The record-union., 1898-01-22
RATHER QUIET
DAY IN The HOUSE,
The Bill Passed Extending the Land
Laws to Alaska.
Also Granting General Railroad Right Of
Way Througe the Territory.


Bill the Provision Requiring the
Disposition Of Bullion at Gov
ernment Assay Offices to Pay
Cost Of Transportation TO
MINIS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-There was
parliamentary struggle in the
House to-day over the bill for the re-
lief Of the book publishing company Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
(South), which was before the House
last Friday. BY shrewd maneuvering,
it's opponents succeeded in preventing
action to-day.
Previous to the consideration of this
bill, the House passed the bill to ex-
tend the public land laws of the
United States to the Territory of Alas
ka and to grant a general railroad
right of way through the Territory.
The urgent deficiency bill was sent
to a conference, after the silver forces,
with some outside aid, had succeeded
in concurring in the Senate amend
ments striking from the bill the pro-
ion at Government assay offices 20 pay
the cost Of transportation to the minis
WERE NO STORMY SCENES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The stormy
scenes of the last few days in the
House were followed by comparative
quiet to-day. At the opening of the
session bill was passed to grant the
Commissioners Of Dale County, Ala
bama, the right to construct two
bridges across the Choctaw -Hatchie
River
Under the rule this was private bill
day, but Cannon Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, antago-
nlzed with a motion for the consider
alton Of the eSnate amendments to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
His motion was carried-12o to 81
Ihe Senate Nicaraguan Canal Com
mission amendment was non-concurred
in.
one OF the Senate amendments was
concurred in, with an amendment 10
appropriate $4,000 for the repair Of
the National Cemetery at Fort Smith
Arkansas. This amendment was Of
fered by Little CD of Arkansas. who
explained the necessity for it, owing to
the devastation by the recent storm in
that section.
The main fight came on the Senate
amendment striking out the provisions
in the bill requiring depositors of bull
ion hereafter to pay the cost of trans.
portafion from the assay offices to the
mints.
Bell (Pop) of Colorado moved con-
6nTrGnGa !.
question was debated extensively when
the Dill was originally before the
House.
The debate soon drifted into a discus
sion OF the silver question, as it did on
FORMER occasions. Messrs. Shawfroth
tPop) of Colorado, Newlands (Silyer r
OF Nevada, aCnnon (R.) of Illinois and
Bland Cd of Missouri participated.
cannon finally submitted a modified
proposition providing that the depositor
OF bullion should pay the cost Of the
transportation to the nearest mint"
1t was defeated-9S to 130.
The Senate amendment to strike ont
the whole provision was then agreed 70
without division in the Committee Of
the Whole.
Cannon gave notice that he would de-
mand aye and nay vote in the House
The vote of the committee was con-
firmed by vote of IA to 112.
The bill was sent back to conference
The vote was considered significant
as there was to a certain extent en-
alignment of the silver forces in favor
of the motion to concur in the Senate
amendment. The following Republicans
Joined with the Democrats and ponu
lists: Bartholdt of Missouri. Beach Of
Ohio, Broderick of Kansas. Hager of
Iowa, Ellis of Oregon, Joy of Missouri
Linney of North Carolina, Lowering and
Low of New York, Mccall of Massachu-
setts, Mahaney, Miner Morris, Olm-
stead and Pearce of Missouri; Pearson.
Shannon, w. a. Smith and Spalding.
Lacey then called up the bill to ex-
tend the public lands law TO the Terri
tory Of Alaska and to grant a general
right of way TO railroads. This bin
was passed, after having been amended
in minor particulars
The remainder Of the day was occu
pied in the consideration of bills on tha
private calendar
The House then went into Commit
tee Of the Whole, where the pending
question was point of order raised
against the motion of Cooper CD OF
Texas TO substitute for the Senate bill
TO refer the claim of the Book Publish
ing Company of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church tSouth) to the Court Of
Claims the House bin to adjust the
whole claim by the payment of S2SS. :
OG0
Payne (R.) of New York. who was in
the Chair. sustained the poiuf of order
Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio stated that he
desired to go on record as totally dis
senting from the decision of the Chair
After a parliamentary struggle by
the opponents of the measure to delay
action. the House bin appropriating
S2SS. COO was taken up on Cooper's mo-
ton.
Cooper Immediately moved to lay it
aside with a favorable recommendation.
Dalzell announced that the bill was
an attempt to loot the treasury Twen-
ty-five years ago, he said. this claim
was presented to the House. and in a
careful, exhaustive and learf%ad report
bv the present Secretary of Agriculture
(Ir. WILSON,. then dis inguished mem
ber Of the House. and by distinguished
Democrat, now member of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission CIV. r.
Morrison) the claim was thrown out as
unworthy of the attention of patriotic