The San Francisco call., 1897-06-02
SEsSIoY OF THE ROUSE.
PrOrtStons ia the Sundry CirtL Appr,
...- prtatfOn as Adopted.

PTortstons ia the Sundry Cirt Appro-
priatfOn as Adopted.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June When
the House met day after recess, In con-
tinuation of the Monday session, Lewis of
Wa shingtop inquired if he might tenn
porarily withdraw his demand for the
ayes and noes and read from the record of
the Fifty-third Congress to inform the
House what took place then.
The Speaker replied he might not. and
directed the clerk to proceed with the call
of the roll. This was the order OF bus-
ness Thursday last when the House ad-
journed, the vote then taken having
shown the lack of quorum. The Speaker
had refused to entertain as matter OF
privilege Lewis resolution regarding the
right and duty of the House 10 act upon
the Morgan resolution recognizing the
belligerency of the Cuban revolutlonists.
and Lewis had appealed from the decision.
Dingley moved 10 lay the appeal on the
table, and on that motion an appeal was
taken. he appeal was tabled to-day by u
vote of So 10 56.
The Senate joint resolution was agreed
to providing transportation of grain and
other articles for the reliet of famine suf-
ferers of India in any vessel the Secretary
VI the NAVY StC1Tt, anu IOT 3ZlDUUO 10
keep the Government Printing Office in
| operation until June 80.
| In the debate on these orders the minor
| ity; under the lead of Richard son of Ten
nessee and Sim pson of Kansas, renewed
the criticism of the policy of the majority
in not appointing committees.
Vigorous replies were made bv Hender-
son of Iowa, who described the ''boiIing
over from the realms OF hansas"' as '.heii
in les pot" and Grosvenor OF Ohio, who
| announced the Repu blicans' purpose was
to continue in the course so far pursued
Both denounced the repeated attacks
upon the Speaker as unworthy of honor:
able men, and assumed for the majority
all the respon sibility for the action OF the
| House.
| At 3 o'clock Cannon OF Illinois pre-
sented the conference report on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. The agree
ment suspends until March 81, 1898 the
| proclamation OF February o. setting aside
forest reservation, and declares the pol
1cy oi Congress in regard to these reserva-
| tions.
Instead of appropriating. $4,000 for
| Prarl Harbor, Hawaii, an appropria ton
| OF SlO.OOO Is made for a survery of the e1-
| trance and report by the Secretary OF
me Navy ON the amount and cost of the
laho necessary to be acquired for coal
ing and repair of the station.
Provision is also made Tor the appoint.
ment OF another Nicaragua canal commis.
| SION to consist of an army engineer a
naval officer ami an engineer in civil life
AS agreed to the bill carries a total anpro.
:priation OF $53,622, ,65l.
The report was antagonized by Loud oj
California, on the ground that one of the
provisions for the proposed legislation
would result in the practical destruction
i of half his State, which depended upon
| the maintenance of the forest reservation
on the Sierra Nevada Mountains in it.
! present condition.
After a statement by Cannon OF the
effect of the agreement the report wa.
adopted.
The Speaker announced his signature to
the journal resolution agreed to early in
the session; also to the sundry civil bill.