Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-02

great inducement. and within a few min
utes they began arriving, each with bill
in his hand After bills had been passed
to amend the Chinese exclusion act; to au-
thorize the striking of medals for the Span
iSh heroes; to authorize the deposit OF
moneys collected from customs In auah9r-
lied government repositories, and to au-
thorize the appointment of Thomas Lutz
Stitts as an officer in the navy, Mr.. Bailey
tTexasJ objected to action upon all bills by
unanimous consent
He was appealed to on all sides not to
block proceedings, but he refused to yield.
The Sneaker had refused him recognition
and he was obdurate. The Speaker then
recognized Mr.. Sperry Comm to move the
passage. under suspension of the rules, of
the Senate bill to prohibit the sale of fire
arms, opium and intoxicating liquors in
certain islands of the Pacific. Mr.. Bailey
demanded a second, and then brought mat
tiers to a complete standstill by making the
point of quorum. A call of the House
was ordered and the sergeant-at-arms was
instructed to bring In absentees
Firearms and IntOxicants.
1t was 1920 before enough members were
brought in to make up the quorum. Mr..
Sperry then proceeded to explain that the
bill was designed to prevent the sale by
Americans of firearms and intoxicants to
the aborigines of the New Hebrides.
the pending bill were not entirely sincere
in trying to protect savages from the bane
full influences of intoxicating liquors. Why
We're not the Philippines and the Ha-
vain Islands included? He understood that
since the American regime began there
over 1000 saloons had sprung up IN Ma
Mia. In Hawaii. where saloons were
known until We "benevolently aSSimilated'
them, there were now over 400 saloons. Mr.
Bailey contended 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
committed on the high seas.
Mr.. Gillett (Mass.), in reply to Mr.. Bal
ley's suggestion regarding the legal phase
of the bill. said that the fiction was
copied from law applying to the Guano
Supreme Court.
The bill was defeated III to 10, two
thirds not having voted in the affirmative
1t was lilo when the roll call was COM
pleted and the result was announced. AS
the regular hour for meeting Oh 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 adjournment at
noon Monday. there will be no Saturday in
the House proceedings.
Public Building Bill.
Mr. Mercer (Neb). chairman of the COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds was
recognized. and moved the passage, under
suspension OF the rules. of the omnibus
public building bill
The bill carried increases for forty build
fngs. Mr.. Bailey demanded a second reading.
which was ordered. 10 TO ): whereupon he
remarked that II he had known how widely
and Judiciously the pork in this barrel
had been distributed he would not have
attempted to head 1t 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 IN. " said the bill was an
other Illustration of the cohesive force of
public plumber" and inveighed against the
committee for not reporting a bill providing
loT a new post office at New York.
Inc OIL was passed without division. Mr..
cannon asked unanimous consent that the
House non-concur in the Senate amend
mentS to the sundry civil appropriation bill
ana agree TO conference. There was no
objection. Messrs. Cannon, Moody and Nc
fae Were appointed conferees.
The Legislative BILL
Mr.. Hemenway then presented the confer
ence report on the legislative appropriation
Dill 1t was a complete agreement. The
provision relative to the employees of the
House oceasioned some discussion Mr.. De
Almond oMo) thought that the number OF
Z.
Mr.. Hemeuway said that the Missouri leg
stature had more employees than the House
lie gave the number at 400.
This Mr.. DeArmOud denied.
After further discussion the conference re-
port on the legislative bill was agreed to.
bill Was passed authorizing a right OF
way through the Fort Ontario military res
eTVdtlpn. y. Y, To the OsWego and Rome
Railway Company; also bills for the prDll-
cation Of the supplement to the Revised
Statutes: extending to FAN River. Mass.
the privilege Of immediate transportation
etc: authorizing certain officers of the ravy
and the Marine Corps to administer oaths;
to authorize the city OF Nashville to con,
struct free public bridge across the Cum
bcrland river.
To authorize the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to deliver To the city of Baltimore the
twelve Ionic columns now in Baltimore
custom house: to authorize the appoint
ment of James A. Halton to a captaincy in
the United States army; to authorize the
Pigeon River Improvement, Slide and Boom
Company of Minnesota to enter upon the
Grand Portage Indian reservation and i'm
prove the Pigeon river, in that state; to
amend the act establishing civil govern
ment in Alaska: to authorize the appoint
ment of Isaac r. Dunkleberger as a cap
tain of cavalry in the United States army:
to place Mai James W. Young on the re-
tired list of the army as caDtain Of in