The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-16

| morrison then called up the report of
the committee on rules which was pre-
sented yesterday and proposed that the
new code of rules be read at length.
at Morrison's suggestion the reading
of the report itself was dispensed with,
and a general debate was opened by
Morrison, with a short explanation of
the proposed revision. There was
nothing new, he said, in his proposition.
He had merely grouped such OF the
| propositions as has been submitted to
the House from time to time as were
believed to be essential 10 the speedy
| organization or the House, TO the proper
! distribution of its work. and to more
| conservative and ecOnOIricallegislation
After touching briefly upon one or two
| of the minor changes proposed, he
argued in support of the distribution of
the labors of the appropriation COM
mittee.
Randall followed Morrison, speaking
at length. He said that the tendency
of the work of the committee on appro-
priatiOns was to increase the public
expenditures of government. He in
stanced the river and harbor bill, which
mad been iut reased from an average of
81 ,000, 600 when in possession of the ap-
| preparation committee, 20 an average
annual expenditure of more than $l3,-
| 600 600. Randall read from President Ar
thurs message, stating t5at a sufficient
amount remained from the appropria-
tons OF the previous year to carry on
| all necessary works and vet Congress
had actually passed bill for So, 900 900.
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania. interrupted
To say: The people had not sustained
President Arthur in that particular.
Randall reported that he could point
out where the people had defeated can
didates who voted for the bill
o Neil said uek was not tie case
in. Philadelphia. dis Republican col
leagues who had always voted for proper
river and harbor appropT ion bills had
been reelected to the House.
Randall suggested that he had always
voted against the river and harbOr bill
and he had been returned.
Hammond, of Georgia, argued against
distributing the appropriation bills,
and incidentally declared that every at
tempt made by the Democratic party
to revise the tariff has been followed
by Democratic victory at
the polls. Morrison" he exclaimed,
was chairman of the WAYS and means
committee, when Tilden was elected
President and the chairman of the
ways and means committee when
Cleveland was elected President"
daughter and applause.) The Demo-
cratic party had just come into the
ascendancy and was on trial. He was
afraid to try this experiment when the
Democratic party had been posing for
years as party Of reform, as party
of economy. 98a8r9s
Posing is good, y suggested Repub
lican member
Eyes" replied Hammond. II said
posing, and the country has been look
iRg at our posture and learning to
admire US, until it has driven you out
of power" daughter and applause.)
Gibson. of West Virginia, favored
the distribution of the approprl-
alton bills, and asserted that
history had shown that nearly
every scandal of modern times had
been found in the belly of an apprO-
priation bill. He did not believe in this
pretension of honesty some gentlemen
set up. He had yet to discover that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (RandalD
and the gentlemrn from Indiana (Hol-
MANI had ever objected to an apprO-
prIatiOR for their own States.
Randall-The gentleman is mistaken
as far as l am concerned.
Gibson-If I am, the gentleman's oh.
jections have been so slight and so in
frequent that they have not made him
as prominent as his other actions.
Continuing. Gibson said he remem-
bered that the gentleman from Penn
sylvania came in on the last or the last
session of Congress and pressed through
the House, under a threat that not to do
so would cause an extra session, an ap-
preparation for a public building In
PENNSYLVANIA or Indiana.
Randall thought the gentleman's
memory was defective. He mad resisted
every addition to the appropriation for
public buildings on til sundry civil
bill, and his vote In the committee had
been consistent with his public acts. AS
he remembered. there was no approprls-
ton in that bill for public building In
Pennsylvania.
Gibson contender that the Appropri-
alton Committee had no business to
hold back the appropriation bills. and
stifle the voice of the members or the
House. While the country had been
demanding the general bankruptcy
bill: while the mercantile interests of
the west had been demanding cheap
transit, nothing could be done, because
the Appropriation committee mad
chosen to thrust itself on the House and
prevent the Ot0SI mcLnOCto A4OA
doing solitary thing. Why was it,
the gentleman, from Pennsylvania, and
the gent sman from Indiana were the
ONLY men, who could be trusted with
the appropriation bills. Did their re-
cord show they were more patriotic than
any other members of the house2
When these immense land grants were
given to railroads; when thievlng ap-
Preparations were made, where was
this great committee to protect the in
terests OF the country? The gentleman
said they had objected. Why were not
their objections potent then as now
They we're potent now to stop leglsla-
ton for free transportation, but they
had no power when confronted with
railroad steals.
Randall never voted dollar nor
an acre of land for any railroad.
Gibson-I did not ask how the gentle
man voted. 1t is well known that
while he has had charge OF THESE mat
tiers he has controlled legislation.
Randall-NOt in the least, o1t am
glad to say the Democrats voted almost
as unanimously as l did.
Glbson-Itis rot a question as 70 how
~ .. sIo-,,,,, -, a 4 Nr how ne Qf0 not.