The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-21
Champ Clark, of Missouri, Pu s
the House in a Roar.
OLD TIME cENTER-KICks
$11,OOO,000 OF APPROPRIATIONS
PASSED IN A JIFFY.
FUN WITH OLD MAN HOL MAN
Opposed Three Mileages, but Would
Not Ceny Accepting Them. Lin
ney Also, Voted Against 1t,
Bringing Down the House.

Bringing Down the House.
Washington, March 20.-The House to-
day pushed through the two remaining
'left over" appropriation bills accord
ing to yesterdays schedule, the agricul-
tural bill carrying $3,1S2,902 and the
Indian carrying $7,670,220 The senti
ment of the House against the provision
in the Indian bill opening to entry, un-
der the mining laws, the lands in the
Uncompahgre reservation in Utah con-
tanning Gilsonite or Asphaltum deposits
which was inserted in the bill by the Sen
ate was so intense that it was stricken
out by unanimous consent.
The agricultural bill was first taken up
under the rule adopted yesterday.
Mr. Wadsworth, (Rep., New York;,
the old chairman of the agricultural
committee, who was in charge of the bill,
contend himself with simply stating
that the bill carried $3,1S2,902. Mr..
Champ Clark, Dem., Mo-, then took the
floor and signahzed his return to Congress
with a characteristic speech which kept
applause for Is minutes. The longer
man ives the more he learns, was the
first proposition he laid down. He declar-
ed he had changed his mind about the
United States Senate. First to last he
had said many unkind things about the
Senate During the ''Doy days" of 1894
when the Senate was holding up the tar
iff bill he had even favored the abolition
of that body But to-day he said, he
wanted to retract everything he had ever
ssid in derogation of the upper branch of
Congress. II thank God" said he, "that
the Senate of the United States still re-
mains a deliberative body."( Democratic
applause.)
Il undertake to say" he continued,
"that yesterday and to-day have witness
cd the most astounding and exasperating
performance which ever took place in the
American Congress" He proceeded to
argue that the rules of the Fffty-fourth
Congress had not proved drastic enough,
so that the whole government of the
House had now been turned over to the
triumyirate composing the committee on
rules.
During the last campaign he shout
ed, addressing the Republican side, you
wandered over the face of the earth de-
nouncing 100000 American citizens as
anarchists. Gentlemen of the majority
you are the anarchists. What is anar-
chy? Government without rules, the gov
ernment of this body to-day" Demo
cratic applause)
He warned his political adversaries that
there would be a day of reckoning. 1.-THE
Republican party" said he, ''has always
been long on promises and short ON per-
formances. You said the people would
be swamped to the chin in prosperity if
Mckinley was elected, even before the
last administration went out (for which
/ also thank God) Democrat applause.)
"But the prosperity you promised seems
to be in a state of suspended animation
while you besiege a care worn President
trying to break through the hypocritical
"Snivel' service rules" He created "a
musement by asking what the House was
going to do after Senate entered upon
the real consideration of the tariff BILL
"What are we going to do?" he asked.
'SSit and look at each other and consti-
tute ourselves a mutual admiration So
ciety? Why not give the 14S new mem
bers a chance to try their oratory?''
Mr. Clark was cut off by Speaker
Reeds gavel just as he was in the midst
Of glowing eulogy of Mr. Reeds quo
rum counting rule which he said would
prove the corner stone of his fame.
Mr.. Williams, Dem., Miss.), said that
beyond emphasizing the novelty Of the
methods there was no reason why there
should be opposition to the pending bill
which was an economical and intelligent
one.
The bill was then passed.
The last bill was the Indian, Of which
Mr.. Sherman, (Rep., New York;, took
charge. He explained that the bill had
been thoroughly considered in the last
Congress. While it contained some feat
ures he did not approve of, on the whole
it was O most excellent measure. The
item relative to the Uncompahgre reser-
vation, was one of those he specified as
objections. Bile to him.
After an interesting debate in which
q number of members participated, the
bill was read. This consumed over an
hour.
The Uncompahgre reservation item
was then stricken out and the bill pass
cd without division.
Mr.. Cannon presented resolution to
make Immediately available the mileage
and stationery allowances for members
and Senators.
Mr.. Holman declared that this meant
that mileage and stationery allowances
We're to be given to members of this Con
gress. He read the law of 1874 to show
that it contemplated only mileages for
Congress.
"The Fifty-third Congress allowed 3
mileages," interjected Mr.. w. A. Stone,
Rep., Pa)
Mr.. Powers, (Rep., Vermont), asked
Mr.. Holman whether he accepted the