The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
DEMOCRATS WERE SIMPLY RUN OVER House Has an Unusually Stormy
 Session LAST OF THE SUPPLY BILLS The General Deficiency Appropriation Measure Is Passed After Much
 Scurrylng to Procure ouo-
 rum for the Purpose.
LAST OF THE SUPPLY BILLS

Washington April 1s.--The house today passed the last of the supply bills of the government, the general deficiency ap- propriation measure, after a stormy ses- sion which lasted till s:15 in the evening. The contest was party one over the deficiency appropriation for pensions, which the democrats tried ineffectively to amend by incorporating as a law the recent executive age disability order. An effort was made by MT. Moon of Tennes- see, to secure a yea and nay vote on his amendment as to the age disability or him for this purpose.
 On a motion to recommit the blll the democrats, angered by the speakers re- fusal to recognize MT. Moon, secured a roll call, but after the vote had been talk en all further opposition ceased and the bill was passed. Late in the afternoon MT. Hit offered his Chinese exclusion bill, introduced Saturday, as an amend ment to the special deficiency bill and 1t was accepted without objection.
 After the opening bill was presented
 
 of long tobacco. It repeals the internal revenue tax to cents a pound on leaf tobacco in the hand and all special taxes.
 Consideration of the general deficiency bill was then resumed.
 Williams Grows Sarcastic.
 MT Williams of Mississippi sarcastical- | ly declared the Sullivan amendment de- monstrated how easy it was for the ma | jority to do things. He congratulated the republicans for having found that sub | stantial legislation was thing superior to technical rules. The bill was "a felo- nious assault, a lynching bee, directed against the rules of the house." but he said no republican voice had suggested it was In order Directing his remarks at MT. Eitt MT. Williams said he could | not understand how a republican house could sit idly by while a gentleman who has heretofore been a law-abidlng citizen raised the red flag of anarchy against its rules and offered a legislative amendment to an appropriation bill.'
 l MT. Williams, noticing Speaker Cannon occupying a seat on the floor, said he was almost struck with paralysis by the | fact that the speaker Is sitting now by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Hem ingway), aiding him and abetting him In the felonious attempt to strangle the rules" Gaughter)
 If this sort of thing went on much lon- ger, he said, with derislon. the committee on rules would grow rusty in the exercise of it's, functions. He concluded by saying the amendment vas good Legislation. MT. Underwood of Alabama thought the committee or foreign affairs should have presented the amendment as separate measure. It had, however, he said been brought in under spur to patch up leg islation already passed by the republicans that was ineffective
 Messrs. Wynne, Bell and Livernash Of California and Perkins of New York 1 spoke briefly In support of the amend ment. Ii was agreed to unanimously.
 Underwood Offers Amendment. The committee then returned to the | deficiency appropriation of $4,000,000 for pensions embracing $l,500,000 to carry out | the provisions of the Presidents recent order regarding age disability MT. On- derwood (Alabama,) offered an amend ment, reducing the total appropriation to g, ,500.00 and Mr. Livingston democrat, Georgia) offered another providing that no part of the appropriation shall be paid to any claimant for pension under | the Presidents order. Another amend ment by MT. Miers, democrat, Indinao 1 1 while still another amendment was of | fered by MT. Moon, democrat, Tennes- see,) providing that persons who served ninety days or more in the service of the United States during the civil war shall when they reach the age of sixty | two years receive S6 a month, after sixty five years sS a month after sixty -eigh: years $1O a month, and after seventy years SIP a month.
 l It developed that this last amend ment was sharp move by the demo- crats. MT Hemingway made point of order against it, because he said It | changed existing laws. MT. Underwood promptly stated that 1t followed word for word the Presidents order and In l quired If the President was more en- titled to violate existing laws than the 1 house.
 Was an Executive Usurpation. | MT. Williams of Mississippi said the or der was another illustration of executive l ursupation. He emphatically declared that the order was a change of existing law | and insisted that the commissioner of pensions had committed an impeachable l offense.
 MT. Moon indignantly denied that he offered his amendment for political pur- l poses.
 All amendments were rejected and the bill was reported to the house. l MT. Moon was recognized for parlia- mentary inquiry, but moved to recom- init the bill with instructions to incor- porate the executive order in the bill.
 "The gentleman was not recognized for that purpose" the speaker interrupted, with some irritation.
 In the meantime MT. Payne, republ- can of New York, moved to recommit the 1 bill.
 "The speaker of the house cannot re- l fuse to entertain the motion of the gen. tleman from Tennessee" MT. Williams broke In.
 With some warmth the speaker replied; ''The speaker did refuse"
 MT. Payne demanded the previous ques- ton and the roll being aclled the absence of a quorum developed on the second roll call whereupon Speaker Cannon in or der as he frankly said, to gain time and to secure the attendance of the ab- sent members whom the clerks were scur- rying for had the roll call read a third time regardless of the rule limiting the reading to twice. Finally the quorum was 1 obtained, the motion to recommit defeated land the bill was passed.
 At s:15 D. m. the house adjourned.