Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

ure Was Denounced BY Hepburn,
of Iowa, as Wholly vicfous-A
Philippine and Porto Rico Junket-
ing Trip Provoked a Lively Inter-
change of Conflicting Views Be-
tween Mem oers.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The
House resumed its session at 2 o'clock
this afternoon with the galleries pack
ed to the doors with Inauguration Wis
itors. A majority Of them were sol
diers in uniform.
Although several hard fights over
items in the various appropriation bills
doomed UP on the horizon the leaders
were confident that all the disputes
would be amdcably settled before noon
tomorrow when Congress expires by
limitation. The House was still in
the legislative day of Friday, and the
members came prepared for a siege
through the night if the complications
made an all night session necessary.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Ohio. from the COM
mittee on rules, presented a special
order providing that after ten minutes
debate it should be in order to move
inconvenience in the Senate amend
ments to the river and harbor bill and
to agree to the conference asked for
by the Senate. Twenty minutes on a
side were allowed on the rule. No
Democrat desired to speak and Mr..
Richardson (Tenn.), yielded his time
to MIR. Hepburn Qowa), who aroused
the House with a passionate speech
denouncing the measure. He n
the Democrats for not opposing it, say
ing that the $4,000 600 carried by the
bill accounted for the lack of opposi-
ton. If the Democrats had stood
against this bill, he said enough mem
bers on his side of the House would
have Joined with them to defeat it.
Does the gentleman think this leg
islation is v~icious?" asked Mr.. Wheel
err (Ky.).
Il have no word to properly charac-
terize it," answered Mr.. Hepburn.
when there is pork in the barrel the
voice of the opposition is stified. 1t Is
always prating about virtue, l now ap-
peal to it."
Does the gentleman think there is
a niger in the wood pile?" asked Mr..
Fitzpatrick. (Ky.).
az do not know" replied Mr.. Hep
burn. waving him aside. "The gentle
man knows more about that"
Mr. Dalzell. (Penna.), from the COM
mittec on rules, presented a resolution
for the appointment Of a special COM
mittee of seven members of the COM
mittee on insular affairs. not nor
than four of whom shall be of n po-
Utica! party. to visit Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Philippines and report upon
the conditions there.
Mr.. Richardson. the minority leader,
endorsed tie resolution. He Thought
if Congress was to iegislate intelli-
gently it should have the Informal
ton which this committee could get.
'Inasmuch as we are about to give
up Cuba and have a commission in the
Philippines IS this anything more than
a proposition for a junket?" asked Mr..
Steele. Qnd.).
1T is not a junket," replied Mr..
Richardson. This investigation should
lie made"
Mr.. Williams, (Aliss.), a member Of
the insular committee, said he believed
this would be simply a congressional
jlnket.
Mr.. Powers, Vermont), declared that
this resolution was the baldest and
most inexcusable junketing trip he
cver saw presented.
Mr.. Cooper, tWis.), chairman Of the
| committee on insular affairs, said il
SO4SItSo edS " iCSAsAdtC IL 0AO0Ad
lave information at first hand. II he
was appointed IN the committee Mr..
Cooper said, he, for one. would at
! tempt to get at all the facts in Porto
Rico. Cuba and the Philippines.
Mr.. Underwood, tAla-), and Mr.. ]. r.
Williams. (ills.). supported the resolu-
iion.
Debate upon the resolution was in
terrupted by Mr.. Cannon, who had a
partial conference report on the sun
dly civil appropriation bill.
The items agreed to comprised all
| me minor issues, leaving still in dis
pute the items for the purchase of
The old Corcoran art gallery in this
city-sS32,0G0: the appropriation for
the memorial bridge across the Poton-
&C at Washington the payments to Mex
leo of s412. 900; the appropriations for
the Buffalo, Charleston and st. Louis
! expositions and the amendment touch
ing the irrigation Of arid lands. The
| report was adopted