Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-13
55th CONGRESS-.
House Passes Urgent Deici-
ency Bill Carrying $1,741,843
DeArmond and Cannon Have Tilt Over
Danvil|e, ILL.,, Soldiers Home.
Difference Of Opinion Over Transportation OF
Gold Bullion 10 MINIS.

Gold Bullion 10 MINIS.
| Washington, Jan. 12-The House to-
day, passed an urgent deficiency bill
| carrying $l.14l ,843. one of it's items
authorizing further expenditure of
$4,000 for the Soldiers Home at Dan
| vile, H., was used by Mr.. DeArmonl.
| Dem, Missouri. as a basis for a bitter
| personal attack upon Chairman Can
| non, whose home is at DanVille He
! charged the chairman with HAVING
USED his powers and position to secure
! the location Of the home at DanvilIe
Ar. Cannon, in reply, branded Mr.
DeArmond as common scold. H.
/ said ne would stand or fan on his
record The House BY vote Of ~ 10
A. sustained the appropriation.
There was also a lively debate over
the provisions in the bill requiring the
owners Of bullion hereafter to pay thr
cost Of transporting bullion from ASA '
offices 70 the mints
1he Western members and the free
silver advocates generally took the po-
sitiun that this cnange of policy on the
part Of The government would discour-
agt the production Of gold. appreciate
us value ANA might result in DRIVING
the gold Ia foreign mints
Thu Republicans aud some Of tla
Democrats denied that j, would have
amy such effect and said that it meant
simply hc repeal II bounty granted
To miners since 1919.
The motion to strike out the provisp
vas defeated. 10 to 10
Cannon, chairman of the appropriation
committee. called up the urgent deficiency
biit
The bin was considered in the House as
in committee Of whole. Bell. Pop. Col.
raised the point of order that the pro-
vision attached 70 an appropriation of
$1,000 for the transportation Of bullion
between the assay office and the mints
WAS new legislation. This provision re-
quircd the depost0r Of gold the assay
offices I" pay the cost Of transportation
hereafter
The Speaker informed Bell that points
Of order had not been reserved against
this bill, whcreupon Bell moved to strike
out the proYiso He argued against this
proposed change in the policy OF the gov
eminent and was supported by Shatroth,
Sill. Rep. Cot.
Cannon pointed out that if the law
was continued until an ASSAY office was
would have to pay the mint price for
gold in the klondikc and then pay the
cost OF and assume all risks incident t.
transporting it to the San Francisco or
Philadelphia mint. This law was a bounty
on gold mining. Why should 1t exist?
McRea. Dem, Ark. argued that the
gold discoveries in the Yukon furnished
the best reason why existing laws should
not be discontinued
Savers. Dem, Texas, supported the pro
posed change in the government policy.
tie wanted the members representing the
cotton growing districts to reconcile their
opposition to this provso with their duty
to this constituents. No other country
paid THE freight on bullion.
Livingston. Ga, denied that this pro-
position in any way affected the finan-
cial issues. He favored it. Kelly. Pop.
,. D., Dockery Dem. Mo. and Bland
Dem. Mo. opposed the proviso. After
some remarks by Simpson, Pop, Kansas
and Underwood. Dem, Ala, against the
proViso, Bells motion to strike out the
proviso was defeated-a9 to Con d ris-
ing vote. The yeas and nays were de-
manded. The vote resulted: Yeas. 10:
nays, 125. and Bells motion was lost.
De Almond Dem. Mo. moved to strike
ont the paragraph appropriating 500 00D
for construction Of barracks at the Sol
diers' Home at Danville, HIS. and limit
ing the total cost at $4,000. He said that
this was chapter three in the history OF
this Home to be established at the home
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De Almond was excecdinelv coustic in
his criticism of Cannon Who he said
after nsing his mover on tbn ann,on,,i,
lion commjtte~ r. oct the Sol1iers' Jion,o
located II mas town, was now trying to |
take $500 00o more ont of me treasurv
Cannon in his repIy was .,c sorcoetic nc |
his adyersary II was easy Ia scoll ln |
said How nraiscworthy That nrartice |
was. was another uuestjon In inc ola |
DAYS common scolds were ducked At Tho
town pulnp. This was the third time |
De Almond hadattacked him on the score
of this Soldiers Uoroo 10 avnl.,ipod |
that in the last Congress the committees |
on military affairs had unanimously 70 |
ported in favor Of establishing a new Sol |
diers' Home at I)anviIlc. There vas great ,
necessity for it. as 5000 soldiers were |
sleeping in corridors cellars and atfics |
The appropriation committee after an |
had reported the appropri- |
tion contnfnpd i'm the last s,ndry civil |