The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-02

paign the company had decided to sus-
pend operations and not invest dollar i'm
case Bryan was elected. This statement
made just as Mr. Hull's time expired Gre
ated a tremendous uproar. Democrats
jeered and some of them hissed.
Mr. Lentz of Ohio. arose to make
parliamentary inquiry whether the gem
tleman from Iowa CMr. HulD can vote on
this proposition. He has just confessed
that he is interested in this bill"
THAT is ont parliamentary inquiry"
replied the Speaker sternly, while the Re-
publicans jeered and hissed
When Mr.. Hull's name was reached In
the roll call Mr.. Lentz made the point of
order that he could not vote, calling at
tention to the statement in the dig est
that members interested in legislation
cannot vote
The Speaker announced that each gem
tleman must be the judge for that him
self. The clerk called Mr. Hulrs name
and he voted yea. The motion to concur
in the Senate amendments was carried,
159 to 1874.
Republicans Vote with Democrats.
Four Republicans, Messrs. Loud of
| California, Mccall of Massachusetts,
| Mann, of 1llinos and Driscon of New
| York voted with the Democrats against
The motion and Mr. Cooper, of Wiscon-
| sin, chairman of the Committee on lnsu-
lar Affairs, answered present" but was
not paired.
| The final conference report upon the
Indian appropriation bill was adopted
and number of minor bills were put
through the final stages. The conference
report on the st. Louis exposition BILL
! " hich agreed to Sunday closing) was
agreed to- and the bill was sent back
| to conference.
A motion to concur in the Charleston
I..f. fg.1
| to 1872.
The revenue cutter service bill was
sidetracked early in the day by vote
of the House.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of Mr.. Bull, of Rhode Island, Mr..
Joy of Missouri, and MIR. Bartlett of
Georgia, as temporary committee on ac-
counts until the meeting of the 57th
| Congress.
The House voted down, 122 90 lS2, a
motion to go in committee of the whole
| to consider the revenue cutter service
bill.
The river and harbor bin as amended
in the Senate was referred to the River
and Harbor Committee.
Mr.. Tawney presented the conference
report upon the st. Louis Exposition bill,
which agreed to the Senate amendment,
providing for the closing of the exposi-
IlOn OH SunuaNs ana ulSaBFeSn TO lhc
Charleston Exposition amendment. The
report was adopted.
Elliott Argued for Charleston.
Mr. Elliott of South Carolina, moved
that the House concur in the Charleston
Exposition amendment. This amendment
carried $250,0O0 for a government exhibit
at the Interstate and West Indian Expo
sition, to be held at Charleston from jan
uary to June, 1907.
! Mr.. Elliott argued warmly I'm favor OF
the amendment. Why, he asked. should
Charleston be Disseminated against.
Money had been appropriated for the Chi
cago, Nashville, Omaha, Buffalo and other
expositions. Why not for Charleston?
The amendment was supported by Mr..
Davidson of Wisconsin, Mr.. Newlands OF
Nevada, Mr.. Talbert, of South Carolina
Mr.. Sulzer of New York, Mr.. Lattimer OF
South Carolina, and w. A. Smith or Mich
igan, and opposed by Mr.. Tawney, MIR.
King of Utah. and Mr.. Cannon.
MIR. Cannon declared that from this
time ON his vote and his voice wero
against appropriating the peoples money
for eXpositions. 1t was time, he said, to
show some consideration for the tax
payer.
Mr.. Elliott's motion was defeated, 81 to
1872
The bill was sent back to conference.
| The Speaker appointed Messrs. Hemen-
way of Indiana, Warner of Illinois, Long
of Kansas. Newlands of Nevada, and Mad
doX of Georgia. on the committee to frame
a bin regarding employees of the House
during the recess. The House then. at
els p. M, took a recess until o'clock
tomorrow morning. the time between Q
and II O'Clock in the morning to be given
to unanimous consent legislation.