The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
: . ;51'1I1 STOOL FOR
 STATESMEN Cannon Suggests One for DeArmOnd
 of Missouri. Saws He Is a Common ScOld and Hints at Heroic Treatm ent. Bitter Debate Over an Item in an Urgent Deficiency
 Measure. PASSAGE OF THE BILL. ProViso Requiring Gold Bullion Owners to Pay for Transporta-
 ton to Mints Defeated.
Bitter Debate Over an Item in an Urgent Deficiency
 Measure.
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
Proviso Requiring Gold Bullion Owners to Pay for TranspOrta-
 ton to Mints Defeated.
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Call Office, Riggs House,

NdS0lnSlOI, Jdl lA.
 The House to-day passed an urgent deficiency bill, carrying $1,741,S ,S43. One of the items, authorizing further ex- penditure of $520,000 for the Soldiers Home at Danville. H.. for which $780, 900 was appropriated in the sundry civil bill was used by DeArmOnd of Mis- souri as a basis for a bitter personal attack upon Chairman Cannon, whose home is at Danville. He charged that Cannon. after using his power on the Appropriations Committee to get the home located in his home town, was now trying to take half million dollars out of the treasury to help people interest ed in Danville town lots.
 Cannon replied in sarcastic speech, and accused the member from Missouri of being a common scold-such, he said as were ducked at the town pump in the olden days. He insisted that addi- tional barracks were needed at Dan vile, where 1S000 veterans were now sleeping in corridors, cellars and attics. DeArmond's motion was defeated without division.
 There was also a lively debate over the provision in the bill requiring the owners of bullion hereafter to pay the cost of transporting bullion from assay offices to the hints. Bell (P.) of Colo rado argued that if the Government de- clined to pay the cost of transporting the gold would go to foreign hints. It was, he said, another blow aimed at the Western miner.
 Shafroth (Sil. R.) of Colorado argued against the proviso. Not content with the gold standard, he said, this was an attempt to discourage the production of gold and still further appreciate it's power and value.
 hn aE1- was continued until an assay office would be established on the Yukon, the Government would have to pay the mint price for gold in the Klondike and then pay the cost of, and assume all risks incident to- transporting to the San Francisco CT Philadelphia mint This law was bounty on gold mining Why should it exist? He protested against trying to cOmplicate it with the financial question.
 McRae (D.) of Arkansas argued that the gold discoveries in the Yukon fur nished the best reason why the exist ing law should not be discountenanced The Government should offer every in- ducement to miners to bring their gold to it's hints.
 Savers (D) of Texas supported the proposed change in the Government policy. There was no more reason, he said, why the Government should give bounty to the gold miners than tC the cotton and wheat growers. Nc other country, he said, paid the freight on bullion.
 Livingston (D.) of Georgia denied that this proposition in any way affect ed the financial issue. He favored it.
 Kelly (P) of South Dakota, Dockery D.) of Missouri and Bland (D.) O. Missouri opposed the proviso. The lat ter in his remarks said the present law was a part of the resumption act O 1879. It was intended to encourage anC facilitate gold production, and, coupled with it, was the law providing for tn, sale of bonds to provide gold. The en couragement of gold production wa the cheaper and better way to procur gold. The new proviso was in the in terest of bond sales.
 After some further remarks by Simp son (P.) of Kansas and Underwooc (D) of Alabama against the proviso Bells motion to strike out the provs was defeated-125 to 110.
 On motion Bells Colorado amend ment was adopted providing for tn survey and establishment of the east ern boundary line of the Southern Ut reservation in Colorado. Without fur ther amendment the bill was passed.
 Hit, from the Foreign Affairs Com mittee. reported the diplomatic an consular appropriation bill and at A D. m. the House adjourned.