The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

George Introduces Resolution
About the Holiday Recess.
Washington. Dec PA number OF the
members of the Senate have ALREADY gone
home In snend the Christmas holidays and
when that body convened today there was
a small attends nee. The holiday adjourn
ment resolution, which came over from
the House shortly after the Senate met
caused sc me discussion, and Mr.. George,
of Mississippi objected to its conSldera-
ten expressing the opinion that IN view
of the large number of important meas
ures now pending, the Senate should sit
during the holidays. He subsequently
was passed. -,..
Mr.. Cullen Republican), of Illinois,
presented a series of resolutions, adopted
by a meeting of citizens of chicago on
December 8, expressing sympathy with the
ArmeniauS.
MI. Cullen also introduced a bill pro
viGing for the establishment OF an assay
office in Chicago.
After further routine business had been
transacted, the holiday adjournment reSo-
luton was formally laid before the Senate
and Mr. Cockrel OemocraD, of Missouri,
said it was perfectly manifest. to those
| familiar with the transaction of business
in the Sci ate that it would be impossible
to keep a quorum mere between oVeftio,l now Nv
affairs would exist in the House. He
| had never asked the Senate to do any
| thing for its comfort. nor would 1t be
any comfort to have the Senate adjourn
for the time proposed. In view, however
! Of the existing condition he asked unani-
nous consent that it be considered.
Mr.. George OemocraD, of Mississippi,
objected
For The purpose of bringing the matter
before the Senate Mr.. Henderson moved
the refer ence of the holiday adjournment
| TO the appropriations committee.
Mr. George then addressed the Senate on
the resolution. He said he was well aware
that an objection to a holiday recess
would not meet with any great favor
| He believed it was the duty of the Senate
! las on form er occasionsD to sit during the
holidays and he proposed TO take such
steps to test the sense of the Senate OIL
the question.
He did not do this to delay or ammo!
senator's but simply to have a fair ex
preston of the Senate on the question
II the Senate adopted this resolution one
third of the session would have expired
and not single appropriation will hav,
been passed. In taking the step he did
he said, he had the support of a number
of other senators. The Senate had decid
ed emphs tically that no rules should
be adopted to facilitate business SO thai
the two months remaining after January
II, the business transacted will be wha
a small minority of this body decide i
shall be. The senator then named mum
Der of impcrtent bills on the calendar
which would give rise TO considerable dis
cussion, among them being the Carlisle
financial bill now pending in the House
land the item in the appropriation bill max
ing an appropriation to collect the in
come tax
Mr.. Henderson Republican) of Ne
braska, in a. brief speech expressed tn,
hope that no factional or personal oppo
sition would be made to the resolution ant
it was formally reported in the appropria
ton committee. In answer to a qeustiol
by Mr. Frye, he pointed out that even de
bate on a bill could be stopped if thu
point of no quorum was made.
Finally Mr.. George withdrew his objec
ton and the adjournment resolution wa
tplaced btfore the Senate and passed.
Mr.. Dolph Republican, of Oregon
moved TO secure consideration of tn,
hill to amend section of the law provid
ing for en- adjustment of land grant
made by Congress to aid in the construc
ton of railroads, etc, and which he ex
lplained enabled the present law to b
applied to a certain class of land case
which seemed to have been overlooke,
lin the original law.
4 Messrs Call Democrat). of Florida, an,
Allen PopulisD, of Nebraska objected
Mr. Morgan had the floor to reply t
Mr. Turpie's remarks on the Nicaragua
canal bill. He said, however, that tn
llatters speech had not appeared in tn
Record until today, and he was Statistic
that he would not have time enough t
complete his remarks before adiournnen
He was willing to yield to motion for a.
executive session, which prevailed, afte
which. at 1:45 p. m, the Senate ad
journed until Thursday. January 3. a
noon.
To Caucus on the Currency Biil.