The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
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.

very SENSATIONAL ana unexpected things
happened in the house today during
the consideration Of the sundry civil
bill.
The paragraph carrying the appro-
priatlon OF S2O0OOOOO 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
opposed the appropriation on principle.
and would resort to any technicality to
defeat it,
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, l49 to So.
Mr.. Cannon them attempted to have
the appropriation insented by unani-
nous consent, but Mr. Wheeler again
objected, A 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 undoub teddy
to the probability that the appropria-
ton would be put on the bill by the
senate
After the sundry civil bill had been
completed and returned to the house,
Mr.. Hepburn da.) chairman of the
Nicaragua canal BILL moved to recon-
nit II with instructions to report 1t
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 Mr.. 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
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 personal controversy growing out
of some remarks Mr.. Greene made a
few days ago against the Blair city
public building bill Mr. Mercer had
read at the c'ark's desk an article from
a Kearney lNebD 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, repudiated 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 MEM
bers withdrew their remarks from the
record.
PHILIPPINE REVENUES
Mr. Bartlett (dem.. Boz, speaking to
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
$l2,O0O.OoO. We now had 10000 soldiers
In these Islands. Within short time
there would be $4,000 This army OF sol.
diers would cost at least $25, 900 0O0 so .
that II 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 $4,000. 900 per annum Mr.. |
Bartlett also attempted to show that in |
eight out of ten cases Great Britain's |
colonies tho prifiSh
more than II obtained
OPPOSES APPROPRIATION.
When the paragraph appropriating |
500 600 900 for payment to Spain under |
the treaty OF Paris was reached Mr.. |
Wheeler (dem., Ky) made a point of |
order against IL. His point of order !
was that the paragraph was obnoxious
to rule Fl invoked yesterday against
the Nicaragua amendment
II the treaty of Paris were complete, |
II II 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 i'm
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 liability upon the part of the |
United States.
In reply Mr.. Wheeler said that the |
Spanish cortes might refuse to ratify |
the treaty, and 1t could not become law |
until the other high contracting party /
had consented to it. He was opposed |
n the "a
said. and he proposed to take advan- |
tage OF every technicality to defeat il |
Atlanta, Ga.-(Special) Estate Ent,
mologist Scott today said the peaci |
crop had been utterly destroyed In q |
probability and the growers woula /