The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-16
NO MONEY FOR SPAIN
SENSATIONAL POINT OF ORDER
RAISED IN THE HOUSE.
Claim Is That Spanish cortss Has
Not Yet Ratified Treaty and
Money Is Not Due.

Washington. d. Especial. 1.-TWO
very sensational and unexpected things
happened In the house today during
the consideration OF the sundry civil
bill
The paragraph carrying the appro-
priation OF $4,000. 900 for payment to
Spain under the terms Of the peace
treaty was stricken out upon a point OF
order made by Mr.. Wheeler, a Ken
lucky democrat. who declared that he
and would resort TO any technlcality TO
defeat 1t.
The point OF order was debated for
hours. its determination Ringing upon
the question Of whether the ratification
of the treaty by the senate and its
signing by the president vitalized il
without the action Of the Spanish
cortes.
Warrant Of low was necessary to
make the appropriation in order. Mr..
Hopkins rep, I'D, who was in the
chair. sustained the point Of order
against 1T, and upon an appeal his de-
cision was sustained 149 10 So.
Mr.. Cannon them attempted to have
the appropriation insented by unani-
NOUS consent. but Mr.. Wheeler again
objected strong intimation was
given by Mr. Cannon that way would
be found within the rules to make the
appropriation before the adjournment
of congress He referred undoubtedly
TO the probability that the appropria-
tion would be put on the bill by the
senate.
After the sundry civil bill had been
completed and returned to the house,
Mr. Hepburn Qa). chairman of the
Nicaragua canal bill. moved to recon-
nit il with instructions to report it
back with the canal bill Incorporated
in IT,
This was an unexpected move. as It
was generally understood that Mr.. Hep
burn had abandoned all hope after his
defeat yesterday. but he believed his
motion would have additional strength
in the house. where members could be
put upon record The motion was very
promptly declared out Of order by the
speaker. whereupon MIR. Hepburn APP
pealed and Mr.. Payne IN. " moved
to lay the appeal on the table.
Upon the latter motion the vote was
taken and the result was 81 yeas to 81
nays. AS no quorum was developed
on the vote. owing TO the lateness of
the hour the supporters of the canal
bill managed TO carry an adjournment
until tomorrow This gives them a
breathing spell in which to marshal
their forces for the final encounter,
and tomorrow as soon as the house
meets the vote will again be taken
MERCER VS.. GREENE
Mr. Mercer rep.. Neb) and Mr..
Greene pop. Neb) became engaged
in a personal controversy growing out
OF some remarks Mr. Greene made
few days ago against the Blair city
| public building bill. Mr.. Mercer had
read at the Jerks desk an article from
Kearney ,&eb) paper charging Mr..
Greene with having purchased his seat
In congress.
Mr.. Greene assailed Mr. Mercer for
having read IAN old. threadbare, time
worn, worm-eaten repudated charge
made by a so-called democratic paper
which annually sold out to the repub.
leans"
Mr.. Mercer disclaimed any knowledge
| of the facts in the article. He said he
simply quoted democratic authority.
Mr.. Mercer attempted to show that
Mr.. Greene had favored the Blair pub
lie building bill in committee OF the
whole charge which the latter EN-
phatically denied. In the end there was
the usual reconciliation and both men,
bers withdrew their remarks from the
record.
PHILIPPINE REVENUES.
Mr.. Bartlett (dem.. Boz, speaking to
a performa amendment, challenged
some statements recently made by Sec
rotary of the Treasury Gage to the eff
feet that the fear of administration of
the Philippines costing enormous sums
OF money was all ''moonshine" and that
the receipts would at all times exceed
the expenditures
Mr.. Bartlett declared that the great
est revenue Spain had ever been able
to obtain from the Philippines under
the heaviest system of taxation was
$12. 1000, 900, We now had 20 900 soldiers
in these islands Within a short time
there would be $4,000. This army of sol.
diers would cost at least $25. 900, 900, so
| that " we were able to exact as much
tribute as Spain we would still be
losers by the holding of the islands to
the extent Of $lS000000 per annum. Mr..
Bartlett also attempted to show that in
eight out of ten cases Great Britains
colonies cost the British government
more than 1t obtained,
OPPOSES APPROPRIATION.
When the paragraph appropriating
SEC, 600 900 for payment to Spain under
the treaty of Paris was reached Mr..
Wheeler (dem., KY made a point Of
order against 1t. His point of order
was that the paragraph was obnoxious
to rule p invoked yesterday against
the Nicaragua amendment.
| If the treaty of Paris were complete,
II 1t were vitalized by the ratification
OF the Spanish cortes, and the exchange
| of Publications had taken place, he
| confessed that the treaty would be
| the law of the land and the amend
ment would be in order, He cited nu-
| merous decisions of the supreme court
In support of his contention.
| Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, who was in
the chair, called the attention OF Mr..
Wheeler that the treaty was ratified by
the senate and signed by the president.
What else. he asked. was needed to
create a liability upon the part OF the
United States.
In reply Mr.. Wheeler said that the
| Spanish cortes might refuse to ratify
the treaty. and II could not become law
until the other high contracting party
had consented to 1t. He was opposed
TO the appropriation on principle, he
said. and he proposed to take advan-
tage OF every technicality to defeat j.