The herald., 1898-01-22

was passed to grant the Commissioners
of Dale county, Alabama, the right to
construct two bridges across the Choc-
taw-Hatchie river. Under the rules this
was private bill day, but Mr. Cannon,
Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations, antagonized it by motion for
| the consideration of Senate amendments
to the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation
bill. His motion was carried-125 to 81.
The Senate Nicaraguan Canal Com
mission amendment was non-concurred
| in.
| One of the Senate amendments was
concurred in, with an amendment to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the repair of the
National Cemetery at Fort Smith. Ark.
This amendment was offered by Mr.. Lit
tie Dem.) of Arkansas, who explained
the necessity for it, owing to the de-
vastation caused by the recent storm.
The main fight came on the Senate
amendment striking out the provisions
| in the bill requiring depositors of bui-
lion hereafter to pay the cost of trans
pOrtation from the assay office to the
mint.
Mr.. Bell (Pop.) Of Colorado moved
non-concurrence in this amendment.
uC qOCStlOl was ueDdttu tAttllSlNcly
when the bill was originally before the
House.
The debate soon drifted into a discus
sion on the silver question as it did on
former occasions. Messrs Shafroth of
Colorado, Populist; Newlands of Ne
vada, Silver Republican,: Cannon of Illi-
nois, Republican, and Bland of Mis-
souri,, Democrat, participated Cannon
q a a.
providing that the depositor Of bullion
should pay the cost of the transporta-
ton to the nearest mint" 1t was de-
feated. 9S to 130.
The senate amendment to strike out
the whole provision was then agreed to
without division in the committee of the
whole. Cannon gave notice he would
demand an yeand nay vote.in the house
The vote of the committee was con-
firmed by vote of 144 to 112.
The bill was sent back to conference.
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 Republic
ans joined with the Democrats and Pop
pliSts:
Bartholdt of Missouri, Beach of Ohio
Broderick of Kansas, Hager of Iowa,
Ellis of Oregon, Joy of Missouri, Linney
of North Carolina, Lowering of New
York, Mccall of Massachusetts, Ma
haney, Miner, Morris, Olmstead, Pearce
of Missouri, Pearson, Shannon, w. A.
Smith and Spaldng.
Lacy then called up the bill to extend
the public lands law to the territory
of Alaska and to grant a general right
of way to railroads. This bill was passed
after having been amended in minor
particulars. The remainder of the day
was occupied 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
Cooper of Texas, Democrat, to substi-
tute for the senate bill to refer the claim
of the Book Publishing company of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, to
the court of claims, the house bill to
adjust the whole claim by the payment
of $2S8,0 Payne of New York, Re-
publican, who was in the chair, sus-
tanned the point of order.
Grosvenor of Ohio, Republican, stated
that he desired to go on record as to-
tally dissenting from the decision of the
chair. After a parliamentary struggle
by the opponents of the measure to de-
lay action, the house bill appropriating
$2SS,0 was taken up on Cooper's mo-
ton. Cooper Immediately moved to lay
it aside with favorable recommenda-
ton. Dalzell announced 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 agriculture (Wil-
son), then distinguished member Of
the house and by distinguished Demo-
crat now a member of the interstate
commerce commission CIV. R. Morrison)
the claim was thrown out as unworthy
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