The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-03

intoxicating liquors In certain islands OF
the Pacific. MIR. Bailey demanded a second
and then brought matters TO a complete
standstill by making the point of no
quorum. A call OF the House was ordered
and the sergeant-at-arms was instructed 10
bring I'm absentees. Ii was 1920 before
enough members were brought In 10 make
Mr.. Sperry then proceeded to explain that
the bill was designed TO prevent the sale by
Americans OF firearms and intOxicants to
the a~borigines OF the New Hebrides.
Mr.. Bailey declared that the men behind
the pending bill were not entirely SIN
eere IN trying TO protect sayages from the
haneful influences OF intoxicating liquors.
Why were not the Philippines and the
Hawaiian islands included2 He said that
since the American regime there over l,VO0
saloons had sprung up In Manila. In Ha-
wall, where saloons were unknown until we
'beneVolently assimilatcd" them. there
were now over 400 saloons. Mr.. Bailey con-
tended that Offenders under the bill could
not be punished. They could not be tried
In any federal court In America, In spite OF
the fiction in the bill that such offenses
should be considered TO have been commit
ted on the high seas.
MIR. Gillctt, OF Massachusetts,. in reply TO
MI. Baileys suggestion regarding the legat
phase Of the bill, said that the fiction
was copied from law applying 70 the guano
Islands, which had been sustained by the
Supreme Court. The bill was defeated
l7 to 19-tWO-thirds not having voted in the
affirmative. 1t was n:l0 when the roll call
was completed and the result was an
nOUnced.
As the regular hour for meeting O1
o'clock had already passed, the House
could not adjourn, so the legislative day
Of Friday continued. As the House Will
not adjourn again until the sine die ad-
journment at noon on Monday. there will
be 10 Saturday in the House proceedings.
Mr.. Mercer, chairman of the committee
on public buildings and grounds, was rec
ognized and moved the passage, under sus-
pension of the rules, of the omnibus public
building bin. The bin carried increases for
forty public buildings. Mr.. Bailey demanded
a second, which was ordered, 10 TO 5,
WhereupOn he remarked that If he had
known how widely and judiciously the
pork in this barrel had been distributed
he would not have attempted TO head IL off.
Mr.. Mercer explained that the increases
In the bill had been recommended by the
secretary of the treasury. mainly TO pro-
vide FOR the rising cost OF building material.
Mr.. SulZer said the bill was another illus
tration of the cohesive force Of public
plumber" The bill was passed without divi-
sion.
Messrs. Cannon, Moody and McRae were
appointed conferees on the sundry civil
bill. The final conference report on the leg
islative appropriation bill was agreed to
after Mr.. Dearmond had expressed the
opinion that the number of House en-
ployes, 354, was excessive. Mr.. HemenWay
said mat the Missouri legislature had
more employees than the House. He gave
the number as four hundred. This Mr..
Dearmond denied.
\ bill was passed 10 authorize the city of
Nashville TO construct a free public bridge
across the Cumberland river; to authorize
the Pigeon river Improvement; Slide *
Boom Co, of Minnesota, to enter upon the
Grand Portage Indian reservation and inn
prove the Pigeon river i'm that State:
amend the act establishing a civil govern
Tent in Alaska: 10 authorize the appoint
ment of Isaac r. Dunkleberger and James
a HOlton as captains in the army; 10
place Major James w. Young on the re-
tired list of the army as a captain of in
fantry. a bill was passed for the reward
Of enlisted men of the navy marine corps.
Mr.. Southland, of Ohio, chairman of the
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, then secured the passage, under sus-
pension of the rules, of the oil TO create
a national standardizing bureau.
Bills wero passed for the relief of Lieu
tenant Richard III. Townley, United States
volunteers, (retiredN, and TO authorize the
secretary of the navy to loan naval equip
Inent of certain mil tary schools.
The House then. at 5 o'clock, took a
recess until $3.50 o'clock this evening.
Several minor bills were passed I. the
night session. The Senate amendments to
the deficiency appropriation bill were dis
agreed to and the bill sent to conference,
witt Messrs. Cannon. Barney and Living
ston as conferees. The conference report
on the bill amending the laws relating to
Alaska were agreed to. At 1880 o'clock
the House took a recess until 2 p. m. to-
morrow.