The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-15
"Horse Book" Clause of the AgricuI-
turaI Bill Modified and the Meas
ure Passed by the House.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
CHANGE IN INAUGURATION DAY PRO-
POSED By MIR. HOAR.
Nature of the Hawaiian Presidents
Mission Explained by Mr.. Thurs
tOn-The Monetary Hearing.

WASHlNGIONt Jan. If.--lL Wis the liz
sention of the House managers to proceed
with the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bin to-day. but owing to the ex-
cited condition Of affairs in Havana and
the wildly exaggerated reports afloat they
decided to avoid the possibility of opening
up a Cuban debate by relinquishing the day
to the committee on claims in charge of
bills on the private calendar. Before this
order was entered on the agricultural bill
was passed. Most of the day was occu-
pied in a fIibuster against q bill 10 pay
the publishing house of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, at Nashville,
Tenn. S2SS, 600 for the seizure and use of the
property of that corporation during the
The opposition consumed the time
until o'clock, when the House adjourned
When the House adjourned last night the
amendment to the agricultural appropria-
ton bill providing for the publication of
another edition of the horse book was
pending. To-day the friends of the amend
ment compromised with the appropriations
committee by agreeing to a reduction of the
number to be printed from 10000 to 5000.
AS amended the amendment was adopted
and the bill was passed.
The resolution accepting the invitation of
the government of Norway to participate
in the international fisheries exposition at
Bergen from May to September, 1898, was
called up by Mr. Simplxins Mr.. Cannon,
chairman of the appropriations committee,
said he Thought Congress was running wild
on the exposition question. We had had
domestic eXpositions at Philadelphia, Chi
cago, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Atlanta and Nashville, and were now about
to have one at Omaha Abroad we had par
fuf.. -
Berlin and Brussels. The anxiety of
would-be commissioners to have the honor
and glory of our country represented at
these foreign expositions was agonizing.
Now. here came this exposition at Bergen.
Twenty thousand dollars was to be appro-
priated now. If this resolution passed. Con-
gress would be called upon to foot the bill
for a deficiency Of $4,000 He gave it as
his deliberate judgment that the interests
of the United States did not require our
participation in this exposition. If we did
our duty by the Paris exposition that would
be enough.
Mr.. Simpkins in reply, called attention to
TO no country i'll fisheries. had accepted our
invitations to participate at Philadelphia
and Chicago. Common courtesy and decen-
cy demanded that we accept this invitation.
Mr.. Deliver thought we would not in
the next decade participate in an exposition
which would be of more practical value to
adopted.
another resolution was adopted
ton of Mr. Perkins, directing the director
of the geological survey to prepare and have
printed forty thousand copies of a map of
Alaska, showing the most feasible routes
TO The god fields.
a bill for the payment of 81. 900 to William
Grart, of Gardner. Me-, for supplies de-
by the Confederate government at the open
ing OF the rebellion, was favorably acted,on
,,, me senate bill to refer to the. Court Of
DOCK agents of the Methodist Church South
was taken up; Mr.; Cooper Dem., Tex.
a bill appropriating $2sS.0O0 for the full set
Element of this claim The property of the
corporation, which was located at Nash
Vile, Tenn, seized and held by the
United States from 1862 to 1866, when it was
turned over to the owners. Mr.. Cooper
coleerI were applied to the support of
superannuated ministers. Thousands of pc
utions from religious bodies. he said, had
the bill.
Mr.. Dalzell inaugurated a fiIibuster
against the measure by demanding the read
ing of the report on the bill, which con-
sisted of about fifty pages, the reading of
Mnlcn would consume several hours. At
cells time expired, the frienSs of the bill
attempted to secure agreement for clos
ing DEBATE, but all requests 'ooising to this
Mr.. Richardson (Dem. Tenn appealed to
the other side TO allow vote on the bill.
Mr.. Sayers (Dem., TesK) said this was as
Just a claim as had evers beer presented to
congress: The amount asked by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South in this BILL
he said, was not so per cent. of the amount
which could be recovered liz the Court of
Claims. Leading bishops and divines North
and south had Endorsed it. Common justice
not charity. demanded its passage.
Mr.. Grosvenor C2ep.. Ohio made a ten
minute speech in support of the bill. He
said he knew personally enough about the
claim TO say that s$2SS.000 was very low
estimate of the damage sustained by the
corporation. After further discussion and
before disposing of the bill the House, at 3
o'clock, adjourned.