Show FOREIGN MISSION An Interesting Debate in the House Concerning Them THE ITALIAN INDEMNITY CASE The Old Tlppecanoe Club Favors Harrison Welland Canal Tolls on American Vessels The Immigration Question WASHINGTON April 30The House went Into committee of the whole on the diplomatic dip-lomatic and consular appropriation bill Dp 7 I j ujn ux jmuui3 uuuieu an umenumeni restoring Denmark as a separate irission and fixing the ministers salary at 7500 Butler cf Iowa supported the proposition proposi-tion Blount opposed the amendment Lynch and Bushnell of Wisconsin both favored the amendment Hitt of Illinois also favored the amendment Blount asked unanimous consent that debate on the amendment be considered closed Cum inings of New York objected After a spirited sally Blount withdrew his motion and Cummings was accorded the floor and said he would vote for the amendment as he wanted to rebuke the House for the parsimony parsi-mony which was being exhibited The committee on foreign affairs ho said had done an injustice not only to the people of Denmark but to our sister sopubllcs of South America This parsimony virtually meant legislation favoring the rich and against the poor for by reducing the salaries sal-aries or the ministers and consuls the offices offi-ces were placed in the hands of the plutocrats pluto-crats and taken from the hands of educated edu-cated and honest laboring or professional men He appealed to the House not to place the government in a position where it would bo regarded as the one nation miser of the world Applause Blount said ho would not press his opposition oppo-sition to the amendment which was then adopted Blount offered an amendment reducing from 580000 to 530000 the appropriation for meeting unforseen emergencies arising in the dplomatic and consular service Opposition Op-position to the amondment brought the Italian question to the floor through criticisms criti-cisms on the payment of the Italian indemnity indem-nity out of the emergency fund Brecklnridge Kentucky and McMil lin criticized the President for committing the government to the doctrine that the United States was responsible for a riot In a state and for paying the indemnity out of a fund not intended for that purpose Hilt defended the President Chlpman of Michigan offered a proviso that no part of the sum appropriated as the emergency fund shall be paid to any power in settlement of any claim against the United States No action was taken on Chipnmns motion and the commitee rose and the House adjourned The Old TIppecanoe Club CHICAGO Anril BItThe Old Tinneranon club mot today and adopted resolutions urging the renomination of Harrison and made preliminary arrangements for a national convention of Tippecanoo clubs of the United States It is proposed to hold a convention which will be a gathering of men who voted for William Henry Harrison Harri-son in 1S40 in Chicago next October at the opening of the Columbian exposition when it will he possible to secure the presence pres-ence of President Harrison The Welland Canal Toll WASHINGTON April 30The President has prepared a message to Congress calling attention to the tolls imposed by the Canadian Can-adian government on American vessels using the Welland and StLawrence canals and suggesting the propriety of legislation imposing similar tolls on Canadian vessels using the Sault Ste Marie canal The r essago will procably be transmitted next week Investigating the Immigration Question NEW YORK April 30The Senate and House committees on immigration and naturalization which are jointly investigating investi-gating the subjact with a view to recommending recom-mending measures for restriction was in session here today Dr WTJenkins health officer of the port and ur uyrus UISOD 01 mo neaitn department were examined as to the circumstances of the typhus fever brought to the country by the steamer MussEls The opinion of the doctors was that nobody was to blame except perhaps the ships surgeon and oven that was questionable |