The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-01
PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE.
Sundry Civil Appropriation and 9th
Bills Passed

er Bills Passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-The House
passed the sundry civil appropriation bin to-
day after four days debate The most inn
portant action to-day was the elimination
CT the appropriation for our representation
at the Paris exposition on a point of order.
The sudden change of sentiment in the
House which is often witnessed when mem
bers go on record was twice illustrated to-
day On Friday last the House. in commit
tee of the whole, where there is no record
of the vote, knocked out a provision in the
Dill for an appropriation to pay those who
furnish the government with information
leading 10 the conviction of the violators OF
the internal revenue laws, and to-day, in
committee. an extra months pay was voted
TO the employees of the house. Both these
propositions commanded a very respectable
majority in the committee but when the
members voted on roll calls in the House
both of them were overwhelmingly defeated.
Several minor bills were passed after the
sundry civil bill was disposed of.
At the opening of the session Mr.. Hull
Ckep., Ia.). chairman of the military COM
mittee, asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of joint resolution providing
| for the investigation by joint committee
of the House and Senate of the expenditures
since Jan. 1. 1892
Mr. Cox CDem., Temp called attention to
the fact that this whole subject was being
| investigated by the court-martial now sit
| ting in the case of Captain Carter. The
! reputation of civilians was involved as we'll
| as that of an officer of the engineer corps,
| and until the court-martial returned its
! findings he saw no necessity for a congress
| sional investigation. He therefore objected.
| and the resolution was referred to the mill
| tary affairs committee.
When the sundry civil bill was taken up
| the pending amendment appropriating $4,000
| for building Il road from Natchez 10 the
/ National Cemetery was adopted.
| An amendment requiring the clerks of
| Federal Courts in Arizona, New Mexico and
! Oklahoma to report their fees and emolu-
| ments annually was adopted.
Mr.. Lewis (Dem., Wash) offered an
amendment, which was ruled cut on point
of order, designed to prohibit the imprison-
/ ment by United States judges of persons
| charged with contempt of court until such
| persons shall have been adjudged guilty by
| u jury.
Mr.. Handy Dem, DELI made point of
order against the provision relating 70 the
| Paris exposition. The point of order was
| debated at some length. and when Mr..
! Payne, who was in the chair, intimated that
| he was inclined to sustain it, several MEM
| bers appealed to Mr. handy to withdraw it.
! Mr.. Handy declared he was actuated by q
| patriotic purpose in insisting on point of
| order: Thereupon the point OF order was
! sustained and the whole provision went out
| of the bill.
| Mr.. Hartman (Silvcr Rep. Mont) offered
| an amendment allowing all the employees OF
| the House an extra months salary for
services during the present session.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the approprla-
| items committee, made a point of order
| against it and vigorously antagonlzed IL.
| The amendment, after some debate, was
agreed to.
Speaking to a pro forma amendment, Cen
| eral Shattuc (Rep., o. who was for thirty
| years connected with the management OF
| railroads took occasion to answer an at
| tack made on the railroads some time ago.
| He had never known railroad manager
he said, who was calamity MOWER nifty,
| why should railroad men be calamity
| howIers?' asked Mr. Greene pop, Neb.),
| when they plumber the whole country?
torte ID Mr.. shattuc, and the. gentleman
who makes it knows it is false Mr. Shal3
! tue continuing, said he would be ashamed
| continually grumble about the miserable
| condition of the people he represents.
The district came from sd e %r reen ,e
| MIR Shattuc replied 'Well, 1t does not
send them here Great laughter2
| Nh Fox (Dem Miss.), to whose speech
/ Mr. Shattuc had replied, denied that ne
| had assailed the railroads He had nlmsell
he said, represented railroads as an q ~ id
ney for many years and what he had saaa
| was that the people of the South had as
| much right to exercise legitimate lnnu-
| ence over the colored voters of their sec
| tons as the railroads. the manufactures or
snv other corporations. Deny it as you
will" said M. Fox 1T is a Iact tn troI Illd
| hv the vote, of their employees for MchIIl-
lev by intimidation, threats and brlpery
| If the laboring men of the country nad
hecn allowed to vote their convictions VIM
j. Bryan would now be PRESIDENT Oh inc
United States. IN, >. oo,,r,it+ee
of the whole was completed and 1t was re-
ported to the House. 100 on
Mr.. Cannon demanded separate votes on
. Dropriation of $4,000 for the payment oi
those who informed the authorizes Oh VIC 1
lations of the internal revenue laws anu ~
the other granting a months extra pay 10
employees of the House. Mr. cannon ufgeu
the House to restore the iIIp Tha anpro
priation was absolutely necessary, ne CON
tended. TO protect the government revenues
Garniina and Georgia. Mr.. Cannon said
that 25Q0 Illicit stills were seized last year >
the large majority OF them IN Via naf
1.raI he said that the representatives from
those States should fight this approprla-
Bv a vote of 103 to 81 the provision was
! restored TO the bill. The friends of the mo-
ton to strike out the Appropriation were
| too weak to secure the yeas and nays.
| The action of the committee in Young
an extra months pay to the employees OIL
the House was reversed by the House Oh :, q
| fecortl-making vote, the amendment pehs
| defeated-63 to 102. 80
The sundry civil bill was then passed ah 10
| the House went back into committee OF
the whole and took up the bill reported by
the ways and means committee to authoT-
ize the Transportation Of distilled spirits 70
| general bonded warehouses and to reSu-
late removal therefrom: The bill gives the
owners of distilled spirits the privileges as
| 10 TRANSFORMATION now enjoyed solely by
the distiller. The bill was passed pass +ho No
hrasLa Kansas & Gulf Railroad right
of way through the Indian Territory, Mr..
Todd (Pop.. Mich) offered an amendment
| providing ia certain cuiltIlsencleS. 49, ~ o1t
! Government of the road. 1t was ruled out
on a point of order. -.
| 4 bill was also passed granting flght
of w9v through the Indian Territory to the
Dennison & Northern Railroad. At 5;2O p.
| m the House adjourned.