The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-18
IN THE HOUSE.
Greeted With Applause BY Members
Of Roth Parties.

Greeted with Applause By Members
of Both Parties.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE House
today began business by agreeing to
the Senate amendments to Mr.. Hop
lzins' bill to change the boundaries of
the collecting district of Chicago.
Then the change of rules increasing
the membership of the committee was
agreed to with the exception of the
clause changing the elections commit
tee, and debate was begun on that.
While Mr.. Cannon was explaining the
reasons for enlarging the elections COM
mittee the presidents message on the
Venezuelan question was presented to
the House.
The discussion drifted into the Evans
Turney gubernatorial contest and Mr..
MCMILLAN inquired what that had to
do with the proposition ito make a.
hydra -headeid election committee" and
asserted that there were no contests
from Tennessee. There followed a. good
natured running fire between Messrs.
Cannon and Cox. after which Mr.. Crisp
announced that he was opposed to the
plan and charged Mr.. Cannon with
seeking to excite sectional prejudices
and not stating. facts in his attempt.
northern Democrats was greater than
against southern, he said. He had read
extracts from the record showing how
the Republican majority in the Fifty
first Congress had dealt with election
contests.
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan message
was lying unopened. This caused Crisp
to eNcfaim:
There is an important message from
the president relating to Venezuela
lying on that table, and yet this Re
publican Congress enters upon partisan
action delaying the consideration of
the presidents message
Mr.. Hulick Rep.), of Ohio, was quick
ly on his feel. with the inquiry:
"Is it this House or the presidents
ducling excursion THAT has delayed the
message on the Venezuelan question? ?"
There was a round of laughter and
applause from the Republican side.
There is the message" said Crisp.
at lies UNDECIDED. And yet it is a
frank, honest and manly support of the
Monroe doctrine"
Both sides joined in applause at the
mention of the Monroe doctrine
Mr.. Dalzeql (Rep.), of Pennsylvania,
johnson Rep.), of Indiana, Milliken
Rep), of Maine, Lacey Rep), of Iowa
and Powers Rep.), of Vermont, follow
GU Aip support VI IllS IOI' d
divided COMMITTEES and Mr.. Bartlett
! Dem.), of New York, and Mr.. Wheeler
| Deim), of Alabama, against it.
The original Cannon resolution was
finally adopted without a division.
AT 4:30 p m. the speaker laid before
the House the presidents message. AL
though many members had already
read it, nearly all of them remained in
their seats and listened attemtively to
the reading. Several passages were
punctuated by applause, and the con-
clusfon of the reading was Followed by
loud applause ON both sides.
Mr.. Crisp was ON his feet ait the
close with bin, and Mr.. McCreary
! Dem.), of Kentucky, moved the refer
enlce of the message to the committee
on foreign affairs, but Speaker Reed
referred it to THAT committee without a
motion and recognized Mr.. Dingle
(Rep), of Maine, who made a motion to
Adjourn until tomorrow and this was
carried.
THE bill which Mr.. Crisp tried to Of
fer Is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative in Congress
assembled that the sum of 100000 be
and the same is hereby appropriated
to pay the expenses of a commission to
be appointed by the president to in
vestigate and report what is the true