The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-15
CUT OFF A DEBATE ON CUBA.
LEADERS or THE HOUSE AFRAIu
OF EXPLANATORY SPEECHES.

Fire-eating Utterances During tha
Present Critical state of Affairs
Might Prove Unfortunate-Cannon
Thinks Congress Should Call ~
Halt on Exposition Appropriations
and Wants to Begin With Norway.
Washington. Jan 1.-THE managers of
the House decided not TO proceed with
the diplomatic and consular appropriations
bill to-day, but to give the day for con-
sideration of private bills. This was
doubtless done to avert the possibility OF
averting sensational Cuban debate dur
ing the consideration of the appropriations
bill.
Inhammatory speeches during the press
ent critical state of affairs in Havana
would, the conservative leaders believe, ba
particularly unfortunate.
When the House adjourned last nighG
the amendment to the agricultural appro-
priation bill, providing for the publication
of another edition of the 'lorse books
was pending. To-day the friends of ths
amendment compromised with the appro-
prlations committee by agreeing to re-
duction of the number to be printed frorE
10000 to 5000. AS amended, the amends
ment was adopted, and the bill was
passed.
The resolution accepting the invitations
OF the government of Norway to partlci-
pate in the International fisheries expos
sition at Bergen from May to September.
1888, was called up by Mr.. simpklns, Rep.
of Massachusetts,
Mr. Canyon, chairman of the appropria~
tions committee. sad he thought on ths
exposition question Congress was running
wild. We had had domestic expositions
at Philadelphia. Chicago, New orleanss
Cincinnati Louisville, Atlanta and Nash-
vile and were now TO have one at Omaha.
Abroad we participated in the expositiona
at Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and Brussels.
The anxiety of woud-be commissioners to-
have the honor and glory of our country
represented at these foreign expeditions
Is agonizing. Now here comes the fish
exposition at Bergen. Twenty thousand
dollars is to be appropriated now. If this
resolution was passed. Congress would be-
called upon TO foot the bill for deficiency
of another $4,000. The interests OF tho
United States did not require our partlc-
ipation in this exposition IL we did our
duty at the Paris Exposition, that would
be enough.
Mr.. Simpflns, Rep, of Massachusetts,, in
reply, called attention to the fact that
Norway, second to no country in the world
In hsheries had accepted our limitations
to participate at Philadelphia and Chica-
go. Common courtesy and decency de-
mand that we accept this invitation.
Mr.. Dollver, Rep, of Iowa. thought
there would not be an opportunity in the
next decade to participate In an EXPOSE
tion which would be of more practical
value TO the United States.
The resolution was adopted
Another resolution was adopted on nno~
ton Of Mr.. Perkins, Rep, OF Iowa. re-
questing the director of the biological sur
vey to prepare and have printed 4,0O0 cop
les of map OF Alaska, showing Its mosn
feasible routes to the gold fields.
A bill for the payment of 900 TO Wills
lam S. Grant of Gardner. Me-, for sup
plies designed for the United States, but
confiscated by the Confederate governments
at the opening Of the civil war was fa-
vorably acted upon.
The Senate bill to refer o'tfe Court OF
Claims the claim of corporation book
agents of the Methodist Church, South
was next taken up.
Mr.. Cooper, Dem, of Texas, named as N
substitute sum appropriating $2S80c0 In
fun settlement of this bill.
The property of the corporation, whicfx
was located at Nashville Tenn, was seiz~
ed and held by the United States froux
1862 TO 1866, when it was turned over 10
the owners. Mr.. Cooper referred to ths
fact that the profits of the concern wera
applied to the support of superannuatel
ministers. Thousands of petitions fronx
religious bodies, he said, had been received
praying for the passage of the bill
Mr.. Dalzell, Rep, of Pennsylvania. in
augurated q filibuster against the meas-
ure by demanding the reading of the re-
port on the bill, Which consisted of about
fifty pages, the reading Of which woula
consume several hours At the conclusion
of am hour, when Mr.. DalzelPs time ex-
pired, the friends of the bill attempted to
secure an agreement for closing the de-
bate, but all propositions looking to this
end were rejected.
Mr.. Richardson, Dem, of Tennessee, ap-
pealed to the other side to allow vota
on the bill.
Mr. Sayers, Dem. of Texas, said that
this was as just claim as had ever been
presented to Congress All that was ask
ed by the Methodist Episcopal Church iu
this bill, he said, was not more than 30
per cent. of the amount that could ba
collected in the Court of Claims. Bish-
ops and divines, North and South, had
recommended it. Common justice not
charity, demanded its passage.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Rep, of Ohio, made a
ten-minute speech in support of the BILL.
the claim to say that $SS0o0 was very
low estimate of the damage sustained by
the corporation After further discussion.
and before disposing Of the bill, the House
adjourned.