The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-21
REED WAS LATE.
FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS SESSION.
Hot Debates Characterize the Pro-
ceedings in the Lower House of
Congress-Appropr and Elk
penditures the Theme.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-For the
first time this session Speaker Reed
was late in arriving at the capitol
order and announced that a speaker
pro tenn would be elected.
. Hull of Iowa, was unanimously elect
ed. He had been seated but few min
utes when Reed appeared and amid
much laughter said: '"rhe house will
be in order"
Although this was suspension day,
under the rules, Cannon, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, in
sisted on proceeding with the general
deficiency bill.
The house went into committee of the
whole, for its considera ton. This is
the last of the regular appropriation
bills.
When the items relating to indenni-
ties TO be paid Frederick o. Dawson,
wife and daughter for the loss of prop
erty and injuries inflicted in Nebraska
came UP, Mercer, (Rep.) of Nebraska,
called attention to the great vigor with
which Great Britain pressed this case,
$4,000 having been claimed from Ne
bras1a. He commended the vigilance
of the British government in the pro-
was
IN STRANGE CONTRAST
with the action of our government. He
thought the testimony showed that the
Dawsons were as much to blame as the
McCartys in this particular case. 1t
was a brawl on the highway.
Hit, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, said the testimony showed
that the women had been outrageously
mistreated. AS a result IF the injuries
the daughter was today suffering from
chronic epilepsy.
Hopkins (Rep) OF Illinois, thought
that inasmuch as the Dawsons were
in Nebraska with a view of making it
their permanent home, although they
had not been naturalized, they should
not be permitted to invoke the protec-
ton of the British government after
becoming involved in brawl
Cannon said that the claim was rails
ed by the state department. 1t was
matter of international honor. We had
eXacted heavy indemnities from China.
Livingston (Dem.) of Georgia, called
attention to the fact that we were now
preparing to make
A CLAIM AGAINST SPAIN
for the imprisonment of Bishop Diaz
in Cuba
he had thoroughly investigate the cir
cumstances thought the indemnity
should be paid. The item was passed
without amendment
Willis (Rep) of Delaware, offered an
amendment authorizing and directing
the president to invite the commercial
nations of the world to meet in inter
national conference for the purpose of
fixing an International ratio for the
coinage of gold and silver.
Cannon interposed a point of order
to cut off debate and he was sus
tanned. He said that substantially
such legislation already existed. but
it had not been executed
THE DIFFERENCE.
Willis called attention to the differ
ence between the existing and proposed
legislation.
A prolonged discussion of appropria
tions and expenditures was precipi-
tated by Mr. Hopkins, who asserted
that it cost $4,000 more to collect
$169,000,000 from customs last year
than it did to collect $780,, O00, 600 from
customs in the last year of the Harri-
son administration. A deficiency of
sS50,00O for the collection of customs
was reported in the pending bill.
Hopkins thought the change of the