The age-herald., 1898-03-20
POSTAL BILL
 PASSES HOUSE Henry Prevented From Defend
 ling the South. ROSE TO PERSONAL PRIVILEGE To Answer an Interview of Spauiard Saying the South Would Revolt in Case of War Several Very Lively Features
 Marked the Day.
ROSE TO PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

passed the postof1ice appropriation bill which has been under consideration since Wednesday, The main points of attack today were the appropriation of $30 000, ,OO0 and for railway train mails and s171 900 for special mail facilities from New York to New Orleans.
 These items annually attract more or less of a contest. This year the opposi- tion seemed to be Jess intent. All efforts to reduce the appropriation for railway transportation signally failed and the vote on the southern mail subsidy was 77 to 9S, against striking out. By neat parliament tary manoeuvering the opponents of the subsidy were prevented from getting a direct vote on motion to recommit with instructions.
 At the opening session of the house to- day MT. Dingley, the floor manager of the majority offered the bill reported from the ways and means committee, providing for the free entry into this country of guns, ammunition and other naval supplies and war material purchased abroad until Jan. 1, 1899. He explained that the com mittee had unanimously reported the bill. It was asked for by the secretaries of war and navy. The bill was passed without division.
 Arose to Personal Privilege
 MT. Henry (dem. of Missy claimed the floor as a question of personal privilege and sent to the clerks desk for the pur- pose of having 1t read to the house a quo- tation from an interview with the Span iSh ambassador at Vienna ontained in an Associated Press dispatch in which the am- baSsador said that the United States should incite the Philippines to revolt Spain could revenge herself by raising revolts fn the American southern states.
 Before the reading of the interview con- cluded MT. Dingey made the point that it did not constitute privilege.
 Tt contains reflection against a DOT tion of the people of the United States which I desire to repel," said MT. Henry. But the speaker held that he had not pre- sented a question of privilege and he was taken off the floor.
 The paragraph of the postoffice bill ap- propriating S171 ,2S5 for special mail facii- ties from New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans precipitated the annual fight against the appropriation.
 MT. Fleming (dem Gal, vigorously op- posed the appropriation. He declared that he was opposed to subsidies and that he did not believe in voting subsidies simply because, as in this instance they benefited the people of the south.
 Personal Controversy
 A lively personal controversy occurred in the course of the debate between MT. Pear son (rep. N. @, and MT. Skinner (pop. N. CD MT. Pearson supported the appropria-
 
 interrupt him, MT. Pearson declined to yield saying that he declined to yield to one who formerly supported the appropria- tion, but who had changed his position without any apparent reason.
 This angered MT. Skinner and he became so persistent in his efforts to interrupt MT. Pearson that the chairman of the commit tee of the whole several times compelled him to take his seat.
 At last MT. Pearson yielded to his per .to had never supported this proposition. He considered it robbery of the treasury. He said that the Atlantic coast line today fur nished the same service 1t did when 1t received the subsidy.
 few moments after MT. Barlow (pop. Cal), bitterly assailed MT. Simpson for supporting a subsidy. The house seemed to enjoy the scoring of the populist leader.
 MT. Castle, (dem) of California, offered an amendment to reduce the appropriation to $3,S12,0 900.
 MT. Grosvenor defended the appropria- tion, which he thought vast, saying nc thought it was well expended in the splen- did expedition with which our mails were everywhere hurried to their destination.
 The chairman of the postoffice committed pointed out the fact that all such amend mentsa S that of which MT. Bland had given notice, had been ruled out on points of order in past congresses.
 The Castle amendment was rejected with out division.
 The paragraph appropriating s171,2SS for special mail facilities from New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans precipitated the annual fight against this appropriation. Mr. Cromwell Gep) of Ohio, moved to strike it out. The debate upon the paragraph was limited by agree menu to one hour. MT Fleming (dern.) of Georgia, vigor- ously opposed the appropriation. The friends of the appropriation for special facilities then, by nadroit move, prevente1 a vote on the motion to recominit the bill with instructions to strike out this appro- ,Iriation. Only sone motion to recomamdt Is in order and MT. Livingston (dem.e of I Georgia, a friend of the appropriation made | this motion and immediately demanded the previous question. This cut off the motion to recommit with instructions and then the moton to recommtt was promptly voted down The opponents of the subsidy there mon demanded a record vote on the pas sage of the bill to emphasize the opposi- tion. the house adjourned.
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