The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-07
LIVELY SESSION
OF THE HOUSE
LAST NIGHT
Over Coast Survey Item in the Na-
val Appropriation Bill-Cons
fsrees Are Discredited
AND NEW ONES APPOINTED.
The Action Of the House stirs Up
Bitter Controversy with Ma
val Committeeman

WASHINGTON, June S.-When tho
house tonight ut lO;SO tok recess until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. the Two
chambers Of the national Legislature
with heads down and horns iocked,wero
in desperate struggle over the Item In
the naval appropriation Dill relating TO
ocean surveys, The fnal adjournment
of Congress is postponed until II Is over.
The proceedings in the house during
the day were tame and without drama
tic Incident. This was partly que TO the
fact that the firm position taken by the
house on the nrmor plate provision
transferred the light TO the noor o. the
senate. and to the obstinate refusal OF
Mr.. Lentz, an Ohio Democrat TO per-
init any unanimous consent Legislation
until the Republican leaders agreed to
allow the testimony In the couer
d'AIean investigation to be printed Mr..
Lentz held the house by the throat all
day and except for privileged matters,
things legislative were at standstlu.
But tonight there was enough e'ocite-
ment to compensate for the dullness Of
the day session. The house got its dam
der up over the failure OF Its conferees
to abide by their instructions on the
ocean SURVEY item and after an exceed
ingly sensational debate in which Mr.
Cannon. the chairman OF the appropria-
tions committee, 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 houss
in favor of the coast geodetic survey
doing ocean survey work. the house re-
jected the conference report by a.
overwhelming majority and the speaker
took the almost unprecedented course
of appointing new conferees who are
not members OF the naval committee.
The debate was one OF the bittereSt
and most heated Of the session. MT.
Cannon In the excitement OF the mo-
ment took of his collar and neck tie,
and with sleeves rolled up aroused the
house to a tremendous pitch OF enthu-
slasm as he dealt the conferees sledse
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to the doors, cheered the picturesque
fight of the grizzled old veteran. until
the fretted ceiling rang. The conaerees
defended their course as best they could
and Mr.. F'oss' acting chairman OF the
committee, resented with bitter Ian
guage the charge that he had betrayed
the house. Hot words were banded
back and forth, but the house was In an
ugly mood and was resolved to hight the
senate to a finish.
The appointment as conferees OF MT.
Cannon, Mr. Moody and Mr. shatroth'
all of whom are in sympathy with the
houses position, assures no surrender
on their part until the house Itself snail
direct them to Yield.
When the house re-convened at
o'clock, Mr. Cannon, chairman OF tue
appropriations committee, attempted to
make a statement relative to appropria-
tions for this Congress but Mr' LentS
interposed an objection. He was as
obdurate as he had been all day refus-
Ing his consent unless the coner d'Aleno
testimony was ordered printed.
AT $3.50 p. m, Mr.. Foss presented the
final report on the naval appropriation
bill A compromise had been eheceed
on the provision relative to ocean sur
veys which appropriated $4,000 for hy-
Geographic surveys while the house re-
ceded from its provision aooiishing the
two years sea course for naval cadets
but secured an amendment to the pres
ent law to permit an appointment from
each congressional district every four
years. Mr. Foss said the senate con-
ferees had absolutely insisted upon thu
provision relative to ocean surveys.
Mr. Cannon, who had LED the hight
against ocean surveys under the direc-
ton OF the navy department was noe
satisfied with The agreement reached bH
the conferees. He declared 1t was
reached In the teeth OF the specific IN
structlons of the house. He should ask
the house to reject the conference re-
port.
Mr. Moody, (Mass.), vigorously de-
mnnded that the rpport should bp no
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