The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-26

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-McKin1ey, from
the committee on rules, reported resolu-
ton providing that tomorrow the House
shall meet, at 10 o'clock, Immediately pro-
coed to consideration of the shipping bill,
general debate to close at o'clock. Fri
day the House shall meet at 10 o'clock and
proceed to consideration of the bill by
paragraphs, the previous question to be
considered as ordered, at o'clock.
Blount, of Georgia, protested against
this method of doing business, but said
that as a member of the committee on
rules he had agreed to the resolution with
view of getting as much opportunity of
debate as possible. 1t was the best the
minority members could make out of the
situation
McMillin, of Tennessee, another minor
ity member of the committee ON rules, took
the same position. He then inveighed
against the code of rules and pointed to the
truth of the prophecy that he had made in
the beginning of Congress. He had said
the rules had been adopted for four rea-
sons: To pass an election bill which SUBJ
jected the ballot box to the bayonet. That
had been done.
To pass the direct tax bill. That had
been done.
To pass a tariff bill that should rob the
people.
| To pass bill placing further taxes upon
depressed and burdened interior for the
benefit of the shipping interests. That was
about to be done.
Dockery, of Missouri, called attention to
the fact that under the rules up to the pres
| emit time the net increase of appropriations
made by the present Congress was Sl02,-
coo, 900, as compared with the appropria-
tions made by the last Congress.
Cannon. of Illinois, said the House could
i'll spare two days, but he had yielded to
the general desire that the shipping bill
should be considered, aud he had acqui-
esced in the resolutions. He gave notice,
however, that if the the order were made,
he would ask the House to sit to night and
tomorrow night for consideration of appro-
priation bills.
Mckinley denied the practice of making
special ordera had originated in this Con
gress. 1t had been the practice of every
Congress since the Forty-sixth, but in
former Congresses was done in violation
of the rules and it was done
under direct authority of the rules. The
majority was responsible for public legisla
ton, and it should be permitted to enact it:
purpose into public law to be tried only
before the great tribunal of the American
people. Republican applause. ''You
have been tried.' 'You have been weighed
in the balance and found wanting" wer,
some of the remarks that came in chorus
from the Democratic side.
McKinley-To that tribunal we conf
IDENTIFY commit the work of the Fifty frs
Congress. If the gentlemen on the othe
side imagine the verdict of last Noverlbe
was based on public legislation Of tn
Fifty first Congress, they are much mis-
taken and in error. l do not believe Their
/ is gentleman who has studied the cause
T that led to the verdict in November VIII
can conscientientiously declare that it wa
based on the work of this Congress.
/ "What was it," queried the Democrats
having.only few days [derisive laughte
on the Democratic side] and all of US bein
here with our seats well filed We pro
pose to go on and complete the work of til
3 Fifty-tirst Congress, no matter what OF
struction may be placed in our way by tn