The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-22
SIGNIFICANT VOTE IN THE HoUSE,
ON QUESTION INVOLVING
SILVER.
"A BREAK IN THE RANKS.
WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER
SIDE.
ONE DAY OF COMPARATIVE PEACE
The Cuban Skirmish Followed by
Nothing More Exciting Than
Parliamentary Battle.

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parliamentary struggle in the house
today over the bill for the relief of the
book publishing company of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, which
was before the house last Friday. By
shrewd maneuvering it's opponents sue
ceeded in preventing action today Pre-
vfous to the consideration of this bill,
the house passed the bill to extend the
public land laws Of the United States
to the territory of Alaska and to grant
a general railroad right of way
through the territory. The urgent de-
ficiency bill was sent to conference.
after the silver forces, with some out
side aid, had succeeded in corcurring
in the senate amendment striking from
the bill the provision requiring the de-
posftors of bullion at government as
say offices to pay the cost of transport
tation to the minis.
Under the rules this was private bill
day, but Mr.. Cannon. chairman of the
committee on appropriations. antag-
onized it with a motion for the consid-
Grafton of the senate amendments to
the urgent deficiency appropriation bill
His motion was carried, 125 to 81. The
main tight came on the senate amend
ment striking out the provision in the
bill requiring depositors of bullion here
after to pay the cost of transporta-
ton from the assay offices to the minis.
Mr. Bell pop, Col) moved concur
renee in this amendment
The debate soon drifted into a dis
cuSsion of the silver question. Messrs
Shafroth pop, COLI, Newlands (Sil.,
New, Cannon Rep., Ill) and Bland
Oem.. MOI participated. Mr.. Cannon
finally submitted a modified PROPOSE
ton providing that the depositor of
bullion should pay the cost of trans
portation to the nearest mint" 1t
was defeated. SO to 100.
The senate amendment to strike out
the whole provision was then agreed
without division in the committee Of
the whole. Mr.. Cannon gave notice
he would demand a yea and nay vote
in the house. The vote in committee
was confirmed on yea and nay vote
in the house. IA to 112. The bill was
sent back to conference
VOTE ON SILVER.
The vote was considered significant,
as there was, to a certain extent, an
alignment of the silver forces in favor
OF the motion to concur in the senate
amendment The following Republi-
cans joined with the Democrats and
Populists: Bartholdt (Mo.l, Beach (O),
Broderick (Kan), Hager, Ellis orr,
Joy Mo2. Linney IN: c., Lowering,
Low On. ". Mccall (Mass) Mahany,
Minor Morris, Olmstead, Pearce (Mo.),
Pearson. Shannon, w. A Smith and
Spaulding.
Mr.. Lacey then called up the bill to
extend the public land laws to the ter
ritory of Alaska, and to grant a general
right of way to railroads. This bill was
passed after being amended in minor
particulars.
The remainder of the day was occu-
pied in the consideration of bills on
the private calendar. The house then
went into committee of the whole
where the pending question was point
of order raised against the motion of
Mr.. Cooper Oem., Tex to substitute
for the senate bill to refer the claim
of the book publishing company of the
NJ. r. Church South to the court of
claims, the house bill to adjust the
whole claim by the payment of $2S8, 900.
Mr.. Payne (Rep., N. V, who was in
the chair, sustained the point of order.
Mr.. GrOSVenor (Rep., o. stated that
he desired to go on record as totally
dissenting from the ruling of the chair.
After parliamentary struggle by
the opponents OF the measure to delay
action, the house bill appropriating
$288,OOO was taken up on Mr.. Cooper's
motion. Mr.. Cooper Immediately moved
to lay it aside with a favorable recon-
mendatiOn. Mr.. Dalzell denounced the
bill as an attempt to loot the treasury.
Twenty five years ago, he said, this
claim was presented to the house, and
in a careful, exhaustive and learned
report by the present secretary of agri-
culture (Mr WILSON,, then a dlstin-
guished member of the house, and by
distinguished Democrat now a mem
Der of the interstate commerce COM
mission CIV r. Morri:on) the claim was
thrown out as unworthy the attention
of patriotic representatives sent here
not to loot, but to guard the treasury
There was considerable parliamenta-
ry sparring, and finally, at 4:55 p. M,
the house adjourned without acting on
the bill.