The Portland daily press., 1898-01-22
RAILROAD TO ALASKA.
Blight Of Way Granted to Anyone
Who Wants to Build.
ACTION ON BOOK PUBLISHING
CONCERN BILL DELAYED.
Silver Forces Gain a Slight Victory in the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for a Vote on
the Teller Resolution in the Senate.

Silver Forces Gain Slight Victory in the
House-Arrangements for Vote on
the Teller Resolution in the Senate.
Washington, January 21.-There was
parliamentary struggle in the House to-
day over the bill for the relief Of the book
publishing company Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South. By shrewd
manoeuvering it's opponents succeeded IN
preventingsa action today. Previous to the
consideration of this bill the House
passed the bill to extend the public lands
laws of the United States to the territory
of Alaska and to grant general railroad
right of way through the territory. The
urgent deficiency bill was sent to confer
ence after.th silver forces had succeeded
in concurring in the Senate amendment
striking from the bill the provision re-
curing the depositors of bullion at gov
ernment assay offices to pay the cost of
the transportation to the mints.
Washington, January 21.-The stormy
scenes of the last few days in the House
were followed by comparative quiet today.
Under the rules this was a private bill
day, but MIR. Cannon, chairman OF the
committee on appropriation was recog-
Dized with q motion for the consideration
of the Senate amendments to the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill. His motion
was carried 1876 to 81.
The Senate Nicaguaran canal COM
mission amendment was non-conourred
in.
The main fight came on the Senate
amendment. striking out the provision in
the bill requiring depositors OF bullion
hereafter to pay the cost of transportation
from the assay offices to the mint. Mr..
Bell moved concurrence in this amend
ment.
The question was debated extensively,
when the bill was originally before the
House.
The debate soon drifted into in dis
cussion of the silver question as it did on
the former occasion. MIR. Cannon finally
submitted modified proposition provid-
ing that the depositor of bullion should
pay the cost of transportation to the near
est mint. 1t was defeated-9S to 100. The
Senate amendment to strike out the whole
provision was then agreed to without
division in the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Cannon gave notice that he would
demand a yea and nay vote in the
House. The vote in committee was con-
firmed on nay and yea vote in the
Bouse-144 to 1l2. The bill was sent back
to conference.
The vote was considered significant as
there was to certain extent an align
nent of the silver forces in favor OF the
motion to concur in the Senate amend
ment.
szYhe following Republicans joined with
the Democrats and Populists: Barthold,
Mo-; Beach, O.. Broderick, Kas.; Hager
and Ellis, Oregon; Joy, Mo; J4lnney, n.
d. Lowering and Low, n. Y; Mccall,
Mass Mahany, Miner, Morris, Olmstead,
Peary, Mo-; Pearson, Shannon, Smith
and Spalding.
Mr.. Lacey then called up the bill to ex-
tend the public land laws to the territory
of Alaska and to grant general right OF
way to railroads. 1t was passed after be-
ing amended in minor particulars. The
remainder of the day was occupied In the
consideration of the bills on the private
calendar. The House then went into COM
mittee of the whole, where the pending
question was a point of order a1sed
against the motion of Mr.. Cooper, !emo-
cratsof Texas, to substitute for the Senate
bill to refer the claim of book publishing
concerns Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, to the court of claims,
the House bill to adjust the whole claim
by the payment of $2SS, 900. Mr.. Payne,
Republican of New York, who was in
the chair sustained the point of order.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican OF Ohio,
stated that he desired to go on record as
tOUaIly Q1SSeuUlllS VlAo AuAAAS " oAAo
chair.
Mr. Cooper attempted to circumvent the
point of order, by moving to lay aside the
Senate bill and to take up the House Dill,
which embodied the provisions of his
substitute.
MI. DalzeIl claimed that the motion
was out of order and was sustained by
| the chair.
Mr.. Cooper appealed from the decision
| of the chair, but subsequently withdrew
the appeal and moved to postpone the
Senate bill unhl next Friday. This
motion was held to be in order.
Mr.. DalzelI then moved that the Senate
bill be reported to the House with a
favorable Recommendations, The purpose
of Mr.. Dalzell WAS to defeat action on the
House bill carrying direct appropria-
tion, but the motion was defeated-S7 10
1877
motion, the House bill appropriating
1888, coo was taken up. Mr.. Cooper moved
to lay it aside with favorable recon-
mendation.