The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-19
IN THE HOUSE.
Session Was Short. But Much Was
Done.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S.-Todays ses-
sion of the House did not last an hour,
but it sufficed for the passage of a bill
authorizing the president to appoint a
commission to investigate the Venezue-
Ian boundary and appropriating 100000
Tor the expenses of the commission. The
bill, which carries into effect the recon-
mendatons of the presidents message,
! was prepared by Mr.. Hit CRep) Ill.
| this morning and met the approval of
| Speaker Reed Although several Repub-
/ lican leaders expressed themselves in
favor of the recurrence of the message
/ to the committee on foreign affairs for
a report. Mr.. Boutelle of Maine was the
only one who voiced that view on the
| floor Speeches for the bill were made
| by Mr.. Hit and Mr.. Crisp, and ATTEMPTED
! by others who could not secure recog-
milton. There was no vote aginSt it and
considerable applause was given to the
patriotic references in the speeches. The
House decided to have it's holiday recess
extend from Friday. December 20, to
! Friday, January 3, a vacation of two
weeks. There viii be but one more ses-
sion before the holidays, that on Friday
next, when Speaker Reed will probably
defy superstition and announce the
| House committees.
The Proceedings.
Mr.. Hit Rep), H., reported in the
| House this morning as soon as it had
been called to order, and called for I'M
I
| bill to empower the president to ap-
| point a commission to consider the Vene-
| zuelan boundary question and an appro-
| priation of $780, 600 for the EXPENSES there
! of. The text of the bill is as follows:
"A bin making an appropriation for
| the expense of a commission to investi-
| gate and report on true divisional line
| between the republic of Venezuela and
British Guiana.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assem-
! bled, that the sum of 500, coo or so much
! thereof as may be necessary be, and the
same is hereby appropriated for the ey-
penses of a commission to be appointed
by the president to investigate and re-
/ port upon the true divisional line be-
! tween the republic of Venezuela and
| British Guiana
Excitement Follows.
A scene of considerable excitement fol-
/ loved the request for unanimous consent
to consider the bill which had been
! loudly applauded when read by the clerk
he disliked to object TO the consideration
of such a bill, but" he said, sit seems
that this subject is one of such serious
Importance that the House of Represent
tatives should proceed in decorous
manner to consider it. The president s
message was read but yesterday and il
seems to me the gentlemen may not be
ready to pass upon a bill of this i'm
portance without elaboration
Cries of Ready ready! from the Re
publican side interrupted Boutelle. but he
proceeded urging that the matter was
one which affected the relations of the
two great English speking nations of the
world. He said: Il have been accused
of being q. jingo, whatever that may
mean. L hope no one in that part of the
country where l am known would believe
/ would hesitate, if the honor. dignity or
safety of the country required, to take I'D
arms against any or all nations of the
world. But the press shows the country
| to be in a state of feverish excitement.
| 1t seems that we ought to give this mat
! ter as much consideration as we would
give TO the appropriation of few thou
sand dollars.
Boutelie referred to the presidents mes
sage as an extraordinary one. and went
| on: cit seems we should send to COM
| mittee to be calmly considered this great
question and the message in which the