Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
PERSONAL DISPUTE IN HOUSE
The I,esisIature, Executive and Ju-
dietary Appropriation Bill ne
ported-Passage Of n deficiency
BiII-MiIeage of Senators and
Representatives.

The house Friday passed the pension
appropriation bill without amendment
and adjourned until Monday. The amend
ments offered by democrats to correct al
legged existing abuses were all ruled out
on the point of order that they were new
legislation. AS passed, the bill carries
Sl4l 1853 800. The debate covered wide
range. It touched not only the question
of our pension policy, but that of civil
service reform and the receipts and ex-
penditures of the treasury under the
Dingley law. On the latter question Mr..
Dingley made an important statement in
which he expressed the opinion that the
receipts would equal the expenditures be-
fore the close of the present fiscal year
and predicted surplus of $lO,OO0,OOO
next year The civil service law was saw
agely attacked by several members, not
ably by Mr.. Brown (rep.) of Ohio, and
Mr.. Linney (rep.) of North Carolina, and
was warmly defended by Mr.. johnson
(rep.) of Indiana.
Mondays Session.
Almost the entire session of the house
Monday was consumed in adjusting per
sonal dispute between Mr.. Hepburn OF
Iowa and Mr.. Norton of Ohio, which
grew out of controversy that occurred
last week during the debate on the pen
sion bill. The point at issue was as to
whether certain word uttered by Mr..
Norton, but which he afterward disclaim-
I I - IS
in the permanent record. The house by
a party vote-l34 to l2l-sustalned MIR.
Hepburn Mr.. Bingham trep.) reported
to the house the executive, legislative and
judicial appropriation bill. Mr. Cannon,
chairman of the committee on approprla-
tions, secured unanimous consent for the
passage of the deficiency bill, which, he
explained, carried but three items-$50OO
for the construction of a building at the
naval academy, $4,000 for payment OF
the temporary employees of the house and
senate, and $l50,000 for the payment ct
mileage of senators and representatives.
Civil Service Commission.
The house Tuesday, after a session OF
about two hours, adjourned out of sym
pathy for the president, whose mother
I was buried at Canton this afternoon. The
/ time of the session was devoted to the
consideration of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. 1t was
/ decided to postpone consideration of the
/ item providing for the maintenance of the
civil service commission until after the
other features of the bill had been con
/ Guided. 1t wa apparent from the re
marks made that the entire subject will
/ be exhaustively debated. There is seem
/ ingly no disposition to curtail discussion
! and it probably will not be concluded be
fore the holiday recess. After a session
of Is minutes the senate adjourned out
of respect to President Mckinley, who
was in attendance upon the funeral OF
/ his mother. The only business transact
| ed was the introduction of bills and reso-
/ buttons.
Reducing Clerical Force.
The house spent Wednesday in the con
sideration of the legislative, executive and
/ judicial appropriation bill, and 80 of the
T II pages of the bill were covered, and
only one amendment of importance was
adopted. 1t reduced the clerical force at
the pension office 95, involving reduc-
ton in salaries of $4,000. The civil ser
vice question, as it was yesterday, was
the chief topic of discussion today, and
the proposition of Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Vanderlip to retire clerks
for age, was made the text of denunca-
ton by Mr.. Moody and Mr., johnson, both
of whom are defenders of the civil service
law. There was long debate in the SEN
ate over the administration bill to pro-
hibit American citizens from engaging in
the BehrinU sea fisheries industry.