Show STILL TILL T THEY f C CRY DOUBLE Lf MILEAGE bf House Discusses Question Members of Congress Are Arc Entitled to K It It GREAT CREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED Mr lr Maintained There Was Wai WaiNo Waso No ro o Interregnum the thc he Two Sessions Merging Washington Jan 20 2 The Thc house houlle to 10 today toula day ula do considered whether members ol or it Congress ore are entitled to be bo paid mile mileage mie ago age a I second time The Tho To controversy arose on an Item Iem In iti II the urgent cy bill 1111 bi providing for two payments of ol mileage for Cor or senators senator and members ol or ortho the tho house on fl account of oC tho extra sos SOB ICS don sian which merged Into the regular sos BUS slon sion A point of or order was raised by Mr Maddox of or Georgia Georgia against the tho payment of mileage n a second time mit tm and he WMS supported by Mr Hep ep Me Je who ho contended that there had been no Intel und and conse hut but ono one session of or Congress tind there Is la no authority of or low for Cor a a second appropriation for Cur or mileage Tho rite Interest In the ques queston question tion ton I shown shon by the fact that there thero were few empty seats on either cither sIde of ol tho tim chamber when shen the mileage Item was reached An adjournment was vas taken before a 1 conclusion was wal reached Consideration of or the amendment In increasing creasing the time appropriation for or the tho ex cx of tho the district land oncel pro nrc re a discussion on the subject of alleged land frauds In which Mr Mc Mon ilon Mondel doll del author of or the th amendment took a principal part pari partOn partOn On mutation motion lotion of If Mr r Mondell of Wyo Wo minK mini the tho appropriation for the tha expenses of oC the district was wan Increased from to on of oC the Increasing volume of or business Before Its Is adoption Mr of or Indiana Inquired If IC tho the Increased business was not because of or the land frauds Mr Mondell replied that he did not think so n 1 Mr Ir asked It I Is a n rae face Is It not that hat many many millions milons of acres have havo been heen fraudulently fru ule lY entered In tho the lost last year yar or two Mr Ir Mondell replied I do tIc not hot be he lieve Is true I believe that nine tenths of or the statements or of fraud that have been ben made have havo been beon made mad by people who lund hall n a purpose In lit making that statement and did dil It to servo serve their own personal ends ell and uund nd that they ate are largely the paid pall agents of or the trans traits transcontinental continental mental railways who would like iO iOto to have lavo nil all al the public land laws las re ro repealed pealed In order that the tho or acres which they own will find finda n a better luetter beler market Mr of or Colorado Colordo said al to 10 o cur tall the appropriation and reduce the clerical force of or time tho land olce would lio be to curtail Inquiries Into the tho charac charite character chare ter of or nitric entries 1 Mr ol asked If I It W waR as H denied that Iha f mIllions of or acres lund had gone gono astray by reason of or fraudulent land hind entries In reply Mr Mondell said Now tho Ito gentleman does dao not pretend to know kI till all ni about the tho Ih land business 1 of the govern government mont ment m nt anti I live In 11 n a 1 slate and hays huva lived nil my 1 life In 11 regions where here pub null public lie lic le land lant was being entered I 1 have lived led In itt II u ii statu llato where 55 5 per cent of ot th land hind Is iii II stilt public land and nt I 1 will wi say IU to the thu so 80 o fur far Clr 01 as H m I personal knowledge Is concerned and I have hao hl VC taken emi semite lOI pains to Investigate my ray 1 opinion Is III that In this year ear car ot of grace th bore re Is less fraud In connection with wih public lands In the tho States In into proportion to the Hie acres acrel than lon tIters ever eer was Wil va before Hut tilt the gentleman Is II not oblivious of oC the fact all Mr fr Robinson nial he lie ha hn evidently read tho the current pub lie ito Il views I wl which state hunt tho the secre secretary lacy tary lar of or the tho Interior lion ins IIA repeatedly stated that there Is In a it I great greot amount of or fraudulent land entries out In tho the western country countr has he lie tint not 7 Mr Air Mondell retorted The rhe gentle gentleman gentleman man mart has not nl no carefully rend read the scare secre torys report The Tho gentleman titus luis hll rend the tho transcontinental edition of or the I 1 have itne read tho Ito news nests newspaper paper Interviews rejoined Mt Mr II Robin bum Robinson son soil which accredited at al tha tho titan of or the lie arrest of or a ft gentleman engaged largely In It H OH of or tim tha scandal that was voiced In iii the Ito newspapers erl Mr Mondell concluded by h saying there lucre IM is no question quest that thIt there was WIS solute Homo mt scandal In iii connection with the tho public lands particularly the timber 1111 stone statue acts In itt some parts of or tho the theone country one ii try A discussion was wart precipitated by the motion motol of or Mr hay liny Jn of ot Virginia to re cc reo strict tho purchases of or newspapers by 13 bythe 1 the secretary of or commerce antI 1111 labor to of or a professional character hue tho bill WI 1 ill providing I a g simply sI for Cor el The Tho proposed amendment lent failed When tho thus paragraph relating to 10 mile nilie mie Ige of oC members wan WIH reached Mr lr Hem Iel cnway called attention to tho the fIlet fact Cil t that provision for Cor the lie mileage of or collators been omitted from front tile the bill hil by b nn un oversight overnight anti and It was Slits 1111 Inserted Mr li h Maddox lalo of or Georgia raised a n point of or order against the Item Mr Ir proponed an nn amend amendment that member BO so de tIe desiring fluent ment providing any an 0 tc siring might cover nay any alY money duo dim dl dimit him hll it I at under maTer it this Ii is appropriation ut PIO Il natIon Into followed Ha Its read treasury lug Ins Laughter Js Mr AIr of or Main took teak tOk the ground that lint there was Wil uis no between the two and that ono one on merged lerg 11 Into the he other Ho lie II said no ito mo tan motion 10 tion tini was Wil mantle made lade to terminate the tho POM Ion without date nail that there hail had been no adjournment by h reason r of o constitutional lanai limits Therefore ho Ito 10 argued this thul linn has been he n a un 1 continued session Ic and 1111 the Ito item lem for mileage was Wil unauthorized In 1 support of or tim tho tl point of order orter ho hue lucid held he II that lint In the tho early days lays when an nit al extra extraordinary ordinary session es lon of Congress extended beyond he the lie liLy day for or the Ihl lie convening of or the tho regular r session they tie regarded It ns as 5 a tn continuous session cession He lIe le cited cl prece demuts the th nation action of or the Fortieth Congress anti Ind hUll hail the tho careful attention of both hoth skIes Iles of ot tho Ito house heul I Mr said Hal he Ite viewed tho the Ques Question quel I bit tion tol 1111 as lS n a legal proposition ns its Oi he It e had hi no ho 10 feeling In the hie he mutter When Wien he Ito luau hall concluded hIl his legal presenta presentation tion he wan ivan plied piled pled with questions In Involving the laws nail tho tue constitution To ono one of them ho lie replIed that In his the hu o wan Wil in In session Hel lol under tho thu vail call by tho the president |