pugh. Quay;
White-2S
Payment I'm Silver
When the appropriation for the Potta-
wattomies was reached, which provides
for the payment of the annuities in silver
Mr.. Allen (Neb) called attention to it in
a speech on tie silver question He want
ed to know why the so-called sound money
Men Of the committee had insisted on pay
ing these benighted Indians in 5O-cent dol
lars.
v-s:on was according to treaty provisions
Mr. Platt observed that by the efforts of
the republicans the silver dollars were
made as good as gold dollars.
Mr.. Wilson said the Nebraska senator
had threshed over some of the issues of
the late campaign. He wished to say that
the free coinage Of silver was not the ONLY
issue in the campaign. and that plank in
that platform which excited much opposi-
tion was that which differed from secess: on
In degree only. Jefferson Davis had said
III take my state out of the Union"
Gov. Altgeld had said: THE United States
shall not come into my state" and the
Chicago platform indorsed him The cues
ton OF law and order entered into the
campaign.
Mr.. Allen replied by discussing the de-
nunciation of the Supreme Court in the
Chicago platform. which he indorsed.
Referring to the decision OF the income
tax, he SAID that certain justice of the
Supreme Court owes 1t to the world to
show why he changed front on that case.
He would go in history under a cloud un-
less he explained.
The conference report on the agricultural
appropriation bill was then agreed to, and
the consideration Of the Indian appropr;a-
tion bill was continued.
THE HOUSE.
The House resumed consideration of the