The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-22


Hoover, a private in the Sixty-fourth
Ohio volunteer infantry. and in listen
ing to personal explanation from
Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio relative to a
newspaper misrepresentation of his
position on the subject of reciprocity,
that the time for the debate on the
PHILLIPS COMMISSION BILL
was extended until tomorrow at A
O'clock. The bill provides for the ap-
pointment by the president of a nom
partisan commission of twenty-one,
seven representatives. each from labor,
agriculture and business, to collect in
formation AND consider and recommend
legislation to meet the problems pre-
scented by the labor committee.
The author of the bill made the prin-
cipal argument today.
At the opening of the session, Mr.
Guosvenor (Rep., Ohio had read a
Washington special to a Cincinnati pa
per charging that at a recent meeting
of the ways and means committee, af
ter pledging himself to vote to report a
reciprocity bill. he had voted against
it. The special described the surprise
created by his lining UP with the Reed
faction, and spoke of him as a McKin-
ley manager, who refused to support
legislation along Mckinley lines
Mr.. GROSVENOR EXPLAINED
facetiously that if the publication only
contained the charge that he had lined
up with the Reed faction he would not
have troubled the house. He did not
think he could be found in better COM
pany. Oaughter.) He said there had
been a constant reiteration of the
charge that the ways and means COM
nlIttee was rent by fractional discus
sions. This charge had no foundation
in fact There was no difference of
opinion among the Republicans of the
committee as to the ultimate purpose
of the Republican party to carry to
triumph the doctrine of reciprocity.
There had been a proposition to re-
enact the third section of the McKin-
ley law (the reciprocity clause, but 1T
had been found in view of the tariff
law on the statute books sugar hav-
ing been placed on the dutiable list,
that the third section of the Mckin-
ley law would not be applicable. In
this opinion he had concurred, and he
was ready to take the responsibility
whether he lined up with one faction
of another if there were factions.
Mr. Kirkpatrick Gep) of Kansas
then called up the bill to pension Fran
els Z. Hoover, a private in company l.
Chic volunteers, at the rate of $50 per
month, which was returned with
THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick moved that the bill be
passed over the veto, and said if con-
gress did not give him relief he would
60 to the poor house The committee
could never assent to that as long as
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Mr. Erdman tDenl.) of Pennsylvania,
opposed the motion. He explained that
the information in the possession Of
the president was the original report
Of the committee and the testimony on
file in the pension office,
Mr.. Loud (Rep.) of California, also
opposed the motion, and Mr.. Wood,
(Rep.) Of Illinois, supported it. Dur
ing the debate the senate amendments
to the Notifications appropriation bill
were disagreed TO and conference Or
dered.
Mr.. Bartlett Dem.) of New York,
endorsed the presidents veto.
A&r. Willis (Rep.) of Delaware, con-
cldHed the debate with stirring ten
minute speech in criticism of the presi-
dents course in vetoing private pension
bills. He declared it was an abuse and
degradation OF the veto power, and
reassertion of the idea conveyed in
CLEVELAND'S CONTEMPTUOUS
STATEMENT
that ''he had a congress in his hands"
The roll was then called on the mo-
ton to pass the bill over the veto and
resulted 1856 to AZ. The division was
generally along party lines, but Messrs
Loud. of California; Quigg, of New
York; Raney, of Missouri, and Wads-
worth, of New York, voted with the
Democrats to support the veto, and
Messrs. Cockrell, OF Texas; Layton and
Sorg, of Ohio; Cummings, of New
York; Stokes and Strait. of North Car
DINA and Talbert, Of South Carolina, to
override the veto.
AT $50 p. m. under the special order
adopted yesterday the house proceeded
to consider the bill to authorize the
president to appoint a non-partisan
commission to collect information and
consider and recommend legislation to
meet the problems presented by labor.
agriculture and capital, and Mr. Phil
lips Rep of Pennsylvania the chair
man of the labor committee and author
of the bill addressed the house
Mr.. Phillips said in part
This bill calls attention to the fun
damental principles of our govern
nent, the equality of man. and seeks
MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
of the burdens and benefits of our free
government While II is not the func-
ton Of the state to guarantee individ-
ual happiness. ii is its function TO
guarantee each individual the right
10 pursue happiness, and so fix their
laws that one class may not be COM
PEELED of necessity to work solely for
another class, regardless Of their per-
sonal comfort and improvement. This
nation took the most advanced stand
in civilization and is the best prepared
TO meet the Industrial masses of TODAY
by building Oh the foundation 1t laid
more than one hundred years ago. bv
conforming law to the principles of
right. freedom and equality, and thus
organize our social and industrial svs-
tenn upon more just and equitable
basis than has yet obtained in the
world.
THE commission provided for by the
bill. he continued, is designed to give
AN IMPARTIAL HEARING
70 those who complain of discriminat-
ing laws and unequal burdens. 1t is
expected that ii will be composed of
the ablest and best of each class
named. The commission will bring
into conference representative men of
labor, agriculture and business. thus
bringing the aggrieved and those
against whom the grievance is made
together, whose duty will be to con-
slider the disturbing causes and recon-
mend laws looking to a more just dis
tribution of the burdens and benefits
of our free government It is designed
to be impartial. non-partisan. seeking
exact facts and conditions and to