The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12

had another beautiful illustration OF the
influence, or attempted influence, OF The
gentleman from Illinois. We found him
here IN the main aisle with his arms
around that glorious Democratic csfdi-
date for Vice President from New York
aaughterl. whispering With all the suGvity
and aSiIisy Of sammy Tilden in his ear,
Usauehter1 Everything done - degrade
the conferees that had served you so
faithfully end to throw the power into
the hands Of the Committee on Appro-
priations.
Il went from this House 20 the last
conference With twenty men on this sids
OF the House pleading with ne to come 10
some arrangement By which the House
would have il In its power 20 secure an
adjournment We brought the aTringe-
ment here: We did not crowd X upon the
House; We CID not propose 10 disagree
and 90 back. We proposed 70 give yOd
an opportunity 10 adjourn, and adjourn
right away II they wanted Il; and 10 en-
able some of the Southern members 10
catch the o'clock train. But - NY aston
ishuent, these very men who impoTtuned
m, TO do this. stood upon the floor OF
the House. before nv f2Ce. and virtually
voted To cerslire he for dong II. MI
Chairman I see no difference between
we brought 70 the House.
Went Up Against n stone Wall.
.aTben the gentleman is IN favor OF this
nropositiong' interposed Mr. Cannon.
Il have no objection, replied Mr.. Cum
mirgs. Il want to get away about as bad
as ANYBODY else. 0aughter) We told
you then that you were going up against
stone wall; that the Senate would never
agree to the House proposition. ana you
went up against the stone wall. and you
come here crawling before the House with
another proposition. Why didn't you
stand by the proposition which tie House
made at your instaEce5 Why are you
| hacking down at the first fire. You are
misnamed. You are TO cannon; you IRE a
| toy musket. loud applause and !auShter)-
Mr.. Speaker, I feel relieved 0aUsnter)
| from the imputatiOn which the gentleman
! from Massachusetts, tMr. Moody casts
upon me in his reference to the conferees.
and | shall feel greatly more relieved
when the House does the proper thing by
| its own cOnferees and sustains the motion
| of the gentleman from West Virginia
| applause.
| Mr. Foss again defended the action of
| the old conferees, and Mr. Shafroth. of
| Colorado, one of the new cOnferees said
| that if the Cam on amendment were
adopted the surveys of the, navy woula b.
| confined to the ocean. No surveys of our
| coast OF harbUrs could be made under its
| direction.
Mr.. Cannon. in conclusion, asked the
| House to stand by him. Il can give as
| surances," said he that if the House
| adopts my motion We can adjourn With
| out delay in an hour"
! Daytsn;s Motion Prevailed.
The vote was then taken first upon Mr..
| Dayton's motion 10 recede and concur in
| the Senate amendment. On a rising vote
1t was carried, Y to II. Mr.. Cannon de-
maHded the yeas and nays, which were
| ordered. Mr.. Dayton's motion prevailed,
| us to &c. A great demonstration followed
| the announcement
| After this defeat Mr.. Cannon turned the
management of the other item still IN
| dispute between the two Houses over to
| Mr.. Dayton. This related to the course
of the naval cadets at Annapolis. Mr..
| Dayton moved that the House reCede and
| concur in the Senate amendment cOntinu-
/ ing the siX-years' course for cadets.
| The motion was adopted and this action
| removed the last stumbling block and
| finally passed the naval appropriation bill.
Commander Todd Defended.
| An echo of the action of the House was
heard in the Senate, when Senator Lind
| say. of Kentucky, remarked that he was
glad that all the government work was
not to be confined to Vermilion River,
| H. He then resented the attack made
| in the House Wednesday night by M.
| Cannon upon Commander Todd, chief of
the nydrographic bureau of the Navy De
| partment He said that the letter sent
out by Commander Todd in support of
been intended to influence legislation. but
the trouble with Mr.. Cannon was that the
| letter stated truths.
| The official reports of the proceedings
of this Congress" said Mr. Lindsay, i'm
pute falsehOOd TO Commander Todd.
submit to any gentleman whethe- Todd
was guilty of falsehood, prevarcation, or
want of candor. IF anybody is to be so
charged it Is not Chapman c. Todd.
make this statement so that in the Record
the antidote may go with the poison"
| Mr.. Lodge made statement to show
that the attack upon Commander Todd
had been made in an effort to break down
one of the government surveys that an
! other might be built up. He declared the
effort reflected no credit upon those re-
! sponsible for II.
Mr. Chandler. in concurring with the
! remarks of Mr.. Lodge, expressed the hope
that Congress soon would deal effectually
| with the various surveys of the govern
| ment. He thought Commander Todd had
violated the naval regulations in Sending
out his letter, but that he had suffered
! enough. he was assured. He rega del
Commander Todd as one Of the best Off
GERS in the navy, and hoped the Secre.
| tary of the Navy would find il the par,
of kindness to relieve him from susDen.
sion as soon as the present session Ct
Congress should expire.
/ In the Senate there was comparatfvely
little debate over the progress of the con.
ference. Senator Hale called the matter
up, ard there was brief comment upon
| the situation and the effort Of the House
10 force the Senate to surrender With
the adoption of Mr. DaytOn's motion in
the House, there was nothing left for the
Senate 10 do as the bill had been fully
agreed to by both Houses