Show N HIS S I 1 0 N N charges of drunkenness investigated the house adjourns with out any action I 1 on the important worlds world 1 fair appropriation july 30 there was not a quorum in the senate today but attention was not called to the fact and routine bu business 9 was proceeded with ll iggins a resolution on diree directing ting the commit committee eee on interstate inter interstate state commerce to investigate the aggressions gres of the canadian railroad i and the affiliated pacific ocean Steam steamship shill line on oil american commerce and report as to theno the propriety y of suspend suspending ing the privileges cs 0 of the h t transit ra n s it of trade on theowest th the west eWest side atthe ot the continent and recommended legislation to protect the internal and arid foreign commerce of the tile united states against canadian aggression it was referred to the tire committee on interstate commerce allison introduced a joint resolution contin tinning 1 ng the he appropriations for the service of the government overn ment covered bythe by the sund sundry ry chiv civil it I 1 b bill f to august 3 the resolution W was as passed washburn made another unsuccessful attempt to get the tire anti option bill voted on oil next week finally he consented to let the matter go over till the next session as unfinished fini business the names of members of Con congress gresi re berred to by watson of georgia ia in a pamphlet alleging drunkenness were not riot disclosed by linn film this morning at a session of the special committee appointed to inquire nto into the charges he said lie knew enough to substantiate them but would not riot mention except under compulsion he lie said he be had in mind two mem memi bers who were present during the debate on the silver bill at the night sess session ionin in larch march when he wrote about the went members berl beelin reeling on oil the noor floor of the house intoci bated the phrase drunken speakers debating grave questions referred to one 0 of the speakers in the noyes rockwell da bate watson said that in his opinion the speaker was in a state of maudlin intoxication in front of him was a 0 cup and saucer its contenta contents were replenished replenish several times and etwas it was noticed that th the more he lie drank the more ho lie wandered I 1 in his watson heard the gentle man say to the page bring me more ol 01 that stuff that whiskey otis of aarif kan sag sas who was asked about I 1 the he member I 1 in question said lie ile was pretty well set e up the longer longe he proceeded the worse h ha grew miss liss driver congressional reporter of the national F economist the previous witnesses representative halvorson of minnesota and butt but ler of i iowa owa each te testified st ifield thal thai they on t two we occasions ec aslon had see seen a member drunk in the auie aibl e J other witnesses testified to the bame effect watson wanted to prove the existence of 0 a bar room in the capital building in but chairman boatner would not let him and arid would not a agree that the record should should show agree the e refusal boatner said it was a matter of public notoriety chilt whiskey could be had at either the senate or house wing of the capitol by the vote of boatner buchanan of virginia rinia wolverton and grout arout against genison gl bimpson nison the motion t to 0 admit the evidence of drinking in the house restaurant was overruled during testimony it developed that representative cobb of alabama I 1 was the person charged with intoxication by watson cobb appealed to tho the committee to let the matter proceed openly and asked a thorough investigation saying saying he was not riot afraid of tire re ault oates said that while cobb was wag speaking he appeared greatly greatly exhausted a and lid some one sent h him ni something to drink this stimulant had some effect on cobb enlivening his manner mariner oates declared clarea however I 1 that cobb was not drunk he ile ila had known cobb twenty seven years and anti never knew him to be drunk though he sometimes took a d drink rin k the senate bill amending athe the act of march 3 1891 to repeal the timber culture laws passed it allows the settlers fourteen months for pa paying ying the tire minimum price of land and extends that provision to the tire bioux sioux reservation south of dakota and nebraska collom gave notice that he intended to press the house bill as to automatic couplers on railroad cars and arid guiding wheel brakes on locomotives to conclusion at the next session ane resolution for a select committee on the employment of pinkertons Pink ertons at homestead was referred to the committee on education and labor perkins called attention to the letter published in the congressional record as to deals made lor for the protection of cattle in the cherokee strip and arid the tile payment to one outline guthrie for thai that purpose ose the tile letter was from kansas and parl t to jerry erry bimpson simpson a member from that state perking perkins 10 denounced the statements of the writer as false and malicious and paid a high corn com liniment lini ent to the character of secretary noble vest agreed with perkins as to the high character of secretary noble but as ported period on the authority of a reputable citizen of kansas city that or had been raised and expended to get a bermit extended for the keeping of cantli i the outlet on motion of vest the corn coin matteo on oil indian affairs was wa instructed to t inquire into the matter the vice president was instructed 11 t telegraph absent members to return am an remain until the business of Con Krees wa done the senate then adjourned out 0 respect to the inci memory nory of craig houge HOUSE immediately on assembling the hous i resumed filibustering on oil the worlds fail pat amendment to the sundry sundry civil bill will wit no prospect t of a cassat cessation on of hostilities I 1 of indiana offered a resolution extending the tile sundry civil appropriation 11 of last year till august 4 II 1 bofill of illinois I objected the speaker thought th 1 ai resolution had no priority over the sundry civil bill on account of boll 1 1 making I 1 l king ampro privations but asuras as it was ti the le n roost s I import ant bo he would inquire into it further T th h house then adjourned out of respect to othi th memory of the late representative craig rl iteen protested the state of public bust n nesa ess demanding that the house remain ii oett nession sion tills this leaves all depart departments supplied under the sundry civil bill loi lo I 1 and among othe ot heji 1 the public printing 0 ofa f fice which has t to 0 be technically closed an and the publication of the tile congressional becort record stopped at midnight j |