The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-01


voted six hours today to the debate on
the Pacific railroad funding bill, and al
though the speeches on both sides were
chara cterized by unusual earnestness,
there was no marked or sensational Incl
dents
Those who participated in the discus
sion today were N1essrs. Powers Repub-
Ecan), of Montana, and Mr.. Lockwood
Geupocrat), of New York, in favor of the
measure, and Messrs. Boatner Demo
craD Louisiana, Snodgrass OemocraO,
of Tennessee, and Cooper Repubhcan),
of Wisconsin, in opposition.
Bills Passed.
Speaker Crisp called the House to order
To-Day.
Bills were passed as follows:
To adopt special rules for the naviga-
ton Of llarbOrs. rivers and inland waters
Of the United States, supplementary to
collisions at sea; TO fix the time for hold
ing district court in North Dakota; for
the relief Of the Glenmore Distilling
company. of Kentucky. and for the re
City. III.
An attempt to pass a bill for the detail
CT fifty army officers to give military in
structions at high and normal schools.
failed.
The Funding Bill.
t'ndeT the terms of the special order
ADOPTED yesterday the House went llllO
committee of the whole and resumed the
consideration Of the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill.
Mir. Harris OPopulis) of Kansas, COM
Dleted the remarks against the bill, which
he began yesterday. His idea. was that
the property of the roads should be fore
closed and sold; that the government
should enforce its claims. By the
expenditure Of 900 the government
could acquire the roads and then either
by lease Or directly operate them.
The House Debauched.
H5r. Boatner (DemocraD. of Louisiana,
followed with a. strong speech In opposi-
Tton to the measure. He called particu-
Jar attention TO the fact that the con-
SpiCuous features of every leglslattv plan
proposed for the settlement Of the Pa
cific railroad debt have been the aban-
ClonTnent Of the proceedings begun
against the officers and directors Of these
companies under the act of 1873. In 1873,
two members of this House had been
expelled because they had been de-
bauclled by emlssaries of those
government ownership of the road,
hut he preferred to see his substi-
tute passed providing for an amendment
the default of the roads the companies
should forfeit their charters. He was
willing TO see the government purchase
the property. TO protect its interest, but
only on condition that II should be inme-
diately resold to private individuals.
DO you mean TO say the property is
mortgage deTbt?' asked Mr.. Reilly.
Il am inclined to think it is replied
MI B9atneg. . .,but if it is not you can
never discharge the debt IL your bill Is
passed.
Powers in It's Favor.
Mr.. Powers Republican,. of Vermont.
argued IN favor of the passage of the
a le i TO the government S gt of 81 He
denounced the methods employed by the
opponents of the bill 70 compass its de-
feat. The mail Of members, he said. was
eorged with letters from certain persons
and certain sections having grievances
against. the roads or certain former Off
cials of the road who were correctly OF
incorrectly supposed to have profited
enormously By their construction
In response to a. question. Mr. Powers
said If the mortgage of the government
were foreclosed the property would cost
the United States $780, 10000 and ne eX.
pressed the opinion the government would
. rot after the endless litigation which
would follow, realize $l0,0O0,O00 from the
AIR Harris PopuIist), of Karsas. begged
TO remind the House that six years ago
bay Gould had offered $6S000 G0G for the
Union Pacific section alone.
That Great Petition.
Mr. Mcguire OemocraD. of California
presented to the House the petition of the
San Francisco Examiner signed by 200 so
persons against the bill
MeSsrs. SnodgraSS Dsmocra0, of Ten.
neSsee, and Cooper (Republican), of Wis
ccnsin, continued the debate in opposition
10 the bill.
Mr.. Cooper combatted the idea that thu
provision in the bill copied from the bill
prepared by the commission of 1887 &c
permit the government TO pursue legally
the officials. directors and stockholders
Who defrauded the road under the act OF
1878 would prove effective AS the passage
Of the bill would be an acceptance of tbs
new mortgage by the government The
United States he maintained, would mo-
he able to go beyond that mortgage. This
was. he said, a we'll established Drincipl,
of law. AIr. Cooper said he did not pose
as an anti-monopolist man or a reformer
He did not believe in the government con
troll of railroads and only believed in the
government taking this road because tina
was the only way 10 do justice 20 al
parties concerned.
Mr.. Lockwood DemocraO, of New York
closed the debate for the day in an ad
vocacy Of the bill He declared the cues
ton of the alleged crimnality of tn
original constructors and officials of tn,
road had nothing to do with the merit;
of the bill which, in his opinion, presented
the best solution ever offered for tn,
Pacific railroad problem.
At the conclusion of his remarks th
House at $40 p. m adjourned until to
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