The age-herald., 1899-02-21

sundry civil bill providing for the laying of Pacific cable.
 A senate bill was passed providing for the purchase of a site and the erection Of a public building thereon in Selma, Ala, at a cost not to exceed s1o0.00O.
 At 6:15 the senate went into executive session and at 6:30 adjourned.
 THE HOUSE
 Washington, February 20.-This was sus- pension day in the house. Some minor business was transacted by unanimous con- sent. The senate amendments to a num- Der of private pension bills were adopted
 MT. Grow (rep) of Pennsylvania asked unanimous consent for consideration of a bill to pay the heirs of Samuel Tewks- bury of Scranton, Pa, $5,6I for war claim, and when consent was refused the speaker recognized him to move its pass age, under suspension of the rules.
 Mir Maddox (dem.) of Georgia opposed the bill, saying it was an unjust discrimi- nation against a similar class of claims in the house. The bill was defeated-12S to H-two-thirds not having voted in the affirmative.
 MT. Loud (rep.) of California moved the passage under the suspension of the rules of senate bill to extend the uses of the mail service. The bill is to legalize the use of the return envelope and postal cards of the United States Economic Postage association. This bill was also defeated, owing to failure of a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules.
 Thursday was set aside for the consid- ertion of District business, subject to ap- propriation bills and the contested election of the case Of Brown ys. Swanson. which Mr. Crumpacker (rep.) of Indiana gave mo- tice that he would again call up on that day.
 Claims of Various States
 Mir. Mahon (rep) of Pennsylvania moved the passage under suspension, of the sen- ate bill to reimburse governors of states for expenses incurred by them in the or ganizing of volunteers for service in the war with Spain. MT. Mahon said there were claims from the various states for this work aggregating over g. 900. Un- der the existing law, only $4s6,O00 of these claims had been iquidated. The house amendment, he sad, would compel the gov- ernors of states to produce detailed yoceh- CTS and the reimbursement would be made through tho governments accounting oH- cers. -f
 Mir Cooper Dem.) of Texas, urged that the bill should be amended so as to provide for the payment of expenses incurred or paid" pointing out that in some cases there existed no authority for the paymenti of such expenses and as a matter of facts the expenses had not been liquidated. UnAni- nous consent was refused for the adoption of the amendment and MT. Cooper ex- pressed the hope that the conferees on the bill would see that it was incorporated. Asif' The bill was passed--155 to 15. ~.s@f MT. Cannon. chairman of the approprfa- ton committee, was then recognized and by direction of his committee, moved the passage, under suspension of the rules, the bill for the payment of s20I000 600 to Spain. si' MT. Dockery Dem.) of Missouri, asked. unanimous consent to offer an amendment declaratory of the policy of the United States relative to the Philippines.
 Regular order" shouted a dozen mem bers on the republican side. fa fft3 By direction of the appropriations com mittee," said MT. Canon, ..I am. directed to decline that amendment" . .s=t,,. MT. Wheeler CDem) of Kentucky, de- manded a second which was ordered This permitted twenty minutes for debate on each side.i MT. Cannon called attention to tho fact that few days ago when the appropriation was stricken from the sun dry civil bill he had predicted that way would De found within the rules to pass it. Within his opinion, nine-tenths of the members of the house favored it.
 Cannon Again Objected 44
 MT. Dockery again asked uanimous con- sent for the consideration of his amend ment, which, he said, was a combination of the McEnery and Bacon resolutions. Again MT. Cannon objected.
 MT. Clayton (dem. Ala-), said he did not think the president and the peace commis- sionerS had been wise in insisting upon the cesSion of the Philippines, but since the treaty was concluded, he believed there was but one thing to do-to ratify the treaty. Republican applause.)
 Mr. Wheeler (dem. Ky.), upon whose ob- lection the appropriation went out of the sundry bill. declared he would vote against 1t With great pleasure. Ho was opposed to it because he believed 1t wrong in principle and infamous in execution. '
 MT Cannon concluded the debate with a brief speech emphasizing tho likeness of a declaration of policy at this time, when our troops were fighting to preserve order. When the authority of the United States was acknowledged, then with due regard to our own sslf-respect having in mind our own best interests, as well as those of the FilipinOs, we could decide what to do
 When that time comes," interposed Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader, "are we to move out and lot those people govern them slves?" Cloud jeers from the republican side.)
 "Ah my friend" answered Mir Cannon, "a declaration of what might be our policy under future circumstances would be like sounding brass and tinkling cymbols, useful only to the people who are now in arms against the United States" Loud and long applause)
 nay vote upon the demand of MT. Wheeler. The bill was passed-219 to 34.
 The house adjourned at 5:3o.
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