The record-union., 1897-01-23
More Than Two Thirds of House Mem
bers Vote in the Affirmative.
of Ohio Caustically Criti.
cizes President Cleveland in the
Fact That Senators and Represent
tatives Are Unable to See the Ex-
eCutive on Legislative T1atters Un-
It'll He Has Bowed Before His Pri-
vate Secretary.
vate Secretary,

NdtC oCNICIoi
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-This was
private bill day, and there was little OF
| purpose done in the House. Cooper Cd
| of Texas called up and the House
| passed over the Presidents veto the
bill to establish a new division of the
Eastern Judicial District of Texas. The
! feature of the debate on this matter
was a caustic criticism by Grosvenor
| (R) of Ohio that Senators and Repre-
| sentatives We're denied access to the
| President except through the Secretary
| of the Private Secretary of the PreSl-
dent
| Cox Cd of Tennessee, rising to a
question of personal privilege, read a
newspaper paragraph crediting Walker
| (R.) of Massachusetts, Chairman of the
Committee on Banking and Currency,
with the statement that there was 50
little public demand for legislation on
the subject of the banking and curren-
cy that he could not get his committee
together to discuss this subject lie
said he had attended every meeting
of that committee (save a very few
| ever since he had been a member ,and
that he was now ready to meet the
| Chairman at any time and vote upon
any proposition he may present
| Walker good -humoredly observed that
| that was one Of ten thousand stale
ments imputed to him which had no
foundation in fact.
A bill was passed authorizing the
Galveston and Great Northern Rail-
way Company to build railroad
| through the Indian Territory.
| A joint resolution was reported from
| the Committee on Printing, providing
| for an index of the Government publ
cations from 1881 to 1898 by DR.. j. E.
Ames, superintendent Of the Docu-
ments, at a compensation Of 1000 a
Congress. $4,000 in ALL Passed.
| On motion of Dalzell (R.) of Pennsyl-
| vania, 1t was voted to adjourn over un-
| til Monday next
| A joint resolution was passed provid-
| ing for the distribution of aliases ard
maps published by the Geological Sur
| vey.
| Cooper Cd of Texas then called up
the House bill constituting new dl-
vision of the Eastern Judicial District or
| Texas, providing for holding court at
| Beaumont, and authorizing the ap-
| point of a Clerk for said court, and
moved that it be passed, the objections
| of the President to the contrary not
| withstanding. The Committee on Ju-
| dietary recommended that the bill do
so pass.
The Presidents reasons for vetoing
the bill We're that the present accommo-
dations were sufficient for transacting
the business arising from the counties
| included in the proposed new division.
Cooper explained that he had made
several attempts to see the President
| while the bill was before him In all
these at most he was unsuccessful, the
Secretary of the President, who holds
| the key to the door by which members
of Congress are admitted to the Presi-
dent" denying him the right Is rep
resentative Of the people of his district
| to see the Executive.
Grosvenor Rep) of Ohio said it was
| unfortunate for the American people
| that for three years past few self-re-
specting representatives of a respccta-
BILE constituency would make any ef-
fort to see the President. 1t was rep
| resented that he had issued an order
| that no Senator or Representative IN
Congress should present himself in per-
son until he had bowed before a Pri
vate Secretary, and had received foc his
errand the sanction Of that just per-
Sonage.
"At that time" continued GroSvenor,
Il was in the midst of a matter con-
nected with official relations to the
President, and after having concluded
it, filed a statement with the Execu-
tive Mansion that 1 would never again
seek to see the President of the United
States under the present Administra-
ton. And have kept my word. My
constituents never commissioned me
to percolate my business with the Ex-
ecutve through the lay of a Private
Secretary
1t was unfortunate, Grosvenor went
on to say, that the President excluded
himself from communication with men,
bers of Congress. He surrounds him
self with skirmish line of moderate
capacity, and keeps himself away from
us. / condemn myself for not having
expressed these views two years ago,
when, If they had been carefully con-
sidered by the parties in interest, there
might be two or three friends of The
President in Congress"
The bill was passed-144 to 6S-more
than two-thirds voting in the afflrma-
tive.
Crowther Rep) of Missouri reported
the agreement of conferrees upon bills
to increase the pensions of Jane Stewart
Whiting and of Celesta Boughton, fix
ing the amount at $50 a month. Agreed
to.
The House then proceeded to consider
bills on the private calendar reported
from the committee of the Whole.
The House proceedings from this
point We're largely confined to routine
matters OF bills of no general interest.
At p. m. the House took a recess until
o'clock to discuss private pension bills.
At the evening session ten private PEN
sion bills previously reported from the
Committee OF the Whole were passed
AT 1910 p. m. the House adiouf ned
until Monday next
Sir Isaac Pittman Dead.
LONDON, Jan. 22-Sir Isaac Pit