The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-25
HEADING OFF SCANDALS
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washington. April 24.--The house 10.
day adopted the Foraker resolution to con
tinue the present officers in Office unit
formal appointments are made under th'
government act as s,mended b. the com
mittee on insular all airs. The amend
ments require that an franchises shall b,
approved by tho president before they
become operative. and place certain re
stri..ons upon charte red corporations
such as the Issuing Of stock or holding
Of real estate by corporations, except such
as is necessary to carry out the purposes
for which they are created.
At the opening OF the session Mr.. Hill
the amendments. Considerable debate fol-
lowed, Mr.. Cooper and Mr.. Williams con-
tending that the point Of order was not
well taken.
Speaker Henderson had read q decision
of Speaker Heed In the Fifty first congress,
in which the speaker had held in q some
what analogous case that an amendment to
a resolution TO amend an act in certain
particular was not germane and therefore
not In order.
Mr.. Richardson. the minority leader,
argued that the amendments were germane
10 the original action and that they were
germane to the text OF the resolution.
Mr.. Hill said he was opposed to the
present amendment In form and substance
and he thought it needed TO argument TO
show that they were not garmane.
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come to the insular affairs committee that
ali sorts of companies were preparing 10
invade Puerto Rlco, and the committee
considered that the proposed restrictions
should be placed upon them TO prevent a
great scandal there. He said he could not
understand why the point had bean raised.
Mr.. Moody (Mass-l, prefaclng his re-
marks With the statement that he regret
ted exceedingly that the point OF order had
come from his Ohe republican, side Of
the house. and raised the point OF order
that Mr.. Hills poin. of order had come
too late
Mr.. McRae tArk) declared that If ne
had not understood that the point OF or
der would not be raised to the bill, he
would never have given consent for the
consideration OF the resolution. He
thought II the amendments were 10 be
rooted out 1t was only fair that the whole
question should be submitted.
The speaker in a lengthy ruling held
that the amendments were clearly not
germane. At the same time he expressed
his profound regret' tls@t the point had
been raised. Upon Mr.. Moody's point
that the point OF order came too late. he
said he was not clear He called for the
official repot-er's notes upon this subject
and when they had been submitted 10 him.
he ruled that the point OF order had come
too late and he therefore oyerruled Mr..
Hills point OF order.
Thereupon Mr.. Cooper took the floor in
support OF tho amended resolution.
Hr. Hin said he was opposed 20 tuo
amen 'Awents.
MIR. Jo.c7 fVt). the ranking minority
member OF thu insular affairs committee.
favored the amendments.
Mr. J. r. Williams Oll) said he would
have preferred that congress. instead OF
the president, should approve the fran
chises. but he had acquiesced IN the pro-
visions.
The amended resolution was agreed TO
without division and the house then re-
sumed consideration OF the postGfflce APP
Precipitation bill. About twenty pages Of
the bill were disposed Of, the only sub
stantlal amendment adopted being one to
give extra compensation TO letter carriers
who worked In excess OF forty eight hours
a week
The house at O'Clock adjourned