The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
ROLL CALL ON
 EVERYTHING Democo{/ Worry the
 sS Majority. S / PROGRESS IS MADE 7 :
 Interesting Debate on Mrs. Hayes's SidebOard. MT. Cannon, With Dramatic Fervor, Urges That a Search Be Made
 for Dolly Madison's
 Clothes Line.

Washington. Feb. 2S.-Tne Democrats stuck to their flibustering program in the House today and even under the opera tion of the special rules adopted yester- day by the majority. progress with ap- propriation bills and conference reports was exceedingly slow and laborious.
 The Democrats forced a roll call on every proposition and compelled the read ing in exterso of everything presentedI Every parliamentary expedient was seiz- ed to- delay matters, and at the end of a session of over nine hours, the House. completely worn out, at S:o5 o'clock to- night took a recess until noon tomorrow Sunday.
 There was no sign of the Democrats abandoning their opposition. The reading clerks tonight were exhausted by the days stfain of trying to make themselves heard above the ceaseless din and con fusion on the floor. There were fifteen roll calls and two calls of tine House The feature of the day was the passage Of the Senate omnibus public buildings bill with House amendments. which latter increas- ed the total carriage by the bill to over
 
 bill did not attempt to defeat 1t. and it was passed-2O5-26, under suspension of the rules.
 Gaines Sideboard Broadside.
 MT. Gaines Oem., Tenn.), during the discussion of a conference report, bitter ly arraigned the authorities for selling the ''sacred relics" of the White House. including, he said. sideboard which had been presented to Mrs. Hayes by the W. c. T. U. and which. he declared, was now reposins In Ws shingtbn brewery. Mrs | GrosveI-or (Rep.. Ohio) denied these | charges, saying that nothing but second hand furniture had been sold.
 The net result Of the days sesion was the sending to conference of the naval and Qualifications appropriation bills, the adoption of the conference reports on the railroad safety appliance bill, and the military academy appropriation bill, the postofice, the omnibus public building bill and the bill to settle the accounts of officers during the Spanish period and the adoption of the Senate amendments to other comparatively unimportant meas ures.
 Mir. Gaines ,Tenn) presented as a privi- leged matter his resolution directing the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, in conformity with the act of April z, 1900, to prepare an inventory of the public property at the White House. the cost, if still in use, the price received if sold. to whom, etc. The resolution was introduced over week ago, and not hav- ing been reported, became privileged
 Gaines's Ire Excited. MT. Payne eat off debate with q motion to lay the resolution on the table. This excited the ire of MT. Gaines. and. amid great confusion, he shouted his denun- citation of the other side for letting this robbery go On." The Republicans ieered his remarks. He demanded the ayes and nays.
 I'll put you on record" he cried. ~ want to show where that Lucy Webb Hayes sideboard went The resolution was laid on the table. Later on Mir. Gaines (Tenn.) secured the noor He referred to the recent sale in this city of articles in use in the White House before it was remodeled. The sideboard given to Mrs. Hayes by the w. C. T. Y. he said, had been sold and was now in Washington brewery, where, he understood it had been identified by Colo nel Webb Hayes Attempts to buy It. he said. had been unsuccessful. The man who had the sidebOard, he said, had secured other sacred relics sold as junk and intended to fit up a White House saloon" at the St. Louis Exposition Mir. Gaines said that other valuable memen- toe sof other days including a mirror pre- scented by Count Rochambeau and bronzes by General Patterson to Presi- dent Jackson had been sold as junk. He declared that this sale was Illegal and an outrage and that these relics should be repurchased and placed in the Smith sonian Institute
 Mir. Grosvenor in reply said the pending bill related to fine breeding animals not har GyfaI hut hn aIA bA lieve the stories in circulation about the sale of relics at the White House He did not believe that such a thing could have occurred without the knowledge of the present occupant of the White House.
 ''Will you agree to an investigation?" asked MT. Padget (Tenn)
 "1 will not" replied Mir. Grosvenor amid Republican laughter. 'I do not believe in descending to the diminutives and trac- ing the whereabouts of second hand fur nlture"
 Dolly Madison's Clothes Line.
 When Madison was President" inter rupted MT. Cannon. ''it was related that the washing hung in the East Room. My God" he calculated with gravity, what has become of the clothes line?"
 Amid peals of laughter the debate ceas- ed and the vote was taken. The Senate amendments were agred to-323 to ?.
 Mir. Hull was then recognized and moved to pass under suspension of the bills. a bill to provide for the settlement of the accounts of the officers of the army during the period from April 21, 1898 to the date of the declaration of war with Spain to July S. 1901 the date upon which the last volunteer officers were mustered out. The bill was passed, 2l4 to O. The Senate amendments to the Notifications appropriation bill were dis agreed to and the bill was sent to con ference Mir Hull called un the conference re- port upon the military academy appru- pratlon Ca complete agreement,) 1t was adopted.
 MT Mercer CRep., Neb) moved the pas