The age-herald., 1900-01-19
TIE HOuSE

 Washington, January 1s-The house met at 1 o'clock today in order to give members an opportunity to attend the ceremonies in connection With unvelling of the statue of 1 Daniel Webster
 Saturday, February B. was set aside for paying tribute to the memory of the late | Representative Ermentrout, of Pennsyl- | vania.
 l MT. Hopkins, of Illinois, moved that the l house go into committee of the whole for | the consideration of the senate bill extend- ing the scope of the twelfth census. MT. | Russell, of Connecticut said the opposition | to the bill was confined to the house | amendment to empower the directors Of the census ito contract for printing outside the government printing office. MT Hopkins explained that the bill With the exception of the fourth section met the unanimous approval of the census committee. This section authorized the d. rector of the census to contract outside oi the government printing office for printing the census reports. MT. Hopkins, in defending the section, said the public printer would be given as much of the printing as sle could do. In response to a question from MT. Shattuc, of Ohio, he said he would be willing to incorporate an amendment requiring that tine work should be done by union labor.
 MT. Wheeler, of Kentucky, asked why, if government work was to be let to the lowest bidder, there should be any opposi- tion rstrlcting it to firms employing union la bor. .H+ts
 MT. Hopkins replied that he would. ac- cept the amendment to show there was no hostility to union labor.
 "Limiting this work to union eoffiees," observed MT, Sims of Tennessee, 'is rank class legislation"
 MT. Babcock, of Wisconsin, asked what there was to prevent a rat office, if it was let to the lowest bidder, from obtain ing the work.
 There is not rat office in America" :" retorted MT. Hopkins, which can do this work" a 5f
 He then suggested that general debate be commenced at o'clock This was agreed to, and MT Hopkins motion was Adopted.
 The debate continued until 4 clock, many members participating on each side. MT. Flynn, of Oklahoma, offered an amend ment for the appointment of the employees of the census equitably among the states and territories. He said every represents tive had been allowed six appointments. lie had only two appointments.
 'If that amendment is adopted" asked MT. Lentz, of Ohio, twill it be possible to have a democrat appointed numerator in the north?"
 "If I had my way" replied MT. Flynn, 'there would not be q democratic numer- ator north or south." Applause and laugh ter.)
 The amendment was lost.
 When section four was reached. MT. Hopkins in charge of the bill, offered the following substitute for it:
 That the public printer shall establish in the public printing office a division or branch printing office which shall be under the direction and control of the public printer, of sufficient capacity to meet the demand" etc., of the census act.
 The committee amendments, adopted. were bitterly opposed by a score of mem bers and were overwhelmingly defeated. The till was then passed.
 A conference was ordered on the house amendments, and the following conferees were appointed: Messrs. Hopkins of Illi- nois, Russell of Connecticut, sail Griff of Indiana. At o'clock tne house adjourn ed.