The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-07
In THE HOUSE.
Conferees Turned Down Over the
Question of Ocean Surveys ana
aJtourument Postponed.

WASHINGTON. June 6-When the
house tonight at 1890 took recess une ~
| 10 a. m. tomorrow the two chamoers OF
! the national legislature, with heads down
| and horns locked, were in desperate
| struggle over the item In the naval APP
| propriation bill relating to ocean surveys
| The final adjournment of congress Is post
| poned until IL Is over. $500,
The proceedings in the house during
/ the dav were tame and without dramatic
! incident. This was partly due 20 the
/ fact that the firm position taken by the
| house on the armor plate provision trans
! ferred the fight to the floor OF the SEN
! ate and to the obstinate refusal OF Lentz,
an Ohio Democrat to permit any unam-
| nous consent legislation until the Repup-
| Iican leaders agreed to allow the testl-
mony in the Occur dAlene investigation
| to be printed.
Lent held the house by the throat all
! day. and except for privileged matters
! things legislative were practically at
standstill
Sensational Debate in the Evening.
But tonight there was enough. excite.
ment TO compensate for the duilness OF
the day session. The house got Its dan
der up over the failure of Its conferees
| to abide by their instructions on the ocean
| survey item and after an exceedingly
| sensational debate. In which cannon, the
| chairman of the appropriations commit
tee. made some startling disclosures as
to the manner in which Commander TODD:
the photographer Of the navy had waged
/ his campaign against the stand taken by
the house in favor of the coast and geo
detic survey doing ocean survey work,
the house returned the conference report
by an overwhelming majority, and the
speaker took the almost unprecedented
course of appointing new conferees on
the part Of the house who are not MEM
bers of the naval committee.
Cannon Gets wildly Excited.
The debate was one of the bitterest
and most heated of the session can
non i'm the excitement of the moment
took off his collar and neckue. and. with
eli rolled aroused the house 10
a tremendous pitch OF enthusiasm as ne
dealt the conferees sedge-hammer blows
The galleries, crowded to the doors
cheered the picturesque fight Of the griz-
zed old veteran until the fretted ceiling
rang. The conferees defended heir
course "a best they could. and Foss, act
ing chairman OF the committee, resented
with bitter language the charge that he
had betrayed the house Hot words We're
banded back and forth, put the mousse mousse
was in an ugly mood and was resolved
to fight the senate to a finish
The appointment as conferees OF Can
non. Moody and Shafroth all OF whom
are in sympathy with the houses posi-
ton assures no surrender on their part
until the house itself shall direct them
to yield,
A handful of members were on hand
when tho house reassembled at o'clock
this morning. \ conference report on the
general deficiency bill showing complete
agreement was presented and agreed TO.
A Joint resolution expressing gratihcation
over the unwilling Of the Lafayette statue
at Paris was agreed 70.
Sundry Civil. Bill.
Cannon submitted conference report on
the sundry civil bill, showing that the
item covering the claims of Nevada to be
the only one In dispute. Among the I'M
portant items struck out were those for a
memorial bridge across the Potomac river
and a lighthouse vessel for the Pacific
coast; for Il branch soldiers home In
Idaho: legation buildings In Korea and
Slam. and a statue for Rochambeau.
Important Items Retained.
Among the important Items retained
/ were those placing under the supervision
/ OF the secretary Of the treasury the execu-
ton Of the Chinese exclusion and tmmigra-
| tion laws, gaugiug the water supply OF
certain streams. $1,000, providing pans
for the enlargement OF tho " hitc House
ana the development OF the surrounding
grounds, apptopriRting $4,000 for the south
/ pass OF the Mississippi river. providing for
| settlement Of Spanish. war claims arising
! from military use and occupation.
The Mississippi Missouri AMI Columbia
| rivers items we're retained, the Mississippi
! item for the lower river being reduced to
/ g. 20 eH The provision for STATE claims
/ was compromised by an amendment that
/ certain federal claims against these states
I would not he p1y SECUTED The forest reser-
j walton appropriation vas amended that
{ railway land selections shall hereafter be
I made from surveyed land
Cannon explained that the senate had
added about $4,000 20 the original 81 n0o
en ~ thls bill and that hy this report tho
4 senate Welded alout 81 ~ tdH and the house
. 81 90 90 Con siderable debate followed on
1 various Items The Sundry civil confer
4 ence reptTis was agreed 20 save on one
J item s,ill open. sppropnatioS 'l62ood 'o7
T tNt claims - Nevada NnwiarIa moved
{ that 'be house canour with tho scna'e
+ HmcriueNt Tits brought On a sharp lc-
4 tHtn 80 state CIliua
Moody fNass> urged that the payment
Of the Nevada caim W1gid s"t prcv-elsnt
f'r ph@r Ike claims REgr, eating about
F : 90 o. TIE claim was fsr .N'rR f,stt
T given q, Ne5a1a'a -rldl.rs during mo r.vN
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