Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-07
DECIDED TO YIELD
House Votes to Concur in Senate
Amendment.
WILL ADJOURN This AFTERNOON
Cummings Taunts Cannon for
Making Concessions.
P EN- SION BILLS PASS

w Hen tne f1ouSe recOnVeneQ at ~ o CLOCK
this morning it was still Tuesday under tho
legislative fiction. AS the conferees on
the naval bill were not ready to report the
House adjourned until II o'clock.
At noon the legislative day of Thursday
began. Many of the members who had
counted upon final adjournment yesterday
had already left for their homes. and there
was danger of a quorum failing. The
leaders on both sides could with difficulty
persuade members to remain at their post.
The reading of the journal. which COW
cred almost forty-eight hours OF continuous
session, occupied over twenty minutes.
Mr.. Richardson, the democratic leader.
asked unanimous consent for the consid-
Grafton of a resolution to appropriate S10,-
0OO for the repair of roads in Rock Creek
Park.
Until we can have the Coeur dAlene
testimony printed exclaimed Mr.. Lentz
(Ohio), I'VE can forego pleasure drives in
Rock Creek Park"
Gen. GrOsvenOr's Correction.
An amusing incident followed Mr.. Gros-
venor (Ohio) claimed the floor as a matter
of personal privilege to deny a newspaper
report of a scene which occurred during
the exciting uproar in the House last night.
when Mr.. Cannon Ull) and Mr. Sulzer
IN. " embraced each other in the center
aisle. The report stated that it was Mr..
Grosvenor who had embraced Mr.. Sulzer.
Mr. Grosvenor caused much merriment by
repudiating the alleged incident.
Mr. Terry (Ark) added to the fun by re-
marking that 1t was a question as to whose
privilege it was to deny the incident.
Mr.. Grosvenor said every public man
was obliged to bear indignities. but there
were some he could not bear and this was
one of them.
Mr.. Sulzer said he would accept Mr.. Gros-
venor's apology. He, too, was glad it was
Mr. Cannon and not Mr.. Grosvenor who
embraced him.
Mr.. Lentz got in another word about the
Occur d Alene testimony which drew from
Mr. Lacey uowa) shot to the effect that
the minority view of the Coeur d'Alene
trouble had not been sustained in luaho
yesterday, where the democrats had in
dorsed Governor Steunenberg's action.
II do not believe it, replied Mr.. Lentz.
AT any rate. he was not indorsed in Sho-
shene county, where all the facts are
known
bill was passed to amend the car
coupler law. so as to require railroads to
report monthly under oath to the interstate
commerce commission all accidents to their
employees and to make reports as TO all COL
lisions between trains; also a bill to author
ize the payment of travel pay to enlisted
men in the army.
Mr.. Overstreet Qnd) attempted to bait
Mr.. Lentz with a resolution to give con-
demned cannon to the Sons of Veterans,
but with the remark that the Sons of Vet
Grams would like to read the story of how
their fathers We're confined in the bull
pen" at Wardner Idaho. he said he would
not object. and the resolution was adopted.
MIR. Lentz Again Blocks Things.
Mr.. Lentz then again brought matters TO
a standstill. Some of the republicans at
tempted to circumvent him by getting their
friends on the democratic side to offer their
bills. Mr.. HaJ Va) asked for the consid-
GRAFTON of a bill to make Des Moines. Iowa,
a SUPPORT of entry, and as a result got into
wifi h thaf
interposed an objection.
Mr.. Hay displayed considerable temper,
and was proceeding to criticise Mr.. Lentzs
course in peTsisting in his attitude when
the latter objected to his statement.
Il will not receive a lecture from the
gentleman from Virginia." he announced.
Until the republicans agree to the printing
Of the Coeur dAlene testimony l shall oh
ject to all this class of legislation.
A few moments afterward Mr.. Cannon,
on behalf of the conferees on the naval ap-
preparation bill. formally reported another
disagreement The naval conferees who
were superseded last night after bitter
fight evidently were ready to resume the
struggle.
Mr.. Cannon Suggests Yielding.
Mr.. Cannon moved that the House recede
and concur in the Senate amendment with
an amendment which struck out the word
photographic" and provided for ocean
surveys, including the waters of Porto
Rico. Cuba and the Philippines, except the
coasts thereof.
Effect of the Amendment.
In his statement to the House Mr.. Can
non said the proposed amendment was in
harmony with the instructions given by the
House week ago not to agree to any sur
veys for the coasts Of the great lakes, the
seaboard or the islands Of our new possess
sions. This amendment would confine the
naval surveys to the deep water of the
ocean.
Mr.. Dayton CIV. va3 who was one of the
superseded conferees. moved to recede and
concur in the Senate amendment in order
to bring the question squarely before the
House.
This motion took precedence over that of
Mr.. Cannon.
Mr.. Moody CMass.). who last night charg-
ed the conferees with betraying their trust,
apologized for his words amid some ap-
plause.
Mr.. Cummings IN. ", one of the con-
and handsomely done" He then explained
the difficulties under which the old con-
ferees had labored. He contrasted the re-
suit of their work with that of the new
conferees who, he said, had offered
proposition which practically violated the
Houses instructions while technically OBJ
serving them. He somewhat startled the
House by referring to a 'junketing trip
which Mr.. Cannon had taken as the guest
of the coast survey, and then proceeded to
pay his respects to the chairman of the
appropriations committee.
He pictured Mr.. Cannon, the chairman
of the great appropriations committee, as
lion lashing his sides and roaring while the
crowd of jackals followed as they smeit
fresh meat. Then he described how the
House, following blindly the lions leader
ship had done everything 1t could to de-
grade its conferees despite their appeals
that they were powerless.
Cummings Taunts Cannon.
'I told you," said he. with great vehe-
mence, "that we were up against stone
wall, but you turned us down and turned
the controversy over to the appropriations
committee to settle. And they went up
against the same stone wall, with the re-
sult that they are back here crawling be-
fore this House with another proposition
WIN If you were SO loyal, did you come
era wing back into the House?' he asked,
ADDRESSING Mr.. Cannon. why did you not
continue your opposition?'
Then with infinite sarcasm and with a
wave of his hand he said
as he took his seat: You have been mis-
named; you are not cannon, you are a toy
musket."
several minutes before order was restored.
Mr.. Foss, after again defending the &C.