The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-12

Dy d large majority TO accept outright
the senate amendment, which goes
much further than the compromise
which the conferees offered last night.
The new conferees, led by Mr.. Can
non, who had brought in a compromise
which they considered more satisfac-
tory were ANONYMOUSLY pushed aside.
1t was a distinct victory for he old
conferees, Messrs. Foss, Of illinois
Dayton, of West Virginia, and Cum
mings. of New York.
The other feature of the closing day
was the course Of Mr.. Lentz, Of Ohio,
in blocking unanimous consent legis-
lation. For three days he has objected
to bills because the majority would
not allow the testimony in the Occur
d'Alene investigation to be printed. and
he maintained his position to the end.
His action caused many heart aches.
He only relented when bills behind
which lurked possible votes in the
coming campaign were brought up.
On such occasions he gracefully side
stepped and allowed them to go
through.
Wnen the house ~re-convened at 10
o'clock this morning, it was still Tues
day under the legislative fiction. The
the conferees on the naval bill were
not ready to report. the house adjourn
ed until II o'clock. when the legisla-
Nv $500 - 1HuISudy ocSdu. AllcT
some amusing pleasantries between
Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Sulzer, a 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 emplC-ees and to make reports
as to all collisions between trains; also
a bill to authorize the payment of
travel pay u enlisted men in the army.
MIR. l0nrZ rhpn hr0r1Ohf pnaftlrS tn
a stand-still. Some Of the republicans
attempted TO circumvent him by get
ting their friends on the democratic
side to offer their bills.
A few moments afterward Mr.. Cam
non, on hehalf Of h conferees on the
naval appropriation bill. formally re-
ported another disagreement.
Mr.. CaEnon moved that the house
recede and concur in the senate amend
ment with az amendment which struck
out the word .'hydrographic,' and pro-
vided for ocean surveys, including the
waters of Porto Rico, Cuba, and the
Phlllpplnes, except the coasts thereof.
Mr.. Dayton, of West Virginia, who
was one of the superseded conferees,
moved to recede and concur in the SEN
ate amendment, in order to bring the
question squarely before the house.
This motion took precedence over that
of Mr.. Cannon.
Mr.. Moody, of Massachusetts,, who
last night charged the conferees with
betraylng their trust, ~apologiZed for
his words annie applause.
Mr.. Cummings, Of New York, one Of
the first conferees, a the apology
was Justly due and handsomely DONE"
He contrasted the work Of the old con-
ferees with that of the new conferees
who, he said, had offered a new prop
oS1t1on which practically violated the
house instructions, while technically
observing them. He somewhat startled
the house by referring to a 'junketing
trip which Mr.. Cannon a taken as
the guest of the a survey and then
proceeded to pay his respects to the
chairman of the appropriations COM
mlttee. Mr.. Cummings yields a keen
blade and the house enjoyed his dex-
trous thrusts.
He pictured Nr. Cannon, the chair
man of the great appropriations COM
mittee, as a lion lashing his sides and
roaring while h crowd of jackals fol-
lowed az they smelt fresh meat. Then
ne described how the house, following
blindly tn lions leadership, had done
everything they could to degrade its
conferees despite their appeals that
they were powerless.
Il told you" said he, with great We
hemeHce, that We were up against a
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 result that they
are back here crawling before this
mouse with another proposition"
with sarcasm and addressing Mr..
Cannon, he said: You have been mis-
named; you are no Cannon, you are a
toy musket."
This o convulsed the house and it
was several minutes before order was
restored.
Mr.. Dayton's motion to recede and
concur IN the senate amendment was
carried on a rising vote, II to II.
MIR. cannon demanded the yeas and
nays which were ordered. The motion
prevailed-1S to SO. Great demonstra-
tiOn ensued.
After this defeat Mr.. Cannon turn
ed the management of the other item
still in dispute between the two houses
over to MI. Dayton. This related to
the course of the naval cadets at An
napolis.
Mr.. Dayton moved that the house
recede n concur in the senate amend
ment continuing the six years course
for cadets, but providing that a cadet
at Annapolis from each congressional
district should be appointed every four
years. The motion was agreed to.
This concurrence in the two senate
amendments to the naval bill closed
the controversy owe this bill.
Then followed a scene of indescrib-
able confusion. A number of confer
ence reports on private pension bills
were put through with great rapidity
while the engrossing clerks rushed
back and forth in their efforts to get
belated bills to the president before
the final adjournment. Members
clamored for recognition.
At $3.50 o'clock the secretary of the
senate arrived n announced the &C
ton of the senate for adjournment at
3 O'Clock p. m. There was a war
whoop from the floor and Mr.. Payne
moved to concur in the senate's action.
This house ought not to adjourn
until the senate has acted on the anti
trust bill' said Mr.. Sulzer. of New
York.
The republicans attempted to howl
him down, but the democrats rose en-
masse in support of his demand for a
roll call upon Mr.. Payne's motion.
n yeas and nays were ordered and
the motion was adopted-115 to 73.
Messrs. Payne, Of New York, Bing-
ham, of Pennsylvania, and Richardson,
Of Tennessee, were appointed a COM
mittee to inform the president the